Electrical Safety Handbook

6 02 2012

 

 

 

Electrical Safety HandbookElectrical Safety Handbook

Authors: John Cadick, Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Dennis Neitzel, Al Winfield
ISBN: 9780071745130 / 0071745130
©2012 | 4th Edition |  704 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: APR-12
Price: US$ 79.95
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An essential, fully updated on-the-job safety resource covering every major electrical standard—NEC, NESC, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584, and OSHA

Electrical Safety Handbook, Fourth Edition is written by experts in electrical construction safety and medicine as a practical guide for electrical workers and others exposed to electrical hazards. This easy-to-use, illustrated guide provides vital safety information for industrial, commercial, and home-office based electrical systems. With its wealth of information on all the major electrical standards, it is the comprehensive reference professionals can trust.

 

New to the Fourth Edition:

  • Chapters on the basic physics of electrical hazards and electrical safety for home offices
  • Added sections with research on shocks received from sources of less than 50 volts, arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCI), AEDs
  • New self-check safety procedures

 

 

About the Authors

John Cadick, P.E., is a registered professional engineer and the founder and president of the Cadick Corporation. He has specialized for more than three decades in electrical engineering, training, and management. Mr. Cadick is the author of Cables and Wiring(Delmar Cengage Learning).

Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M.D., M.P.A., is a board-certified physician in general preventive medicine and public health. She is also a consultant to both the NJATC (National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of National Electrical Contractors Association and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Standards Committees.

Dennis K. Neitzel, C.P.E., is a certified plant engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the electrical field. He has served as a principal committee member for NFPA 70E standards since 1992 and is currently working on the revision of OSHA regulations.

Al Winfield, of the Cadick Corporation, has more than three decades of electrical power experience, having conducted more than 4,500 Electrical Safe Work Practices Seminars.

 

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Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture

6 02 2012

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture

Author: Ernest Burden
ISBN: 9780071772938 / 0071772936
©2012 | 3rd Edition | 576 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$ 60.00
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Now in full color—the new edition of the preeminent dictionary of architectural terms features definitions for green, sustainable, and ecological architecture.

The Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition is uniquely focused almost entirely on design, unlike other dictionaries which are filled with construction-related terms. This unique, full-color resource features 10,000 definitions—including terms pertaining to green/sustainable and ecological architecture—and biographies of hundreds of architects accompanied by classic examples of their work.

This impressive reference covers everything critically important to those in the architecture/design field, including architectural styles, details, building elements, forms, building systems. Meticulously written, heavily cross-referenced, and unique in that it is a truly visual resource, the Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition is the best way for any designer to gain a full understanding of architectural elements.

 

Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, Third Edition

  • Full color throughout
  • Includes updated terms and new and updated photographs
  • Contains new definitions relating to interior architecture
  • Features new definitions for green, sustainable, and ecological architecture

 

 

About the Author

Ernest Burden is an architect and consultant specializing in media and marketing strategies. He is the author of many books on design and presentation, including Entourage, now in its fifth edition.

 

 

Other book you might be interested:

  1. 9780071375290     Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture

 

 


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McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2012

9 12 2011

McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & TechnologyMcGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2012

Author: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780071774031 / 0071774033
©2012 | 1st Edition | 464 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 199.00
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An annual roundup of the amazing breakthroughs in science and technology

The McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2012 continues its tradition of making information on the latest advances in science and technology accessible to the nonspecialist through concise, richly illustrated articles. With entries written by international leaders in their respective fields, this new edition covers a braod range of scientific and technical disciplines from Astronomy to Zoology.

  • 190 experts in science and technology keep you informed about key developments and trends in more than 50 major disciplies
  • Coverage includes forefront topics in areas such as biomedical sciences; cell and molecular biology; computer science; environmental science; genetics; materials science and engineering; neuroscience; polymer chemistry; theoretical physics; and more
  • 300 images, two-color illustrations, and charts complement and enhance the text
  • An extensive index makes finding information easy
  • Features numerous cross-references to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition, in each article for background reading as well as references to key literature
  • All articles are invited, reviewed, and signed to ensure quality of content, then edited and illustrated to ensure comprehensibility for the nonspecialist reader

 

 

About the Author

The McGraw-Hill Editorial Staff (New York, NY) is also responsible for the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the world’s premier science reference.

 

 

 

 


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Machinery’s Handbook

5 12 2011

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook Toolbox EditionMachinery’s Handbook Toolbox Edition

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129002 / 083112900X
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 94.95 

 

 

Machinery’s Handbook Toolbox and CD ROM Set

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129040 / 0831129042
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback with CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 164.95 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook Larger Print Machinery’s Handbook Larger Print Edition

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129019 / 0831129018
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 115.00

 

 

Machinery’s Handbook Large Print and CD-ROM Set

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129057 / 0831129050
©2012 | 29th Edition |2800 pages | Hardback with CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 181.95

 

Machinery’s Handbook has been the most popular reference work in metalworking, design, engineering and manufacturing facilities, and in technical schools and colleges throughout the world for nearly 100 years. It is universally acknowledged as an extraordinarily authoritative, comprehensive, and practical tool, providing its users with the most fundamental and essential aspects of sophisticated manufacturing practice. The 29th edition of the “Bible of the Metalworking Industries” contains major revisions of existing content, as well as new material on a variety of topics. It is the essential reference for Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineers, Designers, Draftsmen, Toolmakers, Machinists, Engineering and Technology Students, and the serious Home Hobbyist.

The Machinery’s Handbook 29 CD-ROM contains the complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format. This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages that are identical to those of the printed book, permits rapid searching of the entire Handbook, and includes the ability to magnify the view of any page. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you quickly to any page referenced. Besides the full print edition, the CD-ROM includes over 500 pages of additional data, mostly material that was published in previous print editions but subsequently removed due to space restrictions. The 29th Edition CD-ROM also provides an expanded array of the popular INTERACTIVE MATH EQUATIONS. Users will be able to instantly calculate cutting speeds, dimensions of bevels, moments of inertia, the measurement of various screw threads, the center of gravity for any shape, hardness of material, volumes, taper angles, matrices, … and much, much more. Minimum requirements: Windows Operating System, 32-and 64-bit; Internet connection for authorization and Interactive Math.

Features

  • New to this edition … micromachining, expanded material on calculation of hole coordinates, an introduction to metrology, further contributions to the sheet metal and presses section, shaft alignment, taps and tapping, helical coil screw thread inserts, solid geometry, distinguishing between bolts and screws, statistics, calculating thread dimensions, keys and keyways, miniature screws, metric screw threads, and fluid mechanics.
  • Numerous major sections have been extensively reworked and renovated throughout, including Mathematics, Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Properties of Materials, Dimensioning, Gaging and Measuring, Machining Operations, Manufacturing Process, Fasteners, Threads and Threading, and Machine Elements.
  • The metric content has been greatly expanded. Throughout the book, wherever practical, metric units are shown adjacent to theU.S.customary units in the text. Many formulas are now presented with equivalent metric expressions, and additional metric examples have been added.
  • The detailed tables of contents located at the beginning of each section have been expanded and fine-tuned to make finding topics easier and faster.
  • The entire text of this edition, including all the tables and equations, has been reset, and a great many of the figures have been redrawn. The page count has increased by nearly 100 pages, to 2,800 pages.
  • Updated Standards.

 

Table of Contents

  • Mathematics
  • Mechanics and Strength of Materials
  • Properties, Treatment, and Testing of Materials
  • Dimensioning, Gaging, and Measuring
  • Tooling and Toolmaking
  • Machining Operations
  • Manufacturing Processes
  • Fasteners
  • Threads and Threading
  • Gears, Splines, and Cams
  • Machine Elements
  • Measuring Units
  • Index

 

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook CD-ROMMachinery’s Handbook CD-ROM 

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129026 / 0831129026
©2012 | 29th Edition | CD ROM
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$94.95

 

The Machinery’s Handbook 29 CD-ROM contains the complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format. This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages that are identical to those of the printed book, permits rapid searching of the entire Handbook, and includes the ability to magnify the view of any page. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you quickly to any page referenced. Besides the full print edition, the CD-ROM includes over 500 pages of additional data, mostly material that was published in previous print editions but subsequently removed due to space restrictions.

The 29th Edition CD-ROM provides an expanded array of the popular INTERACTIVE MATH EQUATIONS. With a simple Internet connection, users will be able to instantly calculate cutting speeds, dimensions of bevels, moments of inertia, the measurement of various screw threads, the center of gravity for any shape, hardness of material, volumes, taper angles, matrices, … and much, much more.

  • Features complete text searches to locate information quickly and easily.
  • Includes interlinks to connect to related topics and examples, including a live index.
  • Prints pages exactly as they appear in the book.
  • Displays text and graphics exactly as created.
  • Contains zoom features for detailed viewing.
  • Provides cut and paste capabilities for inserting text and graphics into other documents and programs.

 

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook GuideMachinery’s Handbook Guide 

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129033  / 0831129034
©2012 | 29th Edition | 280 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 15.50 

 

Completely updated and revised to reflect the changes and additions made to the 29th Edition, the Guide enables users to maximize the enormous practical value available from Machinery’s Handbook.

  • Illustrates through hundreds of examples, solutions, and questions how to take full advantage of the Handbook to solve the types of problems typically encountered in drafting rooms, machine shops and on the factory floor.
  • Allows you to quickly become more thoroughly familiar with the vast range of contents found in the Handbook.
  • By practicing the many practical techniques explained in this Guide, you will be able to obtain the solution or information needed to resolve on-the-job problems.

 

 

 

 

Machinery's Handbook Pocket CompanionMachinery’s Handbook Pocket Companion

Authors:  Erik Oberg, Franklin D Jones, Holbrook L Horton, Henry H Ryffel, Christopher J McCauley
ISBN: 9780831129118 / 0831129115
©2012 | 29th Edition | 350 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 21.95 

 

Machinery’s Handbook Pocket Companion is designed for anyone in the machine trades for whom convenient access to just the most basic data is at a premium. Extremely concise yet authoritative, this invaluable tool draws on Machinery’s Handbook’s wealth of tables, charts and text. Much of the subject matter has been reorganized, distilled, or simplified to enhance its usability and to keep the bulk down. Both practitioners and students will find the Pocket Companion to be a convenient ready-reference to keep nearby while working on the shop or factory floor or learning the fundamentals in the school lab.

  • The visual design and carefully organized presentation of data encourage frequent and easy use, helping to save time and labor.
  • Facilitates immediate application of fundamental and reliable data.
  • Serves as a handy and portable complement to Machinery’s Handbook vastly larger compilation of data, standards, and text.

 

 

 

 


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Arduino Android Projects for the Evil Genius

11 11 2011

Arduino Android ProjectsArduino Android Projects for the Evil Genius
Control Arduino with Your Smartphone or Tablet

Author: Simon Monk
ISBN: 9780071775960 / 007177596X
©2012 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: DEC-11
Price: US$ 25.00
Learn More | Evil Genius Series

 

Discover how to create cool Arduino devices that “talk” to Android smartphones and tablets!

Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Geniusbrings two popular open-source technologies together with a series of hands-on projects that marry the worlds of touch-screen devices and physical computing. The book covers the Android Open Application Development Kit and USB interface, showing you how to use it with the basic Arduino platform. Other projects demonstrate methods of communication between Android and Arduino—including sound, Bluetooth, and WiFi/Ethernet—that don’t require the ADK at all.

From fun, inventive projects such as building a Geiger counter or Bluetooth-controlled Arduino robot, to practical home automation projects, the book contains something for everyone. Included is a beginner’s guide to programming the Arduino that will help those who are new to the platform start with a firm foundation.

Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius

  • Demonstrates how to use the Android Open Accessory Development Kit (ADK) with the basic Arduino platform
  • Features self-contained projects that include an clear explanation of the theory as well as practical, step-by-step instructions thoroughly illustrated with drawings and photographs
  • Shows how to use Ethernet, Bluetooth, and short-range RF links to talk to Arduino
  • Reveals the author’s own never-before-seen sound-based link for making the two devices communicate with audio tones
  • Provides the fundamental knowledge you need to create your own projects
  • Contains techniques that work with ANY Android device
  • Explains how to create practical, useful home automation devices and communicate with them by radio or Internet

Everything for the Evil Genius!
Bluetooth-Controlled Robot; Geiger Counter Using ADK; Light Show Using ADK; TV Remote Using ADK; Temperature Logger Using ADK; Home Automation Controller; Controlling Mains Devices; Smart Home Thermostat; RFID Door Lock; Power Consumption Meter; Delay Timer; Programming Primer

Each fun, inexpensive, and slightly wicked Evil Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The larger workbook-style layout and convenient two-column format make following the step-by-step instructions a breeze.

 

 

About the Author

Dr. Simon Monk (Preston, UK) has a degree in Cybernetics and Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering. Simon spent several years as an academic before he returned to industry, co-founding the mobile software company Momote Ltd. He has been an active electronics hobbyist since his early teens and is an occasional author in hobby electronics magazines. Simon is also author of 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius and 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius.

 

 

Other books you might be interested:

  1. 9780071426091     Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius
  2. 9780071451420     123 PIC Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius

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Definitive coverage of essential engineering topics

8 11 2011

 

 

Written by renowned experts in their fields, our new environmental, industrial, and mechanical engineering books provide you with the comprehensive, up-to-date information you need to excel on the job. 

 

Water Clarification Dissolved Air Flotation For Water Clarification

Authors: James Edzwald, Johannes Haarhoff
ISBN: 9780071745628 / 0071745629
©2012 | 1st Edition | 352 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Sample Chapter

 

Published in collaboration with the American Water Works Association, this authoritative resource explains how the dissolved air flotation (DAF) process works and addresses how DAF can be incorporated into an overall water treatment scheme.

 

 

Membrane BioReactorsMembrane BioReactors WEF Manual of Practice No. 36

Author: Water Environment Federation
ISBN: 9780071753661 / 0071753664
©2012 | 1st Edition | 262 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: SEP-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Sample Chapter

 

This WEF guide presents best practices for the use of membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment. Coverage includes membrane bioreactor process design, facility design, equipment procurement, and operation.

 

 

Sewer System OverflowsPrevention and Control of Sewer System Overflows - MOP FD-17

Author: Water Environment Federation
ISBN: 9780071738606 / 0071738606
©2012 | 1st Edition | 448 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 110.00
Sample Chapter 

 

Fully revised throughout, this WEF resource provides the up-to-date information necessary to help managers and engineers understand and analyze an overflow problem and offers guidance on finding the most efficient, feasible, and cost-effective strategies to reduce or eliminate such overflows.

 

 

Performance Improvement for HealthcarePerformance Improvement for Healthcare
Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management

Authors: Bahadir Inozu, Dan Chauncey, Vickie Kamataris, Charles Mount, NOVACES, LLC
ISBN: 9780071761628 / 0071761624
©2012 | 1st Edition | 352 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: AUG-11
Price: US$ 60.00
Sample Chapter

 

This pioneering guide lays out an integrated approach for using three industrially based methods to transform hospital operations in terms of patient outcomes and experience, financial viability, and employee satisfaction.

 

 

Green Supply Chain ManagementGreen Supply Chain Management
Product Life Cycle Approach

Authors: Hsiao-Fan Wang, Surendra M. Gupta
ISBN: 9780071622837 / 0071622837
©2011 | 1st Edition | 320 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 130.00
Sample Chapter

 

This detailed resource provides a stage-by-stage production methodology within the life cycle of a product to ensure environmental compliance and economic goals.

 

 

Six Sigma for SustainabilitySix Sigma for Sustainability

Authors: Tom McCarty, Michael Jordan, Daniel Probst
ISBN: 9780071752442 / 0071752447
©2012 | 1st Edition | 304 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 50.00
Sample Chapter

 

Co-written by Six Sigma Black Belts and LEED Accredited Professionals, this unique guide reveals how to use the power of Six Sigma to develop and implement enterprise-wide green initiatives.

 

 

Mechanisms and Mechanical DevicesMechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook

Author: Neil Sclater
ISBN: 9780071704427 / 0071704426
©2011 | 1st Edition | 560 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 90.00
Sample Chapter

 

Fully revised throughout, this abundantly illustrated reference includes thousands of drawings and descriptions that cover innovations in mechanical engineering. Each illustration represents a design concept that can easily be reused.

 

 

Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure AnalysisNalco Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis

Author: Daniel Flynn
ISBN: 9780071743006 / 0071743006
©2011 | 2nd Edition | 624 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Sample Chapter

 

Filled with more than 200 color images, this book contains practical, up-to-date techniques for identifying and eliminating common causes of boiler failure.

 

 

HVACHVAC Design Sourcebook

Author: W. Larsen Angel
ISBN: 9780071753036 / 0071753036
©2012 | 1st Edition | 400 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 60.00
Sample Chapter

 

This practical manual describes the HVAC system design process step by step using photographs, drawings, and a discussion of pertinent design considerations for different types of HVAC components and systems.

 

 

 


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Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos

19 10 2011

SteampunkSteampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos
A Maker’s Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts

Author: Thomas Willeford
ISBN: 9780071762366 / 0071762361
©2012 | 1st Edition | 240 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 25.00
Chapter 01 | Companion Site | Learn More 

 

Unleash your inner mechanical mastermind!

Welcome to the wondrous world of Thomas Willeford, aka Lord Archibald “Feathers” Featherstone, in which he shares his closely guarded secrets of Steampunkery. Filled with do-it-yourself projects, Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker’s Guide to Creating Modern Artifactsshows you how to build exquisite, ingenious contraptions on a budget.

Learn from Lord Featherstone as he distills his wealth of hard-learned skills, describes how to use the readily available tools of the modern mad scientist, and expounds on the art and philosophy of scavenging unique components and raw materials. The perfect companion for the hobbyist and advanced machinist alike, this inventive volume will guide you through the creation of your very own infernal devices.

Get steamed with these provocative projects:

  • Aetheric ray deflector solid brass goggles
  • Calibrated indicator gauges
  • Ferromagnetic self-scribing automated encyclopedia (or Steampunk book drive)
  • High voltage electro-static hand cannon (or lamp gun)
  • Tesla-pod chrono-static insulating field generator (or mobile device enclosure)
  • Altitude mask with integrated respiratory augmentation
  • Armored pith helmet
  • Mark I superior replacement arm with integrated Gatling attachment

 

 

Publicity

  1. Book Review on Wired.com

 

 

About the Author

Thomas Willeford has degrees in physics, history, and art. His alter ego, Lord Archibald “Feathers” Featherstone, has displayed his work, which blurs the line between art and engineering, throughout the United States and Europe for years. Willeford’s work (including the E-pod) was recently featured in the exhibit, “Device and Contraptions Extraordinaire” at the Ashmolean University of Oxford museum of the History of Science. He has made costume pieces for Abney Park, Beautiful Deadly Children, and GhostFire. Willeford has been called, “The most photographed person in the Steampunk community.” He has been featured in Steampunk Bizarre, the BBC, MTV, the Steampunk World’s Faire, Whitby Gothic Weekend, Glasgow Marker’s Faire, Pirate magazine, and the Daily Mail.

 

 

Other books you might be interested:

  1. 9780071413589     123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius
  2. 9780071426091     Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius
  3. 9780071451420     123 PIC Microcontroller Experiments for the Evil Genius
  4. 9780071470360     Electronics Sensors for the Evil Genius
 
 
 
Thomas Willeford: Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos
 
 
 
Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos ~ Steampunk
 
 
 
Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos ~ The Mechanical Arm!
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Social Media for Engineers and Scientists

19 10 2011

Social Media for Engineers and ScientistsSocial Media for Engineers and Scientists

Author: Jon DiPietro
ISBN: 9781606502518 / 1606502514
©2012 | 1st Edition | 180 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: DEC-11
Price: US$ 39.95

 

 

 

This book will explore the rising phenomena of internet-based social networking and discuss the particular challenges engineers and scientists will have in adapting to this new, content-centric environment.

Social networks are both a blessing and a curse to the engineer and scientist. The blessings are apparent: the abundance of free applications and their increasing mobility and transportability. The curse is that creating interesting and compelling content on these user-driven systems is best served by right-brain skills. But most engineers and scientists are left-brain oriented, have generally shunned the right-brain skills like graphic design and creative writing as being indulgent and time wasting. The problem is, those are exactly the skills required to create compelling content.

This book will help engineers and scientists re-acquire those right-brain skills and put them to best use in the new world of internet-based social media technologies.

Some Key Features include:

  • Emphasizes the growing role that social media technology—like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, will play in professions like science and engineering
  • How to understand the importance of continuous streaming of content over time for both professional presence and for collaborative effort—the key in today’s team approach to engineering and science
  • Valuable help for quantitative people like engineers and scientist in setting up social media sites, requiring qualitative skills

 

 

About the Author

Jon DiPietro is the founder and principal of Bridge-Soft, LLC, an environmental data management software company, and Domesticating IT, an Internet marketing consultancy and blog. He is a frequent speaker on Internet marketing and social media and is a certified Inbound Marketing Professional.

 

 

 


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Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain

12 09 2011

Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain

Authors: Warren Young, Richard Budynas, Ali Sadegh
ISBN: 9780071742474 / 0071742476
©2011 | 8th Edition | 1136 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: DEC-11
Price: US$ 125.00
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The definitive guide to stress and strain formulas—fully revised and updated

The first revision in 10 years, Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, Eighth Edition presents formulas and principles of strength of materials meeting the need of design engineers, particularly mechanical engineers. This classic volume provides equations and diagrams of structural properties in an easy-to-use, thumb-through format. The new edition now includes a summary of tables and formulas at the end of each chapter for the ease of reference. All references are now updated and a wealth of new material—25%—has been added for mechanical and structural engineers. This is a major and timely revision of the standard reference for student and engineers alike.

Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, Eighth Edition features

  • 25% new material
  • Mohr’s circle table and Fatigue Stress Formula
  • Expanded coverage of composite materials
  • Tables of modulus of elasticity of materials, yield strength, and other mechanical properties of materials for design engineers
  • A chapter on stresses in gears, shafts, and other machine elements
  • Welding formulas, stresses in welding, and elements such as bolts and rivets
  • Coverage of vibration and stresses in rotating discs
  • A section on biomechanics and stresses in hard (bone) and soft (muscles, ligaments) tissues
  • A section on nanotechnology
  • Graphs, charts, tables, and formulas for quick reference and ease of study

 

 

About the Authors

Warren Young (Madison, WI), Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wis.

Richard G. Budynas (Rochester, NY), Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York,

Ali Sadegh (New York, NY), is Director of the Center for AEDD, at City University of New York and a Mechanical Engineer.

 

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Handbook of Energy Engineering Calculations

8 09 2011

Energy Engineering Calculations Handbook of Energy Engineering Calculations

Author: Tyler Hicks
ISBN: 9780071745529 / 0071745521
©2011 | 1st Edition | 736 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: AUG-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Learn More

 

Solve energy problems quickly and accurately using step-by-step procedures for performing more than 500 calculations

Featuring worked out examples and numerical results, Handbook of Energy Engineering Calculationsincludes a large number of energy engineering applications—from coal, nuclear, and renewable energy to energy conservation and reuse. You will be able to obtain accurate results with minimum time and effort. Calculation procedures reflect the recent changes in green and environmental outlooks that have taken place throughout the world because of increased attention to global warming and climate change.

Handbook of Energy Engineering Calculations features:

  • Emphasis on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide emissions and release, and clean-air environmental compliance calculations that show how to control these variables
  • New calculations that show how and where energy can be conserved and reused to reduce fuel consumption and operating costs
  • Calculations-related codes and regulations that help the plant designer and operator comply with the stricter requirements throughout the world
  • Numerous new wastewater calculations
  • USCS and SI units throughout

Accurate calculations for:
Steam power generation; Internal combustion power generation; Reciprocating-engine power generation; Nuclear power generation; Renewable energy sources for green power generation; Sewage and wastewater treatment and re-use in energy options.

 

 

About the Author

Tyler G. Hicks, PE (Rockville Center, NY) is a consulting engineer and a successful engineering book author. He has worked in plant design and operation in a variety of industries, taught at several engineering schools, and lectured both in the United States and abroad. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cooper Union School of Engineering in New York. Tyler Hicks is the author of over 20 books in engineering and related fields.

 

 

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