"Version: 20160401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : balancing variations -- 1.1. Variable renewables -- 1.2. Dealing with variable output-source correlations -- 1.3. Balancing options -- 1.4. The aims of this book -- 1.5. A few words about terms2. The story so far : balancing with generation plants -- 2.1. Grid balancing with variable renewable…
"Version: 20160901"--Title page verso.Revised edition of : Advanced digital imaging laboratory using MATLAB(R). 2014.Includes bibliographical references.Preface to the second edition -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. General remarks about the book -- 1.2. Instructions for readers2. Image digitization -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Image discretization -- 2.3. Signal scalar quantization -- 2.4…
"Version: 20160601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Research into and interest in the long air gap discharge -- 1.2. Scope and objectives -- 1.3. Intended audience2. The background of air gap discharge theory -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Ionization phenomena -- 2.3. Cross section and mean free path--elastic collisions -- 2.4. Mobility, di…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Charged particle dynamics and beam transport optics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A planar diode and the Child-Langmuir law -- 1.3. The klystron concept -- 1.4. Charged particle motion in combined electric and magnetic fields (the non-relativistic case) -- 1.5. Charged particle motion in combined electric and…
"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1 Fundamental optical formulae -- 1.1. Image formation -- 1.2. Field of view -- 1.3. Depth of field -- 1.4. Exposure2. Exposure strategy -- 2.1. Digital output -- 2.2. Average photometry -- 2.3. Exposure index -- 2.4. Exposure modes3. Raw data model -- 3.1. Linear systems theory -- 3.2. Optics -- 3.3. Sensor --…
"Version: 20160801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductory description of processes related to negative pressure in liquids -- 1.1. A qualitative picture of the formation of discontinuities in a liquid -- 1.2. Negative pressure -- 1.3. The Rayleigh bubble -- 1.4. Zel'dovich-Fisher nucleation -- 1.5. A qualitative description of the processes in a liquid…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. What is the meaning of a short-term earthquake forecast? -- 1.1. Basic concepts of seismology -- 1.2. What other measurements are available to complement seismological observations? -- 1.3. Brief summary on earthquake prediction/forecasting2. Earthquake precursors -- 2.1. An introduction to earthquake precursors -- 2.2…
"Version: 20161101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introductionpart I. Plasma basics -- 2. Basic concepts of the motion of charged particles -- 3. Collisions in magnetized plasmaspart II. Electrostatic fluid models -- 4. The basic model for drift waves -- 5. Simplified linear wave analysis -- 6. Resistive drift waves with cold ions -- 7. Resistive drift wave…
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Shocks and structured waves -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Waves in solids -- 1.3. Large-amplitude waves -- 1.4. The shock wave -- 1.5. Waves of restricted form -- 1.6. Spall waves and the spallation of solids2. Dynamic fragmentation of solids and liquids -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Size distributions and probabilistic …
"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.6. Shock compression of ceramics with microstructure -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Classic mixture theory of shock compression -- 6.3. Shock compression of materials with microstructure strength -- 6.4. Elasticity and strength of ceramics with microstructure -- 6.5. Application to ceramics with microstructure -- 6.6. Shock…