125 Ebook di National Materials Advisory Board
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Fusion of Security System Data to Improve Airport Security
The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970’s when the hijacking of aircraft became a serious problem. Over that period, federal aviation officials …
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€20.95
Corrosion Education Workshop Organizing Panel & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Proceedings of the Materials Forum 2007
The U.S. industrial complex and its associated infrastructure are essential to the nation’s quality of life, its industrial productivity, international competitiveness, and security. Each component …
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€14.51
Committee on Assessing the Need for a Defense Stockpile & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Managing Materials for a Twenty-first Century Military
Since 1939, the U.S. government, using the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), has been stockpiling critical strategic materials for national defense. The economic and national security environments, …
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€44.13
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government’s plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are …
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€32.39
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Ballistic Imaging
Ballistic Imaging assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms identification. The book evaluates the current law enforcement database of images of crime-related …
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€57.51
Committee on Assessing Corrosion Education & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of Corrosion Education
The threat from the degradation of materials in the engineered products that drive our economy, keep our citizenry healthy, and keep us safe from terrorism and belligerent threats has been well …
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€37.04
Committee on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) is an emerging discipline that can accelerate materials development and unify design and manufacturing. Developing ICME is a grand challenge that …
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€33.71
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Materials Advisory Board: Proceedings of a Workshop on Materials State Awareness
In order to ensure effective military operations and continued warfighter safety, the functionality and integrity of the equipment used must also be ensured. For the past several years, the …
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€20.73
Committee on the Review of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Corrosion Prevention Standards for Ductile Iron Pipe & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Review of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Corrosion Prevention Standards for Ductile Iron Pipe
Ductile iron pipe (DIP) was introduced about 50 years ago as a more economical and better-performing product for water transmission and distribution. As with iron or steel pipes, DIP is subject to …
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€40.60
Committee on Law and Justice & Committee on National Statistics: Ballistic Imaging
Ballistic Imaging assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms identification. The book evaluates the current law enforcement database of images of crime-related …
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€63.32
Committee on the Review of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Corrosion Prevention Standards for Ductile Iron Pipe & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Review of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Corrosion Prevention Standards for Ductile Iron Pipe
Ductile iron pipe (DIP) was introduced about 50 years ago as a more economical and better-performing product for water transmission and distribution. As with iron or steel pipes, DIP is subject to …
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€59.58
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium Reserve: Selling the Nation’s Helium Reserve
Helium has long been the subject of public policy deliberation and management, largely because of its many strategic uses and its unusual source-it is a derived product of natural gas and its market …
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€33.57
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium Reserve: Selling the Nation’s Helium Reserve
Helium has long been the subject of public policy deliberation and management, largely because of its many strategic uses and its unusual source-it is a derived product of natural gas and its market …
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€48.16
Committee on Research Opportunities in Corrosion Science and Engineering & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Research Opportunities in Corrosion Science and Engineering
The field of corrosion science and engineering is on the threshold of important advances. Advances in lifetime prediction and technological solutions, as enabled by the convergence of experimental …
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€38.93
Committee on Globalization of Materials Research and Development & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Globalization of Materials R&D
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) R&D is spreading globally at an accelerating rate. As a result, the relative U.S. position in a number of MSE subfields is in a state of flux. To understand …
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€53.28
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on Accelerating Technology Transition: Accelerating Technology Transition
Accelerating the transition of new technologies into systems and products will be crucial to the Department of Defenses development of a lighter, more flexible fighting force. Current long transition …
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€35.52
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medical Needs: Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine
Recent results in biomaterials R&D suggest that there are exceptional opportunities for these emerging materials in military medicine. To facilitate this possibility, the National Research Council …
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€30.51
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Materials Advisory Board: Summary of the Sensing and Positioning Technology Workshop of the Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community
The emergence of nanotechnology as a major science and technology research topic has sparked substantial interest by the intelligence community. In particular the community is interested both in the …
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€21.53
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Opportunities to Improve Airport Passenger Screening with Mass Spectrometry
Protection of the traveling public from terrorist threats involving explosives is a major goal of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). For 20 years, the TSA (and the Federal Aviation …
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€30.45
Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Summary of the Power Systems Workshop on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community
The emergence of nanotechnology as a major science and technology research topic has sparked substantial interest by the intelligence community. In particular the community is interested both in the …
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€21.55
Committee on Lightweight Materials for 21st Century Army Trucks & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Use of Lightweight Materials in 21st Century Army Trucks
In order to achieve the Army’s envisioned Objective Force related to deployability, transportability, and mobility, the Committee on Lightweight Materials for the 21st Century Army Trucks was asked …
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€41.68
Committee on Materials Research for Defense After Next & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Materials Research to Meet 21st-Century Defense Needs
In order to achieve the revolutionary new defense capabilities offered by materials science and engineering, innovative management to reduce the risks associated with translating research results …
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€87.71
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Evolutionary and Revolutionary Technologies for Mining
The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) of the U. S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to undertake a study on required technologies for the Mining Industries …
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€39.07
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Materials Advisory Board: Materials in the New Millennium
This book details the forum that was held by the National Materials Advisory Board at the National Academy of Sciences. The purpose of this forum was to bring the importance of materials to the …
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€30.41
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Uninhabited Air Vehicles
U.S. Air Force (USAF) planners have envisioned that uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), working in concert with inhabited vehicles, will become an integral part of the future force structure. Current …
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€44.36
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "minimum …
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€36.39
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security
This report assesses the operational performance of explosives-detection equipment and hardened unit-loading devices (HULDs) in airports and compares their operational performance to their laboratory …
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€48.16
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Materials Science and Engineering: Forging Stronger Links to Users: Materials Science and Engineering
Materials are the foundation and fabric of manufactured products. In fact, many leading commercial products and military systems could not exist without advanced materials and many of the new …
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€40.68
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on R&D Strategies to Improve Surface Transportation Security: Improving Surface Transportation Security
The surface transportation system is vital to our nation’s economy, defense, and quality of life. Because threats against the system have hitherto been perceived as minor, little attention has been …
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€21.56
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Industrial Technology Assessments: Industrial Technology Assessments
In 1993, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technology (OIT) established a group of seven industries designated as Industries of the Future (IOF). These industries were selected …
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€30.44
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Industrial Technology Assessments: Separation Technologies for the Industries of the Future
Separation processesor processes that use physical, chemical, or electrical forces to isolate or concentrate selected constituents of a mixtureare essential to the chemical, petroleum refining, and …
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€50.41
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Manufacturing Process Controls for the Industries of the Future
Manufacturing process controls include all systems and software that exert control over production processes. Control systems include process sensors, data processing equipment, actuators, networks …
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€47.70
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Advanced Fibers for High-Temperature Ceramic Composites: Ceramic Fibers and Coatings
High-temperature ceramic fibers are the key components of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). Ceramic fiber properties (strength, temperature and creep resistance, for example)-along with the debonding …
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€55.94
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Advanced Materials and Fabrication Methods for Microelectromechanical Systems: Microelectromechanical Systems
Microelectromenchanical systems (MEMS) is a revolutionary field that adapts for new uses a technology already optimized to accomplish a specific set of objectives. The silicon-based integrated …
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€47.71
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Aging of U.S. Air Force Aircraft: Aging of U.S. Air Force Aircraft
Many of the aircraft that form the backbone of the U.S. Air Force operational fleet are 25 years old or older. A few of these will be replaced with new aircraft, but many are expected to remain in …
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€45.13
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety
The reduction of the fire hazard of fuel is critical to improving survivability in impact-survivable aircraft accidents. Despite current fire prevention and mitigation approaches, fuel flammability …
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€53.96
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Nonconventional Concrete Technologies for Renewal of the Highway Infrastructure: Nonconventional Concrete Technologies
Nonconventional Concrete Technologies: Renewal of the Highway Infrastructure identifies research and development opportunities in innovative, nonconventional materials and processes that have the …
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€59.36
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Commercial Aviation Security: Airline Passenger Security Screening
This book addresses new technologies being considered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for screening airport passengers for concealed weapons and explosives. The FAA is supporting the …
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€42.66
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Fire and Smoke Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors: Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Interior Materials for Commercial Transport Aircraft
The two principal objectives of this book were (1) to identify promising materials technologies, design issues (both overall and for individual components), and fire performance parameters (both full …
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€54.45
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on New Materials for Advanced Civil Aircraft: New Materials for Next-Generation Commercial Transports
The major objective of this book was to identify issues related to the introduction of new materials and the effects that advanced materials will have on the durability and technical risk of future …
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€40.52
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials: Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials
This book assesses the state of the art of coatings materials and processes for gas-turbine blades and vanes, determines potential applications of coatings in high-temperature environments, …
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€54.51
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices: Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices
Major benefits to system architecture would result if cooling systems for components could be eliminated without compromising performance. This book surveys the state-of-the-art for the three major …
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€46.73
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors: Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors
This book describes the Conference on Fire and Smoke-Resistant Materials held at the National Academy of Sciences on November 8-10, 1994. The purpose of this conference was to identify trends in …
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€55.49
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Application of Expert Systems to Materials Selection During Structural Design: Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design
The selection of the proper materials for a structural component is a critical activity that is governed by many, often conflicting factors. Incorporating materials expert systems into CAD/CAM …
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€40.68
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Currency Features Usable by the Visually Impaired: Currency Features for Visually Impaired People
The Committee on Currency Features for the Visually Impaired evaluated features that could be incorporated in the production of U.S. banknotes that would enable blind and visually disabled people to …
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€50.51
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on New Sensor Technologies: Materials and Applications: Expanding the Vision of Sensor Materials
Advances in materials science and engineering have paved the way for the development of new and more capable sensors. Drawing upon case studies from manufacturing and structural monitoring and …
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€48.96
Committee on Assessing Corrosion Education & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of Corrosion Education
The threat from the degradation of materials in the engineered products that drive our economy, keep our citizenry healthy, and keep us safe from terrorism and belligerent threats has been well …
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€52.73
Committee on Assessing the Need for a Defense Stockpile & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Managing Materials for a Twenty-first Century Military
Since 1939, the U.S. government, using the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), has been stockpiling critical strategic materials for national defense. The economic and national security environments, …
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€46.98
Committee on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) is an emerging discipline that can accelerate materials development and unify design and manufacturing. Developing ICME is a grand challenge that …
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€47.94
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Materials Advisory Board: Proceedings of a Workshop on Materials State Awareness
In order to ensure effective military operations and continued warfighter safety, the functionality and integrity of the equipment used must also be ensured. For the past several years, the …
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€30.39
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Fusion of Security System Data to Improve Airport Security
The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970’s when the hijacking of aircraft became a serious problem. Over that period, federal aviation officials …
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€30.51
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technology for Detection and Identification of Concealed Explosives and Weapons
The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970’s when the hijacking of aircraft became a serious problem. Over that period, federal aviation officials …
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€30.06
Corrosion Education Workshop Organizing Panel & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Proceedings of the Materials Forum 2007
The U.S. industrial complex and its associated infrastructure are essential to the nation’s quality of life, its industrial productivity, international competitiveness, and security. Each component …
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€21.44
Committee to Review the National Nanotechnology Initiative & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Matter of Size
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) was created in 2000 to focus and coordinate the nanoscience and nanotechnology research and development (R&D) activities being funded by several federal …
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€62.23
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Defending the U.S. Air Transportation System Against Chemical and Biological Threats
Historically, most terrorist attacks on civilian targets have involved the use of firearms or explosives, and current defensive strategies are aimed at preventing attacks perpetrated by such means. …
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€21.52
Committee on Durability and Life Prediction of Polymer Matrix Composites in Extreme Environments & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Going to Extremes
Advanced polymer matrix composites (PMC) have many advantages such as light weight and high specific strength that make them useful for many aerospace applications. Enormous uncertainty exists, …
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€30.08
Committee on High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites
Military use of advanced polymer matrix composites (PMC)consisting of a resin matrix reinforced by high-performance carbon or organic fiberswhile extensive, accounts for less that 10 percent of the …
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€29.90
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on National Laboratories and Universities: National Laboratories and Universities
This volume is a report of a workshop held in 2003 to address best practices and remaining challenges with respect to national laboratory-university …
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€29.97
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on Bridging Design and Manufacturing: Retooling Manufacturing
As the Department of Defense continues development of the future warrior system, the difficulty of moving rapidly from design to manufacturing for complex technologies is becoming a major concern. In …
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€43.71
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government’s plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are …
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€45.76
Committee on Research Opportunities in Corrosion Science and Engineering & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Research Opportunities in Corrosion Science and Engineering
The field of corrosion science and engineering is on the threshold of important advances. Advances in lifetime prediction and technological solutions, as enabled by the convergence of experimental …
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€48.15
Board on Army Science and Technology & Committee on Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications: Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications
Armor plays a significant role in the protection of warriors. During the course of history, the introduction of new materials and improvements in the materials already used to construct armor has led …
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€39.42
Board on Army Science and Technology & Committee on Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications: Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications
Armor plays a significant role in the protection of warriors. During the course of history, the introduction of new materials and improvements in the materials already used to construct armor has led …
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€41.21
Committee on Materials Research for Defense After Next & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Materials Research to Meet 21st-Century Defense Needs
In order to achieve the revolutionary new defense capabilities offered by materials science and engineering, innovative management to reduce the risks associated with translating research results …
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€87.01
Committee on Lightweight Materials for 21st Century Army Trucks & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Use of Lightweight Materials in 21st Century Army Trucks
In order to achieve the Army’s envisioned Objective Force related to deployability, transportability, and mobility, the Committee on Lightweight Materials for the 21st Century Army Trucks was asked …
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€29.14
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Evolutionary and Revolutionary Technologies for Mining
The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) of the U. S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to undertake a study on required technologies for the Mining Industries …
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€27.27
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security
This report assesses the operational performance of explosives-detection equipment and hardened unit-loading devices (HULDs) in airports and compares their operational performance to their laboratory …
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€34.34
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Industrial Technology Assessments: Industrial Technology Assessments
In 1993, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technology (OIT) established a group of seven industries designated as Industries of the Future (IOF). These industries were selected …
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€20.80
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Materials Science and Engineering: Forging Stronger Links to Users: Materials Science and Engineering
Materials are the foundation and fabric of manufactured products. In fact, many leading commercial products and military systems could not exist without advanced materials and many of the new …
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€28.53
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Uninhabited Air Vehicles
U.S. Air Force (USAF) planners have envisioned that uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), working in concert with inhabited vehicles, will become an integral part of the future force structure. Current …
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€30.75
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy for Aviation Security
A major goal of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and now the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), is the development of technologies for detecting explosives and illegal drugs in …
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€34.34
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Manufacturing Process Controls for the Industries of the Future
Manufacturing process controls include all systems and software that exert control over production processes. Control systems include process sensors, data processing equipment, actuators, networks …
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€34.27
Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Summary of the Power Systems Workshop on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community
The emergence of nanotechnology as a major science and technology research topic has sparked substantial interest by the intelligence community. In particular the community is interested both in the …
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€14.50
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Opportunities to Improve Airport Passenger Screening with Mass Spectrometry
Protection of the traveling public from terrorist threats involving explosives is a major goal of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). For 20 years, the TSA (and the Federal Aviation …
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€20.93
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on Bridging Design and Manufacturing: Retooling Manufacturing
As the Department of Defense continues development of the future warrior system, the difficulty of moving rapidly from design to manufacturing for complex technologies is becoming a major concern. In …
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€30.68
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medical Needs: Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine
Recent results in biomaterials R&D suggest that there are exceptional opportunities for these emerging materials in military medicine. To facilitate this possibility, the National Research Council …
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€20.80
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on National Laboratories and Universities: National Laboratories and Universities
This volume is a report of a workshop held in 2003 to address best practices and remaining challenges with respect to national laboratory-university …
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€20.51
Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design & Committee on Accelerating Technology Transition: Accelerating Technology Transition
Accelerating the transition of new technologies into systems and products will be crucial to the Department of Defenses development of a lighter, more flexible fighting force. Current long transition …
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€24.75
Committee on Globalization of Materials Research and Development & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Globalization of Materials R&D
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) R&D is spreading globally at an accelerating rate. As a result, the relative U.S. position in a number of MSE subfields is in a state of flux. To understand …
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€36.77
Committee on High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: High-Performance Structural Fibers for Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites
Military use of advanced polymer matrix composites (PMC)consisting of a resin matrix reinforced by high-performance carbon or organic fiberswhile extensive, accounts for less that 10 percent of the …
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€20.84
Committee on Durability and Life Prediction of Polymer Matrix Composites in Extreme Environments & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Going to Extremes
Advanced polymer matrix composites (PMC) have many advantages such as light weight and high specific strength that make them useful for many aerospace applications. Enormous uncertainty exists, …
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€20.80
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety
The reduction of the fire hazard of fuel is critical to improving survivability in impact-survivable aircraft accidents. Despite current fire prevention and mitigation approaches, fuel flammability …
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€37.59
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors: Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors
This book describes the Conference on Fire and Smoke-Resistant Materials held at the National Academy of Sciences on November 8-10, 1994. The purpose of this conference was to identify trends in …
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€43.82
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Commercial Aviation Security: Airline Passenger Security Screening
This book addresses new technologies being considered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for screening airport passengers for concealed weapons and explosives. The FAA is supporting the …
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€30.32
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Synthetic Hierarchical Structures: Hierarchical Structures in Biology as a Guide for New Materials Technology
Hierarchical structures are those assemblages of molecular units or their aggregates embedded within other particles or aggregates that may, in turn, be part of even larger units of increasing levels …
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€39.42
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Nonconventional Concrete Technologies for Renewal of the Highway Infrastructure: Nonconventional Concrete Technologies
Nonconventional Concrete Technologies: Renewal of the Highway Infrastructure identifies research and development opportunities in innovative, nonconventional materials and processes that have the …
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€41.25
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Next-Generation Currency Design: Counterfeit Deterrent Features for the Next-Generation Currency Design
Traditionally, counterfeit deterrent features restricted counterfeiting to only the dedicated craftsman. With the advent of highly sophisticated reprographic systems, this is no longer true. Redesign …
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€41.42
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Materials Advisory Board: Materials in the New Millennium
This book details the forum that was held by the National Materials Advisory Board at the National Academy of Sciences. The purpose of this forum was to bring the importance of materials to the …
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€20.95
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Advanced Fibers for High-Temperature Ceramic Composites: Ceramic Fibers and Coatings
High-temperature ceramic fibers are the key components of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs). Ceramic fiber properties (strength, temperature and creep resistance, for example)-along with the debonding …
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€38.64
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Competitiveness of the U.S. Minerals and Metals Industry: Competitiveness of the U.S. Minerals and Metals Industry
This book includes an assessment of the global minerals and metals industry; a review of technologies in use for exploration, mining, minerals processing, and metals extraction; and a look at …
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€22.59
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Commercialization of New Materials for a Global Economy
Materials are important in the pursuit of virtually every human endeavor. Advances in materials are applied not only in advanced technological systems such as spacecraft, jet engines, computers, and …
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€24.47
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Materials for the 21st Century: Materials Research Agenda for the Automobile and Aircraft Industries
This volume presents a materials research agenda for the commercial aircraft and automobile industries for the next two decades. Two case studies are used as a basis for discussion: the …
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€24.71
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s
Materials science and engineering (MSE) contributes to our everyday lives by making possible technologies ranging from the automobiles we drive to the lasers our physicians use. Materials Science and …
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Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Commercial Aviation Security: Detection of Explosives for Commercial Aviation Security
This book advises the Federal Aeronautics Administration (FAA) on the detection of small, concealed explosives that a terrorist could plant surreptitiously on a commercial airplane. The book …
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€41.80
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials: Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials
This book assesses the state of the art of coatings materials and processes for gas-turbine blades and vanes, determines potential applications of coatings in high-temperature environments, …
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€38.10
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Fire and Smoke Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors: Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Interior Materials for Commercial Transport Aircraft
The two principal objectives of this book were (1) to identify promising materials technologies, design issues (both overall and for individual components), and fire performance parameters (both full …
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€37.29
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Preservation of Historical Records: Preservation of Historical Records
With discussion on how paper conservation procedures work, how they are put to use, and how deterioration may be prevented, this comprehensive volume examines how vast quantities of documentation can …
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€33.65
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Electrochemical aspects of Energy Conservation and Production: New Horizons in Electrochemical Science and Technology
Modern technology depends heavily on advances in the electrochemical field, but this field may not be receiving the research attention and funding it needs. This new book addresses this issue. It …
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€17.58
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on High Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites: High Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites
High performance synthetic fibers are key components of composite materialsa class of materials vital for U.S. military technology and for the civilian economy. This book addresses the major research …
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€19.04
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Enabling Technologies for Unified Life-Cycle Engineering of Structural Components: Enabling Technologies for Unified Life-Cycle Engineering of Structural Components
Unified life-cycle engineering (ULCE), or concurrent engineering, is a design engineering environment in which computer-aided design technology is used to assess and improve the quality of a …
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€18.80
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Beam Technologies: Opportunities in Attaining Fully Integrated Processing Systems: Beam Technologies for Integrated Processing
Beam technologies play an important role in microelectronic component fabrication and offer opportunities for application in other manufacturing schemes. Emerging beam technologies that incorporate …
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€18.80
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Microwave Processing of Materials: An Emerging Industrial Technology: Microwave Processing of Materials
Microwaves can be effectively used in the processing of industrial materials under a wide range of conditions. However, microwave processing is complex and multidisciplinary in nature, and a high …
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€46.33
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on New Sensor Technologies: Materials and Applications: Expanding the Vision of Sensor Materials
Advances in materials science and engineering have paved the way for the development of new and more capable sensors. Drawing upon case studies from manufacturing and structural monitoring and …
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€34.34
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Application of Expert Systems to Materials Selection During Structural Design: Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design
The selection of the proper materials for a structural component is a critical activity that is governed by many, often conflicting factors. Incorporating materials expert systems into CAD/CAM …
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€28.61
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Currency Features Usable by the Visually Impaired: Currency Features for Visually Impaired People
The Committee on Currency Features for the Visually Impaired evaluated features that could be incorporated in the production of U.S. banknotes that would enable blind and visually disabled people to …
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€26.35
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on New Materials for Advanced Civil Aircraft: New Materials for Next-Generation Commercial Transports
The major objective of this book was to identify issues related to the introduction of new materials and the effects that advanced materials will have on the durability and technical risk of future …
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€28.53
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Aging of U.S. Air Force Aircraft: Aging of U.S. Air Force Aircraft
Many of the aircraft that form the backbone of the U.S. Air Force operational fleet are 25 years old or older. A few of these will be replaced with new aircraft, but many are expected to remain in …
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€30.77
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Advanced Materials and Fabrication Methods for Microelectromechanical Systems: Microelectromechanical Systems
Microelectromenchanical systems (MEMS) is a revolutionary field that adapts for new uses a technology already optimized to accomplish a specific set of objectives. The silicon-based integrated …
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€33.85
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Configuration Management and Performance Verification of Explosives-Detection Systems
This report assesses the configuration-management and performance-verification options for the development and regulation of commercially available Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) and other systems …
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€33.73
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Materials Advisory Board: Summary of the Sensing and Positioning Technology Workshop of the Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community
The emergence of nanotechnology as a major science and technology research topic has sparked substantial interest by the intelligence community. In particular the community is interested both in the …
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€14.43
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Industrial Technology Assessments: Separation Technologies for the Industries of the Future
Separation processesor processes that use physical, chemical, or electrical forces to isolate or concentrate selected constituents of a mixtureare essential to the chemical, petroleum refining, and …
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€36.18
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "minimum …
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€25.38
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices: Materials for High-Temperature Semiconductor Devices
Major benefits to system architecture would result if cooling systems for components could be eliminated without compromising performance. This book surveys the state-of-the-art for the three major …
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€33.28
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on Superhard Materials: Status and Applications of Diamond and Diamond-Like Materials
Recent discoveries enabling the growth of crystalline diamond by chemical vapor deposition offer the potential for a wide variety of new applications. This new book examines the state of the …
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€14.63
Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Defending the U.S. Air Transportation System Against Chemical and Biological Threats
Historically, most terrorist attacks on civilian targets have involved the use of firearms or explosives, and current defensive strategies are aimed at preventing attacks perpetrated by such means. …
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€14.41
Committee to Review the National Nanotechnology Initiative & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Matter of Size
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) was created in 2000 to focus and coordinate the nanoscience and nanotechnology research and development (R&D) activities being funded by several federal …
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Committee on Assessment of Security Technologies for Transportation & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Assessment of Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technology for Detection and Identification of Concealed Explosives and Weapons
The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970’s when the hijacking of aircraft became a serious problem. Over that period, federal aviation officials …
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€20.95
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on R&D Strategies to Improve Surface Transportation Security: Improving Surface Transportation Security
The surface transportation system is vital to our nation’s economy, defense, and quality of life. Because threats against the system have hitherto been perceived as minor, little attention has been …
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€20.94
