Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations

by Hicks, Tyler

• ISBN13: 9780071427937
• ISBN10: 0071427937
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

This invaluable handbook provides engineers and technicians with more than 5,000 calculations for solving day-to-day problems in all ten major engineering fields. The new Fourth Edition features numerous new areas from new design codes in civil engineering to miniaturization, new approaches to HVAC design, composite usage in engineering design, and laptop computer office and field calculations. THE NEW FOURTH EDITION FEATURES: * Wind-energy system calculations * Complying with new environmental requirements in engineering * Structural engineering changes in buildings to fight terrorism * Data on suitable computer programs for solving repetitive computational problems * New power plant cost-saving calculations * Finite element analysis methods of calculations * Data on refrigerants required to replace Freon gases * New pump material and calculation methods

Author Biography

Tyler G. Hicks, PE is a consulting engineer and a successful engineering book author, with more than 20 titles to his credit. He has worked in plant design and operation in a variety of industries, taught at several engineering schools, and lectured both in the United States and abroad. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cooper Union School of Engineering in New York. He lives in Rockville Center, New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Civil Engineering

Chapter 2: Architectural Engineering

Chapter 3: Mechanical Engineering

Chapter 4: Electrical Engineering

Chapter 5: Electronics Engineering

Chapter 6: Chemical and Process Plant Engineering

Chapter 7: Control Engineering

Chapter 8: Sanitary Engineering

Chapter 9: Environmental Engineering

Chapter 10: Engineering Economics.