Engineering: general books

Concerns over the soaring costs, limited supply and harmful ecological effects of fossil fuels have increasingly...  Read More >>

This research effort examines the reduction of error in inertial navigation aided by vision. This is part of an...  Read More >>

Since the 19th century, aircraft have played a significant role in military operations worldwide. From the use of...  Read More >>

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a powerful technique assisting decision-makers in understanding the status of a...  Read More >>

Radar systems provide an important remote sensing capability, and are crucial to the layered sensing vision; a concept...  Read More >>

This thesis seeks to develop a technique to forecast wet microbursts using currently operational technology, including...  Read More >>

""Rain Produced At Will"" explores the fascinating concept of artificially inducing rainfall. Penned by Louis Gathmann,...  Read More >>

""A Telegraphic Vocabulary"" offers a fascinating glimpse into early communication technology. Adapted for the semaphore...  Read More >>

Two new goodness-of-_t tests are developed for the three-parameter Weibull distribution with known shape parameter....  Read More >>

This paper presents the advantages and limitations of motorization under existing conditions, the trend of development,...  Read More >>

Recent advances in signal processing and remote sensing have highlighted the importance of bistatic radar systems...  Read More >>

This volume contains a collection of examinations from the École Spéciale des Mines de l'État (School of Mines of...  Read More >>

The Air Force has placed a high priority on developing new and innovative ways to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)....  Read More >>

In today's budget-constrained environment with aging equipment and rapid technology turnover, the commander's requirement...  Read More >>

ACC believes its current methodology for predicting the reliability of its Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) and...  Read More >>

While advantages such as good thermal stability and processing-chemical compatibilities exist for common monolithic-integrated...  Read More >>

This research seeks to gain greater insight on the mechanics of The Diode Pumped Alkali Laser through analytic modeling...  Read More >>

Traditional monostatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) platforms force the user to choose between two image types:...  Read More >>

Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems use a special form of a radar receiver that exploits the ambient radiation...  Read More >>

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to...  Read More >>

The broad purpose of this research is to understand and document the connection systems of panelized home construction...  Read More >>

We have experimentally assessed the quantitative nature of planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements...  Read More >>

The most bandwidth-efficient communication methods are imperative to cope with the congested frequency bands. Pulse...  Read More >>

A multi-input, multi-output controls design with robust crossfeeds is presented for a rotorcraft in near-hovering...  Read More >>

The Office of Scientific & Technical Information (OSTI), is a part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that houses...  Read More >>