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An excellent guide for using heat exchangers
Almost all kinds of heat exchangers have introduced by this title! It contains detail and abundant materials about heat exchangers, like charts, equations, and tables. It also contains the detail process for design of heat exchangers. Besides, the examples mentioned by the title are so clear and easy to understand. Well, the title can easily make junior engineers to handle the work of using and design heat exchangers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Industrial & Technical    2. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Heat Exchangers    5. Power Resources    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Engineering thermodynamics    10. Engines & power transmission    11. Heating, lighting, ventilation    12. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Great Text - "Cheap" Physical Quality
One would think for $150, this book could have been printed on heavier weight and better quality paper. Either Wiley went overboard in trying to lighten physical weight for the student to carry, or they're trying to sqeeze even more money from already ultra-high book price mark-ups.
heat exchangers
heat transfer, exchange of energy in the form of heat between bodies or parts of the same body at different temperature. heat is transferred by convection, radiation, or conduction. although these three processes can occur simultaneously, it is not unusual for one mechanism to overshadow the other two. for example, heat is transferred predominantly by conduction through the brick wall of a house, a pan of water on a stove is largely heated by convection and eart receives heat from the sun almost wholly by radiation. Great Book
I don't usually write reviews of books that I have purchased but I felt that I had to for this one. Does a great job in explaining the concepts and doesn't leave you lost as it moves through the chapters. It is written clearly and very easy to follow. The answers(not the worked out solutions) are avaliable on the company's website. (....) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Heat    2. Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Textbooks    6. Transmission    7. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    8. Science / Thermodynamics   

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My favourite collection
Excellent book in solid mechanics. It provides a comprehensive, readable and organized introduction to elasticity, viscoelasticity, creep, plasticity for graduate students in solid mechanics field. Many top universities in North America recommend/use it as a reference book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Elasticity    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Material Science    4. Mechanical Properties Of Materials    5. Plasticity    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Viscoelasticity    10. Classical mechanics    11. Stress & fracture   

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Seminal Work on Human Factors

My most valuable book
Pardon the cliche but if you're only going to buy one 'hand' book (it's more like a phone book), this is the one you should get.It covers conventional physical ergonomics, as well as every other significant genre in the field. Ergo Buster
A definate must for the Ergo student! The book has excellent describtive definitions and is an eye opener to the world of work. It focus on a diffirent perspective on the qaulity of worklife. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Industrial    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Human engineering    4. Industrial Design - General    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    9. Psychology    10. Technology / Engineering / Industrial   

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Great Tool
Great introductory book. It built upon many of the concepts I had learned in my General Chemistry couses. Having previously worked in metal fabrication, I now learned what the metal specification numbers meant and why some types of metals are harder or softer than others.

Very easy to understand
Although i found it to be mundane at times, it was a great book when it came to teaching the material.the examples are made very clear and the text cleanly explains anything that you may find confusing.very highly recommended

an introduction
The depth, clarity with which he surveys materials science concepts will make this text indispensable for both studying and practicing engineers for years to come. Without a doubt, this is one of the most well written textbooks I have ever had the pleasure of reading.All the figures are well drawn, the green fonts here and there seem quiet. All the tough theories, concepts just jump out of the line and hit my forehead. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - General    2. Material Science    3. Materials    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    8. Technology / Material Science   

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New & Improved? NOT
I have access to Peterson's original book (older than me?) and to the first edition of this one, published in 1974. I recommend buying used copies of the old ones. They contain the same info and are easier to use since the charts are bigger.

Guide to Stress Risers and Other Structural Phenomena
Absolutely essential book for anybody interested in stresses in notched bodies; structural analysts who like to use the 'back of the envelope', finite element analysts, fracture mechanicists; designers in aerospace, rail, heavy machinery, light machinery, medical devices, almost anything you can name. Book has been updated from the original; even if you have the original edition, this 2nd edition is well worth having for your engineering reference library.

AN EXCELLENT BOOK
This is an excellent book. I found the book to be extremely informative and thoghtfully written. I recommend this book for anyone that is interested in applications of stress and strain analysis. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Civil    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Material Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Stress concentration    6. Structural Analysis (Engineering)    7. Structural analysis (Engineeri    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Testing Of Materials    11. Stress & fracture    12. Structural engineering    13. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Not so impressive.
This book is written by various experience P.E. or Professors. It is not emphasis on practical calculation. There are very few example and definitions for formulars and related equation. If reader has no experience before, it would be very difficult to understand. Half of the book is devoted to bridge design,and it dose not provide enough information to design a bridge.. Designer in structural steel is a complete book , do not buy
Many eng. firm have this book, this is a good reference for manystructural problem, The most difficult for a designer is thesimplify the problem, and create model with the forces on it. Merrits book cover a very large utility of different subjets. And this is not a fist edition, no error a have see on this book. The autors for each part of this book is a engineering with many years of experiences on this subjet.For me this is a very good thing, for the knowlege....Read more

Subjects:  1. Building, Iron and steel    2. Design & Drafting    3. Engineering - Civil    4. Methods & Materials    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Steel, Structural    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Mechanical engineering    10. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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Excellent Coverage
I found the coverage excellent. I was originally reading another text, but that book left out critical material that makes its presentation fuzzy (which is why I looked at this book instead). This book is excellent in that it builds up all the necessary machinery from first principles and explains things in a way that someone without any prior knowledge in fluids can understand the material.
Finally a good fluids book
I like this book much more than Fay or White or Batchelor.
Comprehensive Book, but very sloppy editing with mistakes
This book is very comprehensive and covers all of the major aspects of fluid mechanics. However, there are several mistakes in this book. Some of the problem solutions are wrong, but above all, the equations are often referenced incorrectly. This can make it quite frustrating for students, especially when they haven't figured out that they are being misled. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Fluid mechanics    3. Material Science    4. Mechanics - Dynamics - Fluid Dynamics    5. Physics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Mechanics of fluids    9. Science / Physics   

Subjects:  1. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    2. Engineering - General    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Engineering Design    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Engineering: general    9. Mathematics and Science    10. Technical design    11. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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An excellent book on device analytical techniques
This book by Prof Yang is an excellent book for people want to know more about piezoelectricity and piezoelectric devices.
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Subjects:  1. Acoustics & Sound    2. Electromagnetism    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Linear operators    6. Piezoelectricity    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Textbooks    11. Mechanical engineering    12. Science-Acoustics & Sound    13. Science-Electromagnetism    14. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Horrible textbook
B. D. Cullity has authored or co-authored several textbooks on x-ray diffraction that are commonly used in college classes on diffraction.This version by Addison-Wesley which was first published in the late 1970's is probably the worst one.The text is very difficult to understand, equations are not fully explained, and many terms are used that can be quite unfamiliar to engineers and scientists without prior knowledge of reciprocal space and crystallography.The book attempts to explain the entire concept of diffraction using Bragg's law, without providing the more intuitive view of photons and electrons in the Brillouin Zone.As such, the conceptualization is tricky even though the math is not that difficult.I would not recommend buying, or even using this book, for learning or teaching about diffraction.

Poorly Edited Edition
Cullity's expostion of x-ray diffraction is excellent, but the third edition, as noted by other reviewers, is missing all chapter specific references. If you're interested in this title, try to find a copy of the second edition.

disappointing
The 2nd Edition of "Elements of X-ray Diffraction" by B.D. Cullity ranks among the best introductory books ever written on the subject. When I bought this 3rd edition I hoped to obtain a book of similar standards. However, exchanging chapter titles (to less meaningful descriptors) and a mere renumbering of chapters and appendices (leaving nearly the complete body of the 2nd edition unchanged) was far from my expectations. I have sincere doubts, if the few brief sections added in this 3rd edition provide much useful information for a newcomer. Somehow, I feel they destroy the integrity of an old well-written text. Above all the publisher obviously did a poor job: The pages with "Chapter references" were completely lost somehow (they amounted to 9 pages in the 2nd edition) and are dearly missed whenever a reader wants to dwell a little bit deeper into the subject and use the citations provided in the text. If you want to go for a good introductory text on X-ray diffraction then choose the 2nd edition. Although based on knowledge of the sixties, and thus slightly old-fashioned, it still makes the point in a consistent and scholarly way. Let�s hope the 2nd edition will be available for some time. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Material Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Applied optics    7. Technology / Material Science   

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Teacher & Engineering
It is a very good one. I would recommend to buy if you could afford the price.

Great information -- several typos, however
The graphs and data provide a lot of good information but the book has several typos in key areas which lead to many hours of frustration. Also, I wish the book was offered in hardcover.I appreciate the desire to keep the costs low for the students, but a book like this will be life long resource for working engineers and I don't feel that the book will hold up well over the years with a soft cover.

Invaluable!
As a student in Materials Science and Engineering, this book has again and again been a priceless resource.It contains data and references which are clearly presented and precisely commented, and I often catch myself looking up the graphs or the appendices to find the solution to a particular problem.The Case Studies are very instructive and sometimes even amusing to read; they always reinforce a point previously made and give the reader a sense of history for the object in question (telephone, hair dryer, etc.).But the book doesn't stop at purely functional design; it also covers aesthetic aspects with the motto: "Good design works; excellent design also gives pleasure." This is a pleasing book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Engineering design    3. Material Science    4. Materials    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Materials science    9. Mechanical engineering    10. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Fully covering
The Sanks' Pumping Station design is a mile stone in its field. Excellent!
One of the very best engineering texts that I have run across in my career. Exceptionally clear, comprehensive, and practical. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Engineering - Civil    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Environmental Engineering & Technology    5. Pumping stations    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Sewage disposal plants    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Water treatment plants    11. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    12. Technology / Engineering / General   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    2. Kalman filtering    3. Mathematical optimization    4. Nonlinear systems    5. Robotics    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Electronics & Communications Engineering    10. Probability & statistics    11. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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Great Tracing Book!
I am an interior design student who LOVES this book. I had been struggling with drawing people in my renderings and this book really saved my drawings. You can be the best interior artist and have perfected drawing rooms, but if you stick an akward looking person in the center of your room....you have just completely ruined it. This book helps artists, interior designers, architects, students, teachers....everyone.
Excellent Resource
As a landscape architecture student this is a great resource for finding all types of people and trees and cars in all kinds of positions, plan view or perspective. Its an essential reference when you are looking for variation.

Not for interior design
I was expecting to see specific types of furniture in addition to trees, cars, and people. I don't see why there needs to be so many people pages. These are not very useful. As an interior design student, the book is not very useful but ok for architecture students. Also, I don't think the objects are in scale. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Design & Drafting    3. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    4. Entourage (Architectural rende    5. Entourage (Architectural rendering)    6. Interior Design - General    7. Themes, motives    8. Architecture / Design & Drafting    9. Photoshop   

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An Excellent Handbook
This book is an exceptional follow up to the fluid dynamics publication by the same author.The material in this text is presented in a very straightforward manner which any mechanical engineer should be able to comprehend and apply.This is a must have for the engineer who wishes to design functional fluid thermal systems.This is my second copy.

A really practical design book for engineer
The content of this book is easily read for me!! It contains almost all practical equations and criteria in the field of thermal system design. The most important point I like the book is that it has really help me a lot with my work in many times. It is so suit to asist engineers in preliminary design of fluid thermal system.

Outstanding Book
This is an outstanding book. The text is very readable, and the material very practicle. This book could be picked up, read briefly, and applied to real world problems without any further instruction. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Heat Exchangers    4. Hydraulic Machinery    5. Machinery    6. Mechanics - Dynamics - Fluid Dynamics    7. Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics    8. Piping    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Heat transfer processes    13. Mechanical engineering    14. Technology / Engineering / General   

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Good
I used this book for a graduate course in marine hydrodynamics.
Very good
Extremely well-written, readable. Here, you can learn about airfoil (hydrofoil) theory in detail, all the way through induction effects (drag and change of angle of inflow). I read it to understand outboard racing propellers. There's is no tractable theory of the latter because of asymmetry, and because racing propellers are surfacing propellers. So you learn what you can from airfoil theory and the rest is engineering via the seat of the pants, try something and then test it to see how it works. I did that for 9 years and set 3 APBA OPC speed records along with winning 6 National Championships, so the method worked pretty well in practice for me but left the most interesting questions about what propellers are doing unanswered. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Hydrodynamics    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Ships    5. Ships & Shipbuilding - Engineering    6. Technology    7. Transportation    8. Ship design & naval architecture    9. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Too many errors and no errata
The book is decent - better than a few I have purchased but suffers from a common failing in technical books - it is repleat with errors. Really, a book which is used by some in technical schools or colleges should have only a few errors at most. This book has scores of errors, which makes learning very difficult. Like most subjects if you intend to teach yourself, you will need three or four references including PLC manuals in order to resolve the many ambiguous diagrams and statements in the text...

Great teaching material
I teach electricians about PLCs and use this book as the class textbook. It has very good coverage of the subject. There are other books that are less costly and cover the same basic material (but not in the same depth that this book does).

Excellent PLC Book
Stenerson's book is an exellent introduction to the subject of Programmable Logic Controllers.He uses several of the major brands in his discussion of automation.The book is not designed to make one fluent withone particular PLC, but rather to give one basic knowledge which isapplicable to all brands of PLCs.Read more

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Counseling - Vocational Guidance    3. Digital Electronics    4. Electronics - Digital    5. Electronics - General    6. Engineering - Mechanical    7. Programmable Controllers    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Telecommunication systems    12. Automatic control engineering    13. Communications engineering / telecommunications    14. Electronic devices & materials    15. Technology / Electronics / General   

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More Mathematical than Technical
Defiantly more of a math book than a programming guide, but that was what I was expecting.This book explains how to use neural networks in the field of finance. It does so very logically and mathematically.You are shown how to apply neural networks to many different financial problems.But you are mostly left to yourself to actually implement the neural networks on a computer system.Some example source code is provided for MathCad, which is an expensive software package you can buy separately.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Mathematics    4. Business/Economics    5. Data processing    6. Decision making    7. Finance    8. Investments & Securities - General    9. Neural networks (Computer scie    10. Neural networks (Computer science)    11. Budgeting & financial management    12. Computers / Neural Networks   

Subjects:  1. Automatic control    2. Control Engineering    3. Electric machinery    4. Electronic Engineering (General)    5. Electronics - General    6. Engineering - Industrial    7. Engineering - Mechanical    8. Equipment, Appliances & Supplies    9. Industrial electronics    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Technology    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Electronics engineering    14. Technology / Electronics / General