The authors provide a detailed history of unmanned exploration of our Solar System. The subject is treated from an engineering and scientific standpoint. Technical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations are pr…
After an exposition of kinematics and dynamics, the first half examines the first and second laws of thermodynamics in terms of energy, stability of equilibrium, entropy,…
The main focus of the book is to convey modern techniques applied within the range of computational mechanics of beams, plates and shells. The topics of…
This book is about the legal, economical, and practical assessment and management of risky activities arising from routine, catastrophic environmental and occupational exposures to hazardous agents.…