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Statistical Physics: An Introduction

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Statistical Physics: An Introduction

Statistical Physics: An Introduction by Daijiro Yoshioka
English | PDF (True) | 2007 | 206 Pages | ISBN : 3540286055 | 1.86 MB

A macroscopic system consists of a tremendous number of microscopic atoms and molecules. In thermal equilibrium the state of such a system is uniquely defined, despite the fact that the microscopic particles behave quite randomly. This observation gives rise to the fundamental law of the statistical physics; it allows entropy to be defined and a framework for the theory to be constructed.

Nuclear Matter in Different Phases and Transitions

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Nuclear Matter in Different Phases and Transitions

Nuclear Matter in Different Phases and Transitions: Proceedings of the Workshop Nuclear Matter in Different Phases and Transitions, March 31–April 10, 1998, Les Houches, France by Jean-Paul Blaizot, Xavier Campi, Marek Ploszajczak
English | PDF | 1999 | 523 Pages | ISBN : 0792356608 | 47.3 MB

Nuclei in their ground states behave as quantum fluids, Fermi liquids. When the density, or the temperature of that fluid increases, various phase transitions may occur. Thus, for moderate excitation energies, of the order of a few MeV per nucleon, nuclear matter behaves as an ordinary fluid with gaseous and liquid phases, and a coexistence region below a critical temperature. For higher excitation energies, of the order of a few Ge V per nucleon, the composition of nuclear matter changes, nucleons being gradually turned into baryonic resonances of various kinds. Finally, when 3 the energy density exceeds some few GeV /fm , nuclear matter turns into a gas of weakly interacting quarks and gluons. This new phase of matter has been called the quark-gluon plasma, and its existence is a prediction of Quantum Chromodynamics. Collisions of heavy ions produce nuclear matter with various degrees of excitation. In fact, by selecting the impact parameter and the bombarding energy, one can produce nuclear matter with specified baryonic density and excitation energy. Several major experimental programs are under way (for instance at GANIL, with the detector INDRA, at GSI with the detector ALADIN, at the CERN-SPS, at the AGS of Brookhaven, etc. ), or are in preparation (RRIC, LHC, etc. ). The goal of these experiments is to get evidence for the different phases of nuclear matter predicted by the theory, and to study their properties.

Analysis and Simulation of Contact Problems

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Analysis and Simulation of Contact Problems

Analysis and Simulation of Contact Problems by Peter Wriggers, Udo Nackenhorst
English | PDF | 2006 | 392 Pages | ISBN : 3540317600 | 11.4 MB

Contact mechanics was and is an important branch in mechanics which covers a broad field of theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations. In this carefully edited book the reader will obtain a state-of-the-art overview on formulation, mathematical analysis and numerical solution procedures of contact problems. The contributions collected in this volume summarize the lectures presented during the 4th Contact Mechanics Interantional symposium (CMIS) held in Hannover, Germany, 2005, by leading scientists in the area of contact mechanics.

Intentional and Inherent Nonlinearities in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

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Intentional and Inherent Nonlinearities in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Intentional and Inherent Nonlinearities in Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting by Michele Rosso
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 141 Pages | ISBN : 3031510453 | 36.4 MB

This book presents recent research in the field of piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting in which intentionally designed nonlinearities as well as inherently present are widely considered. It provides an overview of the state-of-the-art, with a sharp classification into linear and nonlinear devices, and recalls the fundamentals of piezoelectricity and magnetostatics. A detailed treatment of linear and nonlinear mathematical modeling of piezoelectric harvesters is then developed to provide the reader with a wide range of modeling possibilities. Theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches to modeling the magnetic interaction are also provided. Several cases of innovative piezoelectric harvester designs based on magnetic interaction as a frequency up-conversion mechanism (FuC) are developed. Improvements of the magnetic FuC are proposed, in combination with indirect impacts as well as the manipulation of magnetic forces with novelty methods. Novel studies on the magnetic interaction itself and its implications for the dynamic behavior of the harvester are also summarized. The book provides an integrated view of theoretical, computational, and experimental research in this field, as such it can be useful for researchers interested in linear and nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesting, for graduate courses on smart structures and devices, microsystems, and for designers.

"Dynamic Systems Chaos Monitoring: Analysis and Applications" ed. by Louay S. Yousuf

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"Dynamic Systems Chaos Monitoring: Analysis and Applications" ed. by Louay S. Yousuf

"Dynamic Systems Chaos Monitoring: Analysis and Applications" ed. by Louay S. Yousuf
ITexLi | 2024 | ISBN: 1803564350 9781803564357 1803564342 9781803564340 1803564369 9781803564364 | 131 pages | PDF | 30 MB

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This book contains the method of chaos to detect the level of chaotic motion such as entropy, Lyapunov exponent, Poincare map, and phase-plane diagram.

Fault Diagnosis: Models, Artificial Intelligence, Applications

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Fault Diagnosis: Models, Artificial Intelligence, Applications

Fault Diagnosis: Models, Artificial Intelligence, Applications by Józef Korbicz, Zdzisław Kowalczuk, Jan M. Kościelny, Wojciech Cholewa
English | PDF | 2004 | 953 Pages | ISBN : 3540407677 | 84.7 MB

All real systems in nature - physical, biological and engineering ones - can malfunction and fail due to faults in their components. Logically,the chances for malfunctions increase with the systems' complexity. The complexity of engineering systems is permanently growing due to their growing size and the degree of automation, and accordingly increasing is the danger of fail­ ing and aggravating their impact for man and the environment. Therefore, in the design and operation of engineering systems, increased attention has to be paid to reliability, safety and fault tolerance. But it is obvious that, compared to the high standard of perfection that nature has achieved with its self-healing and self-repairing capabilities in complex biological organisms, fault management in engineering systems is far behind the standards of their technological achievements; it is still in its infancy, and tremendous work is left to be done. In technical control systems, defects may happen in sensors, actuators, components of the controlled object - the plant, or in the hardware or soft­ ware of the control framework. Such defects in the components may develop into a failure of the whole system.

Dynamical Systems with Applications using MAPLE

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Dynamical Systems with Applications using MAPLE

Dynamical Systems with Applications using MAPLE by Stephen Lynch
English | PDF | 2001 | 400 Pages | ISBN : 0817641505 | 27.9 MB

This book provides an introduction to the theory of dynamical systems with the aid of the Maple algebraic manipulation package. lt is written for both senior un­ dergraduates and first-year graduale students. The firsthalf of the book deals with continuous systems using ordinary differential equations (Chapters 1-12) and the second half is devoted to the study of discrete dynamical systems (Chapters 13-20). (The author has gone for breadth of coverage rather than fine detail and theorems with proof are kept at a minimum.) The material is not clouded by functional analytic and group theoretical definitions, and so is intelligible to readers with a general mathematical background. Some of the topics covered are scarcely cov­ ered elsewhere. Most of the material in Chapters 9-12, 16, 17, 19, and 20 is at postgraduale Ievel and has been influenced by the author's own research interests. It has been found that these chapters are especially useful as reference material for senior undergraduate project work. The book has a very hands-on approach and takes the reader from the basic theory right through to recently published research material.

Mechanisms and Robots Analysis with MATLAB® (Repost)

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Mechanisms and Robots Analysis with MATLAB® (Repost)

Mechanisms and Robots Analysis with MATLAB® by Dan B. Marghitu
English | PDF | 2009 | 479 Pages | ISBN : 1848003900 | 2.3 MB

Modern technical advancements in areas such as robotics, multi-body systems, spacecraft, control, and design of complex mechanical devices and mechanisms in industry require the knowledge to solve advanced concepts in dynamics. “Mechanisms and Robots Analysis with MATLAB” provides a thorough, rigorous presentation of kinematics and dynamics. The book uses MATLAB as a tool to solve problems from the field of mechanisms and robots. The book discusses the tools for formulating the mathematical equations, and also the methods of solving them using a modern computing tool like MATLAB. An emphasis is placed on basic concepts, derivations, and interpretations of the general principles. The book is of great benefit to senior undergraduate and graduate students interested in the classical principles of mechanisms and robotics systems. Each chapter introduction is followed by a careful step-by-step presentation, and sample problems are provided at the end of every chapter.

An Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Second Edition

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An Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Second Edition

An Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Second Edition by G. C. Layek
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 701 Pages | ISBN : 9819976944 | 102.1 MB

This book discusses continuous and discrete nonlinear systems in systematic and sequential approaches. The unique feature of the book is its mathematical theories on flow bifurcations, nonlinear oscillations, Lie symmetry analysis of nonlinear systems, chaos theory, routes to chaos and multistable coexisting attractors. The logically structured content and sequential orientation provide readers with a global overview of the topic. A systematic mathematical approach has been adopted, featuring a multitude of detailed worked-out examples alongside comprehensive exercises. The book is useful for courses in dynamical systems and chaos and nonlinear dynamics for advanced undergraduate, graduate and research students in mathematics, physics and engineering.

Robust and Adaptive Control: With Aerospace Applications, Second Edition

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Robust and Adaptive Control: With Aerospace Applications, Second Edition

Robust and Adaptive Control: With Aerospace Applications, Second Edition by Eugene Lavretsky , Kevin A. Wise
English | PDF (True) | 2024 | 718 Pages | ISBN : 3031383133 | 29.4 MB

Robust and Adaptive Control (second edition) shows readers how to produce consistent and accurate controllers that operate in the presence of uncertainties and unforeseen events. Driven by aerospace applications, the focus of the book is primarily on continuous-time dynamical systems.

Fractals in Graz 2001 Analysis — Dynamics — Geometry — Stochastics

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Fractals in Graz 2001 Analysis — Dynamics — Geometry — Stochastics

Fractals in Graz 2001 Analysis — Dynamics — Geometry — Stochastics by Peter Grabner, Wolfgang Woess
English | PDF (True) | 2003 | 288 Pages | ISBN : 3764370068 | 26.9 MB

This book contains the proceedings of the conference "Fractals in Graz 2001 - Analysis, Dynamics, Geometry, Stochastics" that was held in the second week of June 2001 at Graz University of Technology, in the capital of Styria, southeastern province of Austria. The scientific committee of the meeting consisted of M. Barlow (Vancouver), R. Strichartz (Ithaca), P. Grabner and W. Woess (both Graz), the latter two being the local organizers and editors of this volume. We made an effort to unite in the conference as well as in the present pro­ ceedings a multitude of different directions of active current work, and to bring together researchers from various countries as well as research fields that all are linked in some way with the modern theory of fractal structures. Although (or because) in Graz there is only a very small group working on fractal structures, consisting of "non-insiders", we hope to have been successful with this program of wide horizons. All papers were written upon explicit invitation by the editors, and we are happy to be able to present this representative panorama of recent work on poten­ tial theory, random walks, spectral theory, fractal groups, dynamic systems, fractal geometry, and more. The papers presented here underwent a refereeing process.

Deterministic Nonlinear Systems: A Short Course (Repost)

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Deterministic Nonlinear Systems: A Short Course (Repost)

Deterministic Nonlinear Systems: A Short Course by Vadim S. Anishchenko , Tatyana E. Vadivasova , Galina I. Strelkova
English | EPUB (True) | 2014 | 300 Pages | ISBN : 3319068709 | 4.5 MB

This text is a short yet complete course on nonlinear dynamics of deterministic systems. Conceived as a modular set of 15 concise lectures it reflects the many years of teaching experience by the authors. The lectures treat in turn the fundamental aspects of the theory of dynamical systems, aspects of stability and bifurcations, the theory of deterministic chaos and attractor dimensions, as well as the elements of the theory of Poincare recurrences.Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the generation of periodic, quasiperiodic and chaotic self-sustained oscillations and to the issue of synchronization in such systems.

Strongly Nonlinear Oscillators: Analytical Solutions (Repost)

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Strongly Nonlinear Oscillators: Analytical Solutions (Repost)

Strongly Nonlinear Oscillators: Analytical Solutions by Livija Cveticanin
English | EPUB (True) | 2014 | 241 Pages | ISBN : 3319052713 | 4.6 MB

This book provides the presentation of the motion of pure nonlinear oscillatory systems and various solution procedures which give the approximate solutions of the strong nonlinear oscillator equations. The book presents the original author’s method for the analytical solution procedure of the pure nonlinear oscillator system. After an introduction, the physical explanation of the pure nonlinearity and of the pure nonlinear oscillator is given. The analytical solution for free and forced vibrations of the one-degree-of-freedom strong nonlinear system with constant and time variable parameter is considered. Special attention is given to the one and two mass oscillatory systems with two-degrees-of-freedom. The criteria for the deterministic chaos in ideal and non-ideal pure nonlinear oscillators are derived analytically. The method for suppressing chaos is developed. Important problems are discussed in didactic exercises. The book is self-consistent and suitable as a textbook for students and also for professionals and engineers who apply these techniques to the field of nonlinear oscillations.

New Frontiers in the Study of Social Phenomena: Cognition, Complexity, Adaptation

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New Frontiers in the Study of Social Phenomena: Cognition, Complexity, Adaptation

New Frontiers in the Study of Social Phenomena: Cognition, Complexity, Adaptation by Federico Cecconi
English | PDF (True) | 2016 | 209 Pages | ISBN : 3319239368 | 7.3 MB

This book studies social phenomena in a new way, by making judicious use of computer technology. The book addresses the entire spectrum of classic studies in social science, from experiments to the computational models, with a multidisciplinary approach. The book is suitable for those who want to get a picture of what it means to do social research today, and also to get an indication of the major open issues. The book is connected to a database of code for simulations, experimental data and allows to activate a subscription to a teaching tool using NetLogo, a programming language widely used in the social studies. The authors are researchers with first-hand experience research projects, both basic and applied. The work will be useful for those who want to understand more of the social, economic and political phenomena via computer applications.

The Foundations of Chaos Revisited: From Poincaré to Recent Advancements

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The Foundations of Chaos Revisited: From Poincaré to Recent Advancements

The Foundations of Chaos Revisited: From Poincaré to Recent Advancements by Christos Skiadas
English | PDF (True) | 2016 | 268 ages | ISBN : 331929699X | 9.5 MB

With contributions from a number of pioneering researchers in the field, this collection is aimed not only at researchers and scientists in nonlinear dynamics but also at a broader audience interested in understanding and exploring how modern chaos theory has developed since the days of Poincaré.