AutoCAD 2005 For Dummies

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* Shows how to use the leading technical drawing software-AutoCAD-and its less-expensive sister product, AutoCAD LT, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style
* Shows first-time AutoCAD users how to create precise and efficient 2-D technical drawings and get started with 3-D technical drawings
* Topics covered include creating a basic layout; drawing and editing; writing text in drawings; plotting, creating, and editing external reference files; CAD standards; and drawing on the Internet

* Explores new features in the latest version of AutoCAD, including text improvements, streamlined Plot and Page Setup dialogue boxes, increased emphasis on tool palettes, better tools for transmitting sets of electronic files, and much more
* Includes a new chapter on sheet sets and a new collection of features for creating, managing, and publishing all of the drawings that make up a project

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Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Third Edition

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The new edition of Ross’s bestseller for engineers and scientists, featuring famously clear exposition and examples

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Fuzzy Information and Engineering: Volume 1, Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference

This book is the proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Fuzzy Information and Engineering (ACFIE2008) from Dec. 5-10, 2008 in Haikou, China. The conference proceedings is published by Springer-Verlag (Advances in Soft Computing, ISSN: 1615-3871).

This year, we have received 155 submissions. Each paper has undergone a rigorous review process. Only high-quality papers are included. The Third Annual Conference on Fuzzy Information and Engineering (ACFIE2008), built on the success of previous conferences, the ACFIE2005 (Guangzhou, China), is a major symposium for scientists, engineers and practitioners in China to present their updated results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of fuzzy information and engineering.

It aims to strengthen relations between industry research laboratories and universities, and to create a primary symposium for world scientists in fuzzy fields as follows:
1) Fuzzy intelligence, neural networks and optimal;
2) Fuzzy algebra;
3) Fuzzy analysis;
4) Fuzzy systems and logic;
5) Fuzzy topology and measure;
6) Fuzzy probability, control, forecasting and decision-making;
7) Fuzzy clustering and fuzzy algorithms;
8) Application in fuzzy sets;
9) Rough sets and its application; etc.

This book contains 80 papers, divided into nine main parts:
In Section I, we have 9 papers on “fuzzy intelligence, neural networks and optimal”.
In Section II, we have 11 papers on “fuzzy algebra”.
In Section III, we have 9 papers on “fuzzy analysis”.
In Section IV, we have 9 papers on “fuzzy systems and logic”.
In Section V, we have 9 papers on “fuzzy topology and measure”.
In Section VI, we have 7 papers on “fuzzy probability, forecasting and decisionmaking”.
In Section VII, we have 8 papers on “fuzzy clustering and fuzzy algorithms”.
In Section VIII, we have 11 papers on “application in fuzzy sets”.
In Section IX, we have 7 papers on “rough sets and vague sets”.

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AutoCAD & AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

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AutoCAD is the leading software tool for creating technical and architectural drawings, but it definitely doesn’t lead in the “easy to master” category. That’s why there’s AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies—the perfect way to break a complex topic into bite-size, easy-to-understand pieces.

Once you get the hang of using AutoCAD and its slightly less feature-rich cousin, AutoCAD LT, you discover that it offers wonderful advantages. AutoCAD allows you to

• Create precision to 14 significant digits
• Re-use portions of your drawings by copying and pasting
• Draw things full size and print your drawings in any scale
• Produce drawings that are easier to read when reduced
• Electronically share and distribute drawings
• Design in 2D or 3D

So obviously, the trick is to speed up that “getting the hang of it” process. That’s where AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies comes in especially handy. Ten easy-to-follow minibooks cover every aspect of AutoCAD, including the latest features of AutoCAD 2007, so you can find just what you need to know quickly and easily. You’ll get the scoop on

• AutoCAD basics, such as setting up drawings, finding your way around the interface, and using all the tools
• Drawing and modifying objects in 2D and annotating your drawings
• 3D modeling and viewing, working with solids and surfaces, and rendering
• Understanding how AutoCAD LT differs from AutoCAD and deciding which program you need
• Advanced drafting skills, including organizing drawings, working with blocks, and using AutoCAD utilities
• Setting up your drawings for plotting to paper and publishing
• Sharing your drawings online for collaboration
• Customizing and programming AutoCAD to make it work the way you want it to

In the familiar, friendly For Dummies fashion, AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies gives you plain-English explanations and step-by-step directions. Written by a pair of AutoDesk Authorized Authors, this handy guide will help make your relationship with AutoCAD a happy and productive one.

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Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design

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Many important advances in designing earthquake-resistant structures have occurred over the last several years. Civil engineers need an authoritative source of information that reflects the issues that are unique to the field. Comprising chapters selected from the second edition of the best-selling Handbook of Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design provides a tightly focused, concise, and valuable guide to the theoretical, practical, and computational aspects of earthquake engineering. In chapters contributed by renowned experts from around the world, this book supplies the latest concepts, design methodologies, and analytical techniques for mitigating the effects of seismic damage to structures.

It discusses the fundamentals of earthquake engineering, explaining the causes of earthquakes and faulting, measurement of earthquakes, and characterization of seismicity. Subsequent chapters discuss the various types of earthquake damage to structures including recent improvements in earthquake performance, seismic design of buildings and bridges considering various types of construction materials, and performance-based seismic design and evaluation of building structures. The book introduces probabilistic approaches to performance-based methodologies as well as an application example of performance-based design. Earthquake Engineering for Structural Design offers practical tools gathered together in a convenient reference for immediate implementation. It is an ideal resource for civil and structural engineers specializing in earthquake engineering.

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Basic Structures for Engineers and Architects

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This book provides students of civil engineering and architecture with a grounding in the fundamentals of structures, and a ‘feel’ for the way buildings behave structurally. The book aims to explain structural concepts clearly, using analogies and examples to illustrate the points, and it expresses mathematical aspects of the subject in a straightforward way.

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Basic Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

A basic textbook on geotechnical earthquake engineering. It is lucidly written and is suitable for undergraduate as well as first year postgraduate course in civil engineering with soil mechanics and foundation engineering at undergraduate level as prerequisite.

Key Features:
Subject matter is organised logically to make it easy and interesting for the students.
Emphasis has been given on the basics of geotechnical earthquake engineering.
Home work problems have been given at the end of each chapter to test the understanding of concepts given in the chapter.
At the end of appropriate chapters solved numerical problems as well as exercise numerical problems as home work problems have also been to make the related concepts clear.
About the Author(s):
Dr. Kamalesh Kumar
is with civil engineering, Biria Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan. He obtained his B. Tech. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and M. S. degree from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA. He completed his Ph. D. from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan in 2002. He has research publications in one international conference, three national conferences and two national journals. He has contributed chapter on geotechnical earthquake engineering for the lecture notes developed by civil engineering group, BITS Pilani for earthquake risk management. His area of specialization is geotechnical engineering. He is actively involved in the soil consultancy projects to determine its bearing capacity. He is member of Phi-Beta-Delta honour society for international scholars.

Contents:
Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Earthquakes
Seismic Hazards in India
Dynamic Soil Properties
Site Seismicity, Seismic Soil Response and Design Earthquake
Liquefaction
Earthquake Resistant Design for Shallow Foundation
Earthquake Resistant Design of Deep Foundation
Slope Stability Analyses for Earthquakes
Retaining Wall Analyses for Earthquakes
Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings

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Axiomatic Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications

• Hardcover: 514 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3642004016
• ISBN-13: 978-3642004018
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches

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Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms: An Introduction to Computational Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, 3rd Edition

Algebraic Geometry is the study of systems of polynomial equations in one or more variables, asking such questions as: Does the system have finitely many solutions, and if so how can one find them? And if there are infinitely many solutions, how can they be described and manipulated?

The solutions of a system of polynomial equations form a geometric object called a variety; the corresponding algebraic object is an ideal. There is a close relationship between ideals and varieties which reveals the intimate link between algebra and geometry. Written at a level appropriate to undergraduates, this book covers such topics as the Hilbert Basis Theorem, the Nullstellensatz, invariant theory, projective geometry, and dimension theory.

The algorithms to answer questions such as those posed above are an important part of algebraic geometry. Although the algorithmic roots of algebraic geometry are old, it is only in the last forty years that computational methods have regained their earlier prominence. New algorithms, coupled with the power of fast computers, have led to both theoretical advances and interesting applications, for example in robotics and in geometric theorem proving.

In addition to enhancing the text of the second edition, with over 200 pages reflecting changes to enhance clarity and correctness, this third edition of Ideals, Varieties and Algorithms includes: A significantly updated section on Maple in Appendix C; Updated information on AXIOM, CoCoA, Macaulay 2, Magma, Mathematica and SINGULAR; A shorter proof of the Extension Theorem presented in Section 6 of Chapter 3.

“I consider the book to be wonderful. … The exposition is very clear, there are many helpful pictures, and there are a great many instructive exercises, some quite challenging … offers the heart and soul of modern commutative and algebraic geometry.”
–The American Mathematical Monthly

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