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  1. Heat Pipes and Solid Sorption Transformations

    Fundamentals and Practical Applications

    Edited by L.L Vasiliev, Sadik Kakaç

    Developing clean energy and utilizing waste energy has become increasingly vital. Research targeting the advancement of thermally powered adsorption cooling technologies has progressed in the past few decades, and the awareness of fuel cells and thermally activated (heat pipe heat exchangers)...

    Published May 7th 2013 by CRC Press

  2. Control of Fluid-Containing Rotating Rigid Bodies

    By Anatoly A. Gurchenkov, Vladimir I. Tsurkov, Mikhail V. Nosov

    Series: Communications in Cybernetics, Systems Science and Engineering

    This book is devoted to the study of the dynamics of rotating bodies with cavities containing liquid. Two basic classes of motions are analyzed: rotation and libration. Cases of complete and partial filling of cavities with ideal liquid and complete filling with viscous liquid are treated. The...

    Published April 10th 2013 by CRC Press

  3. Projectile Dynamics in Sport

    Principles and Applications

    By Colin White

    How can we predict the trajectory of a baseball from bat to outfield? How do the dimples in a golf ball influence its flight from tee to pin? What forces determine the path of a soccer ball steered over a defensive wall by an elite player? An understanding of the physical processes involved in...

    Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Hydraulic Machines

    Fundamentals of Hydraulic Power Systems

    By P. Kumar

    This book has been documented with the aim to include those fundamentals of 'Hydraulic Machines' which are necessary at graduate level engineering courses of any University.Basic hydraulics is extensively used in various applications in industry, construction, mining and marine engineering. The...

    Published December 26th 2012 by CRC Press

  5. Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 1

    From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED, Fourth Edition

    By Ian J R Aitchison, Anthony J.G. Hey

    Volume 1 of this revised and updated edition provides an accessible and practical introduction to the first gauge theory included in the Standard Model of particle physics: quantum electrodynamics (QED). The book includes self-contained presentations of electromagnetism as a gauge theory as well...

    Published December 16th 2012 by CRC Press

  6. Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 2: Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

    QCD and The Electroweak Theory, Fourth Edition

    By Ian J R Aitchison, Anthony J.G. Hey

    Volume 2 of this revised and updated edition provides an accessible and practical introduction to the two non-Abelian quantum gauge field theories of the Standard Model of particle physics: quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the Glashow-Salam-Weinberg (GSW) electroweak theory. This volume covers...

    Published December 16th 2012 by CRC Press

  7. Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Fourth Edition - 2 Volume set

    By Ian J.R. Aitchison, Anthony J.G. Hey

    The fourth edition of this well-established, highly regarded two-volume set continues to provide a fundamental introduction to advanced particle physics while incorporating substantial new experimental results, especially in the areas of CP violation and neutrino oscillations. It offers an...

    Published December 16th 2012 by CRC Press

  8. Coolant Flow Instabilities in Power Equipment

    By Vladimir B. Khabensky, Vladimir Antonovich Gerliga

    Thermal-hydraulic instability can potentially impair thermal reliability of reactor cores or other power equipment components. Thus it is important to address stability issues in power equipment associated with thermal and nuclear installations, particularly in thermal nuclear power plants,...

    Published December 16th 2012 by CRC Press

  9. Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Volume One

    Overview and Fundamentals

    Edited by Harindra Joseph Fernando

    With major implications for applied physics, engineering, and the natural and social sciences, the rapidly growing area of environmental fluid dynamics focuses on the interactions of human activities, environment, and fluid motion. A landmark for the field, the two-volume Handbook of Environmental...

    Published December 11th 2012 by CRC Press

  10. Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Volume Two

    Systems, Pollution, Modeling, and Measurements

    Edited by Harindra Joseph Fernando

    With major implications for applied physics, engineering, and the natural and social sciences, the rapidly growing area of environmental fluid dynamics focuses on the interactions of human activities, environment, and fluid motion. A landmark for the field, the two-volume Handbook of Environmental...

    Published December 11th 2012 by CRC Press