Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
The Research Materials Program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Author: Applications of High-Tc Superconductivity
Author: Adir Moysés LuizPublisher:
ISBN: 9789535149101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book is a collection of the chapters intended to study only practical applications of HTS materials. You will find here a great number of research on actual applications of HTS as well as possible future applications of HTS. Depending on the strength of the applied magnetic field, applications of HTS may be divided in two groups: large scale applications (large magnetic fields) and small scale applications (small magnetic fields). 12 chapters in the book are fascinating studies about large scale applications as well as small scale applications of HTS. Some chapters are presenting interesting research on the synthesis of special materials that may be useful in practical applications of HTS. There are also research about properties of high-Tc superconductors and experimental research about HTS materials with potential applications. The future of practical applications of HTS materials is very exciting. I hope that this book will be useful in the research of new radical solutions for practical applications of HTS materials and that it will encourage further experimental research of HTS materials with potential technological applications.
Urban Informatics
Author: Wenzhong ShiPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811589836
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 941
Book Description
This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ‘sustainable’. The smart city has quickly emerged as computers have become ever smaller to the point where they can be embedded into the very fabric of the city, as well as being central to new ways in which the population can communicate and act. When cities are wired in this way, they have the potential to become sentient and responsive, generating massive streams of ‘big’ data in real time as well as providing immense opportunities for extracting new forms of urban data through crowdsourcing. This book offers a comprehensive review of the methods that form the core of urban informatics from various kinds of urban remote sensing to new approaches to machine learning and statistical modelling. It provides a detailed technical introduction to the wide array of tools information scientists need to develop the key urban analytics that are fundamental to learning about the smart city, and it outlines ways in which these tools can be used to inform design and policy so that cities can become more efficient with a greater concern for environment and equity.
Transportation Energy Data Book
Author: Polymer Precursor-derived Carbon
Author: Amit K. NaskarPublisher: ACS Symposium
ISBN: 9780841229662
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume focuses on the new and exciting areas of carbons formed from the pyrolysis of polymers and ionic liquids as well as from the synthesis and self-assembly of polyaromatic and mesophase molecules. Although polymer precursor carbons have been extant for a very long period of time in the form of glassy carbons and matrices for carbon-carbon composites, these new materials are much more sophisticated in that their properties can be precisely tailored with processes such as templating to produce a very precise distribution of pore sizes that are required for certain applications but are only possible utilizing these new techniques. New precursors for carbon in the form of lignin and ionic liquids offer the ability to produce new carbon materials as well as fibers at lower cost. Finally the area of synthesis and self-assembly offers a new root to graphene as well as carbons with superior properties.
Effects of Radiation on Materials
Author: Roger E. StollerPublisher: ASTM International
ISBN: 080311477X
Category : Materials
Languages : en
Pages : 1315
Book Description
Symposium held in Nashville, Tennessee, June 1990. Almost two-thirds of these 91 papers are authored by researchers outside of the US (including information on research in the former USSR, Japan, and Europe). Topics include: current commercial power reactor systems; microstructural characterization
Atomic Accidents
Author: James MaheffeyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639360107
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
From the moment radiation was discovered in the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative scientific exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and downright disasters. Mahaffey, a long-time advocate of continued nuclear research and nuclear energy, looks at each incident in turn and analyzes what happened and why, often discovering where scientists went wrong when analyzing past meltdowns.Every incident has lead to new facets in understanding about the mighty atom—and Mahaffey puts forth what the future should be for this final frontier of science that still holds so much promise.
Laser and Electron Beam Processing of Materials
Author: C.W. WhitePublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0323142532
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Laser and Electron Beam Processing of Materials contains the papers presented at the symposium on "Laser and Electron Beam Processing of Materials," held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in November 1979, sponsored by the Materials Research Society. The compilation presents reports and research papers on the use of directed energy sources, such as lasers and electron beams for materials processing. The majority of the materials presented emphasize results on semiconductor materials research. Substantial findings on research on metals, alloys, and other materials are presented as well. Topics covered by the papers include the use of scanned cw sources (both photons and electrons) to recrystallize amorphous layers, enhanced substitutional solubility, solute trapping, zone refining of impurities, and constitutional supercooling. The use of lasers and electron beams to anneal ion implant damage and contacts formation, processing of ion-implanted metals, and surface alloying of films deposited on metallic surfaces are also discussed. Metallurgists, engineers, and materials scientists will find the book very insightful.
A Laboratory Reborn
Author: Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780615397887
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
Using historical and contemprorary photos, this book tells a unique scientific and human story that occupies a special plan in American history. The story begins with the construction in the hills of East Tennessee, seemingly overnight, of a new "Secret City" that grew to a population of 75,000 in less than three years. Following World War II as the city's fences came down, the Laboratory's wartime mission evolved, focusing first on understanding the mysteries of nuclear power, and later as a key source of research expertise for the United States.
Memorial Tributes
Author: National Academy of EngineeringPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309048477
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This series presents biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Engineering.