Technology Developments the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM [Paperback]

This is the first book of a series that will focus on MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). This book also presents IFToMM, the International Federation on the Promotion of MMS and its activity.

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This volume?contains contributions by IFToMM officers?who are?Chairs of member organizations (MOs), permanent commissions (PCs), and technical committees (TCs), who have reported their experiences and views toward the future of IFToMM and MMS. The book is composed of three parts:?the first?with general considerations by high-standing IFToMM persons, the second chapter with views by the chairs of PCs and TCs as dealing with specific subject areas, and the third one with reports by the chairs of MOs as presenting experiences and challenges in national and territory communities.

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This book will be of interest to a wide public who wish to know the status and trends in MMS both at international level through IFToMM and in national/local frames through the leading actors of activities. In addition, the book can be considered also a fruitful source?to find out ?whos who ?in MMS, historical backgrounds and trends in MMS developments, as well as for challenges and problems in future activity by IFToMM community and in MMS at large.

Preface.- 1. General Considerations.- Activity and trends in MMS from? IFToMM community, by Marco Ceccarelli.- Promoting novel approaches of MMS for sustainable energy Applications, ??by? Ion Visa.- Role of MMS and IFToMM in Iberomaerican community and open perspectives,? by Emilio Bautista Paz? and ?Justo Nieto Nieto.- ?India's contributions over the last 40 years in Turbine Blade dynamics, ?by Jammi S. Rao.- A brief history of legged Robotics, by P.J. Csonka and Kenneth J. Waldron.- 2. Viewpoints by Chairs of IFToMM Technical Committees and Permanent Commissions.- The History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS) and

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