Transport technology and trades Books

This book on aerospace and aeronautical engineering discusses important innovations and theoretical breakthroughs that have occurred in the industry in this field. Aerospace engineering encompasses the entire process of aircraft and rocket design...

Transportation engineering is an evolving field of study that focuses on the construction and alteration of the urban environment for the smooth and efficient passage of vehicular traffic. This is achieved through the study of conceptual systems that can...

Boatbuilding in Your Own Backyard makes building a variety of classic wooden boats accessible to anyone. Using the illustrated instructions in this book, you can truly build a boat-dingy, sailboat or cruiser-in your spare time, in your backyard or garage...

The photos in this edition are black and white. <p>Without a doubt, GM's LS Series engines are the hottest thing going right now. Thousands of enthusiasts are either modifying their cars factory equipped with these engines, supported by a robust...

The new Dodge Charger, Challenger, and other LX-platform cars bring modern V-8 performance to unparalleled heights, and the new Challenger and Charger Hellcats are the most powerful American production cars today. The outrageous performance and audacious...

Because trainees need to learn about the underlying technologies to use automation safely and efficiently, the development of automated aviation systems training is a growing challenge. Task analysis has been singled out as the basis of the training, but...

Long-term economic growth and increasing vehicle congestion is creating a greater demand for efficient and safe transportation. The high cost of maintaining and fixing pre-existing infrastructure is leading the industry to realize that sustainable...

A major non-technical challenge of space activities is ensuring productive cooperation, communication, and understanding between the engineers who design the mission and the space lawyers who cover its relevant legal aspects. Though both groups usually...

The integration of technology into the aviation system planning has allowed for more stable, yet increasingly complex, models that enable better analysis techniques and new approaches to decision-making. These modern advances ensure higher productivity...

While modern cities continue to grow and become more efficient in many sectors as their population increases, public transportation has not yet caught up. As a significant industry in contemporary society, further progress in transportation systems is...

The rail-based transit system is a popular public transportation option, not just with members of the public but also with policy makers looking to install a form of convenient and rapid travel. Even for moving bulk freight long distances, a rail-based...

The aim of this book is to introduce scientific ballooning to the many people who are interested in the use of balloons for scientific applications. The book offers a basic understanding of the engineering details and the scientific research giving rise...

Author Daniel E. Williams, an industry professional with more 30 years of experience in chassis control systems from concept to launch, brings this experience and his unique approach to readers of Generalized Vehicle Dynamics. This book makes use of...

Sea Sermons: Or Plain Addresses, Intended For Public Worship On Board Of Merchant Vessels, And For Private Use Among Seamen And Plain People (1843) is a collection of sermons written by Richard Marks. The book is intended for use by sailors and other...

Emergency Signaling is a book written by the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company in 1916. The book is a comprehensive guide to emergency signaling, covering everything from the history of signaling devices to the practical application of signaling...

Hybrid cars, and indeed, all electric vehicles are playing a rôle in the salvation of the planet's eco-system. At least, in respect to the world supporting human life. However, hybrid cars will one day be replaced by vehicles that use no irreplaceable...

At the present time, space travel is characterized by separately developed technologies of the space-traveling nations. Depending on fixed financial budgets and expensive technology companies, the developed spaceships are strongly designed just for a...

Literature Review from the year 2014 in the subject Engineering - Naval Engineering, Ocean Engineering, grade: 3, , language: English, abstract: The fast growing offshore industry has come up with advanced technology that makes it possible to produce oil...

Today, mainly man-made materials, such as carbon and glass fibers, are used to produce composite parts in aviation. Renewable materials, such as natural fibers or bio-sourced resin systems, have not yet found their way into aviation. The project...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

Fully Tuned Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for Flight Control presents the use of the Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks for adaptive control of nonlinear systems with emphasis on flight control applications...

Experiments on Decision Fusion for Driver Recognition.- Driver Recognition System Using FNN and Statistical Methods.- Driver Identification Based on Spectral Analysis of Driving Behavioral Signals.- An Artificial-Vision Based Environment Perception...

Advanced Design Problems in Aerospace Engineering, Volume 1: Advanced Aerospace Systems presents six authoritative lectures on the use of mathematics in the conceptual design of various types of aircraft and spacecraft. It...

Watson's General Telegraphic List of Ships' Names, For Vessels of All Nations is a comprehensive guidebook written by Barnard Lindsay Watson in 1840. The book is a guide to the names of ships from different countries and includes a list of telegraphic...

The Chariots of Fire and Iron: The Modern Railway System is a book written by Daniel Thompson Taylor in 1888. The book is a comprehensive guide to the modern railway system, discussing its history, development, and current state. It covers a range of...

Automotive Repair Case Studies(Diagnostic Strategies of Modern Automotive Systems)By Mandy ConcepcionIn this section, we'll take a look at automotive diagnostics in action. An effort has been made to look at problems in different ways, in each of the...

Acura-Honda Automotive SRS Airbag Repair ManualA reference and pictorial guide for automotive SRS/Air-Bag Systems(Including all major Acura and Honda Model SRS/Air-Bags)By MANDY CONCEPCIONThis book is based on the "Automotive SRS/Air-Bag Troubleshooter"...

Automotive Scan Tool PID DiagnosticsDiagnostics Strategies of Modern Automotive SystemsBy Mandy ConcepcionIn this section, the different techniques of scan tool parameter (PID) analysis will be exposed. Techniques involving PID analysis are quickly...

Automotive Actuators and EVAP System Testing(Diagnostic Strategies of Modern Automotive Systems Series)By Mandy ConcepcionThis section gives an in depth look at the many actuators and solenoids that make up a modern automotive system. In this book, we'll...

Automotive Equipment Usage and Repair StrategiesDiagnostic Strategies of Modern Automotive SystemsBy Mandy ConcepcionIn this book, we'll cover diagnostic equipment usage. As an automotive activity, diagnosing modern vehicles has become extremely...

Electronic Automotive Transmission Troubleshooter Honda Acura A reference and pictorial guide for automotive transmissions(Including all major Acura and Honda Model Transmissions)By MANDY CONCEPCIONThis book is based on the "Automotive Transmission...

Hybrid Rocket Combustion This book present an effort toward investigation of the local regression rate, average regression rate through the effect of oxidizer injection pressure. The concept of combustion processes presented in this book is based on...

This monograph presents several comprehensive nonlinear control architectures to improve coolant temperature regulation and servo-motor power consumption to positively impact the tailpipe emissions, fuel economy, and parasitic losses by better...

An increased number of positioning constellations are expected to become operational over the next decade. Consequently, each user will be able to independently conduct an integrity check for their estimated position. Through the use of a Multiple...

 Shelby is a beautiful brand-new Ford Mustang GT500 electric supercharger that just came into the market and was sold by the sports club. Miguel is the one that had won the raffle ticket machine from the club and claimed the prize (car). 

The CUCV or Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle is a US Military vehicle based on readily available commercial trucks. Originally intended to augment the purpose-built, but expensive GAMA Goat 6x6 and older Jeeps. The first generation was based on...

The GPW Model MB, commonly referred to as the Jeep is probably themost ubiquitous American military vehicle ever produced. Simple, rugged,and capable of hard work it began as a World War II vehicle and descendantvehicles are still produced today as...

Known as the "Beau", Bristol's Beaufighter was based on the design of the Beaufort torpedo bomber. Heavy and slow by fighter standards, it nevertheless had a long career as a fighter, fighter bomber and eventually replaced the Beaufort as a torpedo...

Designed as a replacement for the U.S. Navy's F2H Banshee, the McDonnell F3H Demon fighter served with the fleet for nearly a decade, including during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Although it could not fly at supersonic speeds, the Demon served admirably as...

Machines which are used to transport people and cargo are known as vehicles. Some of the most common types of vehicles are motor vehicles, watercraft, amphibious vehicles, aircraft and spacecraft. Vehicles need a source of energy to drive them. Some of...

A spacecraft is a machine that is created to fly in the outer space. There are numerous purposes for which spacecrafts are used, such as space colonization, communications, meteorology, navigation, transportation, Earth observation, etc. There are two...

The field of engineering which focuses on the development of spacecraft and aircraft is known as aerospace engineering. This field is closely related to the fields of aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. There are a number of areas...