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An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity

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Report copyright infringementby Y. C. Fung (Author)Geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this outstanding text was written by one of the founders of bioengineering and modern biomechanics. It offers unusually thorough coverage of the interaction of aerodynamic forces and elastic structures. It has also proven highly useful to designers and engineers concerned with flutter, structural dynamics, flight loads, and related subjects.An introductory chapter covers concepts of...

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Report copyright infringementby John C. Doyle (Author), Bruce a. Francis (Author), Allen R. Tannenbaum (Author)An excellent introduction to feedback control system design, this book offers a theoretical approach that captures the essential issues and can be applied to a wide range of practical problems. Its explorations of recent developments in the field emphasize the relationship of new procedures to classical control theory, with a focus on single input and output systems that keeps concep...

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Report copyright infringementby Milton E. Harr (Author), Engineering (Author)Logical, analytical approach to solution of groundwater and seepage problems. Coverage of Russian work, advanced engineering mathematics, numerous worked-out examples, over 200 problems. Number of Pages: 336 Dimensions: 0.67 x 8.48 x 5.4 IN Publication Date: November 02, 2011

Elasticity: Tensor, Dyadic, and Engineering Approaches

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Report copyright infringementby Pei Chi Chou (Author), Nicholas J. Pagano (Author)Written for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this exceptionally clear text treats both the engineering and mathematical aspects of elasticity. It is especially useful because it offers the theory of linear elasticity from three standpoints: engineering, Cartesian tensor, and vector-dyadic. In this way the student receives a more complete picture and a more thorough understanding of engine...

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Report copyright infringementby Holt Ashley (Author)Excellent graduate-level text explores virtually every important subject in the fields of subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic aerodynamics and dynamics, demonstrating their interface in atmospheric flight vehicle design. 1974 edition.Back JacketWritten by one of the leading aerospace educators of our time, each sentence is packed with information. An outstanding book. -- Private Pilot"Illuminated throughout by new twists in expla...

A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics

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Report copyright infringementby G. A. Tokaty (Author)Through the centuries, the intricacies of fluid mechanics -- the study of the laws of motion and fluids in motion -- have occupied many of history's greatest minds. In this pioneering account, a distinguished aeronautical scientist presents a history of fluid mechanics focusing on the achievements of the pioneering scientists and thinkers whose inspirations and experiments lay behind the evolution of such disparate devices as irrigation lif...

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Report copyright infringementby Rutherford Aris (Author)"Engaging, elegantly written." -- Applied Mathematical ModellingMathematical modelling is a highly useful methodology designed to enable mathematicians, physicists and other scientists to formulate equations from a given nonmathematical situation. In this elegantly written volume, a distinguished theoretical chemist and engineer sets down helpful rules not only for setting up models but also for solving the mathematical problems they pos...

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Report copyright infringementby Raymond L. Bisplinghoff (Author), Holt Ashley (Author), Robert L. Halfman (Author)Designed as both a textbook for advanced engineering students and a reference book for practicing engineers, this highly regarded work deals not only with the practical aspects of aeroelasticity, but the aerodynamic and structural tools upon which these rest. Accordingly, the book divides roughly into two halves: the first deals with the tools and the second with applications of t...

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Report copyright infringementby Bruno A. Boley (Author), Jerome H. Weiner (Author), Engineering (Author)Elevated temperatures and extreme temperature gradients arise in a large variety of engineering problems, and often produced thermal stresses and thermal deformations that crucially affect the life of the materials and the systems involved. Early examples arose with the advent of high-speed rocket-powered flight and the development of nuclear energy sources. More recent applications can be ...

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Report copyright infringementby R. W. Ogden (Author)Classic in the field covers application of theory of finite elasticity to solution of boundary-value problems, analysis of mechanical properties of solid materials capable of large elastic deformations. Problems. References.Back JacketThis meticulous and precise account of the theory of finite elasticity fills a significant gap in the literature. The book is concerned with the mathematical theory of non-linear elasticity, the application of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Solomon Kullback (Author)Highly useful text studies logarithmic measures of information and their application to testing statistical hypotheses. Includes numerous worked examples and problems. References. Glossary. Appendix. Number of Pages: 432 Dimensions: 0.85 x 8.26 x 5.64 IN Publication Date: July 07, 1997

The Galileo Affair: A Documentary History Volume 1

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Report copyright infringementby Maurice A. Finocchiaro (Editor)In 1633 the Roman Inquisition concluded the trial of Galileo Galilei with a condemnation for heresy. The trial was itself the climax of a series of events which began two decades earlier (in 1613) and included another series of Inquisition proceedings in 1615-1616. Besides marking the end of the controversy that defines the original episode, the condemnation of 1633 also marks the beginning of another classic controversy-about the...

Hard Rock Epic: Western Miners and the Industrial Revolution, 1860-1910

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Wyman (Author)"The most comprehensive and interpretive study of the mining industry available to historians. . . . It is a book that will stand the test of time." -W. Turrentine Jackson, Technology and Culture "Mark Wyman's sympathetic account of the Western metal miners includes graphic details of their bitter struggle for unpaid wages, for industrial safety legislation, for corporate liability in the event of mine accidents and for workmen's compensati...

The Great Thirst: Californians and Water: A History

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Report copyright infringementby Norris Hundley (Author)The story of "the great thirst" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundley's outstanding history, with additional photographs and incisive descriptions of the major water-policy issues facing California now: accelerating urbanization of farmland and open spaces, persisting despoliation of water supplies, and demands for equity in water allocation for an exploding population. People the world over confront these proble...

Out of the Earth: Civilization and the Life of the Soil

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Hillel (Author)As the crucible of life, the source and final resting place of everything that grows, soil inspires reverence not only in the peasant who derives his daily bread from it, but also in the scientist who contemplates its meaning as the place where life and death meet and exchange vital energies. Out of the Earth is the culmination of the author's long career in conservation. This history of man's use and misuse of soil and water combines a de...

With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel Rothenberg (Author), Robert Coles (Foreword by)With These Hands documents the farm labor system through the presentation of a collection of voices--workers who labor in the fields, growers who manage the multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, contractors who link workers with growers, coyotes who smuggle people across the border, union organizers, lobbyists, physicians, workers' families in Mexico, farmworker children and others. The diversity of st...

The Paradox of Water: The Science and Policy of Safe Drinking Water

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Report copyright infringementby Bhawani Venkataraman (Author)Water is a molecular marvel. Its seemingly simple formula--H2O--dictates the properties that make water both essential for life and easily contaminated. Herein lies the paradox of water: we cannot live without it, but it is easily rendered "unsafe." The Paradox of Water explores the intersection of the scientific, social, and policy implications around access to safe drinking water. Drinking water is the smallest fraction of water u...

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The Cult of Information: A Neo-Luddite Treatise on High-Tech, Artificial Intelligence, and the True Art of Thinking

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Report copyright infringementby Theodore Roszak (Author)As we devote ever-increasing resources to providing, or prohibiting, access to information via computer, Theodore Roszak reminds us that voluminous information does not necessarily lead to sound thinking. "Data glut" obscures basic questions of justice and purpose and may even hinder rather than enhance our productivity. In this revised and updated edition of The Cult of Information, Roszak reviews the disruptive role the computer has co...

Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935

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Report copyright infringementby Donald J. Pisani (Author)Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country-shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. What began as the underwriting of a variety of projects to create family farms and farmin...

The River Stops Here: Saving Round Valley a Pivotal Chapter in California's Water Wars

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Report copyright infringementby Ted Simon (Author), Robert Gottlieb (Afterword by), Ruth Langridge (Afterword by)A vivid chapter in the saga of the California water wars, The River Stops Here documents state and federal plans to flood the largest, most fertile valley in Mendocino County to send water south to Los Angeles. The eventual success of Richard Wilson, a rancher in Round Valley, to stop the project is the heart of this compelling story.Author BiographyTed Simon is a journalist and th...

Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Manning (Author)Food's Frontier provides a survey of pioneering agricultural research projects underway in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, China, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru by a writer both well-grounded technically and sensitive to social and cultural issues. The book starts from the premise that the "Green Revolution" which averted mass starvation a generation ago is not a long-term solution to global food needs and has created its own very se...

Hollywood 1938: Motion Pictures' Greatest Year

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Jurca (Author)In Hollywood 1938, Catherine Jurca brings to light a tumultuous year of crisis that has been neglected in histories of the studio era. With attendance in decline, negative publicity about stars that were "poison at the box office," and a spate of bad films, industry executives decided that the public was fed up with the movies. Jurca describes their desperate attempt to win back audiences by launching Motion Pictures' Greatest Year, a ma...

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Report copyright infringementby A. J. Winkler (Author), James A. Cook (Author), William Mark Kliewer (Author)Wherever grapevines are cultivated, this book will be welcome because it fills a long-standing need for a clear, concise treatment of modern viticulture. During the past fifty years, more progress has been made in the science and art of growing grapes for table use and raisin or wine production than in any previous century.This new edition has been revised throughout. The chapters on v...

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Report copyright infringementby W. Kendrick Pritchett (Author)The volumes of The Greek State at War are an essential reference for the classical scholar. Professor Pritchett has systematically canvassed ancient texts and secondary literature for references to specific topics; each volume explores a unique aspect of Greek military practice.Front JacketProfessor Prichett is an acknowledged authority in more than a few techniques of investigation, and readers can immediately see that they are in...

Guerrilla Strategies: An Historical Anthology from the Long March to Afghanistan

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Report copyright infringementby Gérard Chaliand (Editor)This unique anthology of writings on revolutionary warfare and counterinsurgency covers almost all the major struggles of the modern world. Chaliand, who has had firsthand experience with guerrilla movements in Afghanistan, Africa, and Latin America, provides a concise yet panoramic overview of political and military strategies in revolutionary warfare, noting their strengths, limitations, and pathologies.Back JacketHere is a unique anth...

Draw the Lightning Down: Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Brian Schiffer (Author)Most of us know--at least we've heard--that Benjamin Franklin conducted some kind of electrical experiment with a kite. What few of us realize--and what this book makes powerfully clear--is that Franklin played a major role in laying the foundations of modern electrical science and technology. This fast-paced book, rich with historical details and anecdotes, brings to life Franklin, the large international network of scientists an...

Mining North America: An Environmental History Since 1522

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Report copyright infringementby John R. McNeill (Editor), George Vrtis (Editor)Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material and cultural life. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads, pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have become central to North American societies. As this process has unfolded, mining has also indelibly shaped the natural world and the human societies within it. Mountain...

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Report copyright infringementby W. G. Price (Author), Richard Evelyn Donohue Bishop (Author)A ship is a flexible structure that moves bodily and distorts when it encounters waves. This behaviour is potentially dangerous and it must therefore be predicted as a necessary part of ship design. Hitherto the theory of ship structures has had to employ simplifying assumptions, and the dynamical theory has been founded largely on the assumption of rigidity. This book, however, shows how the wave resp...

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Report copyright infringementby D. H. Mellor (Editor), Mellor D. H. (Editor)Ways of Communicating is a stimulating exploration of the single most powerful force that gives humankind its control over the natural world--the communication among us. So integral a part of everyday life as to be taken for granted, yet so multi-faceted as to be notoriously slippery to describe and analyze, the world of communication is treated here from the standpoint of the arts quite as much as the sciences. Speec...

Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar: Principles and Applications

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Report copyright infringementby V. N. Bringi (Author), V. Chandrasekar (Author), V. N. Bringi (Joint Author)This work provides a detailed introduction to the principles of Doppler and polarimetric radar, focusing in particular on their use in the analysis of weather systems. The authors first discuss underlying topics such as electromagnetic scattering, polarization, and wave propagation. They then detail the engineering aspects of pulsed Doppler polarimetric radar, before examining key appli...

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Report copyright infringementby R. K. Turton (Author)The objective of this book is to provide a brief, but thorough account of the basic principles of good pump design. The author begins with a review of basic hydraulic relations. This section also includes a chapter on analytical methods and computer aided design, which is becoming increasingly common. This is followed by a description of two simple pump designs, the centrifugal pump and the axial flow pump. Next, support devices, such as sh...