Assessment of Fractured Porous Media -- Aquifer-Analogue Approach -- From Natural System to Numerical Model -- Project Scale Studies -- Core Scale -- Bench Scale -- Field-Block Scale -- Scale-Independent Approaches and Investigations -- The Multi-shell Model - A Conceptual Model Approach -- The Sensitivity Coefficient Approach -- Diffusivity Measurements -- Analysis of the Influence of Boundari…
Fuzzy Sets -- The Operation of Fuzzy Set -- Fuzzy Relation and Composition -- Fuzzy Graph and Relation -- Fuzzy Number -- Fuzzy Function -- Probabilisy and Uncertainty -- Fuzzy Logic -- Fuzzy Inference -- Fuzzy Control and Fuzzy Expert Systems -- Fusion of Fuzzy System and Neural Networks -- Fusion of Fuzzy Systems and Genetic Algorithms.This basic textbook gives an easily accessible introducti…
Preliminaries -- Perturbations of Linear Systems -- Linear Systems with Slowly Varying Coefficients -- Linear Dissipative and Piecewise Constant Systems -- Nonlinear Systems with Autonomous Linear Parts -- The Aizerman Problem -- Nonlinear Systems with Time-Variant Linear Parts -- Essentially Nonlinear Systems -- The Lur'e Type Systems -- The Aizerman Type Problem for Nonautonomous Systems -- I…
Evolvable Robots -- Learning for Cooperative Transportation by Autonomous Humanoid Robots -- Evolution, Robustness and Adaptation of Sidewinding Locomotion of Simulated Snake-like Robot -- Evolution of Khepera Robotic Controllers with Hierarchical Genetic Programming Techniques -- Evolving Controllers for Miniature Robots -- Evolvable Hardware Synthesis -- Evolutionary Synthesis of Synchronous …
Origin of entropy in the work of Clausius -- Entropy in the work of Carathéodory. Absolute temperature -- Entropy in the work of Boltzmann -- Enthalpy and equations of state -- Gases and Rubber -- Statistical thermodynamics -- Entropy and energy in competition -- Planetary atmospheres -- Entropy of mixing. Osmosis -- Phase transition -- Phase diagrams -- Chemical reactions -- Shape memory allo…
Introduction -- Thermodynamics, Fundamentals -- Thermodynamics, Power Cycles -- Thermodynamics, Mixtures -- Fluid Mechanics, Single-Phase Flow Fundamentals -- Fluid Mechanics, Flow of Incompressible Viscous Fluid -- Fluid Mechanics, Flow of Compressible Viscous Fluid -- Heat Transfer, Conduction -- Heat Transfer, Forced Convection -- Heat Transfer, Free Convection -- Heat Transfer, Thermal Radi…
Basic topics -- Jeffcott rotor -- Model with four degrees of freedom: Gyroscopic effect -- Discrete multi-degrees-of-freedom rotors -- Continuous systems: Transmission shafts -- Anisotropy of rotors or supports -- Torsional and axial dynamics -- Rotor-bearings interaction -- Advanced topics -- Anisotropy of rotors and supports -- Nonlinear rotordynamics -- Nonstationary rotordynamics -- Dynamic…
Kinematics -- General Equations of Motion -- Small Vibrations of Space-Curved Rods -- Determination of Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions -- Free and Forced Small Vibrations -- Random Vibrations -- Straight Rods -- Dynamics of Rods Interacting with Airflow or Liquid Flow -- Rods Exerted by an Internal Flow of Liquid.The volume is devoted to the Dynamics of Rods. It is a sequel to "Statics of Rods" …
Pore Scale Network Modelling -- Bundle-of-Tubes Model for Calculating Dynamic Effects in the Capillary-Pressure-Saturation Relationship -- Predictive Pore-Scale Modeling of Single and Multiphase Flow -- Digitally Reconstructed Porous Media: Transport and Sorption Properties -- Pore-Network Modeling of Isothermal Drying in Porous Media -- Phenomenological Meniscus Model for Two-Phase Flows in Po…
Definition of thermodynamic terms -- Volume as a state function -- The first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Gibbs free energy and Helmholtz free energy -- Thermal equilibrium -- Chemical reactions -- Geothermometry and geobarometry.Thermodynamics is an important tool to interpreting the conditions at which natural geomaterial equilibrate. It allows one to determine, fo…