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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Robust Motion Control of Oscillatory-Base Manipulators

    H∞-Control and Sliding-Mode-Control-Based Approaches

    by Masayoshi Toda ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides readers with alternative robust approaches to control design for an important class of systems characteristically associated with ocean-going vessels and structures. These systems, which include crane vessels, on-board cranes, radar gimbals and a conductivity temperature and depth winch, are modelled as manipulators with oscillating bases. One design approach is based on the H ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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  • The ROV Manual

    A User Guide for Observation Class Remotely Operated Vehicles

    by Robert D Christ, Robert L. Wernli Sr ...
    The ROV Manual: A User Guide for Observation-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles is the first manual to provide a basic ""How To"" for using small observation-class ROVs for surveying, inspection and research procedures. It serves as a user guide that offers complete training and information about ROV operations for technicians, underwater activities enthusiasts, and engineers working offshore. The ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • Still Think Robots Can't Do Your Job?

    Essays on Automation and Technological Unemployment

    by Riccardo Campa ...
    Is Artificial Intelligence qualitatively different from other means of economizing the use of labor? Are we on the edge of a jobless society? If yes, are we ready for it? These are a few of the questions discussed in this collection of academic works. This book traces a brief history of the concept of technological unemployment; proposes a short-term scenario analysis concerning the relations ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • SUBTECH ’91

    Back to the Future. Papers presented at a conference organized by the Society for Underwater Technology and held in Aberdeen, UK, November 12–14, 1991

    Edited by Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The concept of using flexible, reelable pipe to transport liquids, gases, and vapours is not a new one. As early as the 1940s a steel braided elastomeric pipeline was developed for the Allied Forces in order to transport fuels to support the Normandy Beacheads. In fact, the longest flexible pipeline ever constructed is likely to be that laid across the English Channel as part of 'Operation Pluto'. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems in Offshore Engineering

    by Wei He, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Bernard Voon Ee How, Yoo Sang Choo ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems in Offshore Engineering is a comprehensive treatment of marine mechanical systems (MMS) involved in processes of great importance such as oil drilling and mineral recovery. Ranging from nonlinear dynamic modeling and stability analysis of flexible riser systems, through advanced control design for an installation system with a single rigid payload ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Overview of Industrial Process Automation

    by K.L.S. Sharma ...
    Overview of Industrial Process Automation, Second Edition, introduces the basics of philosophy, technology, terminology, and practices of modern automation systems through the presentation of updated examples, illustrations, case studies, and images. This updated edition adds new developments in the automation domain, and its reorganization of chapters and appendixes provides better continuity and ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Rise of Automation - Technology and Robots Will Replace Humans

    by Adidas Wilson ...
    You probably have an idea how robots will affect human workers negatively. Chief players in the tech world like Bill Gates and Elon Musk have provided their solutions; universal basic income or robot tax. But amidst the serious warnings and the utter sci-fi utopias, the human pain that will follow future job loss seems to be forgotten.15 years or so from now, the US economy will lose 38% of its ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Automation in Warehouse Development

    Edited by Roelof Hamberg, Jacques Verriet ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The warehouses of the future will come in a variety of forms, but with a few common ingredients. Firstly, human operational handling of items in warehouses is increasingly being replaced by automated item handling. Extended warehouse automation counteracts the scarcity of human operators and supports the quality of picking processes. Secondly, the development of models to simulate and analyse ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Quantitative Monitoring of the Underwater Environment

    Results of the International Marine Science and Technology Event MOQESM´14 in Brest, France

    Edited by Benoît Clement, Vincent Creuze, Luc Jaulin, Annick Billon-Coat, Isabelle Quidu, Nathalie Debese, Benoît Zerr ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This volume constitutes the results of the International Conference on Underwater Environment, MOQESM’14, held at “Le Quartz” Conference Center in Brest, France, on October 14-15, 2014, within the framework of the 9th Sea Tech Week, International Marine Science and Technology Event. The objective of MOQESM'14 was to bring together researchers from both academia and industry, interested in marine ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Applications to Marine Disaster Prevention

    Spilled Oil and Gas Tracking Buoy System

    Edited by Naomi Kato ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on the recent results of the research project funded by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 23226017) from FY 2011 to FY 2015 on an autonomous spilled oil and gas tracking buoy system and its applications to marine disaster prevention systems from a scientific point of view. This book spotlights research on marine ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Offshore Risk Assessment vol 2.

    Principles, Modelling and Applications of QRA Studies

    by Jan-Erik Vinnem ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Offshore Risk Assessment was the first book to deal with quantified risk assessment (QRA) as applied specifically to offshore installations and operations. Risk assessment techniques have been used for more than three decades in the offshore oil and gas industry, and their use is set to expand increasingly as the industry moves into new areas and faces new challenges in older regions.This updated ... Read more

    $93.49 CAD

  • Introduction to Multicopter Design and Control

    by Quan Quan ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is the first textbook specially on multicopter systems in the world. Itprovides a comprehensive overview of multicopter systems, rather than focusing on a single method or technique. The fifteen chapters are divided into five parts, covering the topics of multicopter design, modeling, state estimation, control, and decision-making. It differs from other books in the field in three major ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD