A Hut of One's Own: How to Make the Most of Your Allotment Shed
A Hut of One's Own: How to Make the Most of Your Allotment Shed by Emily Chappell
2017 | ISBN: 1784979694 | English | 128 pages | EPUB | 117 MB


Allotments are places to grow food, but they are so much more than that. They are also places that encourage spontaneity, exploration, learning, sharing, restful activity and camaraderie. This book is a celebration of allotment huts-their architecture and design, but most of all the wonderful invention and resourcefulness that makes each one unique.

Design Engineer's Sourcebook
Design Engineer's Sourcebook by K. L. Richards
2018 | ISBN: 1498763413 | English | 1218 pages | PDF | 37 MB


Design Engineer's Sourcebook provides a practical resource for engineers, product designers, technical managers, students, and others needing a design-oriented reference. This volume covers the mathematics, mechanics, and materials properties needed for analysis and design, with numerous examples. A wide range of mechanical components and mechanisms are then covered, with case studies interspersed to show real engineering practice. Manufacturing is then surveyed, in the context of mechanical design. The book concludes with information on clutches, brakes, transmission and other topics important for vehicle engineering. Tables, figures and charts are included for reference.

Japan's Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock

Japan's Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock by Yoichi Funabashi
English | 31 Dec. 2017 | ISBN: 9811049823 | 235 Pages | PDF | 4.3 MB
This cutting edge collection examines Japan's population issue, exploring how declining demographic trends are affecting Japan's social structure, specifically in the context of Greater Tokyo, life infrastructure, public finance and the economy.
Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration, Third Edition

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration, Third Edition By Paul A. Czysz
English | EPUB | 2017 (2018 Edition) | 463 Pages | ISBN : 3662547422 | 17.51 MB
The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems. It discusses how to match near-term and far-term aerospace vehicles to missions and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, directly contributing to the next-generation space infrastructure, from space tourism to space exploration.
Nonlinear Systems, Vol. 2: Nonlinear Phenomena in Biology, Optics and Condensed Matter

Nonlinear Systems, Vol. 2: Nonlinear Phenomena in Biology, Optics and Condensed Matter By Juan F. R. Archilla
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 (2018 Edition) | 350 Pages | ISBN : 3319722174 | 26.67 MB
This book presents an overview of the most recent advances in nonlinear science. It provides a unified view of nonlinear properties in many different systems and highlights many new developments.