Human Factors in Simulation and Training
Human Factors in Simulation and Training: Theory and Methods covers theoretical concepts on human factors principles as they apply to the fields of simulation and training in the real world.
Combined Pile-Raft Foundations
This book presents the fundamental features of the design and performance of combined pile-raft foundations, the capacities of which are assessed for the foundation as a whole, reducing total and differential settlements economically. It includes numerical studies, in-situ measurements, and detailed case studies.
Resilient Urban Drainage System Strategies for Extreme Weather
Existing urban drainage infrastructure is heavily reliant on current guidelines that govern how infrastructure systems are designed to withstand the potential risk of flooding. However, climate change and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events have cast doubt on the current methodology and standards for designing urban drainage infrastructure systems. This groundbreaking book, authored by a leading expert in the field, delves into the crucial intersection of urban planning, climate resilience, and infrastructure design. It navigates the complexities of adapting drainage systems to cope with the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. From torrential downpours to rising sea levels, the book offers innovative solutions tailored to the unique challenges faced by urban environments in the 21st century. Through meticulous research and practical insights, Resilient Urban Drainage System Strategies for Extreme Weather equips engineers, planners, and policymakers with the knowledge and tools necessary to fortify cities against the impacts of climate change. This book showcases best practices and cutting-edge technologies, empowering readers to implement resilient strategies that safeguard communities, infrastructure, and natural ecosystems. Whether you're a seasoned professional seeking advanced techniques or a newcomer eager to understand the evolving landscape of urban resilience, this guide is an indispensable resource for shaping a sustainable future in an era of unprecedented environmental challenges. Key Features: Promotes the concept of resilient urban drainage system solutions to bridge the critical design gap related to extreme weather due to climate change in the "New Normal" era Discusses a variety of strategic design approaches for large-scale drainage systems, including fail-safe, safe-to-fail, and robust decision making (RDM) Incorporates failure effects into design and management processes while demonstrating alternative solutions to supplement current design methodologies Demonstrates how low-impact development techniques and natural systems can be used to enhance current drainage systems Supplements the existing drainage system design criteria for extreme weather via a simplified approach and advancement of a multi-scalar perspective on resilience WAV offers instructional material for classroom use (lecture slides, exercise solutions, etc.)--available from the Web Added Value(TM) Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com
Productive Safety Management
This book is about operational risk management and overcoming the challenges of managing safety, production, and quality, concurrently. Reliance of the current understanding of residual risk is concerning given the tendency of systems of production to degrade, resulting in rising 'entropic risk' causing losses in day-to-day production.
Surviving the Wild Wild Web
The information security arena is often vague and confusing for internet users and fallling into cyber traps can take ethical, financial, physical and mental tolls on individuals. With increasing cases of fake news, identity theft, piracy, spying and scams surfacing, this book explains the risks of the internet and how they can be mitigated.
Approaches to Road Safety
Road transport is on a constant course to maintain and improve safety. Approaches to Road Safety: Evolution, Challenges, and Emerging Technologies makes the case for the adoption of safe systems in road transport industries through the embracing of technology, system attributes and values and operational challenges.
Shared Mobility Revolution
This open access book gathers contributions to the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project Shared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption (SHOW). It reports on technologies and business models focusing on supporting the deployment of shared, connected, and electrified automation in urban transport. Chapters discuss practical issues concerning mobility data management, strategies to improve user acceptance and engagement, and reports on assessment and simulation techniques to test shared automated shuttles in various contexts. Overall, this book offers a timely survey on connected and automated mobility, with extensive and practical information for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, involved in developing user-centred, automated, and sustainable future mobility.
Productive Safety Management
This book is about operational risk management and overcoming the challenges of managing safety, production, and quality, concurrently. Reliance of the current understanding of residual risk is concerning given the tendency of systems of production to degrade, resulting in rising 'entropic risk' causing losses in day-to-day production.
A Definitive Guide to Behavioural Safety
In this second edition, internationally acclaimed behavioural safety expert Tim Marsh leads the reader through the three main strands: the awareness approach, the 'walk-and-talk' approach and the Six Sigma safety or the Deming-inspired 'full' approach that covers the systemic approach to safety observation.
An Introduction to Coastal Engineering
Understand and respond to a changing coastline with this comprehensive reference Coastal engineering concerns society's interactions with coastlines and relates, for example, to coastal flooding, beach erosion, seawalls and breakwaters, and the design of marinas. As climate change drives sea level rise, coastal engineering is critical in responding to increased coastal flooding and receding shorelines. The need to develop coastal infrastructure while minimizing environmental impacts makes this a vital field. An Introduction to Coastal Engineering offers a comprehensive overview of this subject, designed to bridge existing gaps in the general civil engineering literature. Covering all major aspects of coastal engineering, including ocean wave behaviour, structures, sediments, mixing processes, and modelling, the book emphasizes practical solutions and applications for students and practicing engineers alike. Thorough and rigorous, yet highly readable, the book is a must-own tool for developing solutions towards a sustainable coastal future. An Introduction to Coastal Engineering readers will also find: Pertinent descriptions of wave theories, wave transformations and random waves Detailed discussion of practical solutions, recent advancements in the field, and up-to-date data sources Worked-through examples and end-of-chapter problems with some written assignments A spreadsheet appendix containing a set of reference solutions An Introduction to Coastal Engineering is ideal for students in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in coastal engineering, practicing coastal engineers, and other engineers engaged in coastal flood protection, waterfront development projects, and minimizing environmental impacts along shorelines.
Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research
The two volume set, LNCS 2313 and LNCS 2314, constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research, KEER 2024, held in Taichung, Taiwan during November 20-23, 2024. The 57 full papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 154 submissions. These papers have been organized in the following topical sections: - Part I: Emotion Research in Southeast Asia (SEA): Bridging Cultures, Advancing Design; Competencies Required by Different Positions for Innovation; Exploring the Intersection of Kansei Engineering and Affective Computing in Digital Media Design Research; Image and Media in Kansei Design; Innovative Design for Cultural Sustainability. Part II: Kansei Approach to Sustainability Society; Kansei in Senses and Interaction; Kansei Issues in Cross-Cultural Design; Wellbeing/ Experience Quality of Life/ Healthcare.
Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research
The two volume set, LNCS 2313 and LNCS 2314, constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research, KEER 2024, held in Taichung, Taiwan during November 20-23, 2024. The 57 full papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 154 submissions. These papers have been organized in the following topical sections: - Part I: Emotion Research in Southeast Asia (SEA): Bridging Cultures, Advancing Design; Competencies Required by Different Positions for Innovation; Exploring the Intersection of Kansei Engineering and Affective Computing in Digital Media Design Research; Image and Media in Kansei Design; Innovative Design for Cultural Sustainability. Part II: Kansei Approach to Sustainability Society; Kansei in Senses and Interaction; Kansei Issues in Cross-Cultural Design; Wellbeing/ Experience Quality of Life/ Healthcare.
Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene
Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition allows for early career occupational hygienists and safety professionals or students to develop basic skills and knowledge to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace hazards resulting in injury, illness or affect workers and the community.
Learning and Relearning Equipment Complexity
With industrial systems becoming ever more mechanized and reliant on advanced technology, the complexity of equipment, especially in risky industries is increasing on a daily basis. This title offers the knowledge required by safety professionals to provide and maintain the safety of engineering complex systems.
Electromagnetic Ergonomics
Electromagnetic Ergonomics is designed to have a positive influence on public health and worker safety in the work environment and brings broad benefits, in particular with respect to research planning and the interpretation of the results.
Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene
Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition allows for early career occupational hygienists and safety professionals or students to develop basic skills and knowledge to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace hazards resulting in injury, illness or affect workers and the community.
The Wiley Guide to Strategies, Ideas, and Applications for Implementing a Total Worker Health Program
Integrated Flood Risk Management
Global climate change has generated new rainfall extremes, with unprecedented floods, landslides and debris flows. This text presents recent conceptual developments in disasters, risk, and resilience; surveys UN policies; and gives an integrated approach; with the Japanese experience of effective flood management and disaster recovery.
High Resolution Pressuremeters and Geotechnical Engineering
This book on in situ soil testing devices focuses on pressuremeters with internal transducers that allow measurement of strength, stiffness and in-situ reference stress. It outlines principles, basic technology, and good practice, with case studies, and some comparison with other devices and tests.
Practical Root Cause Failure Analysis
Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) is a method used by maintenance and reliability industry professionals as one of the key tools to drive improvement. This book offers a quick guide to the applications involved in performing a successful RCFA by providing a foundational view of maintenance and reliability strategies. It also highlights the practical applications of RCFA and identifies how to achieve a successful RCFA, as well as discussing common equipment failures and how to solve them. Case studies on topics including pump system failure analysis and vibration analysis are included. Suggests examples on how to solve common failure on many types of equipment, including fatigue, pumps, bearings, and mechanical power transmission Highlights practical applications of RCFA Identifies key elements for how to achieve a successful RCFA Presents case studies on topics including pump system failure analysis and vibration analysis The book is a must-read for any reliability engineer, particularly mechanical reliability professionals.
The Cause, Effect, and Control of Accidental Loss
The Cause, Effect and Control of Accidental Loss takes the reader through fifteen phases of a typical workplace accident and shows how accidents can be prevented by the introduction of safety management controls in the form of a structured health and safety management system (SMS).
Advances in Design and Testing of Future Smart Roads
The streets and roads constitute an enormous part of civil infrastructure and a large part of our cities- a social resource that must be properly managed and developed. Advances in Design and Testing of Future Smart Roads deals with adapting current road designs to better withstand future challenges.
Managing Safety in the Drone Industry
The drone industry is developing at an exponential pace and as technological sophistication advances, their future application prospects are limitless. Managing Safety in the Drone Industry: A Practical Guide aims explores safety structures and practices to tackle the increased risk of accidents and incidents in drone operations.
Applied Design Research in Living Labs and Other Experimental Learning and Innovation Environments
Experimental Learning and Innovation Environments connect multi-stakeholders in envisioning, creating, experimenting, and trying novel responses to diverse societal challenges. With designers facilitating the co-creation processes, the design discipline plays an important role in these environments.
Topological Structure of Road Networks
Roads are essential components of a city. Despite their increasing importance in our daily lives, modeling and simulating road networks is challenging due to their dynamic and complex nature. The underlying order and patterns of the seemingly chaotic and diverse physical patterns of roads are still unclear. Furthermore, there is a knowledge gap regarding the relationships between the size, scale, shape, structure, and space of road networks.This book presents the state-of-the-art in computational methods for modeling the topological structure of road networks. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of this topology and provides models, indicators, and empirical studies of road network structures. The book includes six types of structural models and three types of spatial simulation models to help understand the topological structural complexity of road networks. The appendices include several examples of road networks and their universal scale-free patterns.This interdisciplinary book is helpful for individuals interested in spatial modeling, network analysis, transportation geography, and urban studies. It is also a fundamental resource for modeling and computing spatial complex systems. The book is suitable for undergraduate, graduate, and professional researchers interested in geographic modeling and urban design. The text is written with moderate mathematical detail to enhance comprehension of the concepts and principles presented. The use of maps, graphics, and examples makes the modeling and computational processes more intuitive.
Applied Design Research in Living Labs and Other Experimental Learning and Innovation Environments
Experimental Learning and Innovation Environments connect multi-stakeholders in envisioning, creating, experimenting, and trying novel responses to diverse societal challenges. With designers facilitating the co-creation processes, the design discipline plays an important role in these environments.
Industrial Hygiene
Society is informed on the impacts on human health and environment with a noticeable decrease in the acceptance of this risk by workers and the public.The second edition of Industrial Hygiene focuses on implementation of an industrial hygiene program, using a risk-based approach to ensure a higher level of worker protection.
Decoding Black Swans and Other Historic Risk Events
The field of risk science is continuously evolving to develop principles and practices that people to manage future risk. Risk and uncertainty are prevalent yet, it is important to consider what is on the horizon, anticipate the possibility of future events, its consequences, our vulnerability to those events, and how to recover from them.
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Control
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Control: Theory and Applications examines the basics of structural dynamics with its application for earthquake engineering and structural control methods.
Risk-based, Management-led, Audit-driven, Safety Management Systems
With the draft version of ISO 45001 already released (which the author had some input on) and the final version expected by the end of 2016, this is an ideal opportunity for a book that is aimed at meeting the requirements of the new standards and at being a practical reference when an organization embarks on implementing a safety management sys
Geotechnics of Venice and Its Lagoon
This presents the complex phenomena occurring in the sensitive Venice silts and the geotechnical aspects of various environmental problems such as land subsidence and wetland surface reduction, and solutions such as the design of the tilting gate foundations against high tides and the restoration of the drainage system of Piazza San Marco.
Mechanical Design and Manufacturing of Electric Motors
The second edition of Mechanical Design of Electric Motors provides in-depth knowledge of design methods and development of electric motors, in the context of new technology in 3D printing, robots, nanotechnology and digital techniques, and the challenges these pose for the motor industry.
Safety 2.1
Safety practice is undergoing a major shift in thinking but practitioners often struggle to translate its principles into tangible changes in safety practices. In Safety 2.1: The Safety Envelope, author and long-time safety practitioner Dr Paul Reyneke bridges this gap, connecting Safety II theory to the day-to-day realities of practitioners.Through the concept of the 'safety envelope', Safety 2.1 helps practitioners move from today's prescriptive solutions with their focus on individual components and linear cause and effect, to 'Safety 2-thinking' which asks us to look beyond components to their complex relationships and interactions.Operating within a complex adaptive system (CAS) - a concept thoroughly explained in the book - this approach prioritises creating the safest possible environment and conditions for work. It then empowers well-trained, experienced operators to make their own safety decisions based on what is in front of them in the 'safety envelope', a central concept woven throughout the book.In Safety 2.1: The Safety Envelope, you will find: A thorough explanation of the complex adaptive system (CAS) and how it applies to safetyPractical steps for implementing Safety II theory in your workplaceInsights into the importance of understanding the causes of success in safety managementThe language needed to effectively communicate the paradigm shift to others.Unlock the potential of Safety II and transform your safety management practices with Safety 2.1: The Safety Envelope.
Cartography and Explanatory Adequacy
This book contributes to the ongoing empirical, conceptual, and meta-theoretical debates regarding the merits and drawbacks of the cartographic program in linguistic theory. Although cartography has its roots in the study of the left periphery, its empirical scope has expanded significantly over the years and now covers a wide range of domains such as argument structure, modification, and constituent order. The chapters in this volume offer a critical examination of the cartographic assumption that there is a rich array of functional projections whose hierarchical order is fixed and determined by Universal Grammar. They discuss the nature of these cartographic hierarchies and their relation to the central theoretical goal of explanatory adequacy: are functional hierarchies an irreducible property of Universal Grammar (hence constituting part of the "residue" beyond the scope of principled explanation), or are they emergent, deriving from independent principles that do not require a further enrichment of Universal Grammar?
Translating Systems Thinking into Practice
The book describes how to formally evaluate incident reporting systems to determine whether they meet these requirements.
Water Supply and Distribution Systems
Water Supply and Distribution Systems, Second edition is a comprehensive introduction to the topic of how water is delivered to homes and businesses throughout the world. It covers fundamental concepts and exploring the latest ideas of good practice. Water supply and distribution systems are a key element of essential urban infrastructure. Water utilities worldwide are embarking on a process of 'digitalisation', which promises to bring benefits to the industry, but this is fraught with uncertainty, hype, barriers to innovation and requires an organisational culture change. Water industry professionals have to address, not only, classic design and management problems but also, increasingly, environmental and sustainability requirements and concerns. Drawing together information that is currently scattered across several sources, this book aims to alleviate the concerns engineers have with these issues. With chapters written by academics and practitioners this book covers modelling planning operational and management issues leakage management optimal design asset planning and management a new chapter on smart new water systems. Water Supply and Distribution Systems is a key text for early-stage practitioners, students in training to become water industry practitioners, and a useful reference book for practising engineers, particularly to provide up-to-date information on practices in today's increasingly complex water industry.
The Digital Highway- Revolutionizing Road Logistics with Technology
Step into the fast-paced world of road transportation logistics with Dr. Balvinder Singh Banga debut book, "The Digital Highway: Revolutionizing Road Logistics with Technology," a captivating journey into the heart of trucking and supply chain management. From bustling urban centers to remote highways, explore the critical role of trucking in powering global commerce and connecting communities. Through vivid storytelling and expert analysis, Dr. Balvinder unveils the challenges and triumphs of the industry, from navigating treacherous terrain to embracing cutting-edge technologies. Discover the unsung heroes behind every road journey, from truckers braving the open road to logistics managers orchestrating seamless supply chains. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for innovation, Dr. Balvinder offers a comprehensive look at the forces shaping the future of trucking, from sustainable practices to regulatory trends. Whether you're a seasoned industry insider or a curious observer, this book offers valuable insights into the dynamic world of road transportation logistics. Join Dr. Balvinder on an exhilarating ride through the highways and byways of the global supply chain and unlock the secrets to success in the world of trucking.
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 for Designers, 8th Edition
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 for Designers book introduces the readers to AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024, one of the world's leading application, designed specifically to create and modify P&ID's and plant 3D models. In this book, the author emphasizes on the features of AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 that allow the user to design piping & instrumentation diagrams and 3D piping models. Also, the chapters are structured in a pedagogical sequence that makes this book very effective in learning the features and capabilities of AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024.Special emphasis has been laid in this book on tutorials and exercises, which relate to the real world projects, help you understand the usage and abilities of the tools available in AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024. You will learn how to setup a project, create and edit P&IDs, design a 3D Plant model, generate isometric/orthographic drawings, as well as how to publish and print drawings.Salient Features of the BookConsists of 10 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence.Project on a Thermal Power Plant.Comprehensive coverage of AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024 concepts and techniques.Tutorial approach to explain the concepts.Detailed explanation of all commands and tools.Real-world mechanical engineering designs as tutorials.Additional information in the form of notes and tips.Self-Evaluation Tests and Review Questions at the end of each chapter to help the users assess their knowledge.
Valorization of Dredged Sediments as Sustainable Construction Resources
Dredging is increasing in scale worldwide, deep sea disposal is being eliminated, and landfill disposal is becoming less sustainable. Yet these sediments offer a potentially useful construction resource. This has sparked considerable research in valorization, for which this book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview.
Driving Automation
The technology behind self-driving cars is being heavily promulgated as the solution to a variety of transport problems. This reference text examines a key role for human factors to play in driving forward future vehicle automation in a way that realizes the benefits while avoiding the pitfalls.
The Other Side of Safety
The text identifies and clarifies the clandestine methods of Results Based Safety (RBS) from Behavior Based Safety (BBS) as they function directly in opposition to each other. It will serve as an ideal text for students, and professionals in the fields of ergonomics, human factors, occupational health, and safety.
Occupational Exposures
This text will assist the reader in identifying and understanding the chemicals that are carcinogens and mutagens in the workplace. It will an ideal text for professionals and graduate students in the fields of occupational health and safety, industrial engineering, and chemical engineering.
Coastal Disaster Surveys and Assessment for Risk Mitigation
This covers the essentials of coastal disaster management, for students and engineers. It outlines recent field surveys of tsunamis and storm surges, with measurements of flood heights, distributions of structural destruction, testimonies, and numerical simulations and practical trials, for effective coastal disaster mitigation.
Modern Manufacturing Technology
The objective of this book is to summarize the emergence and exploration of modern manufacturing techniques (MMTs) with a focus on metallic and advanced material based additive manufacturing technologies, and their potential applications. Further, it exploits manufacturing of novel nanomaterials, ultrafine electronic devices and so forth.
Ergonomics Principles in Design
The text covers the application of ergonomic principles in diverse areas of design, like product, space, and communication in a single volume. It will serve as an ideal reference text for graduate students and professionals in the fields of ergonomics, human factors, occupational health and safety, industrial and manufacturing engineering.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This book aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Artificial Intelligence. The book provides a premier interdisciplinary platform to present practical challenges and adopted solutions.
