McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering
Second Edition
McGraw-Hill | 2003 | ISBN: 0071417990 0071410503 | 655 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Second Edition
McGraw-Hill | 2003 | ISBN: 0071417990 0071410503 | 655 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This Dictionary provides a compendium of more than 18,000 terms that are central to the various branches of engineering and related fields of science.
The coverage in this Edition is focused on building construction, chemical engineering, civil engineering, control systems, design engineering, electricity and electronics, engineering acoustics, industrial engineering, mechanics and mechanical engineering, systems engineering, and thermodynamics.
This vital reference offers a wealth of essential information in a portable, convenient, quick-find format.
Whether you’re a professional, a student, a writer, or a general reader with an interest in science, there is no better or more authoritative way to stay up-to-speed with the current language of the various branches of engineering or gain an understanding of their key ideas and concepts.
Contents
Preface
Staff
How to Use the Dictionary
Fields and Their Scope
Pronunciation Key
A-Z Terms
Appendix
Equivalents of commonly used units for the U.S. Customary System and the metric system
Conversion factors for the U.S. Customary System, metric system, and International System
Special constants
Electrical and magnetic units
Dimensional formulas of common quantities
Internal energy and generalized work
General rules of integration
Schematic electronic symbols
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