Engineering Principles in Everyday Life for Non-Engineers

Prologue......Page 17
 Introduction......Page 19
 Is it Possible to Defy Entropy?......Page 23
 Why Do We Get Older?......Page 24
  The First Law......Page 25
  The Second Law......Page 28
 Hybrid Cars Anyone?......Page 30
 Common Misconceptions......Page 37
 Introduction......Page 41
 System Response to External Forces at Different Frequencies......Page 44
 Natural Frequency of Other Common Systems......Page 48
  Pendulum......Page 49
  Cantilevered Beams......Page 50
 Applications and Examples......Page 52
  Guitars, Pianos, and Other Stringed Instruments......Page 53
  Tuning to a Radio or TV Channel......Page 60
  Hearing......Page 67
  Walking and Running, Hearts and Lungs......Page 71
 Bibliography......Page 73
 Introduction......Page 75
  Vectors......Page 76
  Vector Multiplication......Page 77
  Acceleration......Page 80
  Reference Frames......Page 82
  Rotating Frames......Page 83
 Coriolis Acceleration......Page 87
 Inertial Reaction to Acceleration......Page 88
 Air and Water Circulations (Convections) Due to Heat......Page 90
 Coriolis Acceleration and Weather Systems......Page 93
  Riding Bicycles......Page 99
  Oscillating Fans......Page 102
  Airplanes......Page 103
  Movements of a Spacecraft in Space......Page 109
 Introduction......Page 113
 Refrigeration Cycle......Page 116
 Spark-Ignition Power Cycle......Page 123
  4-stroke Engines......Page 124
  2-stroke Engines......Page 131
 Thermodynamic Representation of the Spark-Ignition Power Cycle......Page 132
 Compression-Ignition Diesel Engine Power Cycle......Page 136
 Thermodynamic Representation of Compression-Ignition Power Cycle......Page 137
 Power Generation......Page 139
 Bibliography......Page 142
 Introduction......Page 143
 Second Moment of the Area (Area Moment of Inertia)......Page 144
 Deflections of a Beam......Page 146
 Parallel Axis Theorem......Page 152
 Polar Moment of Inertia (Polar Moment of the Area)......Page 155
 Strength of Materials: Stress, Strain, and Modulus of Elasticity......Page 159
 Role of Moments of the Area in Stress Calculations......Page 164
 Mass Moment of Inertia......Page 165
 Introductory Terms: Voltage, Current, and Resistance......Page 173
 Magnetic Fields......Page 175
 Electromotive Force......Page 178
 DC Motors......Page 180
 AC Motors......Page 181
 Stepper Motors......Page 184
  Canstack Stepper Motors......Page 187
  Hybrid Stepper Motors......Page 192
 Transformers......Page 194
 DC Generators......Page 199
 Back-emf Issues in Motors and Transformers: Laminated Iron Cores......Page 200
 Back-emf in DC Motors: Servomotors......Page 203
 Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Motors......Page 204
Author\'s Biography......Page 209
Index......Page 211
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