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Boundary Integral Equation Methods in Eigenvalue Problems of Elastodynamics and Thin Plates

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The boundary integral equation (BIE) method has been used more and more in the last 20 years for solving various engineering problems.  It has important advantages over other techniques for numerical treatment of a wide class of boundary value problems and is now regarded as an indispensable tool for potential problems, electromagnetism problems, heat transfer, fluid flow, elastostatics, stress concentration and fracture problems, geomechanical problems, and steady-state and transient electrodynamics.In this book, the author gives a complete, thorough and detailed survey of the method.  It provides the only self-contained description of the method and fills a gap in the literature.  No-one seriously interested in eigenvalue problems of elasticity or in the boundary integral equation method can afford not to read this book.  Research workers, practising engineers and students will all find much of benefit to them.Contents:  Introduction.  Part I. Applications of Boundary Integral Equation Methods to Eigenvalue Problems of Elastodynamics.  Fundamentals of BIE Methods for Elastodynamics.  Formulation of BIEs for Steady-State Elastodynamics.  Formulation of Eigenvalue Problems by the BIEs.  Analytical Treatment of Integral Equations for Circular and Annular Domains.  Numerical Procedures for Eigenvalue Problems.  Numerical Analysis of Eigenvalue Problems in Antiplane Elastodynamics.  Numerical Analysis of Eigenvalue Problems in Elastodynamics.  Appendix: Dominant mode analysis around caverns in a semi-infinite domain.  Part II. Applications of BIE Methods to Eigenvalue Problems of Thin Plates.  Fundamentals of BIE Methods for Thin Plates.  Formulation of BIEs for Thin Plates and Eigenvalue Problems.  Numerical Analysis of Eigenvalue Problems in Plate Problems.  Indexes.

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Data Protection and Security for Personal Computers

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A manager's guide to improving the confidentiality, availability and integrity of data on Personal Computers and Local Area Networks

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Learn how to improve the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information on your PC's and LAN's easily and effectively.

Written by the renowned international expert on PC security, Robert Schifreen, this unique management guide is written for every security conscious manager in an organization.

Practical, comprehensive and easy to read, this guide will ensure that the reader is aware of everything concerned with maintaining the confidentiality, availability and integrity of data on personal computers and local area networks.

UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDE:

Totally PC and LAN specific

Practical tips and guidance

Comprehensive coverage of the topic

Unique action sheets for immediate implementation

Stepby step coverage, easy to read, with limited technical jargon

WHO SHOULD READ THIS GUIDE:

PC support managers, security managers, IT managers, sales and marketing managers, personnel officers, financial directors and all those responsible for corporate data.

Senior managers who wish to ensure that data on their employees PC's is safe at all times.

Managers with little computing or security experience who wish to implement a security policy throughout an organization.

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NETBIOS Report and Reference is essential reading for managers, implementors and serious users of PC local area networks. It covers NETBIOS and related technology issues.
The report beings with a history and conceptual view of NETBIOS, and its relationship to the OSI Reference Model, continues with the command and packet structure of NETBIOS, details the server message block protocols, looks at various NETBIOS products from several vendors, and closes with a chapter on NETBIOS standards efforts.

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Enclyclopedia of Public International Law

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Neural network technology has been a curiosity since the early days of computing. Research in the area went into a near dormant state for a number of years, but recently there has been a new increased interest in the subject. This has been due to a number of factors: interest in the military, apparent ease of implementation, and the ability of the technology to develop computers which are able to learn from experience.

This report summarizes the topic, providing the reader with an overview of the field and its potential direction. Included is an introduction to the technology and its future directions, as well as a set of examples of possible applications and potential implementation technologies.

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Interactions Between Process Design and Process Control

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The volume provides the systems engineer working in process control, with state-of-the-art research papers and practical applications, which will be a valuable reference source.

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LANs have gone through stages. Early LANs connected asychronous terminals to minicomputers. With the advent of the IBM PC the focus on technology changed to that of PCs connected to some type of 'file server'. After a number of years, the battle over file servers turned into a battle of network operating systems. With the advent of the client server model, and high performance workstations, one direction the battle has been taking is to develop a high performance server engine.

The general strategy in this arena is to attempt to remove bottlenecks in the processing of service requests to the various networks operating. Several consortiums of venture capitalists have poured amounts of money in the range of $20m into developing the ultimate high performance server. With Novell shipping thousands of copies of NetWare 386 per month, this lucrative market is about to undergo intense long term competition.

This report describes the general approaches that can be used to develop a high performance server and several of the key products in the area including products from several start up ventures.

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The series of IFAC Symposia on Nonlinear Control Systems provides the ideal forum for leading researchers and practitioners who work in the field to discuss and evaluate the latest research and developments. This publication contains the papers presented at the 3rd IFAC Symposium in the series which was held in Tahoe City, California, USA.

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Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors, Distillation Columns and Batch Processes (DYCORD'95)

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Three important areas of process dynamics and control: chemical reactors, distillation columns and batch processes are the main topics of discussion and evaluation at the IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors, Distillation Columns and Batch Processes (DYCORD '95). This valuable publication was produced from the latest in the series, providing a detailed assessment of developments of key technologies within the field of process dynamics and control.

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Motion Control for Intelligent Automation

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Motion Control is a rapidly evolving topic, with a wide range of applications, especially in robotics. Speed and position control of a mechanical system has always been one of the main problems in automatic control, as the demand increases for advanced levels of accuracy and dynamics. The study of motion control aims to combine theoretical approaches with the realization of mechanical systems characterized by high levels of performance. The IFAC workshop focused on the evolution of: mechanical systems modelling; control strategies; intelligent instrumentation; dedicated microprocessor devices, and new fields of application.

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Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control 1992

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Selected Papers from theIFAC/IFIP/IMACS Symposium, Delft, Netherlands, 16-18 June 1992

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The symposium had two main aims, to investigate the state-of-the-art in the application of artificial intelligence techniques in real-time control, and to bring together control system specialists, artificial intelligence specialists and end-users. Many professional engineers working in industry feel that the gap between theory and practice in applying control and systems theory is widening, despite efforts to develop control algorithms. Papers presented at the meeting ranged from the theoretical aspects to the practical applications of artificial intelligence in real-time control. Themes were: the methodology of artificial intelligence techniques in control engineering; the application of artificial intelligence techniques in different areas of control; and hardware and software requirements. This symposium showed that there exist alternative possibilities for control based on artificial intelligence techniques.

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A comprehensive guide to EDP contingency planning and disaster recovery.

Thoroughly revised and updated from the last edition [published 1989], this best selling management guide has been rewritten to reflect the latest thinking on contingency planning.

The new third edition follows the same stepbystep practical guidance as the last edition presenting an immediate source of reference for anyone wanting to develop their own contingency plan BEFORE a systems disaster. As well as a useful check for those assessing the security of their present systems.

Who should read it:

IT Managers
Operations Managers
Computer Security Managers
MIS Managers
Technical Support Managers
Computer Manufacturers and Suppliers
Computer Auditors
General Managers

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Significant developments in the boundary element method during the last two decades have made it a powerful alternative to the domain-type numerical methods of solution such as the finite element method. The advances made in the BEM are more or less due to the innovation of efficient computational techniques by introducing boundary elements for discretization of the boundary integral equations resulting from the so-called direct formulation. BEM has therefore become an efficient tool for optimal design and other inverse problems. These proceedings include discussion of the applications of BEM in mechanical engineering and the principles that have developed to make it an increasingly useful method of problem solving.

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Centrifugal Pumps describes the whole range of the centrifugal pump (mixed flow and axial flow pumps are dealt with more briefly), with emphasis on the development of the boiler feed pump.  Organized into 46 chapters, this book discusses the general hydrodynamic principles, performance, dimensions, type number, flow, and efficiency of centrifugal pumps. This text also explains the pumps performance; entry conditions and cavitation; speed and dimensions for a given duty; and losses. Some chapters further describe centrifugal pump mechanical design, installation, monitoring, and maintenance. The various types and applications of pumps in the light of the particular design features involved are addressed in other chapters.  This book is authoritative, informative, and thought-provoking to an exceptional extent. It establishes a notable advance in the progress of the art of the designer and manufacturer of centrifugal pumps, to the material advantage of the user.

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The 6th Computer Applications in Biotechnology (CAB6) conference was a continuation of 2 series of events: the IFAC symposia on Modelling and Control of Biotechnical Processes and the International Conferences on Computer Applications in Fermentation Technology.  This conference provided the opportunity for both sides, leading researchers and industrial practitioners, in this interdisciplinary field to exchange new ideas and technology; concepts and solutions.  This postprint volume contains all those papers which were presented at the conference.

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Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control 1994

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Artificial Intelligence is one of the new technologies that has contributed to the successful development and implementation of powerful and friendly control systems. These systems are more attractive to end-users shortening the gap between control theory applications. The IFAC Symposia on Artificial Intelligence in Real Time Control provides the forum to exchange ideas and results among the leading researchers and practitioners in the field. This publication brings together the papers presented at the latest in the series and provides a key evaluation of present and future developments of Artificial Intelligence in Real Time Control system technologies.

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Simulation-Gaming: On the Improvement of Competence in Dealing with Complexity, Uncertainty and Value Conflicts

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Proceedings of the International Simulation and Gaming Association's 19th International Conference, Utrecht University, Netherlands, 16-19 August 1988

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This volume records the Proceedings of the International Simulation and Gaming Association's 19th International Conference which took place at Utrecht University in 1988. Seven sections are contained in the volume. The first section on complexity, uncertainty and conflict deals with theoretical and methodological issues. This is the introduction to the conference theme "On the improvement of competence". The following sections cover broad areas: organizational change, business simulation, policy exercise, methodology, learning environments, and special topics such as environmental planning, health care, diplomatic games and gambling.

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J.H.G. Klabbers, W.J. Scheper, C.A.Th. Takkenberg, D. Crookall

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The area of intelligent autonomous vehicles or robots has proved to be very active and extensive both in challenging applications as well as in the source of theoretical development.  Automation technology is rapidly developing in many areas including: agriculture, mining, traditional manufacturing, automotive industry and space exploration.  The 2nd IFAC Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles 1995 provides the forum to exchange ideas and results among the leading researchers and practitioners in the field.  This publication brings together the papers presented at the latest in the series and provides a key evaluation of developments in automation technologies.

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This 2nd Edition of Coulson & Richardson's classic Chemical Engineering text provides a complete update and revision of Volume 6: An Introduction to Design. It provides a revised and updated introduction to the methodology and procedures for process design and process equipment selection and design for the chemical process and allied industries. It includes material on flow sheeting, piping and instrumentation, mechanical design of equipment, costing and project evaluation, safety and loss prevention. The material on safety and loss prevention and environmental protection has been revised to cover current procedures and legislation. Process integration and the use of heat pumps has been included in the chapter on energy utilisation. Additional material has been added on heat transfer equipment; agitated vessels are now covered and the discussion of fired heaters and plate heat exchangers extended. The appendices have been extended to include a computer program for energy balances, illustrations of equipment specification sheets and heat exchanger tube layout diagrams.<p>This 2nd Edition will continue to provide undergraduate students of chemical engineering, chemical engineers in industry and chemists and mechanical engineers, who have to tackle problems arising in the process industries, with a valuable text on how a complete process is designed and how it must be fitted into the environment.

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Control of Distributed Parameter Systems 1989

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Selected Papers from the 5th IFAC Symposium, Perpignan, France, 26-29 June 1989

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This volume presents state-of-the-art reports on the theory, and current and future applications of control of distributed parameter systems. The papers cover the progress not only in traditional methodology and pure research in control theory, but also the rapid growth of its importance for different applications. This title will be of interest to researchers working in the areas of mathematics, automatic control, computer science and engineering.