KEY BENEFIT: The rigorous methods used to model unbounded soil in large, complex projects are often not really appropriate for use in smaller, less critical projects. However, simple physical models are useful for the vast majority of foundation projects and they easily fit the budget and available time and require no sophisticated computer code. Offering a strength-of-materials approach to foundation dynamics, this volume shows how to use such simple physical models (cones, lumped-parameter models, and prescribed wave patterns in the horizontal plane) for analysis of foundation vibration problems that result from earthquakes, machine foundation, explosions, winds, and ocean waves on offshore platforms. KEY TOPICS: Considers foundation on surface of homogeneous soil halfspace; foundation on surface of soil layer on rigid rock; embedded foundation and pile foundation; simple vertical dynamic-Green's function; seismic excitation; and dynamic soil-structure interaction. Features easy-to-use tables and detailed case studies. MARKET: For geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, and engineering mechanics specialists.

Foundation Vibration Analysis Using Simple Physical Models

Engineering & Transportation

P. Wolf, John

Engineering

Pearson Technology Group

KEY BENEFIT:This is a systematic, practical tutorial covering every key technology for maximizing the capacity and performance of wireless systems.KEY TOPICS:The book's reader-friendly coverage introduces spectral and power efficiencies within Shannon bounds, as well as key techniques for bandwidth-efficient modulation. These techniques include higher-order modulation waveforms, signal state-space diagrams, performance representations, and much more. Understand today's robust digital signal modulation methods; advanced approaches for mitigating interference in spread spectrum systems; signal formats and performance specifications in terrestrial cellular; and the rapid evolution of smart antennas and smart arrays. Coverage also includes: the dynamics of linear and continuous phase modulations in digital communications; fundamentals of error correction coding; the advantages of trellis coded modulation; Butler matrix beam forming networks; side lobe cancellers; and switched multi-beam smart antennas and adaptive arrays. The book contains extensive figures, illustrations, and glossaries of terms throughout.MARKET:For all wireless systems designers.

Robust Modulation Methods and Smart Antennas in Wireless Communications

Computers & Technology

Pattan, Bruno

Networking & Cloud Computing

The Art of Measurement: Theory and Practice is the first book to bring together the practical tools of standard measurement with the philosophy and theory behind probability and statistical estimation. The result is a book that empowers users to find the best approach for each measurement they make, and to learn how to evaluate and balance the impact of the inevitable inaccuracies that occur.

The Art of Measurement: Theory and Practice

Potter, Ronald W.

Computer Science

Telecommunications Survival Guide will help any professional understand all of today's most important new telecommunications, networking, and high-speed Internet technologies-and how to profit from them! Leading author and consultant Peter Moulton explains today's telecom revolution in straightforward, easy-to-follow language—with plenty of pictures, diagrams, and business examples. From wireless to LANs, DSL to satellite communications, you'll learn how it works, why it matters, and how you can use it to save money and reach new customers.

The Telecommunications Survival Guide: Understanding and Applying Telecommunications Technologies to Save Money and Develop New Business

Moulton, Peter

This book offers the first complete roadmap for building software architectures that achieve the most demanding goals-now, and for years to come. Discover how to establish a product-line architechtural framework and vision that managers, administrators and developers can buy into.

Software Architecture: Organizational Principles and Patterns

Dikel, David M.

Programming

The third book in a series on object-oriented programming, this volume uses a series of four comprehensive examples to help readers gradually and gently flip their system-building mind-set into an object-oriented perspective — how to “object think”and program with the two leading object-oriented programing languages— Smalltalk and C++. Contains an OOPL primer;major examples, language summaries, OO patterns, and extensive sourcecode for the major examples.

Object-Oriented Programming

Coad, Peter

For Jr/Sr level intro to APL and comparative programming languages courses. Tutorial on second generation of APL language.

APL 2 at a Glance

A. Brown, James

Programming Languages

This book covers optimal design for multi-input/multi-output (MIMO) systems, providing not only the theoretical background, but also practical implementation techniques for control and estimation algorithms. Real-time implementation methods for a wide range of industries and control problems are detailed, including control of computer disk drives, chemical process control, and aircraft control. The book puts modern control design tools - based on solving matrix equation - well within the reach of the individual design engineer. You'll see how to design control systems using software programs, simulate these controllers on digital controllers, and then implement digital controllers on actual processors using digital signal processors (DSPs).

Applied Optimal Control and Estimation: Digital Design and Implementation

Lewis, Frank

This start-to-finish guide to the new Solaris 8 certification exam is the only prep guide endorsed by Sun Educational Services! Focused entirely on Solaris 8, it's both an exceptionally authoritative study guide and an outstanding day-to-day reference for every sysadmin using (or planning an upgrade to) Solaris 8. The book begins by reviewing key Solaris system concepts, introducing processes, file systems, the kernel, Solaris user interfaces, and more. It contains detailed chapters on installation, the boot PROM, and initialization and shutdown; followed by comprehensive coverage of user administration. Coverage includes command syntax, shell commands and scripting, editing with vi, disks, files, backup/recovery, security, printing, and remote communications. Every chapter contains self-assessment questions that have been approved by the creators of the exam. For all Solaris system administrators seeking information and guidance on preparing for Sun's Solaris 8 certification exam. An especially valuable resource for administrators skipping Solaris 7 and migrating directly from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8.

Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide

H. Gregory, Peter

Certification

Practically overnight, XP has become the world's #1 agile methodology. Now, A Practical Guide to eXtreme Programming delivers all the guidance and best practices you need to succeed with XP in your organization. This easy, concise introduction covers the entire project lifecycle, every key task, every participant's role -- and how to make XP's principles work in the real world!

Practical Guide to eXtreme Programming, A

Astels, David

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