eBooks: Engineering

Written by former NASA engineer Dr David Baker, A Degree in a Book: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering is presented in an attractive landscape format in full-color. With timelines, feature spreads and information boxes, readers will quickly get to grips with the fundamentals of electrical and mechanical engineering and their practical applications.The separate ages of engineering are divided into empirical and scientific periods, then the range of possibilities provided by discovery, analysis, invention and application are covered. A final section relates the mechanical and electrical fields of applied engineering to the challenges of the future. This includes environmental responsibility and the value of an engineer in a holistic sense rather than as an isolated individual or as a team member.ABOUT THE SERIES: Get the knowledge of a degree for the price of a book in Arcturus Publishing's A Degree in a Book series. Featuring handy timelines, information boxes, feature spreads and margin annotations, these illustrated full-color books are perfect for anyone wishing to master seemingly complex subject with ease and enjoyment.

The untold story of the power industry's efforts to electrify growing numbers of farms in the years before the creation of Depression-era government programs. Even after decades of retelling, the story of rural electrification in the United States remains dramatic and affecting. As textbooks and popular histories inform us, farmers obtained electric service only because a compassionate federal government established the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The agencies' success in raising the standard of living for millions of Americans contrasted with the failure of the greedy big-city utility companies, which showed little interest in the apparently unprofitable nonurban market. Traditional accounts often describe the nation's population as split in two, separated by access to a magical form of energy: just past cities' limits, a bleak, preindustrial class of citizens endured, literally in near darkness at night and envious of their urban cousins, who enjoyed electrically operated lights, refrigerators, radios, and labor-saving appliances. In Powering American Farms, Richard F. Hirsh challenges the notion that electric utilities neglected rural customers in the years before government intervention. Drawing on previously unexamined resources, Hirsh demonstrates that power firms quadrupled the number of farms obtaining electricity in the years between 1923 and 1933, for example. Though not all corporate managers thought much of the farm business, a cadre of rural electrification advocates established the knowledge base and social infrastructure upon which New Deal organizations later capitalized. The book also suggests that the conventional storyline of rural electrification remains popular because it contains a colorful hero, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and villainous utility magnates, such as Samuel Insull, who make for an engaging--but distorted--narrative. Hirsh describes the evolution of power company managers' thinking in the 1920s and early 1930s--from believing that rural electrification made no economic sense to realizing that serving farmers could mitigate industry-wide problems. This transformation occurred as agricultural engineers in land-grant universities, supported by utilities, demonstrated productive electrical technologies that yielded healthy profits to farmers and companies alike. Gaining confidence in the value of rural electrification, private firms strung wires to more farms than did the REA until 1950, a fact conveniently omitted in conventional accounts. Powering American Farms will interest academic and lay readers of New Deal history, the history of technology, and revisionist historiography.

The 23rd CRRB was held in Prague, Czech Republic on November 11-12, 2021. Almost thirty participants mainly from the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic took part in the conference. The objective of the CRRB was to discuss the current results of research and practical developments in the protection and restoration of wood, timber frame and concrete structures and the restoration of stone. The attention was focused on surface treatment, physical-chemical properties and static and dynamics of structures as well. The articles collected from the conference present current research results and practical developments in rehabilitating and reconstructing buildings and facilities. This edition will be helpful to specialists in building materials as well as the rehabilitation and reconstruction of various construction structures.

This book, a revue of the latest trends in the practice of sustainable architectural design, contains articles published by Trans Tech Publications Inc. in the 2016 - 2021 years. The edition will be helpful and interesting to a broad audience of researchers and specialists within the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector.

 "Seventy years of a car-only approach--not car-centric, it's car-only--is actually not just non-driver hostile, it's driver hostile. No one benefits." --Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation for America The car-only approach in transportation planning and engineering has led to the construction of roadways that have torn apart and devalued communities, especially Black and Brown communities.  Forging a new path to repair this damage requires a community solutions-based approach to planning, designing, and building our roadways. When Lynn Peterson began working as a transportation engineer, she was taught to evaluate roadway projects based only on metrics related to driver safety, allowable speed for the highest number of cars, project schedule, and budget. Involving the community and collaborating with peers were never part of the discussion. Today, Peterson is a recognized leader in transportation planning and engineering, known for her approach that is rooted in racial equity, guided by a process of community engagement, and includes collaboration with other professionals. In Roadways for People, Lynn Peterson draws from her personal experience and interviews with leaders in the field to showcase new possibilities within transportation engineering and planning. She incorporated a community-solutions based approach in her work at Metro, TriMet, and while running the Washington State Department of Transportation, where she played an instrumental role in the largest transportation bill in that state's history. The community solutions-based approach moves away from the narrow standards of traditional transportation design and focuses instead on a process that involves consistent feedback, learning loops, and meaningful and regular community engagement. This approach seeks to address the transportation needs of the most historically marginalized members of the community. Roadways for People is written to empower professionals and policymakers to create transportation solutions that serve people rather than cars. Examples across the U.S.--from Portland, Oregon to Baltimore, Maryland--show what is possible with a community-centered approach. As traditional highway expansions are put on pause around the country, professionals and policymakers have an opportunity to move forward with a better approach. Peterson shows them how.  

The important problems of Building Constructions, Building Materials, Industrial and Civil Construction, and Structural Mechanics and Theory of Structures (from ideas and projects to immediate implementation) are raised, and the ways of their solution and optimization are suggested in the reports presented in frameworks of these topics. Many reports were prepared as a benefit of the state support of science in the forms of grants, federal target programs, resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation, and other programs.

This book discusses the recent challenges and trends in metallurgy, metalworking, friction welding technologies, composite materials, materials for biomedical applications, mechanical engineering, thermal engineering, mechatronics, and failure analysis of power plant equipment. The book can be a valuable reference for students, researchers, and engineers in materials and mechanical engineering. It was collected from the selected articles presented at the 5th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICOME 2021, August 25-26, 2021, Surabaya, Indonesia). 

This book focuses on cases and studies of interest to mechanical engineers and industrial technicians. The considered applications in this volume are widely used in several industrial fields particularly in the automotive and aviation industries. Readers will understand the theory and techniques which are used in each application covered in each chapter. The book contents include the following topics: Numerical analysis of hydrokinetic turbines Computational fluid dynamics of a CuO based nanofluid in mini-channel cross-sections Orthodontic biomechanics of a NiTi arch wires Reynold's number effects on fluid flow through Savonius rotors Effect of operating parameters on Zn-Mn alloys deposited from additive-free chloride bath Optical properties and stability of a blue-emitting phosphor (Sr2P2O7:Eu2+) Under UV and VUV excitation Numerical study of the influence of nanofluid type on thermal improvement in a three dimensional mini channel Electrochemical studies and characterization of Zn-Mn coatings deposited in the presence of novel organic additives Prediction of fire and smoke propagation under a range of external conditions Structural design of a 10 kW H-Darrieus wind turbine The presented case studies and development approaches aim to provide the readers, such as graduate students, PhD candidates and professionals with basic and applied information broadly related to mechanical engineering and technology.

From conventional welding techniques to electron or laser beam, this book provides a comprehensive overview about processes, metallurgy, quality assessment, testing, and numerical simulation in welded structures.

Problem solving is a vital requirement for any aspiring engineer. This book aims to develop this ability in students by explaining the basic principles of mechanics through a series of graded problems and their solutions. Each chapter begins with a quick discussion of the basic concepts and principles. It then provides several well developed solved examples. Looking at some universities question papers, a number of additional problems have been selected and solved. This book serves as an excellent book for both degree and diploma students of all universities.