Floating Underwater

Author : Tracy Shawn
Publisher : Turbulent Muse Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781736664919

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Floating Underwater by Tracy Shawn Pdf

Part psychological fiction and part mystical fiction with a dash of magical realism, Floating Underwater follows a woman’s astonishing journey through the extraordinary and, ultimately, to her own self-actualization and power. Fearful that her lifelong premonitions not only predict the future but can also change its very course, Paloma Leary is devastated when her latest vision predicting a third miscarriage comes true. Falling into a mystifying world of increasingly bizarre phenomena, including a psychic connection with her mysterious neighbor, out-of-body experiences, and visits from her long-dead mother, Paloma grows desperate for answers. She is also desperate to start a family. But when a life-changing vision reveals a tragic secret from the past, Paloma learns to accept her gifts and embraces a far different future than she ever could have imagined.

Author : Linfeng Liu,Ran Wang,Jiagao Wu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789813343818

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Message Dissemination Techniques in Opportunistic Underwater Sensor Networks by Linfeng Liu,Ran Wang,Jiagao Wu Pdf

This book investigates the architectures and characteristics of OUSNs, the mobility models of OUSN nodes, the challenges of message dissemination, and some evaluation indexes of message dissemination. Then, this book provides some message dissemination techniques in OUSNs from the viewpoints of nodes and data messages, respectively. The proposed message dissemination techniques and their conclusions can provide some useful insights to improve the performance of data message dissemination and promote the future applications of OUSNs. Researchers and engineers in the field of underwater sensor networks can benefit from the book.

Author : Gianluca Antonelli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319778990

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Underwater Robots by Gianluca Antonelli Pdf

A classic in underwater robotics. One of the first volumes in the “Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics” series, it has been a bestseller through the previous three editions. Fifteen years after the publication of the first edition, the fourth edition comes to print. The book addresses the main control aspects in underwater manipulation tasks. With respect to the third edition, it has been revised, extended and some concepts better clustered. The mathematical model with significant impact on the control strategy is discussed. The problem of controlling a 6-degrees-of-freedoms autonomous underwater vehicle is investigated and a survey of fault detection/tolerant strategies for unmanned underwater vehicles is provided. Inverse kinematics, dynamic and interaction control for underwater vehicle-manipulator systems are then discussed. The code used to generate most of the numerical simulations is made available and briefly discussed.

Author : Shuo Wang,Yu Wang,Min Tan,Rui Wang,Xiang Dong,Qingping Wei,Liuji Shang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789819906550

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Underwater Biomimetic Vehicle-Manipulator System by Shuo Wang,Yu Wang,Min Tan,Rui Wang,Xiang Dong,Qingping Wei,Liuji Shang Pdf

This book is about the design and control of biomimetic underwater robots. It explains the six aspects of the underwater biomimetic vehicle- manipulator system in detail and provides practical examples. This book is the authors’ long-term exploration of the theoretical and technical issues in the development of the underwater biomimetic vehicle-manipulator system and is written based on more than 15 years of scientific research and practical experience. This book is a helpful reference for the researchers, engineers, master and Ph.D. students in the field of biomimetic underwater robots.

Author : Junku Yuh,Tamaki Ura,George A. Bekey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461314196

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Underwater Robots by Junku Yuh,Tamaki Ura,George A. Bekey Pdf

All life came from sea but all robots were born on land. The vast majority of both industrial and mobile robots operate on land, since the technology to allow them to operate in and under the ocean has only become available in recent years. A number of complex issues due to the unstructured, hazardous undersea environment, makes it difficult to travel in the ocean while today's technologies allow humans to land on the moon and robots to travel to Mars . . Clearly, the obstacles to allowing robots to operate in a saline, aqueous, and pressurized environment are formidable. Mobile robots operating on land work under nearly constant atmospheric pressure; their legs (or wheels or tracks) can operate on a firm footing; their bearings are not subjected to moisture and corrosion; they can use simple visual sensing and be observed by their creators working in simple environments. In contrast, consider the environment where undersea robots must operate. The pressure they are subjected to can be enormous, thus requiring extremely rugged designs. The deep oceans range between 19,000 to 36,000 ft. At a mere 33-foot depth, the pressure will be twice the normal one atmosphere pressure of 29. 4 psi. The chemical environment of the sea is highly corrosive, thus requiring the use of special materials. Lubrication of moving parts in water is also difficult, and may require special sealed, waterproof joints.

Author : Frank Kirchner,Sirko Straube,Daniel Kühn,Nina Hoyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030306830

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AI Technology for Underwater Robots by Frank Kirchner,Sirko Straube,Daniel Kühn,Nina Hoyer Pdf

This book provides exclusive insight into the development of a new generation of robotic underwater technologies. Deploying and using even the most simple and robust mechanical tools is presenting a challenge, and is often associated with an enormous amount of preparation, continuous monitoring, and maintenance. Therefore, all disciplinary aspects (e.g. system design, communication, machine learning, mapping and coordination, adaptive mission planning) are examined in detail and together this gives an extensive overview on research areas influencing next generation underwater robots. These robotic underwater systems will operate autonomously with the help of the most modern artificial intelligence procedures and perform environmental monitoring as well as inspection and maintenance of underwater structures. The systems are designed as modular and reconfigurable systems for long term autonomy to remain at the site for longer periods of time. New communication methods using AI enable missions of hybrid teams of humans and heterogeneous robots. Thus this volume will be an important reference for scientists on every qualification level in ​the field of underwater technologies, industrial maritime applications, and maritime science.

Author : Craig Foster (Filmmaker),Ross Frylinck
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : NATURE
ISBN : 9780358664758

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Underwater Wild by Craig Foster (Filmmaker),Ross Frylinck Pdf

"Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck regularly dive together in the awe-inspiring kelp forests off South Africa, without wetsuits or oxygen tanks. Craig had dived this way for years, including alongside the octopus that inspired My Octopus Teacher. In Ross, he found a kindred spirit, someone who also embraced the ancient methods of acclimating his body to frigid waters, but whose eyes had not yet adjusted to the transcendent wonder Craig saw each time they dove. In the heart-wrenching stories that make up this unforgettable book, we swim alongside Ross as he grows from skeptic to student of the underwater wild. And in the revelatory marine science behind the stunning photos, we learn how to track sea hares, cuttlefish, and limpets, and we witness strange new behaviors never before documented in marine biology. We realize that a whole world of wonder, and an innate wildness within us all, emerge anew when we simply observe. "--publisher's website.

Author : Federico Mazzolani,Ricardo Herrera
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1147 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203119419

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Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas by Federico Mazzolani,Ricardo Herrera Pdf

Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas is a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of seismic resistant steel structures. It comprises a collection of papers presented at the seventh International Specialty Conference STESSA 2012 (Santiago, Chile, 9-11 January 2012), and includes the state-of-the-art in both theore

Author : Nigel Powers,Dan M. Frangopol,Riadh Al-Mahaidi,Colin Caprani
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351745970

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Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges by Nigel Powers,Dan M. Frangopol,Riadh Al-Mahaidi,Colin Caprani Pdf

Maintenance, Safety, Risk, Management and Life-Cycle Performance of Bridges contains lectures and papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management (IABMAS 2018), held in Melbourne, Australia, 9-13 July 2018. This volume consists of a book of extended abstracts and a USB card containing the full papers of 393 contributions presented at IABMAS 2018, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, 10 Keynote Lectures, and 382 technical papers from 40 countries. The contributions presented at IABMAS 2018 deal with the state of the art as well as emerging concepts and innovative applications related to the main aspects of bridge maintenance, safety, risk, management and life-cycle performance. Major topics include: new design methods, bridge codes, heavy vehicle and load models, bridge management systems, prediction of future traffic models, service life prediction, residual service life, sustainability and life-cycle assessments, maintenance strategies, bridge diagnostics, health monitoring, non-destructive testing, field testing, safety and serviceability, assessment and evaluation, damage identification, deterioration modelling, repair and retrofitting strategies, bridge reliability, fatigue and corrosion, extreme loads, advanced experimental simulations, and advanced computer simulations, among others. This volume provides both an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to the process of more rational decision-making on bridge maintenance, safety, risk, management and life-cycle performance of bridges for the purpose of enhancing the welfare of society. The Editors hope that these Proceedings will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including students, researchers and engineers from all areas of bridge engineering.

Author : Ryan S Hobbs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9358319062

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Floating Underwater by Ryan S Hobbs Pdf

As a first time author, this is Ryan's debut collection. His poems document the human experience, observing complex emotive subjects including grief, loss and isolation. Beyond self reflection, a natural empathy allows Ryan to see in people what they often cannot see in themselves, and more often, need to hear.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Fishing
ISBN : MINN:31951T00161897Q

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Resource Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : Martha White
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Aerobic exercises
ISBN : 0873227263

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Water Exercise by Martha White Pdf

Describes and illustrates a series of water exercises ranging from beginning to advanced levels, and outlines programs that concentrate on specific areas of the body.

Author : Alexander Babanin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139502726

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Breaking and Dissipation of Ocean Surface Waves by Alexander Babanin Pdf

Wave breaking represents one of the most interesting and challenging problems for fluid mechanics and physical oceanography. Over the last fifteen years our understanding has undergone a dramatic leap forward, and wave breaking has emerged as a process whose physics is clarified and quantified. Ocean wave breaking plays the primary role in the air-sea exchange of momentum, mass and heat, and it is of significant importance for ocean remote sensing, coastal and ocean engineering, navigation and other practical applications. This book outlines the state of the art in our understanding of wave breaking and presents the main outstanding problems. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in this topic, including researchers, modellers, forecasters, engineers and graduate students in physical oceanography, meteorology and ocean engineering.

Author : Bruce G. Baldwin,Douglas Goldman,David J Keil,Robert Patterson,Thomas J. Rosatti
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 5938 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520952898

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The Digital Jepson Manual by Bruce G. Baldwin,Douglas Goldman,David J Keil,Robert Patterson,Thomas J. Rosatti Pdf

The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. This work integrates the latest science, the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of contributing authors into an essential reference on California's native and naturalized vascular plants. For the first time, the University of California Press is offering this resource as an e-book. The Digital Jepson Manual provides an unparalleled new level of interactivity, portability, and convenience. Extensive linking and e-book–friendly illustrations make it easier for users to learn about plant characteristics and identify the native and naturalized plants of California—all in a format ideally suited for use in the field. Using readily available e-book readers, field researchers, students, and enthusiasts can click on links to rapidly navigate through keys to families, genera, species, and subspecies or varieties. Specific features of The Digital Jepson Manual include the following: —Keys link forward and backward to other taxonomic levels. —Plate references in taxonomic treatments link to plates for rapid reference. —Plate captions link to taxonomic treatments. —Individual taxon figures appear next to species descriptions, and full plates are gathered in a special section. —Glossary terms link to any relevant illustrations. —List of families links each family to its taxonomic treatment. —Index is fully linked to taxonomic treatments.

Author : Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Naval research
ISBN : UOM:39015022342052

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Report of NRL Progress by Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) Pdf