| |
| |
| |
The Role of Analysis in Engineering | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Analysis and Engineering Design | |
| |
| |
| |
Analysis and Engineering Failure | |
| |
| |
| |
Dimensions and Units | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Dimensions | |
| |
| |
| |
Units | |
| |
| |
| |
SI Units | |
| |
| |
| |
English Units | |
| |
| |
| |
Mass and Weight | |
| |
| |
| |
Unit Conversions | |
| |
| |
| |
Analysis Methodology | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Numerical Calculations | |
| |
| |
| |
Approximations | |
| |
| |
| |
Significant Figures | |
| |
| |
| |
General Analysis Procedure | |
| |
| |
| |
The Computer as an Analysis Tool | |
| |
| |
| |
Spreadsheets | |
| |
| |
| |
Equation Solvers and Mathematics Software | |
| |
| |
| |
Programming Languages | |
| |
| |
| |
Specialty Software | |
| |
| |
| |
Finite Element Software | |
| |
| |
| |
Mechanics | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Scalars and Vectors | |
| |
| |
| |
Vector Operations | |
| |
| |
| |
Vector Components | |
| |
| |
| |
Unit Vectors | |
| |
| |
| |
Forces | |
| |
| |
| |
Free-Body Diagrams | |
| |
| |
Procedure for Constructing Free-Body Diagrams | |
| |
| |
| |
Equilibrium | |
| |
| |
| |
Stress and Strain | |
| |
| |
| |
Stress | |
| |
| |
| |
Strain | |
| |
| |
| |
Hooke's Law | |
| |
| |
| |
Stress--Strain Diagram | |
| |
| |
| |
Design Stress | |
| |
| |
| |
Electrical Circuits | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Electric Charge And Current | |
| |
| |
| |
Voltage | |
| |
| |
| |
Resistance | |
| |
| |
| |
Ohm'S Law | |
| |
| |
| |
Simple DC Circuits | |
| |
| |
| |
Kirchhoff's Laws | |
| |
| |
| |
Kirchhoff's Current Law | |
| |
| |
| |
Kirchhoff's Voltage Law | |
| |
| |
| |
Thermodynamics | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Pressure and Temperature | |
| |
| |
| |
Pressure | |
| |
| |
| |
Temperature | |
| |
| |
| |
Forms of Energy | |
| |
| |
| |
Potential Energy | |
| |
| |
| |
Kinetic Energy | |
| |
| |
| |
Internal Energy | |
| |
| |
| |
Total Energy | |
| |
| |
| |
Work and Heat | |
| |
| |
| |
Mechanical Work | |
| |
| |
| |
Heat | |
| |
| |
| |
The First Law of Thermodynamics | |
| |
| |
| |
Heat Engines | |
| |
| |
| |
The Second Law of Thermodynamics | |
| |
| |
| |
Fluid Mechanics | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Fluid Properties | |
| |
| |
| |
Density, Specific Weight, and Specific Gravity | |
| |
| |
| |
Bulk Modulus | |
| |
| |
| |
Viscosity | |
| |
| |
| |
Fluid Statics | |
| |
| |
| |
Pressure--Elevation Relationship | |
| |
| |
| |
Forces on Submerged Surfaces | |
| |
| |
| |
Flow Rates | |
| |
| |
| |
Conservation of Mass | |
| |
| |
| |
Renewable Energy | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Environmental Considerations | |
| |
| |
| |
Solar | |
| |
| |
| |
Solar Energy Systems | |
| |
| |
| |
Photovoltaic Systems | |
| |
| |
| |
Wind | |
| |
| |
| |
Basic Energy Analysis of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine | |
| |
| |
| |
Hydro | |
| |
| |
| |
Basic Energy Analysis of a Hydropower Plant | |
| |
| |
| |
Geothermal | |
| |
| |
| |
Basic Energy Analysis of a Binary Plant | |
| |
| |
| |
Marine | |
| |
| |
| |
Tidal | |
| |
| |
| |
Ocean | |
| |
| |
| |
Ocean Waves | |
| |
| |
| |
Biomass | |
| |
| |
| |
Data Analysis: Graphing | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Collecting and Recording Data | |
| |
| |
| |
Data Identification and Association | |
| |
| |
| |
Accuracy, Precision, and Error | |
| |
| |
| |
Recording Data | |
| |
| |
| |
General Graphing Procedure | |
| |
| |
| |
Dependent and Independent Variables | |
| |
| |
| |
Variable Ranges | |
| |
| |
| |
Graph Paper | |
| |
| |
| |
Location of Axes | |
| |
| |
| |
Graduation and Calibration of Axes | |
| |
| |
| |
Axis Labels | |
| |
| |
| |
Data Point Plotting | |
| |
| |
| |
Curves | |
| |
| |
| |
Legends and Titles | |
| |
| |
| |
Graphing with Computer Software | |
| |
| |
| |
Curve Fitting | |
| |
| |
| |
Common Mathematical Functions | |
| |
| |
| |
Method of Selected Points | |
| |
| |
| |
Least Squares Linear Regression | |
| |
| |
| |
Interpolation and Extrapolation | |
| |
| |
| |
Data Analysis: Statistics | |
| |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Data Classification and Frequency Distribution | |
| |
| |
Data Classification Guidelines | |
| |
| |
| |
Measures of Central Tendency | |
| |
| |
| |
Mean | |
| |
| |
| |
Median | |
| |
| |
| |
Mode | |
| |
| |
| |
Measures of Variation | |
| |
| |
| |
Normal Distribution | |
| |
| |
Appendix | |
| |
| |
Index | |