Transport technology & trades

The transportation system is the backbone of any social and economic system, and is also a very complex system in which users, transport means, technologies, services, and infrastructures have to cooperate with each other to achieve common and uniqu..

Solve Diesel Engine Problems Quickly and Easily Using the Latest MethodsISBN: 9781260116434Publisher: McGraw-Hill EducationImprint: McGraw HillPublished date: 27 Jun 2018DEWEY: 629.25060288DEWEY edition: 23Language: EnglishNumber of pages: xi, 404W..

We all rely on charts to navigate at sea - but are we missing essential information? A mass of data is included on each chart and deciphering the many symbols and abbreviations can be complicated. The accuracy of some charted depths can be trusted e..

THis is the default text. ISBN: 9780753467039Publisher: MacmillanImprint: KingfisherPublished date: 31 Jan 2012Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 32Weight: 132gHeight: 279mmWidth: 229mmSpine width: 3mm..

This book provides a comprehensive assessment and presentation of various feasible application of electric propulsion system, considering their weight, volume, reliability, and fault tolerance. The results of feasibility analysis can be used today o..

This text provides an introduction to the mathematical modeling and subsequent optimization of vehicle propulsion systems and their supervisory control algorithms.Automobiles are responsible for a substantial part of the world's consumption of prima..

Thirty years ago when Sir Richard Branson called up Boeing and asked if they had a spare 747, few would have predicted the brash entrepreneur would so radically transform the placid business of air travel. But today, Branson flies airlines on six co..

The books in this series offer a worldwide perspective of popular subjects. Designed for children and adults, each book contains original colour photographs and illustrations ISBN: 9781860070266Publisher: TicktockImprint: TicktockPublished date: 01 ..

This is the first comprehensive history of the world's roads, highways, bridges, and the people and vehicles that traverse them, from prehistoric times to the present. Encyclopedic in its scope, fascinating in its details, Ways of the World is a uni..

The expert advice in Welding is directed at young adults, and makes it easy for you to get started safely and with confidence, whether you want to fabricate your own designs or repair vehicles, fences, and more. As a self-sufficient do-it-yourselfe..

Throughout 100-plus years of flight, Purdue University has propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators, and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left ..

The effort to win the war began at home--and for the researchers at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, enhancing America's military aviation arsenal was the key to victory.Formed in 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics estab..

Best known for founding international haulier, Trans UK, Bob Carter was involved in the ground-breaking changes occurring in British transport of the 60s and 70s. Beginning in the army where he witnessed nuclear testing on Christmas Island in the 19..