Virtual Modelling and Rapid Manufacturing

Virtual Modelling and Rapid Manufacturing
Author: Paulo Jorge da Silva Bartolo
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2005-09-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780415390620

Virtual Modelling and Rapid Manufacturing presents essential research in the area of Virtual and Rapid Prototyping. It contains reviewed papers that were presented at the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, held at the School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, from September 28 to October 1, 2005. The volume covers a wide range of topical subjects, such as medical imaging, reverse engineering, virtual reality and prototyping, biomanufacturing and tissue engineering, advanced rapid prototyping technologies and micro-fabrication, biomimetics and materials, and concurrent engineering

Applied System Simulation

Applied System Simulation
Author: Mohammad S. Obaidat
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1441992189

Simulation and molding are efficient techniques that can aid the city and regional planners and engineers in optimizing the operation of urban systems such as traffic light control, highway toll automation, consensus building, public safety, and environmental protection. When modeling transportation systems such as freeway systems, arterial or downtown grid systems, the city planner and engineer is concerned with capturing the varied interactions between drivers, automobiles, and the infrastructure. Modeling and simulation are used to effectively optimize the design and operation of all of these urban systems. It is possible that in an urban simulation community workshop, citizens can work interactively in front of computers and be able using the click of the mouse to walk up to their own front porch, looking at the proposed shopping mall alternatives across the street from virtually any angle and proposed bridge or tunnel and see how it can reduce traffic congestion. Buildings can be scaled down or taken out, their orientation can be changed in order to check the view and orientation in order to have better site with efficient energy-conservation. The stone or brick material on a building can be replaced by colored concrete, or more trees and lampposts can be placed on the site. Such flexibility in simulation and animation allows creative ideas in the design and orientation of urban sites to be demonstrated to citizens and decision makers before final realization.

Guidebook for Developing Welfare-to-work Transportation Services

Guidebook for Developing Welfare-to-work Transportation Services
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2000
Genre: Commuting
ISBN: 9780309066648

This report provides information about the role of transportation in supporting welfare-to-work initiatives and identifies practical strategies to improve access to job opportunities for former welfare recipients making the transition to work. The Guidebook describes service approaches that include modifications to existing mass transit services, coordination between transportation services, ridesharing programs, automobile ownership programs, and collaborations between faith-based and community-based groups.

Road Safety Audits

Road Safety Audits
Author: Eugene Madison Wilson
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2004
Genre: Roads
ISBN: 0309070155

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 336: Road Safety Audits examines the state of the practice of road safety audit (RSA) and road safety audit review applications for U.S. states and Canadian provinces. This synthesis also reviews international RSA practices. RSAs were first introduced in the United Kingdom more than 20 years ago and have been applied in New Zealand and Australia since the 1990s.

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Author: Beatriz L. Boada
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2021-04-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3036505067

This book presents collective works published in the recent Special Issue (SI) entitled " Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)". These works address problems of mobility, environmental pollution, and road safety, as well as their related applications. The presented problems are complex and involve a large number of research areas and many advanced technologies, such as communication, sensing, and control, which are used for managing a large amount of information. The applications vary and include fleet management, driving behavior, traffic control, trajectory planning, connected vehicles, and energy consumption efficiency. Recent advances in communication technologies are becoming fundamental for the development of new advances in fleet management, traffic control, and connected vehicles. This works collected in this Special Issue propose solution methodologies to address such challenges, analyze the proposed methodologies, and evaluate their performance. This book brings together a collection of multidisciplinary works applied to ITS applications in a coherent manner.

Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Cleantech Conference and Trade Show

Technical Proceedings of the 2007 Cleantech Conference and Trade Show
Author: NanoScience & Technology Inst
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 699
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 042953096X

The Cleantech conference, which runs parallel with NSTI's Nanotech, is designed to promote advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies, and clean business practices, covering important developments in renewable energy, clean technologies, business and policy, bio-energy, and novel technologies, as well as environme