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Compressibility, Turbulence and High Speed Flow introduces the reader to the field of compressible turbulence and compressible turbulent flows across a broad speed range, through a unique complimentary treatment of both the theoretical foundations and the measurement and analysis tools currently used. The book provides the reader with the necessary background and current trends in the theoretical and experimental aspects of compressible turbulent flows and compressible turbulence. Detailed derivations of the pertinent equations describing the motion of such turbulent flows is provided and an extensive discussion of the various approaches used in predicting both free shear and wall bounded flows is presented. Experimental measurement techniques common to the compressible flow regime are introduced with particular emphasis on the unique challenges presented by high speed flows. Both experimental and numerical simulation work is supplied throughout to provide the reader with an overall perspective of current trends. An introduction to current techniques in compressible turbulent
flow analysis
Turbulence in Porous Media introduces the reader to the
characterisation of turbulent flow, heat and mass transfer in
permeable media, including analytical data and a review of
available experimental data. Such transport processes occurring a
relatively high velocity in permeable media are present in a number
of engineering and natural flows. This new edition features a
completely updated text including two new chapters exploring
Turbulent Combustion and Moving Porous Media. De Lemos has expertly
brought together a text that compiles, details, compares and
evaluates available methodologies for modelling and simulating
flow, providing an essential tour for engineering students working
within the field as well as those working in chemistry, physics,
applied mathematics, and geological and environmental
sciences.
The complete reference for engineers and designers working on pump
design and development, or using centrifugal pumps in the field.
This authoritative guide has been developed with access to the
technical expertise of the leading centrifugal pump developer,
Sulzer. In addition to providing the most comprehensive centrifugal
pump theory and design reference, with detailed material on
cavitation, erosion, selection of materials, rotor vibration
behaviour and forces acting on pumps, the Handbook also covers key
pumping applications topics and operational issues including
operating performance in various types of circuitry, drives and
acceptance testing.
The materials mechanics of the controlled separation of a body into
two or more parts - cutting -- using a blade or tool or other
mechanical implement is a ubiquitous process in most engineering
disciplines, be it mechanical, civil, medical, food or process
based, and a surprising number of engineers are involved in cutting
and the design of cutting tools. There are a wide range of books
available on the cutting of metals, but no other text is devoted to
the cutting of materials generally, the mechanics of which
(toughness, fracture, deformation, plasticity, tearing, grating,
chewing, etc) have wide ranging implications for engineers, medics,
manufacturers, and process engineers, making this text of
particular interest to a wide range of engineers and specialists.
Design Engineering Manual offers a practical guide to the key principles of design engineering. It features a compilation of extracts from several books within the range of Design Engineering books in the Elsevier collection. The book is organized into 11 sections. Beginning with a review of the processes of product development and design, the book goes on to describe systematic ways of choosing materials and processes. It details the properties of modern metallic alloys including commercial steels, cast irons, superalloys, titanium alloys, structural intermetallic compounds, and aluminum alloys. The book explains the human/system interface; procedures to assess the risks associated with job and task characteristics; and environmental factors that may be encountered at work and affect behavior. Product liability and safety rules are discussed. The final section on design techniques introduces the design process from an inventors perspective to a more formal model called total design. It also deals with the behavior of plastics that influence the application of practical and complex engineering equations and analysis in the design of products.
Fire and combustion presents a significant engineering challenge to
mechanical, civil and dedicated fire engineers, as well as
specialists in the process and chemical, safety, buildings and
structural fields. We are reminded of the tragic outcomes of
'untenable' fire disasters such as at King's Cross underground
station or Switzerland's St Gotthard tunnel. In these and many
other cases, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is at the forefront
of active research into unravelling the probable causes of fires
and helping to design structures and systems to ensure that they
are less likely in the future.
The self-assembled nanostructured materials described in this book
offer a number of advantages over conventional material
technologies in a wide range of sectors. World leaders in the field
of self-organisation of nanostructures review the current status of
research and development in the field, and give an account of the
formation, properties, and self-organisation of semiconductor
nanostructures. Chapters on structural, electronic and optical
properties, and devices based on self-organised nanostructures are
also included.
Cryogenics is the study of low temperature interactions -
temperatures well below those existing in the natural universe.
- Experiments described in technical detail
A large amount of natural or artificially produced physical
phenomena are exploited for practical applications, even though
several of them give rise to unpleasant consequences. These
ultimately manifest themselves under form of malfunction or
definitive failure of components and systems, or environmental
hazard. So far, manifold categories of inadvertent or deliberate
sources have been discovered to simultaneously produce useful
effects in some ways but adverse ones in others. In particular,
responsible for the growing interest in the last decades for
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) has been the progressive
miniaturisation and sensitivity of electronic components and
circuits, often operating in close proximity to relatively powerful
sources of electromagnetic interference. Potential authors of books
on the subject-matter are fully aware of the fact that planning
production of manageable handbooks capable to treat all the EMC
case studies of practical and long-lasting interest could result in
a questionable and difficult undertaking. Therefore, in addition to
textbooks providing a thorough background on basic aspects, thus
being well-tailored for students and those which want to get in
contact with this discipline, the most can be made to jointly
sustain a helpful and practicable publishing activity is to supply
specialised monographs or miscellanies of selected topics. Such
resources are preferentially addressed to post-graduate students,
researchers and designers, often employed in the forefront of
research or engaged for remodelling design paradigms. Hence, the
prerequisite for such a class of publications should consist in
arousing critical sense and promoting new ideas. This is the object
of the present book which tries to rather discuss special subjects,
or throw out suggestions for reformulating conventional approaches,
than to appear as a reference text. A common motivation encouraged
the contributors to bringing together a number of accounts of the
research that they have undertaken over the late years: willing to
fill the important need of covering EMC topics rather proper to
transmission and distribution of electric power than, more usually,
to Electronics and Telecommunication Systems.
The primary objective of this work is to give the reader an
understanding of stress wave behaviour while taking into account
the dynamic constitutive equations of elastic-plastic solids. The
author has combined a 'materials characteristics' approach with a
'singularity surface' approach in this work, which readers will
find to be a novel and unique route to solving their problems.
Dr Theodore Nicholas ran the High Cycle Fatigue Program for the US
Air Force between 1995 and 2003 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
and is one of the world s leading authorities on the subject,
having authored over 250 papers in leading archival journals and
books.
Plasticity is concerned with understanding the behavior of metals
and alloys when loaded beyond the elastic limit, whether as a
result of being shaped or as they are employed for load bearing
structures.
Constitutive modelling is the mathematical description of how
materials respond to various loadings. This is the most intensely
researched field within solid mechanics because of its complexity
and the importance of accurate constitutive models for practical
engineering problems.
The application of bearingless drives is emerging as an important
technique in the areas of high-speed machinery and motion-control,
and this book aims to provide a thorough grounding in the
principles behind this cutting-edge technology. Basic principles
are described in detail with practical examples to aid
understanding, and the different types of bearingless drives are
introduced, along with coverage of test machines and applications.
Electroplating: Basic Principles, Processes and Practice offers an
understanding of the theoretical background to electroplating,
which is essential if the practical results are to be as required.
This book is different in that it explains HOW the
electrodeposition processes work, covering such topics as the
elctrodeposition of composites, multilayers, whisker formation and
giant magnetoresistive effects. The section on R & D approaches
will be especially useful for organisations in the field. This is
the first English language version of a well-known German language
book from a prestigious author of international repute.
Electroplating is an invaluable resource for manufacturers of
coatings, electrochemists, metal finishers and their customers and
academics in surface engineering.
Based on the Institute of Concrete Technology's Advanced Concrete
Technology Course, these four volumes are a comprehensive
educational and reference resource for the concrete materials
technologist. An expert international team of authors from
research, academia and industry has been brought together to
produce this unique series. Each volume deals with a different
aspect of the subject: constituent materials, properties, processes
and testing and quality. With worked examples, case studies and
illustrations throughout, the books will be a key reference for the
concrete specialist for years to come.
BBased on the Institute of Concrete Technology's advanced course,
the Advanced Concrete Technology series is a comprehensive
educational and reference resource for the concrete materials
technologist. An expert international team of authors from
research, academia, and industry have come together to produce this
unique reference source.
Based on the Institute of Concrete Technology's Advanced Concrete
Technology Course, these four volumes are a comprehensive
educational and reference resource for the concrete materials
technologist. An expert international team of authors from
research, academia and industry has been brought together to
produce this unique series. Each volume deals with a different
aspect of the subject: constituent materials, properties, processes
and testing and quality. With worked examples, case studies and
illustrations throughout, the books will be a key reference for the
concrete specialist for years to come.
Within this book the fundamental concepts associated with the topic
of power electronic control are covered alongside the latest
equipment and devices, new application areas and associated
computer-assisted methods.
""Waves in Ocean Engineering"" covers the whole field of wave
studies of interest to applied oceanographers and ocean engineers.
It has considerable relevance to coastal engineering.
Advanced Control Engineering provides a complete course in control
engineering for undergraduates of all technical disciplines.
Starting with a basic overview of elementary control theory this
text quickly moves on to a rigorous examination of more advanced
and cutting edge date aspects such as robust and intelligent
control, including neural networks and genetic algorithms.
Switched reluctance motors have steadily increased in commercial
importance since their introduction in the early 1980's, while
their technology - especially of their electronic control - has
made great progress. Their unique characteristics introduce a
delicate balance, in which the copper and iron are diminished in
quantity, complexity and cost, in favour of a greater reliance on
sophistication in the controller. Thus mastery of the control is
the key challenge in the application of these machines.
Engineering Rock Mechanics Part II: Illustrative Worked Examples
can be used as an independent book or alternatively it complements
an earlier publication called Engineering Rock Mechanics: An
Introduction to the Principles by the same authors.
The ever-growing demand for commercial activities at sea has meant
that ships are rapidly developing and that the rules governing
their construction and operation are changing. "Practical Ship
Design" records these changes, their outcomes and the reasoning
behind them. It deals with every aspect of ship design and handles a wide
range of both merchant ships and naval ships with authority. It
provides coverage of cargo ships and passenger ships, tugs,
dredgers and other service craft. It also includes concept design,
detail design, structural design, hydrodynamics design, the effect
of regulations, the preparation of specifications and matters of
costs and economics. Drawing on the author's extensive practical experience,
"Practical Ship Design" is likely to interest everybody involved in
the design, construction, repair and operation of ships. Students
and the most experienced professionals will all benefit from the
book's vast store of design data and its conclusions and
recommendations.
Based on the successful first edition, this book gives a general
theoretical introduction to electrochemical power cells (excluding
fuel cells) followed by a comprehensive treatment of the principle
battery types - covering chemistry, fabrication characteristics and
applications. There have been many changes in the field over the
last decade and many new systems have been commercialised. Since
the recent advent of battery powered consumer products (mobile
phones, camcorders, lap-tops etc.) advanced power sources have
become far more important. This text provides an up-to-date account
of batteries which is accessible to anyone with a basic knowledge
of chemistry and physics. |
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