Best of
Engineering

1997

Against the Odds: An Autobiography


James Dyson - 1997
    This inspirational autobiography tells the remarkable story behind James Dyson and his most successful invention to date: the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner. With little or no support, Dyson endured years of personal struggle and financial crisis before his unswerving optimism and self-belief won him spectacular success. This is a story of personal and business triumph over the established multinational companies that tried to halt his progress.

Student Solutions Manual for Elementary Differential Equations


Earl D. Rainville - 1997
    

The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing


Steven W. Smith - 1997
    Written for scientists and engineers needing the power of DSP, but not the abstract theory and detailed mathematics.

The Complete Rigger's Apprentice: Tools and Techniques for Modern and Traditional Rigging


Brion Toss - 1997
    It's much more than a knot book, though the knots a sailor needs are all here. It's a book for sailors who want the satisfaction and hard-cash savings of stepping their own masts, inspecting and maintaining their own rigs, and turning their own tailsplices and wire eyesplices. It is for boatowners who want to replace an entire gang of rigging themselves--measuring, choosing appropriate wire, turning soft eyes, leathering, and serving. It is for bluewater voyagers who want to feel secure in the knowledge that, should a shroud carry away far at sea, they will be able to repair it.The Complete Rigger's Apprentice is also a free-roaming collection of useful ideas and tips on everything from supplementing winches with block and tackle, to rigging snubbers at anchor, to using pantyhose for an emergency fanbelt. In short, it's the definitive book on the art of rigging, written by its most entertaining practitioner.

Fundamentals of Power Electronics


Robert W. Erickson - 1997
    This new edition retains the original objective and philosophy of focusing on the fundamental principles, models, and technical requirements needed for designing practical power electronic systems while adding a wealth of new material. Improved features of this new edition include: A new chapter on input filters, showing how to design single and multiple section filters; Major revisions of material on averaged switch modeling, low-harmonic rectifiers, and the chapter on AC modeling of the discontinuous conduction mode; New material on soft switching, active-clamp snubbers, zero-voltage transition full-bridge converter, and auxiliary resonant commutated pole. Also, new sections on design of multiple-winding magnetic and resonant inverter design; Additional appendices on Computer Simulation of Converters using averaged switch modeling, and Middlebrook's Extra Element Theorem, including four tutorial examples; and Expanded treatment of current programmed control with complete results for basic converters, and much more. This edition includes many new examples, illustrations, and exercises to guide students and professionals through the intricacies of power electronics design. Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Second Edition, is intended for use in introductory power electronics courses and related fields for both senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students interested in converter circuits and electronics, control systems, and magnetic and power systems. It will also be an invaluable reference for professionals working in power electronics, power conversion, and analog and digital electronics.

Essential Com


Don Box - 1997
    Offering essential information for the Windows developer, this text shows how the underlying architecture operates and how to use them to create efficient and robust programs that execute more rapidly and are more stable. All the code developed in the book, tested and proven in the Guerilla COM training course, is included on the enclosed CD-ROM.

Principles of Electronic Communication Systems


Louis E. Frenzel - 1997
    Requiring only basic algebra and trigonometry, the new edition is notable for its readability, learning features and numerous full-color photos and illustrations. A systems approach is used to cover state-of-the-art communications technologies, to best reflect current industry practice. This edition contains greatly expanded and updated material on the Internet, cell phones, and wireless technologies. Practical skills like testing and troubleshooting are integrated throughout. A brand-new Laboratory & Activities Manual provides both hands-on experiments and a variety of other activities, reflecting the variety of skills now needed by technicians. A new Online Learning Center web site is available, with a wealth of learning resources for students. An Instructor Productivity Center CD-ROM features solutions to all problems, PowerPoint lessons, and ExamView test banks for each chapter.

Foundations of Aerodynamics: Bases of Aerodynamic Design


Arnold M. Kuethe - 1997
    Numerical techniques are described for computing invicid incompressible flow about airfoils and finite wings. Plus, the design of devices and aircraft components that were constructed from theoretical considerations are shown so readers can see the realistic applications of mathematical analyses.

CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation


R. Jacob Baker - 1997
    Design concepts are presented as they are needed for 'just-in-time' learning. Simulating and designing circuits using SPICE is emphasized with literally hundreds of examples. Very few textbooks contain as much detail as this one. Highly recommended!" —Paul M. Furth, New Mexico State University "This book builds a solid knowledge of CMOS circuit design from the ground up. With coverage of process integration, layout, analog and digital models, noise mechanisms, memory circuits, references, amplifiers, PLLs/DLLs, dynamic circuits, and data converters, the text is an excellent reference for both experienced and novice designers alike." —Tyler J. Gomm, Design Engineer, Micron Technology, Inc. "The Second Edition builds upon the success of the first with new chapters that cover additional material such as oversampled converters and non-volatile memories. This is becoming the de facto standard textbook to have on every analog and mixed-signal designer's bookshelf." —Joe Walsh, Design Engineer, AMI Semiconductor CMOS circuits from design to implementation CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Revised Second Edition covers the practical design of both analog and digital integrated circuits, offering a vital, contemporary view of a wide range of analog/digital circuit blocks, the BSIM model, data converter architectures, and much more. This edition takes a two-path approach to the topics: design techniques are developed for both long- and short-channel CMOS technologies and then compared. The results are multidimensional explanations that allow readers to gain deep insight into the design process. Features include: Updated materials to reflect CMOS technology's movement into nanometer sizes Discussions on phase- and delay-locked loops, mixed-signal circuits, data converters, and circuit noise More than 1,000 figures, 200 examples, and over 500 end-of-chapter problems In-depth coverage of both analog and digital circuit-level design techniques Real-world process parameters and design rules The book's Web site, CMOSedu.com, provides: solutions to the book's problems; additional homework problems without solutions; SPICE simulation examples using HSPICE, LTspice, and WinSpice; layout tools and examples for actually fabricating a chip; and videos to aid learning

Engineering Fundamentals of the Internal Combustion Engine


Willard W. Pulkrabek - 1997
    KEY TOPICS It covers both spark ignition and compression ignition engines--as well as those operating on four-stroke cycles and on two stroke cycles--ranging in size from small model airplane engines to the larger stationary engines. MARKET: For use as a reference guide in the field of engines, and a basic understanding of the operating of internal combustion engines.

Electrical Engineering: Solutions Manual


Allan R. Hambley - 1997
    

Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine Rocket Propulsion [With *]


Gordon C. Oates - 1997
    It now includes a comprehensive set of software programs that complement the text with problems and design analyses. Software topics included are atmosphere programs, quasi-one-dimensional flow programs (ideal constant-area heat interaction, adiabatic constant-area flow with friction, rocket nozzle performance, normal shock waves, oblique shock waves), gas turbine programs (engine cycle analysis and engine off-design performance), and rocket combustion programs (Tc and PC given, He and PC given, isentropic expansion).

Modern Engine Tuning


A. Graham Bell - 1997
    It outlines simple and inexpensive tuning modifications for road and occasional club competition engines, with an emphasis on economy and useable street power. This text also describes how modern engines can be modified for performance with cam, exhaust and carburation changes - and still pass emission inspections, and it explains how electronic controls and emission controls work.

The Talking Brain: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Human Brain


T. Deacon - 1997
    He argues that the brain and language developed in concert, explains how the process occurred, and draws out the compelling implications of this new view of human origins. Photos & drawings.

Fundamentals Of Electrical Engineering And Electronics


B.L. Theraja - 1997
    

Signals & Systems: Solutions Manual


Alan V. Oppenheim - 1997
    

Pneumatic & Hydraulic Systems


W. Bolton - 1997
    Students studying PLCs, for instance, may not have the background in pneumatics needed to put their knowledge to work in practical applications. This book has been written to cover these courses, and in particular the Advanced GNVQ unit in Hydraulics and Pneumatics. It is also suitable for first year degree modules, and will provide a useful grounding in the subject for any engineer requiring an understanding of pneumatic and hydraulic control systems.

Elements of Power Electronics


Philip T. Krein - 1997
    The field is growing rapidly because electrical devices need electronic circuits to process their energy. Elements of Power Electronics, the first undergraduate book to discuss this subject in a conceptual framework, provides comprehensive coverage of power electronics at a level suitable for undergraduate student engineers, students in advanced degree programs, and novices in the field. It aims to establish a fundamental engineering basis for power electronics analysis, design, and implementation, offering broad and in-depth coverage of basic material. The text's unifying framework includes the physical implications of circuit laws, switching circuit analysis, and the basis for converter operation and control. Dc-dc, ac-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac conversion tasks are examined and principles of resonant converters and discontinuous converters are discussed. Models for real devices and components are developed in depth, including models for real capacitors, inductors, wire connections, and power semiconductors. Magnetic device design is introduced, and thermal management and drivers for power semiconductors are addressed. Control system aspects of converters are discussed, and both small-signal and geometric controls are explored. Many examples show ways to use modern computer tools such as Mathcad, Matlab, and Mathematica to aid in the analysis and design of conversion circuits. Featuring a fundamental approach to power electronics coupled with extensive discussion of design and implementation issues, Elements of Power Electronics serves as an ideal text for courses in power electronics and as a helpful guide for engineers new to the field. Special features of the text include: . More than 160 examples, particularly design examples, and 350 chapter problems that support the presented concepts. . An extensive World Wide Web site (http: //power.ece.uiuc.edu/krein_text) which includes additional problems, laboratory materials, selected solutions for students, computer-based examples, analysis tools for Mathcad, Matlab, and Mathematica, and author contact. . A solutions manual which will be made available to registered faculty via both the World Wide Web site (http: //power.ece.uiuc.edu/krein_text)and an ftp site (ftp: //power.ece.uiuc.edu/krein_text)."

Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers: Design and Analysis of Aerospace Vehicle Structures


Jean-Claude Flabel - 1997
    Will take 25-35 days

Project Management Memory Jogger


Paula K. Martin - 1997
    It provides every member of your organization with an easy-to-use roadmap for managing all types of projects. Whether your team is planning the construction of a new facility or implementing a customer feedback system, this pocket guide helps you avoid typical problems and pitfalls and create successful project outcomes every time. It is packed with useful information on everything from project concept to completion. The method described in the Project Management Memory Jogger? is consistent with industry standard approaches such as PMBOK, with an emphasis on participation, empowerment, individual accountability, and bottom line project results. It utilizes tools and concepts from continuous process improvement and applies those to making project management something that is accessible to all teams working on projects.

Mod Graphics Comm& Solid Modlg W/I-Deas Pkg


Frederick E. Giesecke - 1997
    The eighth edition features reorganized, consolidated coverage of Solid Modeling, new drawing problems, and fully proofed drawings. Other chapter topics include design and graphic communication, introduction to cad and solid modeling, freehand sketching and lettering techniques, geometric construction and modeling basics, multi-view sketching and projection, pictorial sketching, sectional views, dimensioning, and tolerancing, For individuals interested in the fields of technical drawing and engineering graphics.

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics


Gavriel Salvendy - 1997
     Winner of the Institute of Industrial Engineers Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award, this thoroughly revised Third Edition of Gavriel Salvendy's seminal work compiles the research of 109 of the world's top thinkers and practitioners in one volume. All new chapters feature theoretically based and practically oriented material-supported by numerous case studies, examples, figures, and tables-to be useful to both practitioners and researchers. A value-packed read for all human factors and ergonomics specialists, engineers, industrial hygienists, safety engineers, and human-computer interaction (HCI) specialists, this Third Edition covers such new topics as: * Cultural ergonomics * Virtual environments * Human factors and information security * Usability evaluation and testing * Design of e-business Web sites * Augmented cognition in HCI * Design for those with disabilities * Design for children * Human factors and ergonomics standards * Human factors and ergonomics in transportation * And much more!

Calendrical Calculations


Nachum Dershowitz - 1997
    The authors frame the calendars of the world in a completely algorithmic form, allowing easy conversion among these calendars and the determination of secular and religious holidays. LISP code for all the algorithms are available on the Web.

Essentials of Robust Control


Kemin Zhou - 1997
    (PH, 1995), this book offers a streamlined approach to robust control that reflects the most recent topics and developments in the field. It features coverage of state-of-the-art topics, including gap metric, v-gap metric, model validation, and real mu.

A Professionala (TM)S Guide to Pyrotechnics: Understanding and Making Exploding Fireworks


John Donner - 1997
    For academic study only.

One Jump Ahead: Computer Perfection at Checkers


Jonathan Schaeffer - 1997
    I'm delighted to have the oppor- nity to update and expand the book. The ?rst edition ended on a sad note and that was re?ected in the writing. It is now eleven years later and the project has come to a satisfying conclusion. Since its inception, the checkers project has consumed eighteen years of my life-- twenty if you count the pre-CHINOOK and post-solving work. It's hard for me to believe that I actually stuck with it for that long. My wife, Steph, would probably have something witty to say about my obsessive behavior. Rereading the book after a decade was dif?cult for me. When I originally wrote One Jump Ahead, I vowed to be candid in my telling of the story. That meant being honest about what went right and what went wrong. I have been criticized for being hard on some of the characters. That may be so, but I hope everyone will agree that the person receiving the most criticism was, justi?ably, me. I tried to be balanced in the storytelling, re?ecting things as they really happened and not as some sanitized everyone-lived-happily-ever-after tale.

Building Technology: Mechanical and Electrical Systems


Ben Stein - 1997
    Includes the most recently released building codes and clear and precise illustrations.

Computer Architecture: Concepts and Evolution


Gerrit A. Blaauw - 1997
    Blaauw and Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. provide a definitive guide and reference for practicing computer architects and for students. The book complements Brooks recently updated classic, The Mythical Man-Month, focusing here on the design of hardware and there on software, here on the content of computer architecture and there on the process of architecture design. The books focus on architecture issues complements Blaauws early work on implementation techniques. Having experienced most of the computer age, the authors draw heavily on their first-hand knowledge, emphasizing timeless insights and observations. Blaauw and Brooks first develop a conceptual framework for understanding computer architecture. They then describe not only what present architectural practice is, but how it came to be so. A major theme is the early divergence and the later reconvergence of computer architectures. They examine both innovations that survived and became part of the standard computer, and the many ideas that were explored in real machines but did not survive. In describing the discards, they also address why these ideas did not make it. The authors goals ar

Renewable Energy: Physics, Engineering, Environmental Impacts, Economics and Planning


Bent Sørensen - 1997
    Crafted over the last 15 years into a problem-solving tool for engineers, researchers, consultants and planners currently working in the field, as well as a detailed map of the renewables universe for those looking to expand into new technological specialties, Renewable Energy by Sorensen offers the most comprehensive coverage of the subject available.The book has been structured around three parts in order to assist readers in focusing on the issues that impact them the most for a given project or question. PART I covers the basic scientific principles behind all major renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind and biomass. PART II provides in-depth information about how these raw renewable sources can actually be converted into useful forms, transmitted into the grid and stored for future utilization. Finally, PART III undertakes the aspects of energy planning, environmental impacts and socio-economic issues on regional and global levels.In this fourth edition update, new material includes expanded coverage of biofuels, solar conversion, biomass and fuel cells, storage and transmission, and a new chapter on integrated technologies to introduce the hybrid systems now being explored. New surveys and the most recent research findings are included throughout.

Non-Linear Elastic Deformations


R.W. Ogden - 1997
    It covers the application of the theory to the solution of boundary-value problems, as well as the analysis of the mechanical properties of solid materials capable of large elastic deformations. Setting is purely isothermal. Problems. References. Appendixes.

Architect's Pocket Book


Charlotte Baden-Powell - 1997
    It features data about planning, structure, services, building elements, materials and addresses, and can be used both at the drawing board and on site. The selection of the material by the author is based on many years of practice in both public and private offices. This edition contains 36 pages of new information on issues from cycle parking spaces to types of paint.

Compressible Fluid Flow


Patrick H. Oosthuizen - 1997
    It includes coverage of fundamentals, a range of applications and hypersonic flow and aerodynamic heating. An interactive PC program is available free to users over the Internet, and enables calculations of compressible flow properties related to the text.

The Art of Control Engineering


Ken Dutton - 1997
    The material then progresses to such advanced topics as optimal control, robustness, Kalman filtering, multivariable systems and nonlinear systems. Major topics, such as system stability, are revisted throughout the text, giving a steady progression of increasing depth.

Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective


John J. Bertin - 1997
    This textbook provides the resources that students need to understand the methods and thought processes involved in designing aircraft. Students learn through the use of specific analytical principles, practical examples, case studies, and corresponding problems. For professors, this textbook comes complete with end-of-chapter homework problems that provide a summary of the concepts and features contained in the chapters. The problems provide students with an excellent opportunity to analyze and synthesize industry examples, ensuring that they understand the key concepts and their applications.

Traffic Engineering


Roger P. Roess - 1997
    KEY TOPICS It discusses all modern topics in traffic engineering, including design, construction, operation, maintenance, and system. For anyone involved in traffic studies, engineering, analysis, and control and operations.

Fundamentals of Tool Design


John G. Nee - 1997
    Features are expanded explanations of such state-of-the-art CAD-based design technologies as 3D solid modeling and rapid prototyping. You'll see examples of quick change tooling and workholding designs. This book also details advances in automated tool handling, bar coding for electronic tool identification, laser setting of tool lengths, AGV's in tool control, and tool designs for NC. You'll get tooling ideas from examples of modular tooling systems, mounted modular tooling, tooling blocks, and tooling cubes.

Mechanics of Materials 2: The Mechanics of Elastic and Plastic Deformation of Solids and Structural Materials


E.J. Hearn - 1997
    The way in which they react to applied forces, the deflections resulting and the stresses and strains set up in the bodies concerned are all vital considerations when designing a mechanical component such that it will not fail under predicted load during its service lifetime.Building upon the fundamentals established in the introductory volume Mechanics of Materials 1, this book extends the scope of material covered into more complex areas such as unsymmetrical bending, loading and deflection of struts, rings, discs, cylinders plates, diaphragms and thin walled sections. There is a new treatment of the Finite Element Method of analysis, and more advanced topics such as contact and residual stresses, stress concentrations, fatigue, creep and fracture are also covered. Each chapter contains a summary of the essential formulae which are developed in the chapter, and a large number of worked examples which progress in level of difficulty as the principles are enlarged upon. In addition, each chapter concludes with an extensive selection of problems for solution by the student, mostly examination questions from professional and academic bodies, which are graded according to difficulty and furnished with answers at the end.

Mechanics of Materials Volume 1: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Elastic and Plastic Deformation of Solids and Structural Materials


E.J. Hearn - 1997
    The way in which they react to applied forces, the deflections resulting and the stresses and strains set up in the bodies concerned are all vital considerations when designing a mechanical component such that it will not fail under predicted load during its service lifetime.All the essential elements of a treatment of these topics are contained within this course of study, starting with an introduction to the concepts of stress and strain, shear force and bending moments and moving on to the examination of bending, shear and torsion in elements such as beams, cylinders, shells and springs. A simple treatment of complex stress and complex strain leads to a study of the theories of elastic failure and an introduction to the experimental methods of stress and strain analysis.More advanced topics are dealt with in a companion volume - Mechanics of Materials 2. Each chapter contains a summary of the essential formulae which are developed in the chapter, and a large number of worked examples which progress in level of difficulty as the principles are enlarged upon. In addition, each chapter concludes with an extensive selection of problems for solution by the student, mostly examination questions from professional and academic bodies, which are graded according to difficulty and furnished with answers at the end.

Topological Spaces: Including a Treatment of Multi-Valued Functions, Vector Spaces and Convexity


Claude Berge - 1997
    Topics include families of sets, topological spaces, mappings of one set into another, ordered sets, more. Examples included from different domains. 1963 edition.

Modeling Dynamic Economic Systems (Modeling Dynamic Systems)


Matthias Ruth - 1997
    Sections cover methods for dynamic modeling in economics, microeconomic models of firms, modeling optimal use of both nonrenewable and renewable resources, and chaos in economic models. This book does not require a substantial background in mathematics or computer science. STELLA II and MADONNA run-tim software and computer files of sample models accompany the book on a CD-ROM. The software is compatible with both Macintosh- and Windows-based systems.

Design in Nature


Claus Mattheck - 1997
    No engineer in the world has, as yet, been able to copy this structural member, which is excellently optimized in its external shape and its internal architecture as regards minimum weight and maximum strength. The tree stem on which you recently carved your initials has also, by life-long care for its body, steadily improved its internal and external structure and adapted optimally to new loads. In the course of its biomechanical self-optimization it will heal up the notch you cut as speedily as possible, in order to repair even the smallest weak point, which might otherwise cost it its life in the next storm. This book is dedicated to the understanding of this biomechanical optimization of shape. It is the synthesis of many years of extensive research using the latest computer methods at the Karlsruhe Research Centre to help understand the mechanism of biological self-optimization (adaptive growth) and to simulate it by computer. The method newly developed for this purpose was called CAO (Computer-Aided Optimization). With this method, it is possible to predict the growth of trees, bones and other biological structures from the tiger's claw to the sea urchin's skeleton.

Computer-Based Exercises for Signal Processing Using MATLAB Ver.5


James H. McClellen - 1997
    *Projects relate to practical systems and implementations so the reader can learn and understand how DSP is applied. *Includes projects and exercises, which make full use of the power of MATLAB v5 to explore conceptual, analytical, and computational issues in digital signal processing. *Many projects provide hints to introduce pitfalls, limitations and tricks for getting the most out of MATLAB v5. *Discusses both the power and limitations of MATLAB v5 functions and regularly explores the issue of using built-in functions versus developing code to solve problems. *Exercises consistently reinforce important problem solving behaviors, such as verifying results, experimenting with parameters as a means of building understanding and intuition, exploring the realism of formulations, comparing theoretical and numerical or measured results, and developing predictions and then comparing them to actual results.

Barcelona: A City and Its Architecture


Josep Maria Montaner - 1997
    An illustrated outline of what Barcelona has to offer in terms of architecture, interior decoration and design, from the Gothic period to the present day.

The Dobsonian Telescope: A Practical Manual for Building Large Aperture Telescopes


David Kriege - 1997
    Every step of construction is detailedin photographs and diagrams, and the underlying ideas are carefully explained. As a result of this three-year collaboration between authors David Kriege and Richard Berry, experienced and well-known telescope makers, you now have the opportunity to build a high-performance telescope from 14 inches to 40 inches aperture based on the thoroughly tested designs described in this book. The Dobsonian telescope takes its name from the astronomer/philosopher John Dobson, who introduced the concept of inexpensive, large-aperture telescopes to astronomy. Amateur astronomers at the time were so amazed that a telescope builtfrom simple, inexpensive materials performed so well that they could hardly believe their eyes. As home-built Dobsonians started showing up at star parties across the nation and people saw what Dobsonians could do, the word spread. In just a few years, the Dobsonian revolution swept the world. Since those early telescopes, Dobsonians have improved dramatically. An entire generation of amateur telescope makers contributed their best insights and refinements to Dobson's original design. Today's Dobsonians are larger, lighter,and more precise than ever before. For example, it is possible to build a telescope of 20 inches aperture that is compact enough to transp