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This book presents the papers accepted into the Special Issue “Stability and Seakeeping of Marine Vessels” and includes nine contributions to this Special Issue published in 2020. The overall aim of the collection is to improve knowledge about the most relevant and recent topics in ship stability and seakeeping. Specifically, the articles cover a wide range of topics and reflect the recent scientific efforts in the 2nd generation intact stability criteria evaluation and modelling of the ship dynamics assessment in intact or damaged conditions. These topics were investigated mainly through direct assessments performed both via numerical methods and tools, and experimental approaches. The book is addressed to individuals from universities, research organizations, industry, government agencies and certifying authorities, as well as designers, operators and owners who contribute to improved knowledge about “stability and seakeeping”.

Technology: general issues --- URANS --- VOF --- overset mesh --- side damage --- bottom damage --- flooding process --- motion response --- nonlinear steady flow --- desingularized Rankine panel method --- forward speed --- radiation and diffraction --- adaptive weather routing --- Seakeeping Performance Index --- route optimization --- Dijkstra algorithm --- Cummins equations --- vertical motions assessment --- time domain simulations --- experimental seakeeping --- hard chine displacement hull form --- second generation intact stability criteria --- operational guidance --- operational limitations --- vulnerability levels --- direct stability assessment --- Ro-Ro ferry --- coastal patrol ship (CPS) --- full-scale seakeeping trials --- ship design --- barge platform --- zero-pressurized air cushion --- hydrodynamic performance --- boundary element method --- container ship --- added resistance in waves --- sea states --- potential flow theory --- variation of ship characteristics --- strip theory --- BEM --- RANS --- regular wave --- seakeeping

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This volume collects the papers published on the Special Issue “Kinematics and Robot Design I, KaRD2018” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KARD), which is the first issue of the KaRD Special Issue series, hosted by the open access journal “MDPI Robotics”. The KaRD series aims at creating an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2018 received 22 papers and, after the peer-review process, accepted only 14 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- cable driven robot --- performance index --- Wrench Exertion Capability --- snake robot --- snake scale --- scale geometry --- friction ratio --- serpentine motion --- hexapod --- self-motion --- spatial symmetric rolling --- plane-symmetric motion --- Duporcq manipulator --- accuracy analysis --- optimal design --- multi-objective evolutionary algorithms --- NSGA-II --- 6-UCU kind Gough-Stewart platform --- parallel kinematic machine --- kinematic optimisation --- hardware in the loop --- mechatronic design --- manipulators --- trajectory planning --- kinematic constraints --- optimization --- viability --- inverse kinematics --- parallel robot --- reconfigurable joint --- flexible robotics --- mechanism --- kinematics --- Shoenflies-motion generator --- dimensional synthesis --- kinetostatic performances --- conditioning index --- projective angles --- spherical PKM --- direct kinematics --- nonlinear flexible beams --- discrete modeling --- underactuated robots --- optimal preshaping input --- spacecraft --- robotics --- dual quaternions --- aerial robotics --- quadcopters --- UAVs --- dual-tilting --- tilting rotors --- over-actuation --- flight control --- rotorcraft --- adaptive --- balancing --- counterweight --- mechatronic system --- robot --- timing belt --- belt stiffness --- dynamic system modeling --- mechatronic systems --- 3D printers

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This volume collects the papers published on the special issue “Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2021), which is the forth edition of the KaRD special-issue series, hosted by the open-access journal “MDPI Robotics”. KaRD series is an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2021, after the peer-review process, accepted 12 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- parallel manipulator --- RoboMech --- kinematic synthesis and analysis --- Chebyshev and least-square approximations --- upper limb rehabilitation --- bio-inspired exoskeleton --- cable-driven system --- over-actuation --- Hill’s model --- EP control --- torque adjusting mechanism --- differential evolution --- robot modeling and simulation --- robot design --- dynamic modelling --- rehabilitation robotics --- computational modelling --- simulation --- MATLAB --- Simulink --- SimScape --- SimScape Multibody --- finger grip --- elderly --- ergonomics --- pinch assistant --- pinch force --- usability --- planar linkages --- indeterminate linkages --- screw theory --- collaborative robots --- small-scale production --- skill-based programming --- machine design --- dimensional synthesis --- useful workspace --- performance index --- kinetostatics --- biomimetics --- underwater robots --- robotics --- multibody systems --- transmission systems --- autonomous underwater vehicles --- kinematic synthesis of robots --- mixed-position synthesis --- twist systems --- functional electrical stimulation --- six-bar linkage --- Watt II --- Stephenson III --- performance tricycle --- mechanism optimization --- kinematics --- topology --- design optimization --- dexterity --- inspection

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The advancements in research related to heat transfer has gathered much attention in recent decades following the quest for efficient thermal systems, interdisciplinary studies involving heat transfer, and energy research. Heat transfer, a fundamental transport phenomenon, has been considered one of the critical aspects for the development and advancement of many modern applications, including cooling, thermal systems which contain symmetry analysis, energy conservation and storage, and symmetry-preserving discretization of heat transfer in a complex turbulent flow. The objective of this book is to present recent advances, as well as up-to-date progress in all areas of heat transfer in engineering and its influence on emerging technologies.

heat generation --- internal short --- lithium-ion --- nail penetration --- temperature --- thermal abuse --- adaptive neuro-fuzzy interface system --- artificial neural network --- current --- power --- thermal efficiency --- thermoelectric generator system --- waste heat recovery --- efficiency --- power generation --- thermal stress --- thermoelectric module --- cooling and heating mode --- heat pump --- high-pressure chiller --- light-duty commercial electric vehicle --- system performance --- truncated twisted tape --- secondary flow --- laminar convective heat transfer --- performance evaluation criterion --- CFD --- heat exchanger --- cooling --- Lorentz force --- magnetohydrodynamics --- microchannel --- MHD pump --- thermoelectric system --- real-time polymerase chain reaction --- battery --- heating performance --- HVAC --- parallel --- serial --- economic --- energy saving --- hot water --- internal combustion engine --- waste heat --- heat transfer characteristics --- hybrid nanofluid --- performance evaluation criteria --- single particle nanofluid --- uniformly heated tube --- Bejan number --- microplate heat exchanger --- particle shape --- performance index --- thermodynamic analysis

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This volume collects the papers published on the Special Issue “Kinematics and Robot Design I, KaRD2018” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KARD), which is the first issue of the KaRD Special Issue series, hosted by the open access journal “MDPI Robotics”. The KaRD series aims at creating an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2018 received 22 papers and, after the peer-review process, accepted only 14 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- cable driven robot --- performance index --- Wrench Exertion Capability --- snake robot --- snake scale --- scale geometry --- friction ratio --- serpentine motion --- hexapod --- self-motion --- spatial symmetric rolling --- plane-symmetric motion --- Duporcq manipulator --- accuracy analysis --- optimal design --- multi-objective evolutionary algorithms --- NSGA-II --- 6-UCU kind Gough-Stewart platform --- parallel kinematic machine --- kinematic optimisation --- hardware in the loop --- mechatronic design --- manipulators --- trajectory planning --- kinematic constraints --- optimization --- viability --- inverse kinematics --- parallel robot --- reconfigurable joint --- flexible robotics --- mechanism --- kinematics --- Shoenflies-motion generator --- dimensional synthesis --- kinetostatic performances --- conditioning index --- projective angles --- spherical PKM --- direct kinematics --- nonlinear flexible beams --- discrete modeling --- underactuated robots --- optimal preshaping input --- spacecraft --- robotics --- dual quaternions --- aerial robotics --- quadcopters --- UAVs --- dual-tilting --- tilting rotors --- over-actuation --- flight control --- rotorcraft --- adaptive --- balancing --- counterweight --- mechatronic system --- robot --- timing belt --- belt stiffness --- dynamic system modeling --- mechatronic systems --- 3D printers