McGraw-Hill's Engineering Companion

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