Manual of First and Second Fixing Carpentry

Manual of First and Second Fixing Carpentry

Author: Les Goring

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0750681152

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A detailed and highly illustrated, practical guide to the techniques in first and second-fixing carpentry in domestic construction. The book includes step-by-step illustrations and text to provide the reader with a complete picture of the sequence of work required to carry out each task.


Techniques for Ship Handling and Bridge Team Management

Techniques for Ship Handling and Bridge Team Management

Author: Hiroaki Kobayashi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-06

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1000706923

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Hiroaki Kobayashi has trained 1500 mariners in ship handling over twenty years and he has systematized the methods of safe navigation into nine elemental techniques. Taking a rigorous and scientific look at good practice and attitudes, good seamanship can be viewed as a series of concrete technical functions, which can be in terms of competencies. By giving proper attention to human factors the conditions for maintaining system safety can be defined, and the interaction of human competencies and environmental conditions and their effects on system safety can be recognised. System safety in turn depends on good bridge team management, with particular emphasis on communication, cooperation and leadership – communication for the exchange of information, cooperation to smooth team activities, and leadership to ensure that each member of the team performs successfully.


Experimental and Numerical Study of Glass Façade Breakage Behavior under Fire Conditions

Experimental and Numerical Study of Glass Façade Breakage Behavior under Fire Conditions

Author: Yu Wang

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9811364842

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This book presents the comprehensive results of experimental and numerical investigations of glass façade breakage behavior under fire conditions. First of all, full-scale frame and point-supported glass façades, incorporating single, double and coated glazing, were tested under pool fire conductions. The results determined the effects of different glass frames, types of glass, and thermal shocks on breakage behavior. Small-scale tests, using the Material Testing System (MTS) 810, Netzsch Dilatometer and FE-SEM, were also performed at different temperatures to determine the basic mechanical properties of glazing. In addition, a three-dimensional dynamic model was developed to predict stress distribution, crack initiation and propagation, and has since been employed to identify the breakage mechanisms of different types of glass façade. The numerical results showed very good agreement with the experimental results and verified the model’s ability to accurately predict breakage. Lastly, a theoretical model based on incident heat flux was developed to predict the breakage time and heat transfer in glazing, which served to reveal the nature of interactions between fire and glass.


New National Curriculum Mathematics

New National Curriculum Mathematics

Author: K. M. Vickers

Publisher: Nelson Thornes

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9780748731978

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Part of a complete mathematics course providing full coverage of the revised National Curriculum, this book deals with the material in Level 7. It also contains a large part of the Intermediate Tier GCSE. There is a variety of activities throughout, and many questions from GCSE examinations.


Algorithms - ESA'99

Algorithms - ESA'99

Author: Jaroslav Nesetril

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-07-31

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 3540484817

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The 7th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA ’99) is held in Prague, Czech Republic, July 16-18, 1999. This continued the tradition of the meetings which were held in – 1993 Bad Honnef (Germany) – 1994 Utrecht (Netherlands) – 1995 Corfu (Greece) – 1996 Barcelona (Spain) – 1997 Graz (Austria) – 1998 Venice (Italy) (The proceedingsof previousESA meetings were publishedas Springer LNCS v- umes 726, 855, 979, 1136, 1284, 1461.) In the short time of its history ESA (like its sister meeting SODA) has become a popular and respected meeting. The call for papers stated that the “Symposium covers research in the use, design, and analysis of ef?cient algorithms and data structures as it is carried out in c- puter science, discrete applied mathematics and mathematical programming. Papers are solicited describing original results in all areas of algorithmic research, including but not limited to: Approximation Algorithms; Combinatorial Optimization; Compu- tional Biology; Computational Geometry; Databases and Information Retrieval; Graph and Network Algorithms; Machine Learning; Number Theory and Computer Algebra; On-line Algorithms; Pattern Matching and Data Compression; Symbolic Computation.


Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems, Second Edition

Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems, Second Edition

Author: Paul D. Groves

Publisher: Artech House

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 1608070050

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This newly revised and greatly expanded edition of the popular Artech House book Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems offers you a current and comprehensive understanding of satellite navigation, inertial navigation, terrestrial radio navigation, dead reckoning, and environmental feature matching . It provides both an introduction to navigation systems and an in-depth treatment of INS/GNSS and multisensor integration. The second edition offers a wealth of added and updated material, including a brand new chapter on the principles of radio positioning and a chapter devoted to important applications in the field. Other updates include expanded treatments of map matching, image-based navigation, attitude determination, acoustic positioning, pedestrian navigation, advanced GNSS techniques, and several terrestrial and short-range radio positioning technologies .. The book shows you how satellite, inertial, and other navigation technologies work, and focuses on processing chains and error sources. In addition, you get a clear introduction to coordinate frames, multi-frame kinematics, Earth models, gravity, Kalman filtering, and nonlinear filtering. Providing solutions to common integration problems, the book describes and compares different integration architectures, and explains how to model different error sources. You get a broad and penetrating overview of current technology and are brought up to speed with the latest developments in the field, including context-dependent and cooperative positioning.


The Basic Principles of External Skeletal Fixation Using the Ilizarov Device

The Basic Principles of External Skeletal Fixation Using the Ilizarov Device

Author: Leonid Solomin

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-09-11

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 8847005132

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The volume is an overview of the basics of biomechanics of circular external fixation. It is based on a system of coordinates that allows safer insertion of K-wires and half pins into the bone. It includes a new classification of this device, a collection of terminology, and a description of relevant equipment. It also presents the protocol of external fixation including how to avoid mistakes, and provides a numerical codified system for the application of transosseous wires.