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Multi-view geometry based visual perception and control of robotic systems / by Chen, Jian, Zhang, Kaixiang, Jia, Bingxi

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Shallow foundations and soil constitutive laws / by Saran, Swami

Table of Contents: “…chapter 4 Strip Footing Subjected to Central Vertical Load /…”
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Design and technology in the primary school case studies for teachers / by Makiya, Hind, 1952-

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Applications of Fire Engineering : Proceedings of the International Conference of Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (ASFE 2017), September 7-8, 2017, Manchester, United K... by Gillie, Martin

Table of Contents: “…chapter A manual calculation method for the check of the fire resistance of concrete columns subjected to a standard fire /…”
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Cameras into the wild a history of early wildlife and expedition filmmaking, 1895-1928 / by Petterson, Palle B., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- getting around the subject -- 1895-1902: first attempts to make nature films -- 1903-1906: nature and wildlife films take-and make use of-form -- 1907-1910: exploring borderlines -- 1911-1921: concern for nature preservation -- 1922-1928: higher quality and different conventions -- Conclusion.…”
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Negotiating Hospitality : Ethics of Tourism Development in the Nicaraguan Highlands / by Höckert, Emily

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Carbon Footprints as Cultural-Ecological Metaphors / by Girvan, Anita

Table of Contents: “…-- part PART I Setting the stage -- chapter 1 Cultural-material resonances of ‘carbon’ and ‘footprint’ and the emergence of a new compound metaphor -- chapter 2 Mise-en-scne: Metaphor, affect, politics, ecology -- part PART II Case studies -- chapter Introduction: A tale of three footprints -- chapter 3 Carbon subjectivity -- chapter 4 Carbon citizenship -- chapter 5 Carbon vitality -- chapter Conclusion: Fostering critical eco-aesthetic literacies.…”
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Materials physics and chemistry : applied mathematics and chemo-mechanical analysis /

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Editors -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Classical and Nonclassical Treatment of Problems in Elastic-Plastic and Creep Deformation for Rotating Discs -- Chapter 2: Creep Analysis of Anisotropic Functionally Graded Rotating Disc Subject to Thermal Gradation -- Chapter 3: Elastic-Plastic Transitional Stress Analysis of Human Tooth Enamel and Dentine Under External Pressure Using Seth's Transition Theory -- Chapter 4 : Characterization of Material in a Solid Disc…”
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Synesthetic design : handbook for a multisensory approach / by Haverkamp, Michael

Table of Contents: “…-- Product development as the design for all senses -- Human-machine communication ; Functional design ; Product placement and brand identity ; The significance of multisensory environments -- Fundamentals of perception : The senses of distance: seeing and hearing ; Physical senses of proximity ; Chemical senses ; Perceptual objects ; Subjective or objective? ; Qualia ; Grouping ; Gestalt principles ; Foreground and background -- Part 2. …”
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Introduction to Unified Strength Theory by Yu, Maohong, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…5.7 Strength design of an automobile transmission shaft: outer diameter design of drive shaft5.8 Strength design of a transmission axle; 5.9 Unified solution for elastic limit pressure of a thick-walled cylinder subjected to internal pressure; 5.10 Analysis of plastic ultimate pressure for a thick-walled cylinder with internal pressure; 5.11 Unified solution of plastic limit internal pressure for a thick-walled cylinder with the same tensile strength and compressive strength materials…”
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Fish swimming in turbulent waters : hydraulic engineering guidelines to assist upstream passage of small-bodied fish species in standard box culverts / by Chanson, Hubert, Leng, Xinqian

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A -- Glossary of technical terms -- Appendix B -- Hydraulic calculations of natural flood plain and less-than-design flow in a box culvert -- Appendix C -- On physical modelling of fish passage in standard box culverts -- Appendix D -- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling of fish friendly standard box culvert barrel -- Appendix E -- On alternatives to improve upstream passage of small-body-mass fish, including retrofitting -- Appendix F -- Digital appendix: video movies of culvert operation and small-bodied fish swimming in box culvert channels -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- REFERENCES -- Bibliography -- Internet bibliography…”
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Advanced fracture mechanics and structural integrity / by Saxena, A. (Ashok)

Table of Contents: “…Methods of Estimating J-Integral; 3.1 Analytical Solutions; 3.2 Determination of J in Test Specimens; 3.2.1 Semi-Empirical Methods of Determining J; 3.2.2 J for a Deep Edge Crack Specimen Subject to Pure Bending, SEC(B); 3.2.3 Merkle-Corten Analysis of a Compact Specimen; 3.2.4 J for Center Crack Tension Geometry; 3.3 J for Growing Cracks; 3.4 Estimating J-Integral for Cracked Components; 3.4.1 Elastic-Plastic Estimation Procedure; 3.4.2 J-Solutions for Cracks in Infinite Bodies…”
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Fatigue of materials and structures application to design and damage /

Table of Contents: “…Superposition" method -- 3.4.5.Superposition method: applicable examples -- 3.4.6.Numerical application exercise -- 3.5.Performing some "damage tolerance" calculations -- 3.5.1.Complementarity of fatigue and damage tolerance -- 3.5.2.Safety coefficients to understand curve a = f(N) -- 3.5.3.Acquisition of the material parameters -- 3.5.4.Negative parameter: corrosion -- "corrosion fatigue" -- 3.6.Application to the residual strength of thin sheets -- 3.6.1.Planar panels: Feddersen diagram -- 3.6.2.Case of stiffened panels -- 3.7.Propagation of cracks subjected to random loading in the aeronautic industry -- 3.7.1.Modeling of the interactions of loading cycles -- 3.7.2.Comparison of predictions with experimental results -- 3.7.3.Rainflow treatment of random loadings -- 3.8.Conclusion -- 3.8.1.Organization of the evolution of "damage tolerance" -- 3.8.2.Structural maintenance program -- 3.8.3.Inspection of structures being used -- 3.9.Damage tolerance within the gigacyclic domain -- 3.9.1.Observations on crack propagation -- 3.9.2.Propagation of a fish-eye with regards to damage tolerance -- 3.9.3.Example of a turbine disk subjected to vibration -- 3.10.Bibliography -- ch. 4 Defect Influence on the Fatigue Behavior of Metallic Materials / Gilles Baudry -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Some facts -- 4.2.1.Failure observation -- 4.2.2.Endurance limit level -- 4.2.3.Influence of the rolling reduction ratio and the effect of rolling direction -- 4.2.4.Low cycle fatigue: SN curves -- 4.2.5.Wohler curve: existence of an endurance limit -- 4.2.6.Summary -- 4.3.Approaches -- 4.3.1.First models -- 4.3.2.Kitagawa diagram -- 4.3.3.Murakami model -- 4.4.A few examples -- 4.4.1.Medium-loaded components: example of as-forged parts: connecting rods -- effect of the forging skin -- 4.4.2.High-loaded components: relative importance of cleanliness and surface state -- example of the valve spring -- 4.4.3.High-loaded components: Bearings-Endurance cleanliness relationship -- 4.5.Prospects -- 4.5.1.Estimation of lifetimes and their dispersions -- 4.5.2.Fiber orientation -- 4.5.3.Prestressing -- 4.5.4.Corrosion -- 4.5.5.Complex loadings: spectra/over-loadings/multiaxial loadings -- 4.5.6.Gigacycle fatigue -- 4.6.Conclusion -- 4.7.Bibliography -- ch. 5 Fretting Fatigue: Modeling and Applications / Trevor Lindley -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Experimental methods -- 5.2.1.Fatigue specimens and contact pads -- 5.2.2.Fatigue S-N data with and without fretting -- 5.2.3.Frictional force measurement -- 5.2.4.Metallography and fractography -- 5.2.5.Mechanisms in fretting fatigue -- 5.3.Fretting fatigue analysis -- 5.3.1.The S-N approach -- 5.3.2.Fretting modeling -- 5.3.3.Two-body contact -- 5.3.4.Fatigue crack initiation -- 5.3.5.Analysis of cracks: the fracture mechanics approach -- 5.3.6.Propagation -- 5.4.Applications under fretting conditions -- 5.4.1.Metallic material: partial slip regime -- 5.4.2.Epoxy polymers: development of cracks under a total slip regime -- 5.5.Palliatives to combat fretting fatigue -- 5.6.Conclusions -- 5.7.Bibliography -- ch. 6 Contact Fatigue / Ky Dang Van -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Classification of the main types of contact damage -- 6.2.1.Background -- 6.2.2.Damage induced by rolling contacts with or without sliding effect -- 6.2.3.Fretting -- 6.3.A few results on contact mechanics -- 6.3.1.Hertz solution -- 6.3.2.Case of contact with friction under total sliding conditions -- 6.3.3.Case of contact with partial sliding -- 6.3.4.Elastic contact between two solids of different elastic modules -- 6.3.5.3D elastic contact -- 6.4.Elastic limit -- 6.5.Elastoplastic contact -- 6.5.1.Stationary methods -- 6.5.2.Direct cyclic method -- 6.6.Application to modeling of a few contact fatigue issues -- 6.6.1.General methodology -- 6.6.2.Initiation of fatigue cracks in rails -- 6.6.3.Propagation of initiated cracks -- 6.6.4.Application to fretting fatigue -- 6.7.Conclusion -- 6.8.Bibliography -- ch. 7 Thermal Fatigue / Luc Remy -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Characterization tests -- 7.2.1.Cyclic mechanical behavior -- 7.2.2.Damage -- 7.3.Constitutive and damage models at variable temperatures -- 7.3.1.Constitutive laws -- 7.3.2.Damage process modeling based on fatigue conditions -- 7.3.3.Modeling the damage process in complex cases: towards considering interactions with creep and oxidation phenomena -- 7.4.Applications -- 7.4.1.Exhaust manifolds in automotive industry -- 7.4.2.Cylinder heads made from aluminum alloys in the automotive industry -- 7.4.3.Brake disks in the rail and automotive industries -- 7.4.4.Nuclear industry pipes -- 7.4.5.Simple structures simulating turbine blades -- 7.5.Conclusion -- 7.6.Bibliography.…”
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Engineering decision making and risk management / by Herrmann, Jeffrey W.

Table of Contents: “…Decision Making Under Uncertainty 5.1 Types of Uncertainties 5.2 Assessing a Subjective Probability 5.3 Imprecise Probabilities 5.4 Cumulative Risk Profile and Dominance 5.5 Decision Trees: Modeling 5.6 Decision Trees: Determining Expected Values 5.7 Sequential Decision Making 5.8 Modeling Risk Aversion 5.9 Robustness 5.10 Uncertainty Propagation: Sensitivity Analysis 5.11 Uncertainty Propagation: Method of Moments 5.12 Uncertainty Propagation: Monte Carlo Simulation Exercises References 6. …”
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ADVANCED MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS physics, mathematics and applications. by Gatti, Paolo L., 1959-

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20% chance of rain exploring the concept of risk / by Jones, Richard B. (Richard Bradley), 1947-

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Applied elasticity and plasticity / by Kassir, Mumtaz

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Gas turbine propulsion systems by MacIsaac, Bernie

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The Newman Lectures on Transport Phenomena / by Newman, John S., 1938-, Battaglia, Vincent S.

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Visualization of fields and applications in engineering by Tou, Stephen

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