Product Description: Rapid developments in electronics over the past two decades have induced a move from purely mechanical vehicles to mechatronics design. Recent advances in computing, sensors, and information technology are pushing mobile equipment design to incorporate higher levels of automation under the novel concept of intelligent vehicles...read more

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Product Description: The emergence of mechatronics has advanced the engineering disciplines, producing a plethora of useful technical systems.Advanced Engineering and Computational Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics presents the latest innovations and technologies in the fields of mechatronics and robotics...read more

Product Description: Multibody systems are used extensively in the investigation of mechanical systems including structural and non-structural applications. It can be argued that among all the areas in solid mechanics the methodologies and applications associated to multibody dynamics are those that provide an ideal framework to aggregate d- ferent disciplines...read more

This text gives a clear and comprehensive introduction to the area of Mechatronics. It is practical and applied, giving a solid understanding of the key skills and interdisciplinary approach required to successfully design Mechatronic systems. Plenty of case-studies, and use of models for mechatronic systems, help give a real-world context, whilst self-test questions and exercises help test understanding.  

Product Description: INTRODUCTION TO MECHATRONICS AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS provides comprehensive and accessible coverage of the evolving field of mechatronics for mechanical, electrical and aerospace engineering majors. The author presents a concise review of electrical circuits, solid-state devices, digital circuits, and motors- all of which are fundamental to understanding mechatronic systems...read more

Product Description: The Industrial Electronics Handbook, Second Edition combines traditional and newer, more specialized knowledge that will help industrial electronics engineers develop practical solutions for the design and implementation of high-power applications...read more

Product Description: Mechatronics integrates key systems from mechanical, electrical, electronic, and computer engineering to manufacture industrial products, processes, and operations. Intended as a textbook for courses in mechatronics or as an up-to-date reference for practicing engineers, the book uses extensive in-text, solved examples and computer simulations to cover the basic concepts...read more

Requiring no formal music background, this complete teaching package offers a unique, appealing, and effective introduction to the art of singing. Suitable for beginning and intermediate singers of all voices, "Basics of Singing" is flexibly organized, providing a variety of pedagogical approaches to present the basic principles of voice production, musicianship, song interpretation, and vocal health. New to this edition is a Background and Performance Notes section that provides singers with context and performance advice for every song in the anthology. The anthology section contains 45 songs, presenting 15 songs from such musicals as "The Secret Garden," "Babes in Arms," "West Side Story," and "Into the Woods"; 15 arias and art songs of Scarlatti, Faur, Vaughan Williams, Clara Schumann, Rorem, and other great composers, and 15 folk songs.

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Product Description: The book covers in a clear and concise manner all aspects of electrical machines. The text is introductory in nature and the emphasis is on machines as part of systems rather than the detail of the machines themselves. Much attention is paid to the applications of the machines.