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" Engineering principles in everyday life for non-engineers / "
Saeed Benjamin Niku, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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854882
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Niku, Saeed B., (Saeed Benjamin)
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Engineering principles in everyday life for non-engineers /\ Saeed Benjamin Niku, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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San Rafael, California :: Morgan & Claypool Publishers,, [2016]
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Synthesis lectures on engineering,; #26
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1 online resource (xvi, 196 pages) :: illustrations
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1627058591
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1627058583
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9781627058582
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Entropy: natural orders, thermodynamics, friction, hybrid cars, and energy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Entropy and efficiency -- 1.3 Is it possible to defy entropy? -- 1.4 Why do we get older? -- 1.5 Entropy as described by an equation: thermodynamics -- 1.5.1 The first law -- 1.5.2 The second law -- 1.6 Hybrid cars anyone? -- 1.7 Common misconceptions.
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2. Natural frequencies: vibrations, hearing, biomechanics, and guitars -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 System response to external forces at different frequencies -- 2.3 Natural frequency of other common systems -- 2.3.1 Pendulum -- 2.3.2 Cantilevered beams -- 2.3.3 Strings -- 2.4 Applications and examples -- 2.4.1 Guitars, pianos, and other stringed instruments -- 2.4.2 Speaking and vocal cords -- 2.4.3 Tuning to a radio or TV channel -- 2.4.4 Hearing -- 2.4.5 Walking and running, hearts and lungs -- 2.5 Bibliography.
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3. Coriolis acceleration and its effects: bikes, weather systems, airplanes, and robots -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Definitions -- 3.2.1 Vectors -- 3.2.2 Vector multiplication -- 3.2.3 Rotations -- 3.2.4 Acceleration -- 3.2.5 Reference frames -- 3.2.6 Rotating frames -- 3.3 Coriolis acceleration -- 3.4 Inertial reaction to acceleration -- 3.5 Air and water circulations (convections) due to heat -- 3.6 Coriolis acceleration and weather systems -- 3.7 Accelerations due to combined motions -- 3.7.1 Riding bicycles -- 3.7.2 Oscillating fans -- 3.7.3 Airplanes -- 3.7.4 Robots -- 3.7.5 Movements of a spacecraft in space.
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4. Thermodynamic cycles: refrigeration, air conditioning, engines, and power cycles -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Refrigeration cycle -- 4.3 Spark-ignition power cycle -- 4.3.1 4-Stroke engines -- 4.3.2 2-Stroke engines -- 4.4 Thermodynamic representation of the spark-ignition power cycle -- 4.5 Compression-ignition diesel engine power cycle -- 4.6 Thermodynamic representation of compression-ignition power cycle -- 4.7 Rotary (Wankel) engines -- 4.8 Power generation -- 4.9 Conclusion -- 4.10 Bibliography.
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5. Moments of inertia: mass and area moments of inertia, accelerations, inertial forces, strengths, and strains -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Second moment of the area (area moment of inertia) -- 5.3 Deflections of a beam -- 5.4 Parallel axis theorem -- 5.5 Polar moment of inertia (polar moment of the area) -- 5.6 Strength of materials: stress, strain, and modulus of elasticity -- 5.7 Role of moments of the area in stress calculations -- 5.8 Mass moment of inertia.
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6. Electromotive force: motors, transformers, AC and DC currents -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Introductory terms: voltage, current, and resistance -- 6.3 Magnetic fields -- 6.4 Electromotive force -- 6.5 DC motors -- 6.6 AC motors -- 6.7 Stepper motors -- 6.7.1 Canstack stepper motors -- 6.7.2 Hybrid stepper motors -- 6.8 Transformers -- 6.9 DC generators -- 6.10 AC generators -- 6.11 Back-emf issues in motors and transformers: laminated iron cores -- 6.12 Back-emf in DC motors: servomotors -- 6.13 Advantages and disadvantages of different motors -- Author's biography -- Index.
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| Abstract
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This book is about the role of some engineering principles in our everyday lives. Engineers study these principles and use them in the design and analysis of the products and systems with which they work. The same principles play basic and influential roles in our everyday lives as well. Whether the concept of entropy, the moments of inertia, the natural frequency, the Coriolis acceleration, or the electromotive force, the roles and effects of these phenomena are the same in a system designed by an engineer or created by nature. This shows that learning about these engineering concepts helps us to understand why certain things happen or behave the way they do, and that these concepts are not strange phenomena invented by individuals only for their own use, rather, they are part of our everyday physical and natural world, but are used to our benefit by the engineers and scientists. Learning about these principles might also help attract more and more qualified and interested high school and college students to the engineering fields. Each chapter of this book explains one of these principles through examples, discussions, and at times, simple equations.
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Engineering, Popular works.
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Engineering.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Engineering (General)
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Reference.
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620
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TA148.N554 2016
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