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Felix Zumstein ... 335 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: ‎O'Reilly Media; (April, 2021) - ISBN-10: 1492081000 - ISBN-13: 978-1492081005.

While Excel remains ubiquitous in the business world, recent Microsoft feedback forums are full of requests to include Python as an Excel scripting language. In fact, it's the top feature requested. What makes this combination so compelling? In this hands-on guide, Felix Zumstein--creator of xlwings, a popular open source package for automating Excel with Python--shows experienced Excel users how to integrate these two worlds efficiently.

Excel has added quite a few new capabilities over the past couple of years, but its automation language, VBA, stopped evolving a long time ago. Many Excel power users have already adopted Python for daily automation tasks. This guide gets you started

Python is one of the most widely used programming languages in the world. It is used everywhere from primary school education to workaday web development, to the most advanced scientific research institutes of the world. However, like all programming languages, Python has a collection of "Pythonic" ways of accomplishing tasks that are easy to overlook, especially when habits are borrowed wholesale from work in other programming languages. Better Python Code is a guide to Pythonic programming. The book presents common mistakes that Python developers make--even Python developers who have used the language for years--often because Python sometimes presents "attractive nuisances." Throughout, the book is a guide to better programming in the core Python language.

Each section shows a concrete but concise example of some misunderstanding or bad habit in action. Each section contains a description of what is wrong with the sample code and a suggestion for one or more better ways to code equivalent functionality without the initial pitfall. Every pitfall addressed in this book reflects foibles, errors, and misunderstandings that the author as seen in concrete, widely used code bases written by experienced developers, over his 25 years of writing Python. The sections of this book each present some mistake, pitfall, or foible that developers can easily fall into, and are accompanied by descriptions of ways to avoid making them. At times those solutions simply involve a minor change in “spelling,” but in most cases they require a nuance of thought and design in your code. Many of the discussions do something else as well…

William S. Janna ... 754 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: CRC Press; 6th edition (March, 2020).

Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Sixth Edition, is intended to be used in a first course in Fluid Mechanics, taken by a range of engineering majors. The text begins with dimensions, units, and fluid properties, and continues with derivations of key equations used in the control-volume approach. Step-by-step examples focus on everyday situations, and applications. These include flow with friction through pipes and tubes, flow past various two and three dimensional objects, open channel flow, compressible flow, turbomachinery and experimental methods. Design projects give readers a sense of what they will encounter in industry. A solutions manual and figure slides are available for instructors.

Mark G. Richardson ... 702 pages - Language: English - Publisher: ‎CRC Press; 2nd edition (November, 2023).

This new edition sets out the fundamental aspects of concrete durability with an emphasis on sustainability and carbon neutrality through performance-based methodologies. Global approaches to managing durability are explained from both a prescriptive and performance viewpoint. Achieving a balance between the interactive factors influencing durability and sustainability is supported by an explanation of the physical and chemical phenomena at play, determination of key performance parameters by mathematical modelling and physical testing, and current guidance for good practice. New chapters and sections examine the holistic approach to durability and significant aspects of traditional and new cementitious systems. The full range of threats to durability are covered in this single volume, including reinforcement corrosion, carbonation, chloride ingress, freeze-thaw effects, sulfate attack, acid and seawater attack, alkali-aggregate reaction, cracking, abrasion, erosion, cavitation, and weathering.The book presents a framework for specification through internationally adopted codes and standards and summarises the background to probabilistic approaches to durability design, providing a state-of-the-art review of mathematical modelling of deterioration mechanisms along with current directions in test methods for performance-based specifications.

Fundamentals of Durable Reinforced Concrete is an essential reference on concrete durability for specifiers and researchers and is also accessible to undergraduate students.

David Kaplan ... 250 pages - Language: English - Publisher: ‎The Guilford Press; 2nd edition (November, 2023) - ISBN-10:‎ 1462553540 - ISBN-13: ‎978-1462553549.

The second edition of this practical book equips social science researchers to apply the latest Bayesian methodologies to their data analysis problems. It includes new chapters on model uncertainty, Bayesian variable selection and sparsity, and Bayesian workflow for statistical modeling. Clearly explaining frequentist and epistemic probability and prior distributions, the second edition emphasizes use of the open-source RStan software package. The text covers Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, Bayesian linear regression and generalized linear models, model evaluation and comparison, multilevel modeling, models for continuous and categorical latent variables, missing data, and more. Concepts are fully illustrated with worked-through examples from large-scale educational and social science databases, such as the Program for International Student Assessment and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Annotated RStan code appears in screened boxes; the companion website (www.guilford.com/kaplan-materials) provides data sets and code for the book's examples.

New to This Edition: • Utilizes the R interface to Stan—faster and more stable than previously available Bayesian software—for most of the applications discussed. • Coverage of Hamiltonian MC; Cromwell’s rule; Jeffreys' prior; the LKJ prior for correlation matrices; model evaluation and model comparison, with a critique of the Bayesian information criterion; variational Bayes as an alternative to Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling; and other new topics. • Chapters on Bayesian variable selection and sparsity, model uncertainty and model averaging, and Bayesian workflow for statistical modeling.

Jürgen Zierep, Karl Bühler ... 237 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: ‎Springer; (February, 2022).

This mature textbook brings the fundamentals of fluid mechanics in a concise and mathematically understandable presentation. In the current edition, a section on dissipation and viscous potential flows has been added. Exercises with solutions help to apply the material correctly and promote understanding.

This book is a translation of the original German 11th edition Grundzüge der Strömungslehre by Jürgen Zierep & Karl Bühler, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2018. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

K. Shanker, M. Pradeep Kumar ... 275 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: Shashawat; (June, 2022).

Engineering Mechanics, one of the oldest branches of physical science, is a subject of enormous importance. Although it is taught in the first year of engineering, its foundation is rooted in the two other fundamental subjects i.e., applied mathematics and physics. Basically, Engineering Mechanics is a subject that deals with the action of forces. It is broadly classified under Statics and Dynamics. Statics deals with the action of forces on the rigid bodies at rest whereas dynamics deals with motion characteristics of the bodies when subjected to force. The primary purpose of writing this book is to build basic concepts of engineering mechanics along with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities that would enhance the thinking capability of students. Problems are solved systematically with clear procedure that makes the students feel better in understanding the solution.

William Navidi ... 960 pages - Language: English - Publisher: McGraw Hill; 6th edition (January, 2023) - ISBN-10: ‎1265875855 - ISBN-13: ‎978-1265875855.

Statistics for Engineers and Scientists stands out for its clear presentation of applied statistics. The book takes a practical approach to methods of statistical modeling and data analysis that are most often used in scientific work. This edition features a unique approach highlighted by an engaging writing style that explains difficult concepts clearly, along with the use of contemporary real world data sets, to help motivate students and show direct connections to industry and research. While focusing on practical applications of statistics, the text makes extensive use of examples to motivate fundamental concepts and to develop intuition.

Won‐Kee Hong ... 564 pages - Language:‎ English - Publisher: ‎CRC Press; (January, 2023).

Artificial Neural Network-based Optimized Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures introduces AI-based Lagrange optimization techniques that can enable more rational engineering decisions for concrete structures while conforming to codes of practice. It shows how objective functions including cost, CO2 emissions, and structural weight of concrete structures are optimized either separately or simultaneously while satisfying constraining design conditions using an ANN-based Lagrange algorithm. Any design target can be adopted as an objective function. Many optimized design examples are verified by both conventional structural calculations and big datasets.

Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian ... 418 pages - Language: ‎ English - Publisher:‎ CRC Press; (May, 2023).

Ever-increasing population growth has caused a proportional increased demand for water, and existing water sources are depleting day by day. Moreover, with the impact of climate change, the rates of rainfall in many regions have experienced a higher degree of variability. In many cities, government utilities have been struggling to maintain sufficient water for the residents and other users. The Handbook of Irrigation Hydrology and Management: Irrigation Case Studiesexamines and analyzes irrigated ecosystems in which water storage, applications, or drainage volumes are artificially controlled in the landscape and the spatial domain of processes varies from micrometers to tens of kilometers, while the temporal domain spans from seconds to centuries. The continuum science of irrigation hydrology includes the surface, subsurface (unsaturated and groundwater systems), atmospheric, and plant subsystems. Further, the book includes practical case studies from around the world, including locations such as Africa, Australia, China, India, the Middle East, the United States, and more.

Features: Offers water-saving strategies to increase the judicious use of scarce water resources + Presents strategies to maximize agricultural yield per unit of water used for different regions + Compares irrigation methods to offset changing weather patterns and impacts of climate change.

Graham Barnes ... 584 pages - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 4th revised edition (June, 2016) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1137512202 - ISBN-13: 978-1137512208.

This bestselling text provides students with a clear understanding of the nature of soil and its behaviour, and offers an insight into the application of principles to engineering solutions. With its comprehensive coverage and accessible writing style, this book is ideal for core university courses in geotechnical and civil engineering, as well as being a handy guide for practitioners.

Jack C. McCormac, Russell H. Brown ... 672 pages - Publisher: Wiley; 10th edition (September, 2015) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1118879104 - ISBN-13: 978-1118879108.

Design of Reinforced Concrete, 10th Edition by Jack McCormac and Russell Brown, introduces the fundamentals of reinforced concrete design in a clear and comprehensive manner and grounded in the basic principles of mechanics of solids. Students build on their understanding of basic mechanics to learn new concepts such as compressive stress and strain in concrete, while applying current ACI Code.

Terry W. Sturm... 512 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher:‎ McGraw Hill; 3rd edition (July, 2021) - ISBN-10: ‎1260469700 - ISBN-13: ‎978-1260469707.

This thoroughly revised resource offers focused coverage of some of the most common problems encountered by practicing hydraulic engineers and includes the latest research and computing advances. Based on a course taught by the author for nearly 40 years, Open Channel Hydraulics, Third Edition features clear explanations of floodplain mapping, flood routing, bridge hydraulics, culvert design, stormwater system design, stream restoration, and much more. Throughout, special emphasis is placed on the application of basic fluid mechanics principles to the formulation of open channel flow problems.

Krzysztof Schabowicz ... 576 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: Mdpi AG; (July, 2023) - ISBN-10: 3036578889 - ISBN-13: 978-3036578880.

This book was proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of testing of materials and elements in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this editorial relate to different aspects of this topic, from building materials to building structures. The current trend in the development of materials testing in civil engineering is mainly concerned with the detection of flaws and defects in elements and structures using destructive, semidestructive, and nondestructive testing.

Marco Guerrieri ... 276 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: Springer; (February 15, 2024).

This textbook examines key railway engineering topics useful for railway design and control. Conventional railways are considered together with high-speed railways, tramways, metros, maglev and hyperloop systems, people movers, monorails and rack railways. Every system of transport is described in its basic technical characteristics, especially in terms of transportation system capacity, alignment design criteria and construction costs. It is an introductory book to specific topics of the railway engineering field, and thus, the mathematical treatment is purposely brief and simplified. The book is an ideal learning resource for students of civil engineering, as well as a valuable reference for practicing engineers involved with railway designs.

Rakesh K. Jain, Prashant Shantaram Dhotre, Deepak Tatyasaheb Mane, Parikshit Narendra Mahalle - 251 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: ‎CRC Press; (May, 2023).

This book explains use of data science-based techniques for modeling and providing optimal solutions to complex problems in civil engineering. It discusses civil engineering problems like air, water and land pollution, climate crisis, transportation infrastructures, traffic and travel modes, mobility services, and so forth. Divided into two sections, the first one deals with the basics of data science and essential mathematics while the second section covers pertinent applications in structural and environmental engineering, construction management, and transportation.

Features: Details information on essential mathematics required to implement civil engineering applications using data science techniques. + Discusses broad background of data science and its fundamentals. + Focusses on structural engineering, transportation systems, water resource management, geomatics, and environmental engineering. + Includes python programming libraries to solve complex problems. + Addresses various real-world applications of data science based civil engineering use cases.

This book aims at senior undergraduate students in Civil Engineering and Applied Data Science.

Warren Viessman Jr., Gary L. Lewis ... 612 pages - Publisher: Pearson; 5th edition (October, 2002) - Language: English - ISBN-10: 067399337X - ISBN-13: 978-0673993373.

This book systematically covers underlying principles of hydrology in chapters 1 - 10 and then delves deeper into the application of these principles to practical problems in the field throughout the remainder of the prose. Covers all aspects of the hydrologic cycle, and the manner in which they may be modified to deal with floods, droughts, potable water supply and urban drainage. For anyone who expect to become involved in programs that are concerned with the development, management and protection of water resources.

From the Back Cover: For the fifth edition, Introduction to Hydrology has been significantly revamped and restructured, offering the reader content that is focused and streamlined. Many graduate level subjects and topics that were considered to be more of a handbook variety have been eliminated, in keeping with the original philosophy of the book, which was to focus on providing a scope of material that would support a theory-to-practice learning experience for beginning students in hydrology. The sequencing of chapters is designed to lead students through the underlying principles of hydrology and then to introduce them to the world of applications.

Notable changes in this fifth edition include: The restructured and streamlined fifth edition consists of 13 chapters, whereas the fourth edition consisted of 27 chapters. + The chapter on statistics has been moved to an early position in the book so as to introduce these techniques before they are applied to problems in later chapters. + There are many new solved examples and homework problems. + Web addresses useful for securing hydrologic data and relevant information to supplement the text have been added.

Kameron Hussain; Frahaan Hussain ... 220 pages - Publisher: Independently Published; (January, 2024) - Language: English.

Dive into the world of MATLAB with "Mastering MATLAB: A Comprehensive Journey Through Coding and Analysis," a definitive guide designed for both beginners and experienced users. This book serves as an invaluable resource for engineers, scientists, and anyone interested in harnessing the power of MATLAB for numerical computation, data analysis, and algorithm development. Starting with the basics, the book introduces you to the MATLAB environment, guiding you through its user-friendly interface and powerful tools. You'll learn to write clean, efficient MATLAB code, with a focus on understanding syntax, functions, and the extensive libraries available. Each chapter builds upon the last, ensuring a gradual and solid grasp of concepts.

"Mastering MATLAB" is more than just a programming guide; it's a practical handbook for real-world applications. Delve into chapters dedicated to data visualization, matrix manipulations, and statistical analysis, all crucial for data-driven projects. You'll encounter detailed examples and exercises that demonstrate how MATLAB can solve complex problems in engineering, science, and mathematics. For advanced readers, the book delves into sophisticated topics such as GUI development, machine learning applications, and integrating MATLAB with other programming languages. This section is particularly beneficial for professionals seeking to elevate their coding prowess and integrate MATLAB into their workflow for more efficient problem-solving and research.

Every concept is explained in-depth, accompanied by illustrative examples, making complex ideas accessible. Whether you're a student needing a comprehensive academic resource, a professional aiming to enhance your technical skillset, or a hobbyist eager to explore computational mathematics, "Mastering MATLAB" is your go-to guide. Embrace the journey of mastering MATLAB and unlock a world of possibilities in coding and analysis.

Patanjali Kashyap ... 674 pages - Language: ‎English - Publisher: ‎Apress; 2nd edition (December, 2023).

This new and updated edition takes you through the details of machine learning to give you an understanding of cognitive computing, IoT, big data, AI, quantum computing, and more. The book explains how machine learning techniques are used to solve fundamental and complex societal and industry problems.This second edition builds upon the foundation of the first book, revises all of the chapters, and updates the research, case studies, and practical examples to bring the book up to date with changes that have occurred in machine learning. A new chapter on quantum computers and machine learning is included to prepare you for future challenges. Insights for decision makers will help you understand machine learning and associated technologies and make efficient, reliable, smart, and efficient business decisions. All aspects of machine learning are covered, ranging from algorithms to industry applications. Wherever possible, required practical guidelines and best practices related to machine learning and associated technologies are discussed. Also covered in this edition are hot-button topics such as ChatGPT, superposition, quantum machine learning, and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) technology. Upon completing this book, you will understand machine learning, IoT, and cognitive computing and be prepared to cope with future challenges related to machine learning.

What You Will Learn? Master the essentials of machine learning, AI, cloud, and the cognitive computing technology stack + Understand business and enterprise decision-making using machine learning + Become familiar with machine learning best practices + Gain knowledge of quantum computing and quantum machine learning.