McGraw-Hill's Engineering Companion

If you could buy only one desktop reference- this would be it! Here are the tables, formulas, charts, diagrams, figures, key methods and worked-out problems engineers in design, product development, operation, production, analysis, and economic evaluation must have for successful day-to-day problem solving. This dynamic one-volume database provides reliable, ready-to-apply solutions to literally hundreds of engineering problems - formatted for convenient instant access and carefully culled from McGraw-Hill’s most popular and respected handbooks, textbooks, and specialized technical books. McGraw-Hill’s 'Engineering Companion' contains sections on the basics of engineering science and key methods and tools in every branch of engineering: mechanical engineering; civil engineering; electrical engineering; electronic engineering; metallurgical engineering; architectural and building engineering; bioengineering; and more. Covering all major engineering fields and extensively updated for maximum usability, this is the perfect working tool for today’s new breed of engineer. Copyright......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 7 PREFACE......Page 15 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 17 SYSTEMS OF UNITS......Page 19 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS......Page 37 REFERENCES......Page 40 CHEMICAL PROPERTIES......Page 41 THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES......Page 44 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES......Page 50 ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES......Page 62 OTHER ENGINEERING MATERIAL DATA......Page 63 REFERENCES......Page 74 ALGEBRA......Page 75 GEOMETRY......Page 81 ANALYTIC GEOMETRY......Page 86 TRIGONOMETRY......Page 92 DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS......Page 95 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS......Page 110 LAPLACE TRANSFORMATION......Page 114 COMPLEX VARIABLES......Page 115 VECTORS......Page 117 STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY......Page 119 NUMERICAL METHODS......Page 121 NOTE ON SETS AND BOOLEAN ALGEBRA......Page 127 DIGITAL COMPUTERS......Page 130 CALCULATORS......Page 136 REFERENCES......Page 138 COMMON DEFINITIONS......Page 139 STOICHIOMETRY......Page 142 CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMIC RELATIONS......Page 160 THERMOCHEMISTRY......Page 161 CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM......Page 168 PHASE EQUILIBRIA......Page 170 CHEMICAL REACTION RATES......Page 173 ELECTROCHEMISTRY......Page 175 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY......Page 179 BIOCHEMISTRY......Page 182 NOMENCLATURE......Page 183 REFERENCES......Page 185 STATICS......Page 187 FRICTION......Page 207 KINEMATICS......Page 210 DYNAMICS......Page 220 NOMENCLATURE......Page 228 REFERENCES......Page 230 STATIC STRESSES......Page 233 BEAMS......Page 237 TORSION......Page 246 COMBINED STRESSES......Page 247 CYLINDERS AND PLATES......Page 249 NOMENCLATURE......Page 250 REFERENCES......Page 252 INTRODUCTION......Page 253 FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS......Page 255 THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS......Page 256 IDEAL GASES......Page 258 REAL GASES......Page 264 POWER CYCLES......Page 277 NOMENCLATURE......Page 285 REFERENCES......Page 286 NATURE OF FLUIDS......Page 289 FLUID STATICS......Page 292 FLUID-FLOW CHARACTERISTICS......Page 296 FLUID DYNAMICS......Page 302 BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOWS......Page 310 FLOW IN PIPES......Page 320 OPEN-CHANNEL FLOW......Page 329 TWO-PHASE FLOW......Page 332 NOMENCLATURE......Page 334 REFERENCES......Page 336 CONDUCTION......Page 339 RADIATION......Page 343 CONVECTION......Page 347 COMBINED HEAT-TRANSFER MECHANISMS......Page 357 HEAT EXCHANGERS......Page 359 RELATION OF HEAT TRANSFER TO THERMODYNAMICS......Page 360 NOMENCLATURE......Page 361 REFERENCES......Page 364 CONSERVATION EOUATIONS IN FLUID MECHANICS, HEAT TRANSFER, AND MASS TRANSFER......Page 365 DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS AND SIMILARITY IN FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER......Page 379 NOMENCLATURE......Page 388 REFERENCES......Page 391 ELECTRIC FIELDS......Page 393 MAGNETIC FIELDS......Page 400 SIMPLE ELECTRIC CIRCUITS (EXAMPLES )......Page 403 WAVES......Page 405 LASERS......Page 414 FIBER OPTICS......Page 416 NOMENCLATURE......Page 418 REFERENCES......Page 419 INTRODUCTION......Page 421 ANALYSIS OF CONTROL SYSTEM......Page 424 FREQUENCY RESPONSE......Page 433 STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL......Page 434 SAMPLED-DATA CONTROL SYSTEMS......Page 441 STATE FUNCTIONS CONCEPT IN CONTROL......Page 442 MODELING OF PHYSICAL SYSTEMS......Page 444 GENERAL DESIGN PROCEDURE......Page 447 DATA ACQUISITION FOR SENSORS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS......Page 448 NOMENCLATURE......Page 453 REFERENCES......Page 454 PRINCIPLES OF MECHANISM......Page 457 FORCE AND WORK RELATIONS......Page 461 CONSTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS OF MACHINES......Page 464 MOTIVE ELEMENTS OF MACHINES......Page 470 PUMPS......Page 478 POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS—RECIPROCATING TYPE......Page 480 CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS......Page 482 MISCELLANEOUS TYPES OF PUMPS......Page 488 COMPRESSORS......Page 490 FUELS AND COMBUSTION......Page 495 OIL ENGINES......Page 499 STEAM-POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT......Page 500 BOILERS AND SUPERHEATERS......Page 503 DRAFT AND DRAFT EQUIPMENT......Page 504 FEEDWATER, ACCESSORIES, AND PIPING......Page 505 STEAM TURBINES......Page 506 CONDENSING EQUIPMENT......Page 507 REFRIGERATION MACHINES AND PROCESSES......Page 509 OVERALL CYCLES......Page 510 COMPONENTS OF COMPRESSION SYSTEMS......Page 511 THERMOELECTRIC COOLING......Page 512 METHODS OF APPLYING REFRIGERATION......Page 513 COLD STORAGE......Page 514 ACTIVITIES......Page 515 SYSTEMS CONCEPT......Page 517 OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DESIGN......Page 518 SURVEYING......Page 521 SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATIONS......Page 528 HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING......Page 535 RAILROADS......Page 538 WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE......Page 540 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 561 HYDRAULIC TURBINES......Page 562 DIFFUSIONAL OPERATIONS......Page 565 MULTIPHASE CONTACTING AND PHASE DISTRIBUTION......Page 586 MECHANICAL SEPARATIONS AND PHASE COLLECTION......Page 589 CHEMICAL KINETICS AND REACTOR DESIGN......Page 591 NOMENCLATURE......Page 602 INTRODUCTION......Page 607 WASTEWATER TREATMENT......Page 608 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL......Page 618 GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING......Page 633 DRILLING ENGINEERING......Page 634 PETROLEUM ENHANCED RECOVERY......Page 635 REFERENCES......Page 636 BASIC ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND THEIR SYMBOLS......Page 639 ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS......Page 640 DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUITS......Page 654 SINGLE-PHASE ALTERNATING-CURRENT CIRCUITS......Page 658 POLYPHASE ALTERNATING-CURRENT CIRCUITS......Page 671 THE MAGNETIC CIRCUIT......Page 675 ELECTROSTATIC CIRCUIT......Page 688 SOURCES OF EMF: GENERATORS......Page 690 SOURCES OF EMF: ELECTRIC BATTERIES......Page 697 TRANSFORMERS......Page 702 ALTERNATING-CURRENT MOTORS......Page 709 DIRECT-CURRENT MOTORS......Page 721 THE SYNCHRONOUS CONVERTER......Page 723 MERCURY-ARC RECTIFIERS (CONVERTERS)......Page 726 CONTROL AND PROTECTIVE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS......Page 727 MOTOR CONTROL......Page 729 COMPONENTS......Page 735 DISCRETE-COMPONENT CIRCUITS......Page 743 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS......Page 750 LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS......Page 752 DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS......Page 755 COMPUTER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS......Page 768 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING......Page 770 COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS......Page 792 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS......Page 810 WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS......Page 812 TYPES OF FAILURES......Page 821 THE BATHTUB DIAGRAM......Page 822 RELIABILITY EQUATIONS AND CURVES WHEN FAILURE RATE IS CONSTANT......Page 823 FAILURE INTERVALS......Page 824 SYSTEM RELIABILITY......Page 828 SUMMARY OF RELEVANT FORMULAS......Page 834 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING......Page 838 SIMULATION......Page 839 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS......Page 840 OPTIMIZATION......Page 841 OPERATIONS RESEARCH......Page 842 SAFETY......Page 844 LEGAL ASPECTS OF SAFETY......Page 845 INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS......Page 846 PLANT ENGINEER’S FUNCTION WITHIN THE SAFETY COMMITTEE......Page 847 BUILDING STRUCTURE......Page 849 POWERED PLATFORMS, PERSONNEL LIFTS, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED WORK PLATFORMS......Page 850 VENTILATION......Page 851 MATERIALS HANDLING AND STORAGE......Page 852 MACHINERY AND MACHINE GUARDING......Page 854 MECHANICAL POWER PRESSES......Page 855 MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION......Page 856 ARC-WELDING AND CUTTING EQUIPMENT......Page 857 SPECIAL INDUSTRIES......Page 858 TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES......Page 859 LENGTH MEASUREMENT......Page 861 ANGLE MEASUREMENT......Page 863 STRAIN MEASUREMENT......Page 864 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT......Page 866 PRESSURE MEASUREMENT......Page 872 FLOW VELOCITY MEASUREMENT......Page 875 MEASUREMENT OF FLUID FLOW......Page 878 (Current, Voltage, Resistance, Frequency, Power ...)......Page 884 OTHER MEASUREMENTS......Page 892 REFERENCES......Page 901 BASIC CONCEPTS......Page 903 COST ESTIMATING......Page 908 BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS......Page 917 EVALUATING INVESTMENTS......Page 925 EVALUATING INVESTMENTS USING THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY......Page 929 PATENTS......Page 933 TRADEMARKS......Page 937 COPYRIGHTS......Page 939 REFERENCES......Page 940 INDEX......Page 941 ABOUT THE EDITORS......Page 973 If You Could Buy Only One Desktop Reference— This Would Be It ! Here Are The Tables, Formulas, Charts, Diagrams, Figures, Key Methods And Worked-out Problems Engineers In Design, Product Development, Operation, Production, Analysis, And Economic Evaluation Must Have For Successful Day-to-day Problem Solving. This Dynamic One-volume Database Provides Reliable, Ready-to-apply Solutions To Literally Hundreds Of Engineering Problems — Formatted For Convenient Instant Access And Carefully Culled From Mcgraw-hill’s Most Popular And Respected Handbooks, Textbooks, And Specialized Technical Books. Mcgraw-hill’s Engineering Companion Contains Sections On The Basics Of Engineering Science And Key Methods And Tools In Every Branch Of Engineering: * Mechanical Engineering * Civil Engineering * Electrical Engineering * Electronic Engineering * Metallurgical Engineering * Architectural And Building Engineering * Bioengineeringeng * And More Covering All Major Engineering Fields And Extensively Updated For Maximum Usability, This Is The Perfect Working Tool For Today’s New Breed Of Engineer. Engineering units -- General properties of materials -- Engineering mathematics -- Applied chemistry -- Mechanics of rigid bodies -- Mechanics of deformable bodies -- Thermodynamics -- Mechanics of fluids -- Heat and mass transfer -- Conservation equations and dimensionless groups -- Topics in applied physics -- Automatic control -- Mechanical engineering -- Civil engineering and hydraulic engineering -- Chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and petroleum and gas engineering -- Electrical engineering -- Electronics engineering -- Reliability engineering, systems engineering, and safety engineering -- Measurements in engineering -- Engineering economy, patents, and copyrights. Dynamic one-volume database provides reliable, ready-to-apply solutions to literally hundreds of engineering problems. Contains sections on the basics of engineering science and key methods and tools in every branch of engineering. A must-have reference for successful day-to-day problem solving. Softcover. Providing reliable; ready-to-apply solutions to literally hundreds of engineering problems; this book contains sections on the basics of engineering science and key methods and tools in every branch of engineering. -- Edited summary from book This single reference of reliable, ready-to-apply solutions to hundreds of engineering problems covers all major engineering fields and contains tons of tables, formulas, diagrams, figures and worked-out problems.