Wei Yao

This Open Access book covers various aspects in rock dynamics comprehensively, such as theoretical foundations, testing techniques, dynamic properties, stress wave propagation, rockburst dynamics, numerical simulation, and engineering applications. AI for Rock Dynamics is a groundbreaking Open Access monograph that redefines publishing through Luffa AI, a China-developed large language model (LLM). Set to captivate at the London Book Fair 2025, it marks a transformative milestone in rock mechanics and beyond. Covering theoretical foundations, testing instruments, numerical simulation, and engineering applications, it’s an essential resource for professionals in civil engineering, mining, and geology alike. Its clear presentation, illustrations, and practical insights make it pivotal for tackling rock mechanics challenges. Unique for its homegrown LLM, it showcases Chinese AI’s potential to advance research. As China’s first LLM-powered book, it revolutionizes knowledge production, organization, and dissemination. This landmark was achieved through a strategic partnership between CNPIEC Kexin Technology, CSRME, and Springer Nature, unprecedentedly integrating cutting-edge technology, academic expertise, and global publishing prominence. Published as Open Access, it democratizes knowledge, fostering collaboration and innovation. The first of its kind signifies AI’s potential to transform publishing, streamlining content creation and enhancing dissemination. AI for Rock Dynamics is a beacon of progress, uniting technology and academia to push knowledge boundaries with concerted efforts. Please Join us in celebrating this historic achievement and witness the dawn of AI-powered publishing.

Many textbooks focus narrowly on certain technologies or delve directly into frameworks without fostering a strong understanding of the underlying principles. Often, the result is trained developers who can build applications but may lack the broader perspective necessary to diagnose, optimize, or secure these applications. From Code to Cloud: Developing Web Applications fills this gap by covering a range of core topics with breadth and depth. It begins with foundational knowledge, gradually builds technical complexity, and ends with contemporary challenges and trends in web development. It covers such fundamental topics as Internet protocols, HTML and CSS standards, client-side programming with JavaScript, and server-side programming with PHP and MySQL, as well as such crucial concepts as web application security and modern development practices. Written for students in academic programs, self-taught developers seeking structure and focus, and professionals looking to reinforce or revisit key concepts., the text emphasizes not only on the how, but also on the why: why standards matter, why security must be integral, and why a deep understanding of the web stack leads to better, more robust applications. In a field that evolves rapidly, there is enduring value in mastering the fundamentals. This book is both a guide and a resource to these fundamentals. From the foundational building blocks of internet protocols and HTML to the intricacies of modern web development frameworks and security practices, this book is an essential guide for anyone looking to understand how internet applications are created and maintained.

Many textbooks focus narrowly on certain technologies or delve directly into frameworks without fostering a strong understanding of the underlying principles. Often, the result is trained developers who can build applications but may lack the broader perspective necessary to diagnose, optimize, or secure these applications. From Code to Cloud: Developing Web Applications fills this gap by covering a range of core topics with breadth and depth. It begins with foundational knowledge, gradually builds technical complexity, and ends with contemporary challenges and trends in web development. It covers such fundamental topics as Internet protocols, HTML and CSS standards, client-side programming with JavaScript, and server-side programming with PHP and MySQL, as well as such crucial concepts as web application security and modern development practices. Written for students in academic programs, self-taught developers seeking structure and focus, and professionals looking to reinforce or revisit key concepts., the text emphasizes not only on the how, but also on the why: why standards matter, why security must be integral, and why a deep understanding of the web stack leads to better, more robust applications. In a field that evolves rapidly, there is enduring value in mastering the fundamentals. This book is both a guide and a resource to these fundamentals. From the foundational building blocks of internet protocols and HTML to the intricacies of modern web development frameworks and security practices, this book is an essential guide for anyone looking to understand how internet applications are created and maintained.

This book provides a comprehensive study of the modeling, analysis, and control of wind farms and solar power stations. It starts with dynamic vector modeling methods for wind farms and solar power stations, which enhance modeling efficiency and model accuracy. Building upon this modeling framework, it also covers stability analysis and control methods for wind farms and solar power stations from both steady-state and transient perspectives. Lastly, considering the integration of energy storage into renewable energy power stations, the book explores the analysis and control of wind-energy storage and solar-energy storage hybrid systems. It adopts a holistic approach, establishing a fundamental framework for the topic, progressing from modeling to analysis and then to control, facilitating readers' comprehension. The book is targeted towards undergraduate and graduate students interested in renewable energy power stations, researchers focusing on station-level modeling, analysis, and control of renewable energy, as well as engineers in the field.

This book provides a detailed study of the active control methods for large-scale offshore wind farms connected via flexible high-voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC) transmission systems. Firstly, it introduces the basic structure and fundamental control of offshore wind farms connected via VSC-HVDC systems, and proposes a vector modeling method for them. Furthermore, it analyzes the fault characteristics of offshore wind farms connected via VSC-HVDC systems under different fault conditions, and proposes an active fault suppression method based on energy control. Finally, it introduces the method of offshore wind farms connected via VSC-HVDC systems to support the grid frequency. From basic concepts to self-active safety control, and then to active support control of the grid, this book systematically introduces the active control methods of large-scale offshore wind farms connected via VSC-HVDC systems. In particular, it introduces some advanced control methods from the perspective of energy. This book is a useful reference for undergraduate and graduate students interested in offshore wind farms and VSC-HVDC, researchers studying fault ride-through and active frequency support of offshore wind farms connected via VSC-HVDC systems, as well as engineers.

With the increasing scalability of semiconductor processes, the higher-level of functional integration at the die level, and the system integration of different technologies needed for consumer electronics, System-in-Package (SiP) is the new advanced system integration technology, which integrates (or vertically stacks) within a single package multiple components such as CPU, digital logic, analog/mixed-signal, memory, and passive and discrete components in a single system.This book focuses on electrical and layout perspectives, as opposed to discussing thermal and mechanic characteristics of SiP. It first introduces package technologies, and then presents SiP design flow and design exploration. Finally, the paper discusses details of beyond-die signal and power integrity and physical implementation such as IO (input/output cell) placement and routing for redistribution layer, escape, and substrate. It is an invaluable reference for EDA researchers, professionals and graduate students.