Best of
Engineering

1995

The Calculus 7


Louis Leithold - 1995
    The author has sought to utlilize the technology now available for the teaching and learning of calculus. The hand-held graphics calculator is one such form of technology that has been integrated into the book. Topics in algebra, trigonometry, and analytical geometry appear in the Appendix.

Living Energies: Viktor Scahuberger's Brilliant Work with Natural Energy Explained


Callum Coats - 1995
    Schauberger's insights into Nature pivoted on the essential characteristics of water as a living and pulsating substance that energizes all of life, both organic and inorganic. He frequently asserted, "Water is a living substance!"--an ideal to which many philosophers have subscribed. With his ground-breaking concepts on energy, biomagnetism and the true function of trees, he showed how a world that exploited its resources rather than cherishing them was doomed to destroy itself. Above all, he demonstrated how Nature's abundance is the result of a complex interaction of energies that actually create matter, not the other way around as orthodox science believes. For him energy was primary, and physical form the secondary effect.

Computational Fluid Dynamics


John D. Anderson Jr. - 1995
    It can also serve as a one-semester introductory course at the beginning graduate level, as a useful precursor to a more serious study of CFD in advanced books. It is presented in a very readable, informal, enjoyable style.

Theory Of Machines


R.S. Khurmi - 1995
    /B.TECH., U.P.S.E.(ENGG..SERVICES ) : SECTION 'B' OF A.M.I.E. (I) Table of Contents Introdeuction Kinematics Of Motion Kinetics Of Motion Simple Harmonic Motion Simple Mechanisms Velocity In Mechanims ( Instantaneous Centre Method) Velocity In Mechanims ( Relative Centre Method ) Acceleration In Mechanisms Mechanisms With Lower Pairs Friction Belt, Rope & Chain Drives Toothed Gearing Gear Trains Gyroscopic Couple &Precessional Motion Inertia Forces In Reciprocating Parts Turning Moment Diagrams & Flywheel Steam Engine Valves & Reversing Gears Governors Brakes & Dynamometers Cams Balancing Of Rotating Masses Balancing Of Reciprocating Masses Longitudinal & Transverse Vibrations Torsional Vibrations Computer Aided Analysis & Synthesis Of Mechanisms Automatic Control

The Quality Toolbox


Nancy R. Tague - 1995
    it includes a variety of matrices and flowcharts, data collection and analysis tools, tools for planning, tools for analyzing processes and discovering root causes, and different forms of brainstorming and other tools for generating, organizing, and evaluating ideas. In short, the means to accomplish change. In updating this book, Tague has added 34 tools and 18 variations. the Quality Improvement Stories chapter has been expanded to include detailed case studies from three Baldrige Award winners. an entirely new chapter, Mega-Tools: Quality Management Systems, puts the tools into two contexts: the historical evolution of quality improvement and the quality management systems within which the tools are used.

Factory Physics


Wallace J. Hopp - 1995
    It also examines operating policies and strategic objectives, and presents the concepts of manufacturing processes and controls within a physics or laws of nature analogy. Topics such as JIT, TQM, constraint theory, and other advances in the field are also covered.

Race Car Aerodynamics: Designing for Speed


Joseph Katz - 1995
    From F1 to Indy Car, Drag and Sedan racing, this book provides clear explanations for engineers who want to improve their design skills and enthusiasts who simply want to understand how their favorite race cars go fast. Explains how aerodynamics win races, why downforce is more important than streamlining and drag reduction, designing wings and venturis, plus wind tunnel designs and more.

8086 Microprocessor: Programming and Interfacing the PC


Kenneth Ayala - 1995
    It serves as a campanion text to Ayala's The 8051 Microcontroller: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, 2nd (1997). The text has a software programming emphasis and focuses on assembly language geared to IBM PCs. Digital logic design or basic binary fundamentals are prerequisites, but no prior study of computers or assembly language is necessary.

Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics (with CD-ROM)


Clive Maxfield - 1995
    Maxfield writes lucidly on a variety of complex topics without 'writing down' to his audience."--EDN"A highly readable, well-illustrated guided tour through basic electronics." -Science Books & Films"Extremely readable and easy to understand, you'll wonder how people learned about this stuff before this book came along." --New Book Bulletin, Computer Literacy Bookshops* The difference between the analog and digital worlds.* What logic gates are and how to make them from transistors.

Nonlinear Programming


Dimitri P. Bertsekas - 1995
    Among its special features, the book: 1) provides extensive coverage of iterative optimization methods within a unifying framework 2) provides a detailed treatment of interior point methods for linear programming 3) covers in depth duality theory from both a variational and a geometrical/convex analysis point of view 4) includes much new material on a number of topics, such as neural network training, discrete-time optimal control, and large-scale optimization 5) includes a large number of examples and exercises detailed solutions of many of which are posted on the internet Much supplementary/support material can be found at the book's web page

Solutions Manual, Engineering Mechanics: An Introduction To Dynamics


David J. McGill - 1995
    

Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems


Tom Denton - 1995
    It is also ideal for ASE, AUR and higher level qualifications.As electrical and electronic systems become increasingly more complex and fundamental to the workings of modern vehicles, understanding these systems is essential for automotive technicians. For students new to the subject, this book will help to develop this knowledge, but will also assist experienced mechanics in keeping up with recent technological advances. This new edition includes information on developments in hybrid car technology, GPS, multiplexing, and electronic stability/vehicle dynamics control. In full colour and covering the latest course specifications, this is the guide that no student enrolled on an automotive maintenance and repair course should be without.Designed to make learning easier, this book contains:Photographs, flow charts, quick reference tables, overview descriptions and step-by-step instructionsCase studies to help you put the principles covered into real-life contextUseful margin features throughout, including definitions, key facts and 'safety first' considerations

The Calculus 7 of a Single Variable


Louis Leithold - 1995
    An alternative text to Louis Leithold's The Calculus 7 (ISBN-0-673-46913-1) concentrating on single variables within the field of calculus.

Linear System Theory and Design


Chi-Tsong Chen - 1995
    A key feature of the revision is the incorporation of MATLAB throughout the text, with an emphasis on the ideas behind the computation and the interpretation of the results. The user-friendly approach to linear systems is intended to strike a balance between theory and applications. The text is aimed at undergraduate students of linear systems and multivariable system design.

Dynamic Programming And Optimal Control, Vol. 1


Dimitri P. Bertsekas - 1995
    The treatment focuses on basic unifying themes, and conceptual foundations. It illustrates the versatility, power, and generality of the method with many examples and applications from engineering, operations research, and other fields. It also addresses extensively the practical application of the methodology, possibly through the use of approximations, and provides an introduction to the far-reaching methodology of Neuro-Dynamic Programming. The first volume is oriented towards modeling, conceptualization, and finite-horizon problems, but also includes a substantive introduction to infinite horizon problems that is suitable for classroom use. The second volume is oriented towards mathematical analysis and computation, and treats infinite horizon problems extensively. The text contains many illustrations, worked-out examples, and exercises.

Artificial Life: An Overview


Christopher G. Langton - 1995
    This book brings together a series of overview articles that appeared in the first three issues of the groundbreaking journal Artificial Life, along with a new introduction by Christopher Langton, Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Life, founder of the discipline, and Director of the Artificial Life Program at the Santa Fe Institute.

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering


Leonard S. Bobrow - 1995
    The text is divided into four parts: circuits, electronics, digital systems, and electromagnetics. Although it delves in depth into each of these topics, the text represents more than your basic survey of the basics of electrical engineering. A solid understanding of the fundamental principles on which modern electrical engineering is based is also provided. This edition includes a chapter on circuit analysis software SPICE, with a detailed discussion of the PC version known as PSPICE (from MicroSim Corp.). Numerous drill exercises have been added to this new edition, reinforcing ideas presented in the examples. There are over 1,000 end-of-chapter problems. This text is suitable for a variety of electrical engineering courses. It can be used as a text for an introduction to electrical engineering for both majors and non-majors or both, or can be split and the various chapters utilized for an introduction to circuits course, a first electronics course, or for a course on digital electronics and logic design.

CMOS Analog Circuit Design


Phillip E. Allen - 1995
    From the forefront of CMOS technology, Phil and Doug have combined their expertise as engineers and academics to present a cutting-edge and effective overview of the principles and techniques for designing circuits. Their two main goals are:- to mix the academic and practical viewpoints in a treatment that is neither superficial nor overly detailed and - to teach analog integrated circuit design with a hierarchically organized approach.Most of the techniques and principles presented in the second edition have been taught over the last ten years to industry members. Their needs and questions have greatly shaped the revision process, making this new edition a valuable resource for practicing engineers.The trademark approach of Phil and Doug's textbook is its design recipes, which take readers step-by-step through the creation of real circuits, explaining complex design problems. The book provides detailed coverage of often-neglected areas and deliberately leaves out bipolar analog circuits, since CMOS is the dominant technology for analog integrated circuit design. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students with background knowledge in basic electronics including biasing, modeling, circuit analysis, and frequency response, CMOS Analog Circuit Design, Second Edition, presents a complete picture of design (including modeling, simulation, and testing) and enables readers to design an analog circuit that can be implemented by CMOS technology.Features - Orients the experience of the expert within the perspective of design methodology - Identifies common mistakes made by beginning designers - Provides problems with each chapter that reinforce and develop student understanding - Contains numerous problems that can be used as homework, quiz, or exam problems - Includes a new section on switched-capacitor circuits - Includes helpful appendices that provide simulation techniques and the following supplemental material: A brief review of circuit analysis for CMOS analog design A calculator program for analyzing CMOS circuits A summary of time-frequency domain relationships for second-order systems

Hardcore Visual Basic


Bruce McKinney - 1995
    Visual Basic wizard Bruce McKinney shows how to blast through the so-called limits of Visual Basic to reach the powerful object-oriented development tool that lurks within. The result is applications with better performance and more functionality. Hardcore Visual Basic provides developers with the coding techniques and finesse to take control of Windows - calling the Windows API, understanding C in Basic, and mastering messages and processes; program objects, Basic style - classes and objects, the form class, collecting objects, and creating new controls by delegating to classes; paint pictures - the Basic way of drawing, painting, and animating; create reusable code - modular packages for sorting, shuffling, searching, and parsing; reusable search, replace, about, and color select forms; classes for editing, animating, managing the keyboard, handling menus, and sharing memory between programs; write portable code - port old 16-bit programs to the 32-bit environment; write new programs that port easily; and push the limits of 32-bit code - break the barriers in Visual Basic to exploit Windows 95 to the fullest. If you want to push Visual Basic to the max, Hardcore Visual Basic is your guide - it's essential for any serious Visual Basic programmer's library.

The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design - Revised and Expanded Edition


Alan C. Tribble - 1995
    Here, Alan Tribble presents a singular, up-to-date account of a wide range of less conspicuous but no less consequential environmental effects that can damage or cause poor performance of orbiting spacecraft. Conveying a wealth of insight into the nature of the space environment and how spacecraft interact with it, he covers design modifications aimed at eliminating or reducing such environmental effects as solar absorptance increases caused by self-contamination, materials erosion by atomic oxygen, electrical discharges due to spacecraft charging, degradation of electrical circuits by radiation, and bombardment by micrometeorites. This book is unique in that it bridges the gap between studies of the space environment as performed by space physicists and spacecraft design engineering as practiced by aerospace engineers.

Structural and Stress Analysis


T.H.G. Megson - 1995
    The new edition of this popular textbook provides the student with a comprehensive introduction to all types of structural and stress analysis, starting from an explanation of the basic principles of statics, normal and shear force and bending moments and torsion. Building on the success of the first edition, new material on structural dynamics and finite element method has been included. Virtually no prior knowledge of structures is assumed and students requiring an accessible and comprehensive insight into stress analysis will find no better book available. * Provides a comprehensive overview of the subject providing an invaluable resource to undergraduate civil engineers and others new to the subject* Includes numerous worked examples and problems to aide in the learning process and develop knowledge and skills* Ideal for classroom and training course usage providing relevant pedagogy and solutions manual online

Fluid Mechanics


Robert A. Granger - 1995
    Solutions to selected problems. 760 illustrations. 1985 edition.

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Fluids


Gordon F.C. Rogers - 1995
    The fifth edition has been issued to incorporate two new tables - Data of Refrigerant 134a and a table containing for selected substances, molar enthalpies and molar Gibbs functions of formation, Equilibirum constants of formation, as well as molar heat capacities and absolute entropies.

Software Requirements and Specifications


Michael A. Jackson - 1995
    The book brings together some 75 short pieces about principles and techniques for requirements analysis, specification and design. The ideas discussed are deep, but at the same time lightly and wittily expressed. The book is fun to read, rewarding the reader with many valuble and novel insights. Some sacred cows, including top-down development, dataflow diagrams and the distinction between What and How, are led to the slaughter. Readers will be provoked--perhaps to fury, perhaps to enthusiasm, but surely to think more deeply about topics and issues of central importance in the field of software development. There are new ideas about problem structuring, based on the concept of a problem frame, leading to a clearer notion of complexity and how to deal with it. And other important topics include: Principles for evaluating development methods New approaches to capturing and describing requirements and specifications, based on the relationship between the software system and the problem context The technology of desciption in software, including new ideas such as designations, the separation of descriptive moods and the scope and span of description Incisive information about the proper role of mathematics and formalism. "

The Stone Skeleton: Structural Engineering of Masonry Architecture


Jacques Heyman - 1995
    With a firm scientific basis, but without the use of complex mathematics, the author provides a thorough and intuitive understanding of masonry structures. The basis of masonry analysis is introduced in the first two chapters, after which individual structures -- including piers, pinnacles, towers, vaults and domes -- are considered in more detail.This lucid and informative text will be of particular interest to structural engineers, practising architects and others involved in the renovation and care of old stone buildings.

Nonlinear Control Systems (Communications And Control Engineering Series)


Alberto Isidori - 1995
    The book is intended as a graduate text as weil as a reference to scientists and engineers involved in the analysis and design of feedback systems. The first version of this book was written in 1983, while I was teach ing at the Department of Systems Science and Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. This new edition integrates my subsequent teaching experience gained at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1987, at the Carl-Cranz Gesellschaft in Oberpfaffenhofen in 1987, at the University of California in Berkeley in 1988. In addition to a major rearrangement of the last two Chapters of the first version, this new edition incorporates two additional Chapters at a more elementary level and an exposition of some relevant research findings which have occurred since 1985."

Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, Asce 7-05


American Society of Civil Engineers - 1995
    a complete revision of ASCE Standard 7-05 ... ASCE Standard 7-10 provides requirements for general structural design and includes means for determining dead, live, soil, flood, wind, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, and earthquake loads, and their combinations that are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents"--P. [4] of cover.

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering


Steven L. Kramer - 1995
    The book draws from the fields of seismology and structural engineering to present a broad, interdiciplinary view of the fundamental concepts in seismology, geotechnical engineering, and structural engineering.

The Book of the Crossbow: With an Additional Section on Catapults and Other Siege Engines


Ralph Payne-Gallwey - 1995
    This fascinating illustrated study traces its use in both medieval and modern times as a military and sporting weapon. It also covers related weapons, including balistas, catapults, and the Turkish bow. Over 240 illustrations.

Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers: Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment


Robert F. Sumrall - 1995
    Navy's Sumner-Gearing-class destroyers served as a standard for post-World War II destroyer design and development. This handsomely illustrated work traces the origins of the US Navy's Sumner-Gearing class destroyers through half a century of changing naval technology, showing the great advances made in ordnance, fire control and steam engineering. The destroyers served as a standard for post-World War II destroyer design and development. This classic work on WWII destroyers is now available again after being long out of print.

Weapon of Denial: Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea


Gary Null - 1995
    Douglas MacArthur, commander of Pacific forces in World War II, viewed the Battle of the Bismarck Sea as a disaster for the Japanese and a triumph for the Allies. In that great air-sea confrontation, U.S. and Australian air forces proved that air power could be decisive in preventing the resupply of ground troops by sea. Months of torturous warfare in the jungles of New Guinea had left Japanese troops vulnerable to disease and starvation. In the end, Allied airmen were able to break Japan’s grip on New Guinea and end its threat to Australia through the innovative and aggressive use of air power. MacArthur’s strength lay in a dedicated and courageous band of airmen who could attack enemy ships from all directions at any time.

CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits Analysis & Design


Sung-Mo Kang - 1995
    Appropriate for electrical engineering and computer science, this book starts with CMOS processing, and then covers MOS transistor models, basic CMOS gates, interconnect effects, dynamic circuits, memory circuits, BiCMOS circuits, I/O circuits, VLSI design methodologies, low-power design techniques, design for manufacturability and design for testability. This book provides rigorous treatment of basic design concepts with detailed examples. It typically addresses both the computer-aided analysis issues and the design issues for most of the circuit examples. Numerous SPICE simulation results are also provided for illustration of basic concepts. Through rigorous analysis of CMOS circuits in this text, students will be able to learn the fundamentals of CMOS VLSI design, which is the driving force behind the development of advanced computer hardware.

Science for Engineering


John O. Bird - 1995
    The book includes 575 worked examples, 1200 problems, 440 multiple choice questions (answers provided), and the maths that students will require is also provided in a separate section within the book.The new edition of Science for Engineering presents the fundamentals of the subject, and has also been brought fully in line with the compulsory Science and Mathematics units in the new specifications for BTEC National and BTEC First courses. It also offers full coverage of the compulsory units of AVCE and Intermediate GNVQ (Science and Mathematics).Throughout the book assessment papers are provided that are ideal for use as tests or homework. These are the only problems where answers are not provided in the book. Full worked solutions are available to lecturers only as a free download from the Newnes website: www.newnespress.com

Randomized Algorithms


Rajeev Motwani - 1995
    This book introduces the basic concepts in the design and analysis of randomized algorithms. The first part of the text presents basic tools such as probability theory and probabilistic analysis that are frequently used in algorithmic applications. Algorithmic examples are also given to illustrate the use of each tool in a concrete setting. In the second part of the book, each chapter focuses on an important area to which randomized algorithms can be applied, providing a comprehensive and representative selection of the algorithms that might be used in each of these areas. Although written primarily as a text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this book should also prove invaluable as a reference for professionals and researchers.

Engineering Your Future: The Professional Practice of Engineering


Stuart G. Walesh - 1995
    Young engineers must also develop nontechnical or "soft-side" competencies like communication, marketing, ethics, business accounting, and law and management in order to fully realize their potential in the workplace.This updated edition of Engineering Your Future is the go-to resource on the nontechnical aspects of professional practice for engineering students and young technical professionals alike. The content is explicitly linked to current efforts in the reform of engineering education including ABET's Engineering Criteria 2000, ASCE's Body of Knowledge, and those being undertaken by AAEE, AIChE and ASME. The book treats essential nontechnical topics you'll encounter in your career, like self-management, interpersonal relationships, teamwork, project and total quality management, design, construction, manufacturing, engineering economics, organizational structures, business accounting, and much more. Features new to this revised edition include:A stronger emphasis on management and leadershipA focus on personal growth and developing relationshipsExpanded treatment of project managementCoverage of how to develop a quality culture and ways to encourage creative and innovative thinkingA discussion of how the results of design, the root of engineering, come to fruition in constructing and manufacturing, the fruit of engineeringNew information on accounting principles that can be used in your career-long financial planningAn in-depth treatment of how engineering students and young practitioners can and should anticipate, participate in, and ultimately effect changeIf you're a student or young practitioner starting your engineering career, Engineering Your Future is essential reading.

Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics/Book and Windows Disk Edition


Claude Garrod - 1995
    It presents the subject in a remarkably fresh, clear, and understandable manner, and is based on the most up-to-date research in the field. This sets the text apart from other books serving the same course market, as does its unique approach, which treats thermodynamics as an application of probability theory. Problems are included at the end of each chapter, and supplementary sections include review questions, exercises and solutions. The scope and variety of these problems also contribute to the work's value. Intended for use in upper undergraduate physics courses, the text is also suitable for electrical engineering and chemistry students. The material is presented at a high level, yet the mathematical foundations are compatible with students' understanding. An accompanying diskette--IBM PC version--provides helpful experience with computer approaches to the material.

Modern Well Test Analysis: A Computer-Aided Approach


Roland N. Horne - 1995
    This book takes the form of a tutorial emphasizing these aspects of well test interpretation in this new computerized environment. During the book, emphasis is on problem solving, using computerized tools. A companion CD-ROM contains full listings of the data used in many of the examples, as well as a hypertext searchable version of the entire book (in the form of a Windows™ Multimedia Viewer title). A well test interpretation software program on the CD-ROM allows you to work with the example data yourself to learn more about how well test interpretation is achieved in practice.

The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design


Jim Williams - 1995
    By presenting divergent methods and views of people who have achieved some measure of success in their field, the book encourages readers to develop their own approach to design. In addition, the essays and anecdotes give some constructive guidance in areas not usually covered in engineering courses, such as marketing and career development.

Building Technology


Ivor H. Seeley - 1995
    Includes environmentally-friendly buildings & radon; free-standing & cavity walls; sound insulation; windows & doors; GRP interceptors, and waste management.

Fortran 90/95 For Scientists And Engineers


Stephen J. Chapman - 1995
    It provides explanations: of Fortran syntax and programming procedures, and about how to understand code written for older versions of Fortran.

Handbook of Mathematical Formulas and Integrals


Alan Jeffrey - 1995
    It covers important formulas, relations, and methods from algebra, triginometric and exponential functions, combinatorics, probability, matrix theory, calculus and vector calculus, both ordinary and partial differential equations, Fourier series, orthogonal polynomials, and Laplace transforms. Many of the entries are based upon the updated fifth edition of Gradshteyn and Ryzhik's Table of Integrals, Series, and Products, though results are also taken from various other reference works.

Turbulence: The Legacy of A. N. Kolmogorov


Uriel Frisch - 1995
    Kolmogorov's first attempt to predict the properties of flow, this textbook presents a modern account of turbulence, one of the greatest challenges in physics. "Fully developed turbulence" is ubiquitous in both cosmic and natural environments, in engineering applications and in everyday life. Elementary presentations of dynamical systems ideas, probabilistic methods (including the theory of large deviations) and fractal geometry make this a self-contained textbook. This is the first book on turbulence to use modern ideas from chaos and symmetry breaking. The book will appeal to first-year graduate students in mathematics, physics, astrophysics, geosciences and engineering, as well as professional scientists and engineers.

Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments


Martyn J. Fogg - 1995
    It includes geo-engineering - options for the artificial maintenance of our own world as a habitable and civilized planet, but more prominently terraforming - the creation of global biospheres on such planets as Mars and Venus. .

The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines


Bill Gunston - 1995
    The author also covers the pressure-jet tip-mounted combustion chambers for helicopters. Using language which will be easily accessible to non-engineers, the author explains the differences between gas-turbine, jet, rocket, ramjet and helicopter turboshaft aero engines. He traces their histories from the early days through to today's complex and powerful units, as used in the latest wide-bodied airliners and high performance military jets.

Map Projections: A Reference Manual


Lev M. Bugayevskiy - 1995
    The central focus of this book is on the theory of map projections. Mathematical cartography also takes in map scales and their variation, the division of maps into sets of sheets and nomenclature, and addresses the problems of making measurements and conducting investigations which make use of geodetic measurements and the development of graphical methods for solving problems of spherical trigonometry, marine- and aeronavigation, astronomy and even crystallography.

Recrystallization and Related Annealing Phenomena


F.J. Humphreys - 1995
    The subjects treated in the book are all active research areas, forming a major part of at least four regular international conference series. This new 2nd edition ensures the reader has access to the latest findings, essential to those working at the forefront of research in universities and laboratories. For those in industry, the book highlights applications of the research and technologically important examples.In particular, the second edition builds on the significant progress made recently in the following key areas:Deformed state, including deformation to very large strains Characterisation of microstructures by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) Modelling and simulation of annealing Continuous recrystallization

Differential Equations (Cliffs Quick Review)


Steven A. Leduc - 1995
    Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions.Whether you need a course supplement, help preparing for an exam, or a concise reference for the subject, CliffsQuickReview Differential Equations can help. This guide covers first-order and second-order equations, power series, and more. In no time, you'll be tackling topics such as Linear and homogeneous equations Integrating factors The Laplace transform operator Simple harmonic motion Orthogonal trajectories CliffsQuickReview Differential Equations acts as a supplement to your other learning materials. Use this reference in any way that fits your personal style for study and review — you decide what works best with your needs. You can flip through the book until you find what you're looking for — it's organized to gradually build on key concepts. You can also get a feel for the scope of the book by checking out the Contents pages that give you a chapter-by-chapter list of topics. Tabs at the top of each page that tell you what topic is being covered. Heading and subheading structure that breaks sections into clearly identifiable bites of information. Keywords in boldface type throughout the text. Wealth of formulas and figures designed to provide visual references. With titles available for all the most popular high school and college courses, CliffsQuickReview guides are comprehensive resources that can help you get the best possible grades.

Threads Primer: A Guide to Multithreaded Programming


Bil Lewis - 1995
    It covers the business and technical benefits of threaded programs, along with discussions of third party software that is threaded, pointing out the benefits. It also describes the design of the Solaris MT API, with references to distinctions in POSIX, contains a set of example programs which illustrate the usage of the Solaris and POSIX APIs, and explains the use of programming tools: Thread Analyzer, LockLint, LoopTool and Debugger.

Structural Dynamics (Prentice-Hall International Series in Civil Engineering and Engineering M)


Anil K. Chopra - 1995
    Covers the inelastic design spectrum to structural design; energy dissipation devices; Eurocode; theory of dynamic response of structures; structural dynamics theory; and more. Ideal for readers interested in Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering.

Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems


Mikell P. Grover - 1995
    Topics include such modern processes as rapid prototyping, microfabrication, high speed machining and nanofabrication. Additional features include: Emphasis on how material properties relate to the process variables in a given process. Emphasis on manufacturing science and quantitative engineering analysis of manufacturing processes. More than 500 quantitative problems are included as end of chapter exercises. Multiple choice quizzes in all but one chapter (approximately 500 questions). Coverage of electronics manufacturing, one of the most commercially important areas in today's technology oriented economy. Historical notes are included to introduce manufacturing from the earliest materials and processes, like woodworking, to the most recent.

Nature Got There First: Inventions Inspired By Nature


Phil Gates - 1995
    Nature Got There First reveals how nature has always been the prototype for man-made technology.Inside this book find out why*the rattlesnake's rattle inspired the burglar alarm*the limpet is the originator of the suction cup*the dandelion is a natural parachute