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Protection of low-voltage electrical and electronic equipment and systems from lightning strikes and other power surges is vital for computing, telecommunications, transportation, power grids, distributed energy and charging installations. This systematic treatise covers surge causes, risk assessment, and protective measures.

Electric Vehicles are part of the solution to both reducing urban air pollution and staving off climate change. This book covers the latest in charging technology, both stationary as well as wireless and in-motion. Grid integration, simulations, fast charging, and battery management are also addressed.

Sensory systems comprising of various sensing modalities are fundamental to robotics - they provide information about the state of the environment and of the robotic system, which forms the basis for control, decision-making, and interaction. This book covers robotic sensory hardware, related electronics and system issues.

Key Features A unified treatment of wave phenomena Includes numerical techniques using MATLAB Discusses both mechanical and electrical waves Necessary mathematics requires to understand the material summarized within Only prerequisite is an introductory course in calculus

Incorporating the latest amendments to the British Standard requirements for electrical installations, this text includes the most recent changes to the legislation.

KEY FEATURES a[ A single-source reference for ground radar, containing definitions, equations, conversions and useful data. a[ Contains built-in aids for self teaching: chapter questions with answers, extensive glossary, data appendices. a[ The most thorough and easily understandable information published on MTI, MTD, and Air Traffic Control Beacon systems. a[ A unique and thorough treatment of the development of the radar maximum range equation and the effects upon maximum range by variations within the equation. a[ Rare chapters on professional ethics and history.

A state-of-the-art survey on Multifunctional, Adaptive Radio Radar and Sensor (MARRS), this book presents a systematic approach to the system level design required to develop MARRS technology.

In this thorough overview, Mihai Albulet presents a full account of RF amplifiers and shows that understanding large-signal RF signals is simply a matter of understanding basic principles and their applications.

This book presents a comprehensive tutorial exposition of radar detection using the methods and techniques of mathematical statistics. The material presented is as current and useful to today's engineers as when the book was first published by Prentice-Hall in 1968 and then republished by Artech House in 1980. The book is divided into six parts. Part I is introductory and describes the nature of the radar detection problem. Part II reviews the mathematical tools necessary for a study of detection theory. Part III contains tutorial expositions in a radar context of the classical signal-to-noise and a posteriori theories, both of which have played important roles in the evolution of modern radar. The unifying theme of the book is provided by statistical decision theory, introduced in the last chapter of Part III, which provides the framework for the chapters that follow. The first three chapters of Part IV contain a unified tutorial exposition of single and multiple hit detection theory. The last two chapters are respectively devoted to the use of the radar equation and a discussion of cumulative detection probability. The latter includes a procedure for minimizing the power-aperture product of a search radar. The performance of near-optimum multiple hit detection strategies are considered in Part V. These include binary and pulse train detection strategies. The first chapter in Part VI applies sequential detection theory to the radar detection problem. It includes the Marcus and Swerling test strategy and a two-step approximation to sequential detection. The second chapter contains the development of Bayes decision rules and Bayes receivers for optimizing the detection of multiple targets with unknown parameters, such as range, velocity, angle, etc.

This comprehensive discussion of airborne early warning (AEW) system concepts encompasses a wide range of issues, including capabilities and limitations, developmental trends and opportunities for improvement.