This book is written for the layperson to help citizens and their representatives understand the economic and financial unjust effects of the U.S. trade deficit. The reader will find that their time is not wasted as the issues are presented in a succinct manner that provides a reasonable amount of facts and data to back up each statement on trade deficit effects. These effects are not simply unjust but likely boarders on unlawful activity. A court like case is presented to help the reader understand the serious nature of these trade deficit effects and also helps the layperson more easily...

Thermodynamic degradation science is a new and exciting discipline. This book merges the science of physics of failure with thermodynamics and shows how degradation modeling is improved and enhanced when using thermodynamic principles.



The author also goes beyond the traditional physics of failure methods and highlights the importance of having new tools such as Mesoscopic noise degradation measurements for prognostics of complex systems, and a conjugate work approach to solving physics of failure problems with accelerated testing applications.



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