Experimentation methodology for engineers. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank A. Coutelieris, Antonios Kanavouras.
• Authors: Coutelieris, Frank A; Kanavouras, Antonios
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Marketing Note; 1 Introduction; 2 Unveiling Scientific Knowledge for an Engineering Model; A. The Constituents of Knowledge; B. Science and Scientific Knowledge; The Emergence of the Philosophy of Science: From Kant to Popper and Kuhn; Immanuel Kant (1724â#x80;#x93;1804); Karl Popper (1902â#x80;#x93;1994); Thomas S. Kuhn (1922â#x80;#x93;1996); Imre Lakatos (1922â#x80;#x93;1974); Paul Feyerabend (1924â#x80;#x93;1994); B1. Theory; B2. Experiment; B3. Scientific Truth and Social Construction; C. Modeling and Scientific Representation; Representation; D. The Case of Engineering; References. 3 Scientific Researchâ#x80;#x94;Perspective, Awareness and CriticismIntroduction; A. The World of Phenomena; Research as a Concept; The Human Factor; Interpretations and Explanations; Realizing Physical Phenomena; The Essentials for Understanding; The Cycle of Understanding; B. Research in Practice; Creating and Reproducing Phenomena; Experimentation; Literature Search; The Language of Science; the Terms of Truth; Information; Data; Literature Briefs; Engineering of the Experimentation; Research Planning; Experimental Design; Experimental Strategy and Experimental Results; Engineering Based Design. LabEquipment; Tools; Efficiency, Effectiveness, Economy; Results; Engineering; C. Mathematics; Mathematical Modeling; Speculations, Calculations, Models and Approximations; References; 4 On the Development of Engineering Assetsâ#x80;#x94;The MATRIX Scheme; Introduction; Similarity; Theory; Knowledge Classification Scheme; Decisive Rules; The Mathematics of Matrix; Applications of the MATRIX Scheme on Engineering Problems; Application I: Oxidation of Packaged Olive Oil; Application II: Adsorption in Granular Media; Mathematical Proofs; References; 5 Conclusions; Closing Note; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.0015195; Engineering; Engineering -- Methodology; Engineers -- Methodology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference; Engineering -- Methodology; Engineering; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Computational Intelligence; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics; Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Science -- Mathematical Physics; Mathematics -- Applied; Artificial intelligence; Mathematical physics; Mathematical modelling; Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Mathematical physics; Science -- Mechanics -- Solids; Mechanics of solids; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319721910; 3319721917
• Related ISBNs: 9783319721903; 3319721909
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 27, 2018).
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