Mechanical Engineering : License Review

by Constance, John D.

• ISBN13: 9781419501340
• ISBN10: 1419501348
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-15
• Publisher: Dearborn Trade Pub

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Introduction---How You Can Pass the First Time	xxi
Strength of Machine Elements---Questions and Answers	1	(15)
Machine Design---Questions and Answers	16	(34)
Gearing---Questions and Answers	50	(9)
Mechanism---Questions and Answers	59	(5)
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics---Questions and Answers	64	(26)
Thermodynamics, Heat and Power---Questions and Answers	90	(28)
Fuels and Combustion Products---Text, Questions and Answers	118	(14)
Fuels	118	(1)
Theoretical Air for Combustion	119	(1)
Excess Air	119	(13)
The Steam Power Plant---Text, Questions and Answers	132	(12)
Testing of Steam-Generating Units	132	(2)
Performance of Boilers	134	(10)
Steam Engines---Text, Questions and Answers	144	(4)
Description	144	(4)
Steam Turbines and Cycles---Text, Questions and Answers	148	(12)
General Considerations	148	(8)
The Mercury-Vapor Cycle	156	(4)
Gas Turbines and Cycles---Text, Questions and Answers	160	(7)
Fundamental Considerations	160	(7)
Internal-Combustion Engines and Cycles---Text, Questions and Answers	167	(9)
Actual Indicator Cards---Otto Cycle	167	(2)
Gasoline Engine---Compression Ratio and Fuel Economy	169	(1)
Gasoline Engine---Compression Ratio and Exhaust Temperature	169	(1)
Work for Otto Cycle	170	(1)
The Diesel Cycle	170	(6)
Pumps and Pumping---Text, Questions and Answers	176	(23)
Classification of Pumps	176	(1)
The Centrifugal Pump	177	(1)
Pump Head	178	(1)
Pump Performance Curve	179	(2)
Change of Performance	181	(3)
Pump Selection and System-Head Curve	184	(2)
Centrifugal Pumps in Parallel or Series Operation	186	(2)
Specific Speed	188	(3)
Cavitation	191	(1)
NPSH and the Centrifugal Pump	192	(5)
Maximum Viscosities for Centrifugal Pumps	197	(1)
Estimating Efficiency of Centrifugal Pumps	197	(2)
Fans, Blowers, Compressors---Text, Questions and Answers	199	(21)
General	199	(1)
Fans and Blowers	199	(1)
Parallel Operation	200	(1)
Fan Laws	201	(2)
Duct-Fan Characteristics	203	(1)
Fans in Series	204	(1)
Fans in Parallel	204	(1)
Estimating Fan Horsepower	204	(1)
Air and Gas Compressors	205	(1)
General Considerations	205	(1)
Work of Compressor without Clearance	206	(2)
Actual Compression Curves	208	(1)
Isothermal Compression Horsepower	209	(1)
Polytropic and Adiabatic Compression Horsepower	210	(3)
Gas Compressor with Clearance	213	(1)
Volumetric Efficiency	213	(1)
Capacity of Gas Compressor	213	(1)
Effect of Clearance on Compressor Performance	214	(2)
Actual Indicator Card for Compressor	216	(1)
Efficiency of Compressor	217	(1)
Effect of Supercompressibility upon Compressor Performance	217	(3)
Heat Transmission---Text, Questions and Answers	220	(24)
Basic Principles of Heat Transmission	220	(1)
Methods of Heat Transfer	220	(1)
Conduction	221	(2)
Conductors of Nonuniform Cross Section	223	(1)
Logarithmic Mean Average of Area	223	(1)
Conductors in Series	223	(3)
Film Concept and Convection	226	(2)
Thick-Walled Tubes	228	(1)
Estimating Film Coefficients	229	(5)
Pipe Insulation	234	(1)
Fouling Factors	235	(2)
Mean Temperature Difference	237	(7)
Refrigeration---Text, Questions and Answers	244	(13)
General	244	(1)
Refrigerants	244	(1)
Refrigeration Terms Explained	245	(2)
Compression Refrigeration Cycle	247	(1)
Refrigerant Circulated per Ton of Refrigeration	248	(1)
Horsepower per Ton of Refrigeration	248	(1)
Wet and Dry Compression	249	(1)
Displacement of the Vapor-Compression Machine	249	(2)
Carnot Cycle for Refrigeration	251	(1)
Conclusions Drawn from the Carnot Cycle	252	(5)
Heating and Ventilating---Text, Questions and Answers	257	(16)
General Considerations	257	(1)
Heating	257	(1)
Over-all Coefficient of Heat Transmission	257	(2)
Wind Velocity Effects on U	259	(1)
Insulation	260	(1)
Infiltration Losses	260	(1)
Figuring Heating Loads	260	(3)
Ventilating	263	(1)
Ventilating Terms and Definitions	263	(4)
General Ventilation	267	(1)
How to Measure CO2 Build-up	267	(2)
Specific or Local Ventilation	269	(1)
Evaporation of Moisture from Open Tanks	270	(3)
Air Conditioning---Text, Questions and Answers	273	(304)
Equations of State	273	(2)
The Psychrometric Chart	275	(1)
Latent Heat Load in Air Conditioning	275	(1)
Air Required to Pick Up Latent Heat	276	(2)
Total Heat Load	278	(2)
Calculation of Cooling Load	280	(2)
Cooling Load Due to Solar Radiation	282	(1)
Heat from Machinery and Appliances	282	(1)
Maximum Cooling Load	282	(7)
Adiabatic Cooling	289	(1)
Bypass System	290	(5)
Supplemental Sections---Questions and Answers
Mechanics	295	(13)
Machine Design	308	(15)
Gearing	323	(6)
Mechanism	329	(12)
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics	341	(25)
Thermodynamics, Heat and Power	366	(17)
Fuels and Combustion Products	383	(5)
The Steam Power Plant	388	(21)
Steam Engines	409	(5)
Steam Turbines and Cycles	414	(8)
Gas Turbines and Cycles	422	(9)
Internal-Combustion Engines and Cycles	431	(7)
Pumps and Pumping	438	(15)
Fans, Blowers, and Compressors	453	(15)
Heat Transmission	468	(23)
Refrigeration	491	(19)
Heating and Ventilating	510	(16)
Air Conditioning	526	(14)
Environmental Control	540	(23)
Production Engineering	563	(14)
Suggested Study Reference List	577	(4)
Problem Index	581