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This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications and Materials for Extreme Environments symposia on topics such as Coatings to Resist Wear, Erosion and Tribological Loadings; Environmental Barrier Coatings; Functionally Graded Coatings and Interfaces; Thermal Barrier Coatings; and Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics and Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases).
In two volumes, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamental knowledge and technology of composite materials. This second volume reviews the research developments of a number of widely studied composite materials with different matrices. It also describes the related process technology that is necessary for a successful production. This work is ideal for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of materials science and engineering, as well as mechanical engineering.
China's Solar-Powered Revolution China’s New Energy Revolution explains how China can tackle its energy bottleneck and achieve a sustainable, peaceful rise by taking the lead in the solar industry. The author covers all the important issues from the vantage points of the economy, society, industry, and business. He explores current and future strategies, policies, and measures that China must take in this round of the new industrial revolution. Finally, he explains why he believes China will lead the world in the solar industry.
Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Engineering Materials and Technology (AEMT 2012), July 6-8, 2012, Zhuhai, China
The Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy covers the world’s second largest macro economy. Extensive attention throughout the volume is given to the historical development of the Chinese economy since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. Included is a review of developments during the period of central economic planning adopted from the Soviet Union (1953-1978) and in-depth information and analysis on the various policies and fundamental changes brought about in China by the inauguration of economic reforms from 1978-1979 through 2016. This book contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on critical sectors of the economy including automobiles, banking and finance, national currency, economic regulation, trade and investment, and important industries such as agriculture, computers and electronics, iron and steel, real estate, and shipping.. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about China’s economy.
Fortune Makers analyzes and brings to light the distinctive practices of business leaders who are the future of the Chinese economy. These leaders oversee not the old state-owned enterprises, but private companies that have had to invent their way forward out of the wreckage of an economy in tatters following the Cultural Revolution. Outside of brand names such as Alibaba and Lenovo, little is known, even by the Chinese themselves, about the people present at the creation of these innovative businesses. Fortune Makers provides sharp insights into their unique styles -- a distinctive blend of the entrepreneur, the street fighter, and practices developed by the Communist Party -- and their dis...
Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Application of Materials Science and Environmental Materials (AMSEM 2014), July 4-6, 2014, Yichang, Hubei, China
Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering (ICMSE 2011), 9-11 April, 2011, Guilin, China
Based on case studies, this comprehensive review aims to explore the development of the private sector and how it stimulates industrial growth at regional level in China. The book traces the privatization mechanism and how it facilitates the process of industrialization and urbanization in rural China. The Private Sector and China's Market Development looks at the evolution of market transition and the rapid growth of the private sector from aspects of both bottom up and top down institutional innovation. It also provides a commentary of future development and innovation in the private sector. Covers one of the major parts of the Chinese economy, in the Yangtze River Delta region Draws on the author's personal experience of the economy, society and development administration in Jiangsu province and academic life in Zhejiang within the field of market transition in the Yangtze River Delta region Provides detailed studies and a comparison of the two most famous regional development models, of both the South Jiangsu model and the Wenzhou model, in the process of China's market transition and institutional transplantation
Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Frontiers of Advanced Materials and Engineering Technology (FAMET 2014), March 28-29, 2014, Hongkong