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  • The Big Ditch

    How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal

    by Noel Maurer, Carlos Yu ...
    An incisive economic and political history of the Panama CanalOn August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu reveal a more complex story. Examining the ... Read more

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  • Blood, Iron, and Gold

    How the Railways Transformed the World

    by Christian Wolmar ...
    The opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. Within the course of a decade, tracks were being laid as far afield as Australia and Cuba, and by the outbreak of World War I, the United States alone boasted over a quarter of a million miles. With unrelenting determination, architectural innovation, and under gruesome labor conditions, a global ... Read more

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  • Designing SCADA Application Software

    A Practical Approach

    by Stuart G McCrady ...
    Automation systems, often referred to as SCADA systems, involve programming at several levels; these systems include computer type field controllers that monitor and control plant equipment such as conveyor systems, pumps, and user workstations that allow the user to monitor and control the equipment through color graphic displays. All of the components of these systems are integrated through a ... Read more

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  • Fields of Air

    by James V. Byrom ...
    This is a fascinating recreation of the triumphs, tragedies, mysteries and dramas of civil aviation in southern Africa, from actual transcripts and recorded evidence. These are stories as much about the people as their machines -- and the perversities of the weather, human and mechanical error, and plain old bad luck.The critics said:"...a book of such high standard that it is a pleasure to review ... Read more

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  • Developing Strategies for the Modern International Airport

    East Asia and Beyond

    by Alan Williams ...
    Developing Strategies for the Modern International Airport identifies and analyses the primary issues facing the modern international airport, and their role in a global economy. Based on the premise that the aviation industry has a primary and decisive role in the economic and social development of the modern international economy, this book examines the modern international airport and its ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Transport Beyond Oil

    Policy Choices for a Multimodal Future

    by Neil Sipe, Todd Litman, Deborah Gordon, Deron Lovaas, Jago Dodson, Robert Noland, Christopher Hanson, Joanne R. Potter, Bradley W. Lane, Projjal K. Dutta, Petra E. Todorovich Messick, Edward Burgess, Simon McDonnell, Jie (Jane) Lin, Kevin Mills, Alan Sanford Drake, Peter Newman, Jeffrey Kenworthy, Anthony Charles Hull, David G. Burwell ...
    Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. That means that the national oil addiction and all its consequences, from climate change to disastrous spills to dependence on foreign markets, can be greatly reduced by changing the way we move. In Transport Beyond Oil, leading experts in transportation, planning, development, and policy show how to achieve this fundamental ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Public Transport Planning with Smart Card Data

    Edited by Fumitaka Kurauchi, Jan-Dirk Schmöcker ...
    Collecting fares through "smart cards" is becoming standard in most advanced public transport networks of major cities around the world. Travellers value their convenience and operators the reduced money handling fees. Electronic tickets also make it easier to integrate fare systems, to create complex time and space differentiated fare systems, and to provide incentives to specific target groups. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Statistical Techniques for Transportation Engineering

    by Kumar Molugaram, G Shanker Rao ...
    Statistical Techniques for Transportation Engineering is written with a systematic approach in mind and covers a full range of data analysis topics, from the introductory level (basic probability, measures of dispersion, random variable, discrete and continuous distributions) through more generally used techniques (common statistical distributions, hypothesis testing), to advanced analysis and ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Modelling Intelligent Multi-Modal Transit Systems

    Edited by Agostino Nuzzolo, William H. K. Lam ...
    The growing mobility needs of travellers have led to the development of increasingly complex and integrated multi-modal transit networks. Hence, transport agencies and transit operators are now more urgently required to assist in the challenging task of effectively and efficiently planning, managing, and governing transit networks. A pre-condition for the development of an effective intelligent ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Introduction to Surface Engineering

    by P. A. Dearnley ...
    This highly illustrated reference work covers the three principal types of surface technologies that best protect engineering devices and products: diffusion technologies, deposition technologies, and other less commonly acknowledged surface engineering (SE) techniques. Various applications are noted throughout the text and additionally whole chapters are devoted to specific SE applications across ... Read more

    $127.99 USD

  • Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport

    Design, Manufacturing, Analysis and Performance

    Edited by James Njuguna ...
    Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport: Design, Manufacturing, Analysis and Performance provides a detailed review of lightweight composite materials and structures and discusses their use in the transport industry, specifically surface and air transport. The book covers materials selection, the properties and performance of materials, and structures, design solutions, and manufacturing ... Read more

    $296.99 USD

  • Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design and Control: Intelligent Omnidirectional Hybrids

    by Yangsheng Xu, Jingyu Yan, Huihuan Qian, Tin Lun Lam ...
    Build state-of-the-art intelligent omnidirectional HEVsEngineer high-performance, low-emission automobiles by overcoming traditional obstacles and efficiently harnessing energy from multiple sources. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design and Control features complete coverage of all electrical, mechanical, and software components. Find out how to develop fast-charging battery systems, efficiently manage ... Read more

    $139.49 USD