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Careers in Renewable Energy, Updated 2nd Edition: Your World, Your Future

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Report copyright infringementby Gregory McNamee (Author)Numerous job opportunities can be found in the fast-growing field of renewable energy. Grab this handy book and discover how clean energy can be a part of your future, whether you are new to the workforce or retooling your career. Career Sectors: Solar & Wind Energy Geothermal Energy Hydropower Bioenergy Green Building & Energy Management Hydrogen Energy & Fuel Cells Green Transportation Energy Education & Economics Job A...

Geo Power: Stay Warm, Keep Cool and Save Money with Geothermal Heating & Cooling

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Report copyright infringementby Donal Blaise Lloyd (Author), Lawrence A. Muhammad (Foreword by)Discover why ground-source heat pumps are the best choice for heating and cooling new or existing homes in any climate and how this reliable, silent, non-polluting way of extracting free energy from the earth saves money year after year. Then go a step further and learn the simple science behind this proven technology. - Geothermal options: open vs. closed loops, either horizontal or vertical, for w...

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways - 2009 Edition with 2012 Revisions

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Report copyright infringementby U. S. Department of Transportaton (Author), Federal Highway Administration (Author)The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or MUTCD defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public traffic. The MUTCD is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under 23 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 655, Subpart F. The M...

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Report copyright infringementby Sun Tzu (Author)In this 'no frills' edition of Sun Tzu's classic text, you will be able to quickly understand why his work was so monumental and so enduring. Many editions offer helpful commentary and background, but Tzu's own writing, with its simplicity and directness, becomes obscured. If you want just Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", then this edition is for you. Number of Pages: 58 Dimensions: 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publicati...

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Report copyright infringementby NASA (Author)Created as an aid for the astronauts training for Skylab missions, this Skylab Saturn IB Flight Manual is a comprehensive reference that contains descriptions of ground support interfaces, prelaunch operations, and emergency procedures. It also summarizes mission variables and constraints, mission control monitoring and data flow during launch and flight. Launch vehicle SL-2 (SA-206; first Skylab manned mission) was used as the baseline for the man...

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Report copyright infringementby Naval Education (Author)With the introduction of guided missiles to the U.S. Navy, the Gunner's Mate Missile (GMM) rating was created. Tasked with operating, maintaining and repairing guided missile systems, the GMM had broad responsibilities. GMM training included two phases. GMM strikers studied for the Petty Officer 3rd Class rating (GMM3) and then advanced to 2nd Class (GMM2). From these candidates, some would be given additional training to obtain 1st Clas...

TM 9-775 Landing Vehicle Tracked, LVT MK. I and MK. II Technical Manual

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Report copyright infringementby War Department (Author)The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) was a class of amphibious warfare vehicle, a small landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army during World War II. Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they rapidly evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles as well. The LVT Mark I was the first military model. Traveling at a respectable six knots in the water and twelve mph o...

TM 9-741 Staghound Medium Armored Car T17E1 Technical Manual

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Report copyright infringementby War Department (Author)The T17E1, better known as the Staghound, was an American armored car design produced during the Second World War. It never saw service with front line U.S. forces but was supplied, via the United Kingdom, to British and Commonwealth forces during the war. A number of countries used the Staghound after the war, with some of the vehicles continuing to serve into the 1980s.Production started in October 1942, and approximately 4,000 Staghoun...

FM 17-74 M26 Pershing Medium Tank Crew Drill, Service of the Piece and Stowage: Field Manual

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Report copyright infringementby Department Of the Army (Author)The Pershing was the first operational heavy tank of the US Army; originally the T26, the tank was eventually re-designated the M26 Pershing medium tank. Named after General John J. Pershing who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I, it was briefly used both in World War II and in the Korean War. Intended as an improvement of the M4 Sherman, the prolonged time of development meant only a small number saw co...

Tank and Tank Destroyer Gunnery Field Manual: FM 23-100

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Report copyright infringementby War Department (Author)Created by the War Department during WWII to train tank and tank destroyer crews, this field manual teaches the principles and techniques employed in gunnery. It includes sections on direct and indirect fire techniques, auxiliary weapons, and employment of tanks as reinforcing artillery. Chapters include: range and speed determination, angle of site, crew drill, gunnery technique, direct and indirect fire sights and orders, conduct of fir...

Lunar Module LM 10 Thru LM 14 Vehicle Familiarization Manual

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Report copyright infringementby Grumman (Author), NASA (Author)Originally created for NASA in 1969 by prime contractor Grumman, this Lunar Module Vehicle Familiarization Manual was mandatory reading for Apollo astronauts, contractors and NASA support staff. This version of the manual describes the so-called ELM, or Extended Lunar Modules designed for the "J"class missions Apollo 15-17 and the never-flown Apollo 18 and 19. The ELM came about as part of NASA's efforts to enhance the scientific ...

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Report copyright infringementby Leland F. Belew (Author), Ernst Stuhlinger (Author)Skylab's launch in 1973 represented a major milestone in America's space program. Intended to enrich scientific knowledge of the Earth, Sun and space, America's first space station was also intended to prove that humans could live and work in zero gravity for extended periods. The station's design originated from a 1959 proposal by Wehrner von Braun to use an empty rocket stage as an orbiting laboratory -- Skyl...

Essays on the History of Transportation and Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Emory L. Kemp (Author), Lance E. Metz (Foreword by), Robert J. Kapsch (Introduction by)Within these twelve essays, Kemp describes and analyzes nineteenth century improvements in building materials such as iron, steel, and cement; roads and bridges, especially the evolution of the suspension bridge; canals and navigable rivers, including the Ohio River and its tributaries; and water supply systems.Back Jacket Emory Kemp is the founder and director of the Institu...

Circle It, Honey Bee Facts, Word Search, Puzzle Book

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Report copyright infringementby Lowry Global Media LLC (Author), Maria Schumacher (Author)Why just work through lists of words when you can read interesting facts about Honey Bees and enjoy some stimulating Circle It word search. No more boring lists of words(TM). The words for the Circle It word search are in bold within the text. All of the Facts series of Circle It word search books contain a wide variety of community contributed information that is useful, interesting, and fun. Get yours ...

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Report copyright infringementby Emory L. Kemp (Author)A tributary of the Ohio River and significant commercial route in the nineteenth century, the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio presents a remarkable case study of how Americans have managed their waterways. In Taming the Muskingum, esteemed scholar Emory Kemp traces this history, emphasizing the engineering and construction aspects of river navigation and the fourteen related flood control dams built under the direction of the U.S. Arm...

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Report copyright infringementby Sun Tzu (Author), Lionel Giles (Translator)Written in China more than 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also relevant economic, political, and psychological factors. Indeed, the precepts outlined by Sun Tzu can be applied outside ...

Dad & Doc, with Harry Harter's East Texas Oil Parade

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle M. Haas (Author), Harry Harter (Author)The real story of the men who discovered the Black Giant - the grand East Texas oil field in 1930. Lore tells us that Dad Joiner and Doc Lloyd believed East Texas was floating on a vast ocean of oil. Joiner supposedly spent his last dime bringing in the discovery well, based on his faith in Lloyd's geological findings. The truth is that neither man believed there was oil there or intended to find it. Each man had ...

Tough Men in Hard Places: A Photographic Collection

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Report copyright infringementby Esther Greenfield (Author)The mines in southwestern Colorado were in trouble and needed cheap, reliable electric power to keep running. This is the story of innovative solutions to solve the problem using alternating current electricity and the incredible effort, tenacity, and toughness of the men who overcame formidable obstacles to bring electrification to the mines, ranches, homes, and businesses in the remote and rugged areas of southwestern Colorado. Here ...

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Report copyright infringementby Phil H. Listemann (Author)The Spitfire F.21 was the last Spitfire variant to be introduced into service before the end of WW2. It belongs to what we usually call the third generation of Spitfires, and the F.21 was the first of it, preceding the F.22 and F.24. This is a study of 32 pages, with over 30 photos and 5 colour profiles, and details its carreer during and after the war. Revised February 2019, March 2021. Number of Pages: 34 Di...

Indium: Geology, Mineralogy, and Economics

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Report copyright infringementby Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera (Author), Peter M. Herzig (Author)The extraordinary growth of the computer and semiconductor industries and the increasing consumption of indium in these technologies in recent years have placed major constraints on current and future reserves of this metal. In the past, geoscientists have noticed the occurrence of indium in a large variety of ore de- posits and detailed geochemical and mineralogical work is available for a few ex- ampl...

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Report copyright infringementby Dietmar Bobacz (Author)The European standards EN 199x, the so-called Eurocodes, permit for the dimensioning of structural elements in case of fire besides the conservative methods (prescriptive rules), alternative ways of solution. They are described by performance-based codes. The author Dietmar Bobacz developed tools to dimension wood members on basis of performance-based codes. A fire event in this connection is no longer determined by the standard temperatu...

Electrical Properties of PZT Piezoelectric Ceramics at High Temperatures

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Report copyright infringementby Zoltan Gubinyi (Author)Space exploration missions in the future will involve in-situ sampling and analysis under extreme environmental conditions, so these missions will require actuators and sensors that can operate reliably for a long period of time under these conditions. Piezoelectric materials with very high Curie temperature would be ideal for this role, but there is very little information available about their electrical properties at elevated temperatu...

Decentralized Optimization with Independent Decision Makers

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Report copyright infringementby Gokhan Inalhan (Author) Number of Pages: 184 Dimensions: 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 06, 2008

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Report copyright infringementby Omid Aminfar (Author), Amir Khajepour (Author)Well drilling is an important process for extracting oil, natural gas, water, and mineral materials. Opening wells requires boring through earth formations, which requires specialized tools and operation procedures. Rotary drilling, in which a drill bit is used to crush the rock and penetrate into the formation, is one of the main methods of well drilling. Rotary cone bits are one of the main types of drill bits use...

Laser Spark Plug Development and Engine Testing - Design of a diode side pumped solid state passively Q-switched laser for use as an ignition source f

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Report copyright infringementby Dustin McIntyre (Author)To meet the ignition system needs of future lean- burn natural gas engines a diode side pumped, passively Q-switched, Nd: YAG laser was developed and tested. Laboratory experimentation used a wide range of input parameters that when combined produced brilliant sparks in air. The results show a strong dependence of the output on the output coupler reflectivity, Q-switch initial transmission, and gain media dopant concentration. The result...

High-level System Modeling with SystemC and TLM

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Report copyright infringementby Christian Widtmann (Author)Traditional methodologies increasingly fail to tackle the challenge of contemporary embedded system design. The drive towards shorter product life cycles and time-to-market necessitates an increase of productivity. Electronic System Level Design (ESL) addresses this issue by modeling and abstraction. The Transaction Level Modeling (TLM) standard, based on the system modeling language SystemC, is targeted at the design of fast virtual ...

Computational Methods for High Frequency Electromagnetic Interference

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Report copyright infringementby Yakup Bayram (Author)This book is the ideal resource for EMI/EMC researchers and engineers concerned about modeling high frequency EMI on cable bundles and electronics. Many traditional EMI/EMC techniques rely on quasi-static assumption and therefore, are limited to only low frequencies. However, with increased CPU clock speed and the proliferation of high frequency wireless communication systems, it is critical to account for non-static interactions at high fr...

Feature Selection for Anomaly Detection in Hyperspectral Data

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Report copyright infringementby Songyot Nakariyakul (Author)Over the past decade, use of hyperspectral imagery has been intensively investigated for agricultural product inspection, since it introduces a new noninvasive machine-vision method that gives a very accurate inspection rate. The spectral information in hyperspectral data uniquely characterizes and identifies the chemical and/or physical properties of the constituent parts of an agricultural product that are useful for product inspec...

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Report copyright infringementby Yuriy Reshetyuk (Author)During the last decade, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has appeared as a new surveying technique. Its proper use requires good knowledge of the error sources, comprehensive description of which is currently lacking. Especially important are systematic instrumental errors, which are determined during calibration. Recently, the method of self- calibration used in photogrammetry has been shown to be efficient for laser scanners. Another i...

The Analysis of Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) Data

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Report copyright infringementby Giorge Tsuruta (Author)The use of FOQA has become widely adopted within the last decade with the aim of increasing aviation safety. Although thousand of parameters have been available to FOQA programs, airlines have traditionally chosen a limited number for analysis; there has been no consensus on what parameters - other than the required ones - should be monitored. Therefore, several FOQA parameters that could enhance air carrier safety have not been recorded ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ali Dehghan-Manshadi (Author)Thermomechanical treatments (TMT) have been extensively used as a key method to improve the mechanical properties of different metallic materials over the last decades. These treatments are usually involving with grain refinement through a combination of hot working and thermal treatments. Understanding the different phenomena that determine the finer microstructure of deformed material is an important aspect of TMT studies. These p...

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Dookeran (Author)Ginger beer is a very popular drink in Trinidad and Tobago. Persons of all ages have consumed this popular beverage in large quantities for generations, especially during the festive Christmas period. However, the absence of standards allows manufacturers to produce and market ginger ale as ginger beer. The commercial products usually have a strong (pungent) ginger taste, but lack the characteristic fermented flavour. The sensory character...