Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations 2nd Edition

Title: Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations 2nd Edition
Author: Tyler G. Hicks
ISBN: 0071458867 / 9780071458863
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 1436
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2006
Availability: Out of Stock

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This trusted compendium of calculation methods delivers fast, accurate solutions to the toughest day-to-day mechanical engineering problems. You will find numbered, step-by-step procedures for solving specific problems together with worked-out examples that give numerical results for the calculation.

Covers: Power Generation; Plant and Facilities Engineering; Environmental Control; Design Engineering
New Edition features methods for automatic and digital control; alternative and renewable energy sources; plastics in engineering design

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Contributors and Advisers
Preface
Acknowledgments
How to Use This Handbook

Part 1 : Power Generation
Section 1 : Modern Power-Plant Cycles and Equipment
Section 2 : Steam Condensing Systems and Auxiliaries
Section 3 : Combustion
Section 4 : Steam Generation Equipment and Auxiliaries
Section 5 : Feedwater Heating Methods
Section 6 : Internal-Combustion Engines

Part 2 : Plant and Facilities Engineering
Section 7 : Pumps and Pumping Systems
Section 8 : Piping and Fluid Flow
Section 9 : Air and Gas Compressors and Vacuum Systems
Section 10 : Materials Handling
Section 11 : Heat Transfer and Heat Exchange
Section 12 : Refrigeration

Part 3 : Environmental Control
Section 13 : Wastewater Treatment and Control
Section 14 : Water-Supply and Storm-Water System Design
Section 15 : Plumbing and Drainage for Buildings and Other Structures
Section 16 : Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
Section 17 : Solar Energy
Section 18 : Environmental Control and Energy Conservation

Part 4 : Design Engineering
Section 19 : Shafts, Flywheels, Pulleys, and Belts for Power Transmission
Section 20 : Gear Design and Application
Section 21 : Transmissions, Clutches, Roller-Screw Actuators, Couplings, and Speed Control
Section 22 : Bearing Design and Selection
Section 23 : Spring Selection and Analysis
Section 24 : Mechanical and Electrical Brakes
Section 25 : Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Design
Section 26 : Metalworking and Nonmetallic Materials Processing

Bibliography
Index