Though the developments in the field of electronics and digital industries are significant, the importance of the basic mechanical industry remains always on the top side. The purpose of this book is to present some advanced research studies on mechanical design, materials and manufacturing. The first chapter presents an analysis of a novel force transducer which has a special shape that allows strategic placement of the strain gauges and senses axial forces by ignoring the moments. The second chapter explains the basic principle of calculation and analysis of the defective structure of solids. The third most interesting chapter presents advanced methods used in molecular dynamics simulation of macromolecules. Chapter Four explores an extended method of mathematical modelling of Freudenstein-Chebyshev approximation theory for sigmoidal function applied to four and five precision points. Chapter Five presents an algorithm to find the transfer vertex of a given epicyclic gear train. In the sixth chapter, an analytical study (using ABAQUS/CAE) on the strengthening of the beam-column joint under seismic conditions using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets has been carried out. Chapter Seven discusses preparation, properties and applications of nanomterials, ceramics and bioceramics. Chapter Eight discusses the fluorescence of atomic hydrogen in aqueous media. Chapter Nine presents a methodology to design, develop and simulate a twin spindle turning special purpose machine based on the data collected from hydraulic, pneumatic, and electro pneumatic data which will serve as low cost automation. The last chapter is about the estimation of axial force in incremental sheet metal forming.

The changing energy scenario has now become the focus of researchers, scientists, economists, industries and governments with the objectives of fulfilling current needs through advanced renewable technologies and looking towards the future with sustainable systems. This book comprises fourteen chapters to discuss some noteworthy advances in renewable energy with some sustainable issues. Wind and solar energy are the major renewable energy sources and contribute significantly to renewable energy installations across the globe. A significantly increasing trend of offshore wind turbine installations, wind turbine design and wind farm simulation techniques and vertical axis wind turbines are the subjects used for the first four chapters included in this book. Solar thermal applications are significantly increasing along with PV applications. The middle four chapters are focused on solar thermal energy and photovoltaics. The next two chapters relate to case studies of hybrid wind-PV systems. Chapter Eleven presents an analysis and optimization of barriers to hydropower development in Nepal. In the last two chapters, the global scenario of transportation, its development, policies, and particularly the status in Indian and performance enhancement of e-rickshaws in India based on battery-ultracapacitor hybrid energy sources is presented. In the last chapter, the application of an axiomatic design approach for constructability in design is presented in an interesting manner.

This book is comprised of eleven chapters about computer application and research areas to discuss the latest issues and technologies. Interesting and important topics like fuzzy and cognitive applications, fuzzy classifiers, neural network, data analytics, clustering and classification models, artificial intelligence, controller area network, digital technology industry 4.0, etc. are included in this book. The first chapter presents neuro-fuzzy and cognitive researches for the development of objects on the basis of location and territory. The second chapter is about the method of parametric identification using a neuro-fuzzy classifier. The third chapter describes the research on the internet of things enabled smart campus for effectual data transit from one entity to another for classroom notes. Chapters Four and Five are dedicated to the use of advanced computer science of the medical applications. Chapter Six presents the detection and estimation of obstacle position for imminent crash prediction to enhance the driver and vehicle interface using the controller area network. Chapter Seven presents the development of accurate models for estimation of pure CO2-oil minimum miscibility pressure based on artificial intelligence methods. Chapter Eight addresses dynamic, massive data handling with swarm intelligence based algorithms for finding the solution of a difficult problem. The next chapter proposes an encryption model which focuses on bit-level confusion and bit-level diffusion followed by block-level diffusion by using 1-D chaotic maps. Chapter Ten is dedicated to digital technologies of the industry 4.0. The last chapter compares the pattern sequence based forecasting method with ARIMA in univariate time series forecasting.