System Reliability Theory: Models, Statistical Methods, and Applications, Second Edition

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Find in-depth discussions of dependability management and reliability centered systems as well as functional safety issues—matters critical to the new IEC standards. Of note in this new second edition are:

New chapters on Reliability of Maintained Systems and Reliability Assessment of Safety-Critical Systems
Introduction and discussion of basic assessment methods for operational availability and production regularity
An FTP site for solutions, overheads, and supplementary information

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System Reliabiility Theory.......2000-03-02

This is an excellent text for learning reliability analysis. It contains just the right mixture of material to be useful for a practicing engineer that must learn the reliability business in a hurry.

The book is very clear and fairly concise. There are worked examples to demonstrate how the theory should be applied and the examples are also clear and concise.

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Since the publication of "Spectral Methods in Fluid Dynamics", spectral methods, particularly in their multidomain version, have become firmly established as a mainstream tool for scientific and engineering computation. While retaining the tight integration between the theoretical and practical aspects of spectral methods that was the hallmark of the earlier book, Canuto et al. now incorporate the many improvements in the algorithms and the theory of spectral methods that have been made since 1988. The initial treatment Fundamentals in Single Domains discusses the fundamentals of the approximation of solutions to ordinary and partial differential equations on single domains by expansions in smooth, global basis functions. The first half of the book provides the algorithmic details of orthogonal expansions, transform methods, spectral discretization of differential equations plus their boundary conditions, and solution of the discretized equations by direct and iterative methods. The second half furnishes a comprehensive discussion of the mathematical theory of spectral methods on single domains, including approximation theory, stability and convergence, and illustrative applications of the theory to model boundary-value problems. Both the algorithmic and theoretical discussions cover spectral methods on tensor-product domains, triangles and tetrahedra. All chapters are enhanced with material on the Galerkin with numerical integration version of spectral methods. The discussion of direct and iterative solution methods is greatly expanded as are the set of numerical examples that illustrate the key properties of the various types of spectral approximations and the solution algorithms.

A companion book "Evolution to Complex Geometries and Applications to Fluid Dynamics" contains an extensive survey of the essential algorithmic and theoretical aspects of spectral methods for complex geometries and provides detailed discussions of spectral algorithms for fluid dynamics in simple and complex geometries.

Finite Element Analysis Theory and Application with ANSYS (3rd Edition)

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Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Applications with ANSYS
Worst Book Ever!!!
I love this book!
Fantastic intro to FEA
Good intro, but does not go far enough

Finite Element Analysis Theory and Application with ANSYS (3rd Edition)
Saeed Moaveni
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ASIN: 0131890808

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While many authors cover the theory of finite element modeling, this is the only book available that incorporates ANSYS as an integral part of its content. Moaveni presents the theory of finite element analysis, explores its application as a design/modeling tool, and explains in detail how to use ANSYS intelligently and effectively. Now uses Excel in solving simple finite element problems. Adds a significant number of new problems. Incorporates the latest version of ANSYS throughout. A useful reference for mechanical, civil and environmental engineers.

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Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Applications with ANSYS.......2007-05-06

This is a basis book for Finite Element Analysis. Also buy a book in Amazon is a fantastic guarantee of service.

Worst Book Ever!!!.......2007-05-03

We are at chapter 13 now and I now know that the book do not provide good fundamentals nor details to understand what FEA is all about. Tutorials are useless because they do not explain anything what's going on. You just must figure it out yourself. This is OK for secondary book. But don't expect to understand it without any other help. Choppy steps for the solution in the examples!

I love this book!.......2006-07-06

I can't imagine my learning process of FEA without this book. It's really good and comprenhensive. It is nice to read and it provides clear explanations to difficult topics. I believe this is a must have!

Fantastic intro to FEA.......2005-09-08

This book provides a great intro to FEA in general befor eit actually starts ANSYS Tutorial. The book is strictly for beginners .It contains very less details on Batch files ,nonlinear problems etc.

Good intro, but does not go far enough.......2000-08-09

I bought this book hoping it would make my job of developing a finite element model using ANSYS easier. But I did not learn much of anything new from this book. I was already familiar with finite element theory and also took the intro to ansys course offered by ANSYS. I had hoped that this book would go beyond what was offered by these two sources, but sadly it does not. Still, for the beginner who knows next to nothing of f.e. methods and ANSYS this is probably helpful.

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Almost good enough to make me switch
misleading information
Good book for Numerical Methods Class

Numerical Methods
J. Douglas Faires , and Richard L. Burden
Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
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ASIN: 0534407617

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This book emphasizes the intelligent application of approximation techniques to the type of problems that commonly occur in engineering and the physical sciences. Readers learn why the numerical methods work, what type of errors to expect, and when an application might lead to difficulties. The authors also provide information about the availability of high-quality software for numerical approximation routines. In this book, full mathematical justifications are provided only if they are concise and add to the understanding of the methods. The emphasis is placed on describing each technique from an implementation standpoint, and on convincing the reader that the method is reasonable both mathematically and computationally.

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Almost good enough to make me switch.......2007-02-24

In my never-ending quest for the best textbook for each of my courses, I examine a large number of math and computer books. The current book used in my numerical analysis class is "Elementary Numerical Analysis" by Atkinson and Han. My standard criterion for changing is that the new book must be significantly better than my current favorite. By significantly better, I mean that the cost to me when changing is more than offset by the advantages that the new book gives the students.
While I consider this book on a par with the Atkinson book and maybe even a bit better, it doesn't quite cross the threshold. The coverage is what is ordinarily considered that of a one-semester course in numerical analysis, so in that regard it is still in the pack. A broad spectrum of exercises appears at the ends of the sections and solutions to the odd-numbered ones appear in an appendix.
I consider this book to be slightly more readable than some of the others that I have seen. Maple is used as the symbolic mathematics package used to illustrate the examples and a CD containing the code used to generate the examples is included. This book is good enough to tempt me to make the switch but not good enough to make me do it.

misleading information.......2007-02-23

Do not buy this book, the information are incomplete and misleading: using the "look inside" function the internet site redirect you on the tesxtbook while "numerical methods" contains only few highligth about it!

Good book for Numerical Methods Class.......2003-11-08

I had previously sat in on a Numerical Analysis class, and I have to say that this book was much better than the one that we were forced to use. The examples were clear, and the text focused much less on proofs and more on how to do problems and calculate their error. The sample programs on disk were also thorough, and included in several different languages (c, fortran, pascal, maple, mathematica, & matlab).

Introduction to the Replica Theory of Disordered Statistical Systems (Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics)

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Introduction to the Replica Theory of Disordered Statistical Systems (Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics)
Viktor Dotsenko
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This text describes the statistical mechanics of classical spin systems with quenched disorder. The first part covers the physics of spin-glass states using results obtained within the framework of the mean field theory of spin glasses. The second part is devoted to the theory of critical phenomena in the presence of weak quenched disorder. This includes a systematic derivation of the traditional renormalization group theory. In the third part Dotsenko describes other types of disordered systems, relating them to new results at the frontiers of modern research. The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers in the field of statistical mechanics of disordered systems.

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: Geometrical Methods for Engineers and Scientists

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Not that good
Good Introduction To Chaos

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: Geometrical Methods for Engineers and Scientists
J. M. T. Thompson , and Hugh B. Stewart
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Emphasizes the qualitative description of long-term recurrent motions of dissipative systems governed by genuinely nonlinear equations, with no assumptions of near-linearity. General concepts of the geometric theory are illustrated using computer simulations of specific ordinary differential and difference equations. The nonlinear phenomena discussed include the multiple attractors observable in a single system, chaotic long-term behaviour and its underlying order and structure, and discontinuous jump and hysteresis phenomena.

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Not that good.......2005-02-07

This book contains some standard topics treated on an elementary way. Unfortunatelly mathemathical formalism is almost left out.
The approach to the subject is pretty popular.
I think one is going to invest her/his own time in a better way by working first on V.I.Arnold's "Classical Mechanics" (symplectic formalism) then going on with E. Ott's "Chaos" (one of the best on the subject, but Lichtenberg-Liebermann is also a good one, in my opinion) and, finally, taking a look into some parts of Arnold's "Geometrical methods of ODE". More stuff is available on the Web (arxiv.org --> recent abstracts and new approaches on dynamical systems in Physics). This is a good way to gain a technical basis instead of a popular one.

Good Introduction To Chaos.......2004-03-27

The book is complex enough to provide good information on NLD, chaos, and the associated differential equations, but not so complex you can't get a firm working grasp of the subject. Lots of nice illustrations, clearly and concisely explained. Bifurcations, attractors and all that jazz is in there too if you want to make your own Poincare maps (also explained). I used the information from the book to generate visualizations of an externally excited system moving in and out of different modes of vibration. Such a techinique is not directly explaned in the text, but a good read of the first few chapters will provide the tools to do so. Recommended.

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Good general overview of the field, but quite uneven

Petri Nets for Systems Engineering
Claude Girault , and Rüdiger Valk
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Formal methods for the specification and verification of hardware and software systems are becoming more and more important as systems increase in size and complexity. The aim of the book is to illustrate progress in formal methods, based on Petri net formalisms. It contains a collection of examples arising from different fields, such as flexible manufacturing, telecommunication and workflow management systems.
The book covers the main phases in the life cycle of design and implementation of a system, i.e., specification, model checking techniques for verification, analysis of properties, code generation, and execution of models. These techniques and their tool support are discussed in detail including practical issues. Amongst others, fundamental concepts such as composition, abstraction, and reusability of models, model verification, and verification of properties are systematically introduced.

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Good general overview of the field, but quite uneven.......2007-08-24

This book goes for breadth, in a very ambitious take on Petri nets: to cover the complete range of activities of systems engineering supported by nets, from modelling to verification to validation and execution, including case studies in application domains. All this in a complete, self-contained volume. And it mostly succeeds in giving a general view of the possible uses of Petri nets and the research areas related to these nets. So it may be useful to both practicioners and researchers.

The chapters are divided into parts, according to the many aspects investigated: Part I is on basic concepts of Petri nets, including its features, models, definitions and properties. Part II takes on modelling systems with Petri nets. Individual techniques and complete methods (e.g. state-based modelling and event-based modelling) are presented, and case studies analysed. Then, Part III includes four chapters about verification of Petri net models, presenting an array of different techniques and approaches: state-space-based model checking, structural methods, deductive logic-based methods and techniques based on process algebras. Finally, Part IV is about validation and execution of nets, including code generation from net models, and Part V showcases three application domains for the nets: manufacturing systems, workflow systems and telecommunications.

To cover all this ground in the subject of Petri nets, the book was written collectively by more than 20 authors; even some of the chapters are divided into sections written by different people. This naturally results in noticeable variations of style and quality between chapters, and even between sections in the same chapter. Although some effort was spent to try to integrate them better, some sections (and chapters) are quite convoluted and hard to understand, while others are very clear and informative. The notation and style of presentation also changes, but this is mostly not a problem, because chapters often tackle different problems. Also, most of the sections that are difficult to grasp include references that can be used to learn more about the subject. Some sections are really very superficial, covering only the major ideas involved in some technique or method, and sweeping most of the meaty details under the rug, to the references. Unfortunately, some sections don't include enough references to track the original work from which they're based.

Finally, a warning regarding the title: it seems mostly directed to practicioners, but actually includes a lot of material that can be classified as recent research, and so not thoroughly in the field. This is very valuable to a researcher on Petri nets, who can get in contact with a lot of the research on nets done elsewhere, but may be not directly useful to practicioners. Even so, users of Petri nets that are not very interested in research results may take from the book a general idea of tools and possibilities that can be used with net models in all the stages of systems design and execution.

For all readers, I believe this book is mostly useful as a collection of pointers to further research or experimentation.

The Mathematical Theory of Finite Element Methods

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A book for experienced people only.
a nice introductory book

The Mathematical Theory of Finite Element Methods
Susanne C. Brenner , and L. Ridgway Scott
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ASIN: 0387954511

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This book develops the basic mathematical theory of the finite element method, the most widely used technique for engineering design and analysis. This expanded second edition contains new chapters on additive Schwarz preconditioners and adaptive meshes. New exercises have also been added throughout. The book will be useful to mathematicians as well as engineers and physical scientists. It can be used for a course that provides an introduction to basic functional analysis, approximation theory, and numerical analysis, while building upon and applying basic techniques of real variable theory. Different course paths can be chosen, allowing the book to be used for courses designed for students with different interests.

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A book for experienced people only........2006-12-20

This book certainly has a lot of information in it, but it is not lucid at all. This book is a hard read. The presentation is not done very well, and a lot of details get put off to the literature. I would actually recommend the FEM book by Braess instead. Only use this book as a reference.

a nice introductory book.......2000-04-06

This book is a very nice introductory book on the subject. It has a very nice presentation of the fundamental issues on finite element theory, such as interpolation theory on Sobolev spaces and variational formulations of elliptic problems. Also, it covers some advanced and more specific subjets such as multigrid methods and mixed methods for fluid mechanics, where it reviews some of the most used techniques to solve the saddle-point problems such as Augmented Lagrangian techniques and penalty methods.

Also, at the end of the book there is a very well written chapter focused on Interpolation operators, where there is a very nice (and very easy to read) presentation of the Sccot-Zhang interpolation operator, and some of the principal results on approximation.

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In Finite Element Analysis of Electrical Machines the author covers two-dimensional analysis, emphasizing the use of finite elements to perform the most common calculations required of machine designers and analysts. The book explains what is inside a finite element program, and how the finite element method can be used to determine the behavior of electrical machines. The material is tutorial and includes several completely worked out examples. The main illustrative examples are synchronous and induction machines. The methods described have been used successfully in the design and analysis of most types of rotating and linear machines.
Audience: A valuable reference source for academic researchers, practitioners and designers of electrical machinery.

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The only book on the subject.......2002-07-31

There are lots of books on finite element analysis. There are a good number of books on finitie element analysis for the electrical engineer. This is the only book devoted solely to the FE method for the analysis of electric machines, so it is kind of hard to say that this is the best because it is the only horse in the race. But I can confidently assert this because it answers most of the questions dealing with the area. Prof. Salon has done a very good job of putting a lot of results in a very slim volume. he has sought to answer most of the question concerning analyzing different machines and he has devoted just enough mathematics to clear up a number of important issues concerning the accuracy of the methods. Most specifically, he dealt with the air gap mesh problem very clearly and succinctly.

He also tells you how to go about calculating the inductance, the flux linkage, and the magnetic flux density from the vector potential. This is a very complete treatment of a very broad subject.

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This book contains high-quality multi-disciplinary research contributions addressing theoretical and computational aspects of interaction and coordination of economic agents. It focuses on emergent phenomena and collective behavior in economic activities as well as on the development of analytical and computational tools in models with heterogeneous agents. The contributions are not restricted to any particular school of thought, but are based on rigorous theoretical models and supported by experimental validation.

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