Transport properties of porous media -- Transport in Porous Media: Upscaling by Multiscale Asymptotic Expansions -- Micromechanical Analysis of Saturated Porous Media with Local Mass Exchange Phenomenon -- Diffusive transport in disordered media. Application to the determination of the tortuosity and the permeability of cracked materials. -- Microporomechanics -- Poroelasticity and strength of …
Transport in Freight Carrier Networks -- Operational Freight Transport Planning -- Pickup and Delivery Selection Problems -- Memetic Algorithms -- Memetic Algorithm Vehicle Routing -- Memetic Search for Optimal PD-Schedules -- Coping with Compulsory Requests -- Request Selection and Collaborative Planning -- Conclusions.This book represents the compilation of several research approaches on oper…
Basic Photophysics -- Physical Properties of Paints -- Radiative Energy Transport and Intensity-Based Methods -- Image and Data Analysis Techniques -- Lifetime-Based Methods -- Uncertainty -- Time Response -- Applications of Pressure Sensitive Paint -- Applications of Temperature Sensitive Paint.Luminescent molecule sensors, called pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) and temperature-sensitive paint …
Fluid Mechanics I -- Fluid Mechanics II -- Exercises in Fluid Mechanics -- Gasdynamics -- Exercises in Gasdynamics -- Aerodynamics Laboratory.Despite dramatic advances in numerical and experimental methods of fluid mechanics, the fundamentals are still the starting point for solving flow problems. This textbook introduces the major branches of fluid mechanics of incompressible and compressible …
Concept of wave nature of dissipative processes of fractal structuring and of the Earth forming -- Fractal hierarchies of the Earth’s dissipative structures – a new paradigm of theoretical and practical geology -- Conclusion.This volume describes physical, formal mathematical and exterior (morpho-structural) manifestations of wave dynamics of the Earth, defining both its deep structural ima…