Focusing on the intersection of philosophy, logic, and science within engineering, this book encourages emerging engineers to embrace a wider conceptual framework. It aims to inspire creativity and innovation, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary thinking in the engineering field. By exploring these connections, the text seeks to enhance the educational experience and promote a deeper understanding of engineering principles.
This book explores quantitative methods for measuring solar irradiation on Earth's surfaces, combining unique information and innovative expert system methodologies. It offers insights into the physical principles of solar energy, detailing how these concepts can be modeled and applied effectively.
Drawing on the author's professional experience in both humid and arid regions, the book explores the scientific philosophy and methodologies related to floods. It delves into the impacts of flooding on human life and property, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of this critical issue.
This revised and updated second edition includes new chapters on temporal and point uncertainty models, as well as sampling and deterministic modeling. It presents comprehensive spatial modeling techniques in the earth sciences, highlighting original methods developed by the author. Given the challenges of data collection in this field, the book emphasizes simple, rational approaches to help readers grasp advanced methodologies. Accurate geological, hydrogeological, meteorological, and hydrological information is crucial, along with risk assessments. The text details essential spatial simulation methodologies to understand variability in features such as fracture frequencies and grain size distribution. Key techniques, especially the Kriging methodology, are outlined in an accessible manner, accompanied by unique physical approaches, field cases, and sample interpretations. Since its inception in the 1960s, Kriging has evolved into various methods, including cumulative SV (CSV) and point CSV (PCSV), applicable across different earth science domains. The book explains these techniques and their applications in modeling phenomena like geology, earthquakes, and hydrology. Alternatives to Kriging are also discussed, with clear explanations of their application steps. Additionally, it reviews simple spatial variation prediction methodologies and their connections to advanced techniques, making it a valuable resource for students, r
