Waves with Power-Law Attenuation
Title | Waves with Power-Law Attenuation PDF eBook |
Author | Sverre Holm |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2019-04-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3030149277 |
This book integrates concepts from physical acoustics with those from linear viscoelasticity and fractional linear viscoelasticity. Compressional waves and shear waves in applications such as medical ultrasound, elastography, and sediment acoustics often follow power law attenuation and dispersion laws that cannot be described with classical viscous and relaxation models. This is accompanied by temporal power laws rather than the temporal exponential responses of classical models. The book starts by reformulating the classical models of acoustics in terms of standard models from linear elasticity. Then, non-classical loss models that follow power laws and which are expressed via convolution models and fractional derivatives are covered in depth. In addition, parallels are drawn to electromagnetic waves in complex dielectric media. The book also contains historical vignettes and important side notes about the validity of central questions. While addressed primarily to physicists and engineers working in the field of acoustics, this expert monograph will also be of interest to mathematicians, mathematical physicists, and geophysicists.
Offshore Renewable Energy: Ocean Waves, Tides and Offshore Wind
Title | Offshore Renewable Energy: Ocean Waves, Tides and Offshore Wind PDF eBook |
Author | Eugen Rusu |
Publisher | MDPI |
Total Pages | 371 |
Release | 2019-02-11 |
Genre | Environmental engineering |
ISBN | 3038975923 |
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Offshore Renewable Energy: Ocean Waves, Tides and Offshore Wind" that was published in Energies
Waves of Power
Title | Waves of Power PDF eBook |
Author | David C. Moschella |
Publisher | AMACOM/American Management Association |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780814403792 |
This work looks at what is happening to the information technology industry, as the convergence of computers, communications and consumer electronics are fundamentally changing the very nature of global competition.
Water Power
Title | Water Power PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Brearley |
Publisher | Children's Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-08-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780531236871 |
Learn about the history of hydroelectric power and how water power is used to generate electricity.
To Rule Eurasia's Waves
Title | To Rule Eurasia's Waves PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey F. Gresh |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 376 |
Release | 2020-10-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0300234848 |
The first book to weave Eurasia together through the perspective of the oceans and seas "A detailed account of the growing importance of the Chinese, Indian, and Russian navies and how this competition is playing out in waters stretching from the Indo-Pacific area to the Arctic and the Mediterranean."--Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs Eurasia's emerging powers--India, China, and Russia--have increasingly embraced their maritime geographies as they have expanded and strengthened their economies, military capabilities, and global influence. Maritime Eurasia, a region that facilitates international commerce and contains some of the world's most strategic maritime chokepoints, has already caused a shift in the global political economy and challenged the dominance of the Atlantic world and the United States. Climate change is set to further affect global politics. With meticulous and comprehensive field research, Geoffrey Gresh considers how the melting of the Arctic ice cap will create new shipping lanes and exacerbate a contest for the control of Arctic natural resources. He explores as well the strategic maritime shifts under way from Europe to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Asia. The race for great power status and the earth's changing landscape, Gresh shows, are rapidly transforming Eurasia and thus creating a new world order.
Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy
Title | Handbook of Ocean Wave Energy PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Pecher |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 287 |
Release | 2016-12-07 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 331939889X |
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book offers a concise, practice-oriented reference-guide to the field of ocean wave energy. The ten chapters highlight the key rules of thumb, address all the main technical engineering aspects and describe in detail all the key aspects to be considered in the techno-economic assessment of wave energy converters. Written in an easy-to-understand style, the book answers questions relevant to readers of different backgrounds, from developers, private and public investors, to students and researchers. It is thereby a valuable resource for both newcomers and experienced practitioners in the wave energy sector.
The Science of Ocean Waves
Title | The Science of Ocean Waves PDF eBook |
Author | J. B. Zirker |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 263 |
Release | 2013-12-18 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1421410788 |
Zirker is that rare animal who can both communicate the most demanding technical detail and make it accessible."--New Scientist