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Electronically Scanned Arrays (ESAs) and K-Space Gain Formulation by Dana, Roger A.

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The Moon Hoax? Conspiracy Theories on Trial / by Eversberg, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Prologue - The Conspiracy of the Faked Moon Landings -- Russians, Rockets and Election Campaigns -- Proof I The Dilemma -- Stars are Missing in the Sky -- But Look! …”
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The New Gold Rush The Riches of Space Beckon! / by Pelton, Joseph N.

Table of Contents: “…Preface. - Chapter One: Why This Gold Rush is Different -- Chapter Two: The Space Cornucopia of Jobs, Resources and More -- Chapter Three: The Expanding Use of Space in Communications, Navigation, Remote Sensing and Weather Satellites -- Chapter Four: Commercial Space Transport, On-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing -- Chapter Five: Solar Power Satellites and Space Mining -- Chapter Six: Space Security, Defense and Weapons -- Chapter Seven: Protecting Earth from Space Junk, Cosmic Hazards and Climate Change -- Chapter Eight: Space Habitats, Space Colonies, and the New Space Economy -- Chapter Nine: Governing the New Space Economy -- Chapter Ten: Policing the Gold Rush in the Skies. …”
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Transhumanism - Engineering the Human Condition History, Philosophy and Current Status / by Manzocco, Roberto

Table of Contents: “…Technological Heaven -- Chapter 1. Stairways to the Sky -- Chapter 2. Across the transhumanist galaxy -- Chapter 3. …”
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Indigenous Perceptions of the End of the World Creating a Cosmopolitics of Change /

Table of Contents: “…1. Introduction: Creating a Cosmopolitics of Climate Change -- 2. …”
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Innovative Design, Manufacturing and Testing of Small Satellites by Madry, Scott, Martinez, Peter, Laufer, Rene

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Robotics and Well-Being

Table of Contents: “…1. Technological Development and Well-Being -- 2. …”
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Decentering social theory

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Disciplinary Convergence in Systems Engineering Research

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Engineered Resilience and Affordability -- Chapter1. …”
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Postcolonial sociology

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Building the good society : the power and limits of markets, democracy and freedom in an increasingly polarized world / by Dumas, Lloyd J.

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Curious2018 Future Insights in Science and Technology /

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Sociological reflections on the neurosciences

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Vibration Control of Active Structures An Introduction / by Preumont, André

Table of Contents: “….-   Preface to the first edition.-   1 Introduction.-   1.1 Active versus passive.-   1.2 Vibration suppression.-   1.3 Smart materials and structures.-   1.4 Control strategies.-   1.4.1 Feedback.-   1.4.2 Feedforward.-   1.5 The various steps of the design.-   1.6 Plant description, error and control budget.-   1.7 Readership and Organization of the book.-   1.8 References.-   1.9 Problems.-   2 Some concepts in structural dynamics.-  2.1 Introduction.-   2.2 Equation of motion of a discrete system.-   2.3 Vibration modes.-   2.4 Modal decomposition.-   2.4.1 Structure without rigid body modes.-   2.4.2 Dynamic °exibility matrix.-   2.4.3 Structure with rigid body modes.-   2.4.4 Example.-  2.5 Collocated control system.-   2.5.1 Transmission zeros and constrained system.-  2.6 Continuous structures.-   2.7 Guyan reduction.-   2.8 Craig-Bampton reduction.-   2.9 References.-   2.10 Problems.-   3 Electromagnetic and piezoelectric transducers.-   3.1 Introduction.-   3.2 Voice coil transducer.-   3.2.1 Proof-mass actuator.-   3.2.2 Geophone.-   3.3 General electromechanical transducer.-   3.3.1 Constitutive equations.-   3.3.2 Self-sensing.-   3.4 Reaction wheels and gyrostabilizers.-   3.5 Smart materials.-   3.6 Piezoelectric transducer.-   3.6.1 Constitutive relations of a discrete transducer.-   3.6.2 Interpretation of k2.-   3.6.3 Admittance of the piezoelectric transducer.-   3.7 References.-   3.8 Problems.-   4 Piezoelectric beam, plate and truss.-   4.1 Piezoelectric material.-   4.1.1 Constitutive relations.-   4.1.2 Coenergy density function.-   4.2 Hamilton's principle.-   4.3 Piezoelectric beam actuator.-   4.3.1 Hamilton's principle.-   4.3.2 Piezoelectric loads.-   4.4 Laminar sensor.-   4.4.1 Current and charge amplifiers.-   4.4.2 Distributed sensor output.-   4.4.3 Charge amplifier dynamics.-   4.5 Spatial modalfilters.-   4.5.1 Modal actuator.-   4.5.2 Modal sensor.-   4.6 Active beam with collocated actuator-sensor.-   4.6.1 Frequency response function.-   4.6.2 Pole-zero pattern.-   4.6.3 Modal truncation.-   4.7 Admittance of a beam with a piezoelectric patch.-   4.8 Piezoelectric laminate.-   4.8.1 Two dimensional constitutive equations.-   4.8.2 Kirchhoff  theory.-   4.8.3 Stiffness matrix of a multi-layer elastic laminate.-   4.8.4 Multi-layer laminate with a piezoelectric layer.-   4.8.5 Equivalent piezoelectric loads.-   4.8.6 Sensor output.-   4.8.7 Beam model vs. plate model.-   4.8.8 Additional remarks.-   4.9 Active truss.-   4.9.1 Open-loop transfer function.-   4.9.2 Admittance function.-   4.10 Finite element formulation.-   4.11 References.-   4.12 Problems.-   5 Passive damping with piezoelectric transducers.-   5.1 Introduction.-   5.2 Resistive shunting.-   5.3 Inductive shunting.-   5.4 Switched shunt.-   5.4.1 Equivalent damping ratio.-   5.5 References.-   5.6 Problems.-   6 Collocated versus non-collocated control.-   6.1 Introduction.-  6.2 Pole-zero flipping.-   6.3 The two-mass problem.-   6.3.1 Collocated control.-   6.3.2 Non-collocated control.-   6.4 Notch filter.-   6.5 Effect of pole-zero flipping on the Bode plots.-   6.6 Nearly collocated control system.-   6.7 Non-collocated control systems.-   6.8 The role of damping.-   6.9 References --   6.10 Problems ..-   7 Active damping with collocated system.-   7.1 Introduction.-   7.2 Lead control.-   7.3 Direct velocity feedback (DVF).-   7.4 Positive Position Feedback (PPF).-   7.5 Integral Force Feedback(IFF).-   7.6 Duality between the Lead and the IFF controllers.-   7.6.1 Root-locus of a single mode.-   7.6.2 Open-loop poles and zeros.-   7.7 Actuator and sensor dynamics.-   7.8 Decentralized control with collocated pairs.-   7.8.1 Cross talk.-   7.8.2 Force actuator and displacement sensor.-   7.8.3 Displacement actuator and force sensor.-   7.9 References.-   7.10 Problems.-   8 Vibration isolation.-   8.1 Introduction.-   8.2 Relaxation isolator.-  8.2.1 Electromagnetic realization.-   8.3 Active isolation.-  8.3.1 Sky-hook damper.-   8.3.2 Integral Force Feedback.-   8.4 Flexible body.-   8.4.1 Free-free beam with isolator.-   8.5 Payload isolation in spacecraft.-   8.5.1 Interaction isolator/attitude control.-   8.5.2 Gough-Stewart platform.-   8.6 Six-axis isolator.-   8.6.1 Relaxation isolator.-   8.6.2 Integral Force Feedback.-   8.6.3 Spherical joints, modal spread.-   8.7 Active vs. passive.-   8.8 Car suspension.-   8.9 References.-   8.10 Problems.-   9 State space approach.-   9.1 Introduction.-   9.2 State space description.-   9.2.1 Single degree of freedom oscillator.-   9.2.2 Flexible structure.-   9.2.3 Inverted pendulum.-   9.3 System transfer function.-   9.3.1 Poles and zeros.-   9.4 Pole placement by state feedback.-   9.4.1 Example: oscillator.-   9.5 Linear Quadratic Regulator.-   9.5.1 Symmetric root locus.-   9.5.2 Inverted pendulum.-   9.6 Observer design.-   9.7 Kalman Filter.-   9.7.1 Inverted pendulum.-   9.8 Reduced order observer.-   9.8.1 Oscillator.-   9.8.2 Inverted pendulum.-   9.9 Separation principle.-   9.10 Transfer function of the compensator.-   9.10.1 The two-mass problem.-   9.11 References.-   9.12 Problems.-   10 Analysis and synthesis in the frequency domain.-   10.1 Gain and phase margins.-  10.2 Nyquist criterion.-   10.2.1 Cauchy's principle.-   10.2.2 Nyquist stability criterion.-  10.3 Nichols chart.-   10.4 Feedback specification for SISO systems.-   10.4.1 Sensitivity.-   10.4.2 Tracking error.-   10.4.3 Performance specification.-   10.4.4 Unstructured uncertainty.-   10.4.5 Robust performance and robust stability.-  10.5 Bode gain-phase relationships.-  10.6 The Bode Ideal Cutoff.-  10.7 Non-minimum phase systems.-   10.8 Usual compensators.-   10.8.1 System type.-   10.8.2 Lead compensator.-   10.8.3 PI compensator.-   10.8.4 Lag compensator.-   10.8.5 PID compensator.-   10.9 Multivariable systems.-   10.9.1 Performance specification.-   10.9.2 Small gaintheorem.-   10.9.3 Stability robustness tests.-   10.9.4 Residual dynamics.-   10.10References.-   10.11Problems.-   11 Optimal control.-   11.1 Introduction.-   11.2 Quadratic integral.-   11.3 Deterministic LQR.-   11.4 Stochastic response to a white noise.-   11.4.1 Remark.-   11.5 Stochastic LQR.-   11.6 Asymptotic behavior of the closed-loop.-   11.7 Prescribed degree of stability --   11.8 Gain and phase margins of the LQR.-   11.9 Full state observer.-   11.9.1 Covariance of the reconstruction error.-   11.10Kalman-Bucy Filter (KBF).-   11.11Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG).-  11.12Duality.-   11.13Spillover.-   11.13.1Spillover reduction.-   11.14Loop Transfer Recovery (LTR).-   11.15Integral control with state feedback.-   11.16Frequency shaping.-   11.16.1Frequency-shaped cost functionals.-   11.16.2Noise model ..-   11.17References.-   11.18Problems.-   12 Controllability and Observability.-   12.1 Introduction.-  12.1.1 Definitions.-   12.2 Controllability and observabilitymatrices.-   12.3 Examples.-   12.3.1 Cart with two inverted pendulums.-   12.3.2 Double inverted pendulum.-   12.3.3 Two d.o.f.…”
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Solar energy : technologies and the project delivery process for buildings / by Walker, Andy (Howard Andy)

Table of Contents: “…Delivering solar energy projects : HIstory and current use of solar energy ; Advantages of solar energy ; Solar energy project delivery process ; Integration of solar energy into the existing infrastructure -- The solar energy resource : Structure of the sun ; Nuclear fusion: the source of the sun's power ; The spectral nature of solar radiation ; Position of the sun in the sky ; Direct beam, diffuse, and global solar insolation in the plane of a solar collector surface ; Incident angle of direct beam sun on a surface ; The effect of shade ; Solar resource management ; Solar resource maps and data ; Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather data ; Forecasting the solar resource hours or days into the future ; Diagnosis of solar energy system performance using solar resource data ; Computer tools for analysis of solar position and solar resources ; Standards related to solar resource assessment -- Photovoltaics (PV, solar electricity) : Photovoltaic cells and modules ; Voltage and current characteristics of PV devices (the i-v curve) ; Open-circuit voltage and operating voltage of a PV cell ; Dependence of voltage and current on temperature ; different types of photovoltaic devices ; Standard ratings and performance indicators for PV modules ; Energy balance for a PV module, Nominal Operating Cell Temperature (NOCT) ; Power output of a PV module ; Photovoltaic system schematic design ; Photovoltaic system components ; Estimating the cost of a photovoltaic system ; Estimating electric use and solar fraction ; Recommended applications ; Simple hand calculation of photovoltaic system size and energy delivery ; Estimating the energy cost savings of a photovoltaic (solar electric) system ; Computer tools for analysis of photovoltaic systems ; Codes and standards for photovoltaic modules and systems ; Operation and maintenance of photovoltaic systems ; Case studies of photovoltaic system installations ; Example: Procurement specifications for grid-tied solar electric (photovoltaic) system -- Solar water heating : Different types of water heating solar collectors ; Solar water heating system schematic design ; Solar water heating system components ; Estimating the cost of a solar water heating system ; estimating building hot water use and solar fraction ; Recommended applications ; Simple hand calculation of solar water heating system size and energy delivery ; System thermodynamics and computer tools for analysis of solar water heating systems ; Codes and standards for solar water heaters ; Operation and maintenance of solar water heating systems ; Case studies of solar water heating system installations ; Example: Procurement specifications for a solar water heating system -- Solar ventilation air preheating : Operating principle of the transpired air heating solar collector ; Solar ventilation air preheat system schematic ; Solar ventilation air preheat system components ; Design considerations ; Recommended applications ; Estimating the cost of a solar ventilation air preheat system ; Simple hand calculations for size and performance of a solar ventilation air heating system ; Computer tools for analysis of solar ventilation preheat systems ; Codes and standards related to solar ventilation air preheating ; Maintenance of solar ventilation air preheating systems ; Case studies of solar ventilation air preheating system installations ; Example: Procurement specifications for solar ventilation preheat system -- Solar space heating and cooling : Site issues ; Building heat loss ; Solar heat gain through windows and opaque surfaces ; Materials and building components for passive solar space heating systems ; Thermal storage ; Heat distribution systems ; Solar space heating (passive or active) system schematic design ; Estimating the cost of a solar space heating system ; Estimating energy use and solar fraction ; Calculation of solar space heating system sizing and energy delivery ; Computer tools for analysis of passive solar heating ; Operation and maintenance of passive solar heating systems ; Case studies of passive solar heating systems ; Example: Procurement specifications for passive solar thermal storage wall -- Case studies of solar buildings : Residence in Golden, Colorado ; Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center, Las Vegas, Nevada ; Research Support Facility (RSF) office building, Golden, Colorado -- Appendix A. …”
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Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services 2016

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Air Traffic Management and Systems III Selected Papers of the 5th ENRI International Workshop on ATM/CNS (EIWAC2017) /

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