Proceedings of ASME 2021 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting (FEDSM2021), Volume 1 : Aerospace Engineering Division Joint Track; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFDTC)

These methods offer practical solutions to methodological problems that may arise during the design and preparation of field experiments.

• Provides technical information on measuring, modeling, and optimizing off-road vehicle traction―including a novel method for describing off-road traction
• Provides rare experimental data on soil stress and deformation under a variety of wheeled and tracked vehicles
• Supplies solutions for designing, building, and using soil or snow pressure transducers and sensors
• Compiles original experimental data on soil degradation due to agricultural machinery traffic and soil compaction
• Explains how to create dynamic models of wheel–soil systems based on experimental data

A valuable reference on an important area of terramechanics, this book shows how to analyze and model wheel–soil interactions to create more effective designs for a range of vehicle types.

This book provides information that is useful in emerging engineering areas, such as micro-mechanics and biomechanics. With an abundance of worked examples and chapter problems, it carefully explains necessary mathematics as required and presents numerous illustrations, giving students and practicing professionals an excellent self-study guide to enhance their skills. Through a mastery of this volume’s contents and additional rigorous finite element training, they will develop the mechanics foundation necessary to skillfully use modern, advanced design tools.

The authors present the most up-to-date understanding from laboratory studies and computational analysis for researchers working in the field of blast loadings and their effect on material and structural failure,  develop designs for  lighter and highly efficient structural members for blast energy absorption, discuss vulnerability of underground structures, present methods for dampening blast overpressures, discuss structural post blast collapse and give attention to underwater explosion and implosion effects on submerged infrastructure and mitigation measures for this environment.

Traditionally, books on learning curves have focused either on cost accounting or production planning and control. In these books, the learning curve has been treated as a forecasting tool. This book synthesizes current research and presents a clear picture of organizational learning curves. It explores how organizations improve other measures of organizational performance including quality, inventory, and productivity, then looks inside the learning curve to determine the actual processes through which organizations learn.

Examines automobility′s effect on environmental, social, and political issues. Will be of interest to those whose research focuses on geography, politics, consumption and cultural studies, critical theory, and the sociology of objects and everyday life.