Technical Writing A-Z: A Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses Review
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Fundamentals of Agile Project Management: An Overview (Technical Manager's Survival Guides)
Fundamentals of Agile Project Management: An Overview (Technical Manager's Survival Guides) Review
Fundamentals of Agile Project Management: An Overview (Technical Manager's Survival Guides) Feature
This is the seventh book in the Technical Manager's Survival Guides series. In this volume, the authors introduce readers to agile methods for managing projects. Agile methods have been around for a while, but their prevalence has increased as the result of many successful projects in organizations that have applied them. While some of the agile methods discussed here spring from software development experiences, it is essential to understand that the underlying principles can be applied with appropriate modifications to any industry or organization.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Energy and Power Generation Handbook: Established and Emerging Technologies
Energy and Power Generation Handbook: Established and Emerging Technologies Review
Energy and Power Generation Handbook: Established and Emerging Technologies Feature
This comprehensive reference contains contributions by over 50 experts from around the world. Topics cover aspects of power generation from all known sources of energy around the globe, including solar, wind, hydro, tidal and wave power, bio energy (including bio-mass and bio-fuels), waste-material, geothermal, fossil, petroleum, gas and nuclear. Nanotechnology and the role of NASA in photovoltaic and wind energy are also covered. A unique aspect of this publication is its foundation in scholarly discussions and expert opinions, enabling the reader to make decisions regarding which energy source(s) may be used in a given situation. The handbook, with nearly 700 pages, includes about 1,250 references and over 750 figures, tables and pictures as well as an extensive index. A brief biographical sketch is also included for each contributing author.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Dimensional Management: A Comprehensive Introduction
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Dimensional Management: A Comprehensive Introduction Feature
- Provides a complete treatment of all aspects of dimensioning and tolerancing as it relates to the design and manufacturing.
- Contains more than 125 detailed illustrations and tables.
- Features an entire chapter devoted to state-of-the-art computer-aided tolerance techniques.
- Includes a CD-ROM that demonstrates a family of Sigmund software products through a detailed user-friendly Power Point presentation. These proprietary computer-aided tolerancing products were developed and are sold by Varatech Engineering Consultants, and are quite possibly the most refined and powerful software of their type available on the market today.
- Includes a comprehensive chapter on GD&T as specified in the national dimensioning and tolerancing standard, ASME Y14.5M 1994.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Engineering Disasters: Lessons to be Learned
Engineering Disasters: Lessons to be Learned Review
Engineering Disasters: Lessons to be Learned Feature
In this practical and highly topical book, the author provides thoroughly researched accounts of well-known disasters and failures worldwide. Historical events such as the Hindenburg Disaster and Chernobyl are covered, as well as more recent occurrences, such as the World Trade Center and Columbia Space Shuttle disasters. The author provides valuable interpretive sections, revealing the lessons to be learned in each case. Examples are included from a wide range of industries, as well as background information and views from several known experts in the field. The author discusses the common threads and conclusions from accident investigations and offers excellent references for further study. @By: Don Lawson
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Fracture Mechanics: Integration of Mechanics, Materials Science and Chemistry
Fracture Mechanics: Integration of Mechanics, Materials Science and Chemistry Review
Fracture Mechanics: Integration of Mechanics, Materials Science and Chemistry Feature
Fracture and "slow" crack growth reflect the response of a material (i.e., its microstructure) to the conjoint actions of mechanical and chemical driving forces and are affected by temperature. There is therefore a need for quantitative understanding and modeling of the influences of chemical and thermal environments and of microstructure, in terms of the key internal and external variables, and for their incorporation into design and probabilistic implications. This text, which the author has used in a fracture mechanics course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, is based on the work of the author's Lehigh University team whose integrative research combined fracture mechanics, surface and electrochemistry, materials science, and probability and statistics to address a range of fracture safety and durability issues on aluminum, ferrous, nickel, and titanium alloys and ceramics. Examples from this research are included to highlight the approach and applicability of the findings in practical durability and reliability problems.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Pipeline Operation and Maintenance: A Practical Approach, Second Edition
Pipeline Operation and Maintenance: A Practical Approach, Second Edition Review
Pipeline Operation and Maintenance: A Practical Approach, Second Edition Feature
This fully updated and revised Second Edition of Pipeline Operation and Maintenance: A Practical Approach, provides comprehensive details on all matters related to operation and maintenance of gas and liquid pipeline systems. It is designed to impart know-how to operation and maintenance personnel while providing an in-depth coverage of the subjects that pipeline workers and pipeline engineers often face in the assessment of operation and maintenance tasks and corrective techniques. It is designed to fill the gap from commissioning to the operation and maintenance of pipeline systems, covering pipeline and facilities including metering, pumping, and compression as well as reliability assessments. The book provides an updated technique on liquid batched products pipelining operation and maintenance, as well comprehensive techniques for welding and repairs. It provides a detailed reference material for the day-to-day use and/or to refresh the knowledge and thinking process in undertaking various operation and maintenance tasks. It is also intended to be a training tool.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Fluid Film Lubrication
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Fluid Film Lubrication Feature
Fluid film bearings are machine elements that should be studied within the broader context of tribology. The three subfields of tribology - friction, lubrication, and wear - are strongly interrelated. The last decade has witnessed significant advances in the area of fluid film lubrication and its applications, and this second edition offers a look at some of these advances. This edition adds onto the fundamentals of fluid film lubrication a discourse on surface effects and the inclusion of treatment of flow with significant inertia within the section on turbulence. Basic ideas of the multigrid method are conveyed along with multilevel multi-integration in the treatment of elastohydrodynamic lubrication. The chapter on lubrication with non-Newtonian fluids discusses the impact of the so-named qualitative EHL. This chapter also contains a thorough discussion of blood as a lubricant, with a view of the application of lubrication theory to LVADs. New chapters have been included on ultra-thin films, both liquid and gaseous, and lubrication of articulating joints and their replacement. Some of the most recent literature is discussed.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Introductory Guide to Finite Element Analysis
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Introductory Guide to Finite Element Analysis Feature
This book provides a relatively simple, but complete, approach to finite element (FE) theory and applications. It is written specifically for engineers and scientists who want to understand the fundamental theory of FE analysis and to learn how to analyze practical problems using FE software. The prerequisite knowledge required for the readers is a basic understanding of engineering mechanics and mathematics covered in engineering undergraduate courses. No prior knowledge of FE theory or FE software packages is assumed. Because of the complexity of finite element analysis, this book is particularly useful for young engineers, who would benefit from a practical, introductory guide on the topic. It is also suitable as a refresher and handy reference for more senior engineers. Includes a four-page section of full-color diagrams.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook, Third Edition
Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook, Third Edition Review
Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook, Third Edition Feature
The Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook has been the standard for engineers involved in the design, selection, and operation of gas turbines. This revision includes new case histories, the latest techniques, and new designs to comply with recently passed legislation. By keeping the book up to date with new, emerging topics, Boyce ensures that this book will remain the standard and most widely used book in this field.
The new Third Edition of the Gas Turbine Engineering Hand Book updates the book to cover the new generation of Advanced gas Turbines. It examines the benefit and some of the major problems that have been encountered by these new turbines. The book keeps abreast of the environmental changes and the industries answer to these new regulations. A new chapter on case histories has been added to enable the engineer in the field to keep abreast of problems that are being encountered and the solutions that have resulted in solving them.
* Comprehensive treatment of Gas Turbines from Design to Operation and Maintenance. In depth treatment of Compressors with emphasis on surge, rotating stall, and choke; Combustors with emphasis on Dry Low NOx Combustors; and Turbines with emphasis on Metallurgy and new cooling schemes. An excellent introductory book for the student and field engineers
* A special maintenance section dealing with the advanced gas turbines, and special diagnostic charts have been provided that will enable the reader to troubleshoot problems he encounters in the field.
* The third edition consists of many Case Histories of Gas Turbine problems. This should enable the field engineer to avoid some of these same generic problems.
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