John Wiley Sons

Despite the ever-growing number of HVDC link projects being proposed or started all over the world, there are no books that address fully the technical and economical aspects of this technology. This book fills the gap in the field, providing power cable engineers with complete, up-to-date guidance on HVDC cable lines with extruded insulation. It...

Written by academic experts in the field, this book provides students, engineers, and other interested technical specialists with a comprehensive review of recent developments in various monitoring techniques and their applications to SHM. Providing a comprehensive review of key SHM techniques it will contribute to an area which is a subject of...

A comprehensive, practical book on software management that dispels real-world issues through relevant case studies Software managers inevitably will meet obstacles while trying to deliver quality products and provide value to customers, often with tight time restrictions. The result: Software War Stories. This book provides readers with practical...

The automotive industry faces many challenges, including increased global competition, the need for higher-performance vehicles, a reduction in costs and tighter environmental and safety requirements. The materials used in automotive engineering play key roles in overcoming these issues: ultimately lighter materials mean lighter vehicles and lower...

This is the most comprehensive text available on hands-on teaching of Digital Signal Processing, and the first book to feature the new floating point DSP development system to be promoted by the Texas Instruments University Program: the OMAP L138 eXperimenter and CCS v4 (which replaces the C6713DSK). Using a practical approach, the book provides a...

Presenting the policy drivers, benefits and challenges for grid integration of electric vehicles (EVs) in the open electricity market environment, this book provides a comprehensive overview of existing electricity markets and demonstrates how EVs are integrated into these different markets and power systems. Unlike other texts, this book analyses...