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A comprehensive professional reference, training tool, and text covering various aspects of pipeline pumping and compression system design, configuration optimization, performance and operation, in addition to the behavior of all the piping and various elements comprising each system.

As the global economy and society undergoes a tectonic shift to post-industrial information society with knowledge capital as its new resource, marketing of services is concurrently experiencing a paradigm shift. This book blends the authors' decades of experience in the engineering consultancy service industry with scholarly excellence.

This fully updated and revised fifth edition of this classic reference work is current to the latest ASME BPV Code release. It is available in a convenient two-volume format that focuses on all twelve sections of the ASME Code, as well as relevant piping codes. Several chapters have new authors and are entirely new, while others have been extensively re-written for this edition.

The goal of this monograph is to provide an overview of basic principles that are important for design and evaluation of mechanical bearings used in blood pumps, with a primary focus on mechanical bearings used in the second and third generation ventricular assist devices (VADs). A general introduction of some basic principles that are important for design of mechanical bearings is provided.

Accuracy is one of the fundamental characteristics and one of the most important indexes of the quality of machines and robots. It significantly defines their structure and applications and, in turn, depends on their structure and applications. This book combines theoretical chapters with applications to machines and robots with different kinematic types.

In this monograph, an accurate ultrasonic method for measurement ofsmall motion and deformation of biological tissue is described. In thedisplacement estimation based on the phase change of echoes, the displacementestimates are biased when the center frequency of the RF echochanges. Such an apparent change in the center frequency could be causedby the interference of echoes from scatterers. To reduce the influence ofthe center frequency variation on the estimation of motion and deformation,an error correcting function, which does not require the assumptionthat the center frequency distributions in 2 different frames are the same,was introduced. As a result, the proposed method provides better strainestimates in comparison with conventional phase-sensitive correlationmethods.This monograph also shows examples of applications of this method tomeasurement of small motion and deformation of biological tissues. Thismethod can be applied to measurement of elasticity of dynamic tissues,such as the artery. Also, elastic properties of static tissues can be also measuredby combining with actuation using the acoustic radiation force.

Presents the latest research developments in innovative building envelope systems. These systems have the ability to allow building structures responsive to changes in outdoor conditions to ensure comfortable indoor environment at higher energy efficiency compared to conventional systems. The monograph overviews the basic operation principles and thermal performance of four technologies.

In using risk-informed approaches for ensuring safety of operating nuclear power plants (NPPs), risk importance measures obtained from probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) of the plants are integral elements of consideration in many cases. Obtaining these measures in appropriate forms is helpful for decision makers and can facilitate the use of risk information.

The main focus of this volume is on integrated energy systems, and it is organised from the current state of knowledge in areas of energy equipment and building energy modelling tools, to emerging topics in a wide range of areas encompassing combined heat and power, building energy storage systems, and advanced control strategies for mechanical energy systems in buildings.

Explores the current advancement in high frequency piezoelectric crystal micromachined ultrasound transducers and arrays and their biomedical applications. Piezoelectric ultrasound transducers operating at high frequencies (> 20 MHz) are of increasing demand for medical imaging and biological particle manipulation involved therapy.

Explores ultrasonic metal welding (USMW), particularly for the manufacturing of lithium-ion (li-ion) battery cells, modules, and packs as used in electric vehicles. The book focuses mainly on two-layer and multi-layer aluminum (with and without anodizing) and copper (with and without nickel coating) welding configurations.

Summarizes the major developments on nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics over the last fifty years, primarily for water-cooled reactors, and provides a direction for the future thermal-hydraulic developments for water-cooled, including small modular reactors or SMR, and Generation IV reactors.

Offers comprehensive descriptions of the most important principles so far proposed for far-field holographic microwave imaging - including reconstruction procedures and imaging systems and apparatus - enabling the reader to use microwaves for diagnostic purposes in a wide range of applications.

This proceedings publication includes papers and abstracts from a dedicated track focused on Multidisciplinary Engineering, at the November 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition (IMECE 2015). The objective of these papers and abstracts is to highlight the importance of the multidisciplinary approach.

This publication is an important adjunct to several previously published documents prepared to inform, educate and assist the reader in adequately considering and planning for the many major activities involved in the design, construction and start-up of cogeneration and combined cycle power plants.

Discusses some of the considerations of the joint ACI-ASME Committee in developing the provisions of ACI Standard 359 and ASME B&PVC Section III, Division 2, Subsection CC, Article CC-3000 on nuclear construction in the 2013 version of the code. Emphasis is given to the explanation of provisions that may be unfamiliar to code users.

Examines the design of vehicles with wheels that are powered by human muscles alone. These can provide affordable, sustainable, and healthy transportation to people around the globe. Coverage includes manufacturing processes and materials, performance modeling, handling, drivetrains, structures, components, human performance, and design strategies.

This second edition of a classic text is fully updated and greatly expanded, with in-depth revisions that include advances in the component technology of microelectronics. This book emphasizes the solving of practical design problems in a wide range of subjects related to various heat transfer technologies.

Addresses a few issues essential for achieving a consistent Design-By-Analysis in accordance with the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code: nonlinear alternative rules, fatigue, thermal ratcheting, dynamic loads, strain-based criteria, nonlinear finite element procedures, supports under combined stresses, and others.

Provides a brief overview and history of the FCPA, while also describing the fundamental purpose and requirements of the law. Enforcement and penalties are also discussed. Many real-world examples are provided of FCPA violations and actions along with information on tools and services available to prevent corruption.

Addresses global applications of the ASME B&PV Code. The book not only updates information in the third volume of the third edition of the Companion Guide, but has additional 5 chapters selected for their unique features of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes used internationally.

This 2014 Addendum includes recommended additions and corrections to the original text, which was published by ASME Press in 2013. Numerous reviews were performed on the original text for this book, and manuscripts for this book were used to teach the topics in the text to four separate classes of engineers at SRS and prior to publication.

Offers an analysis of current shortfalls in engineering education and education related to professional practice in engineering. The authors describe desirable improvements as well as advocacy for the use of lean tenets and tools to create a new future for engineering education.

This book series aims to capture advances in computers and information in engineering research, especially by researchers and members of ASME's Computers & Information in Engineering (CIE) Division. The series is focusing on advances in computational methods, algorithms, tools, and processes on the cutting edge of research and development.

This new book is based on two popular ASME online self-study courses. Part 1 covers Ethics For Engineers: Doing the Right Thing When No One is Looking; Part 2 look at Changing Organizational Culture. Practical case studies and real-world examples are included.