The Engineering Handbook Second Edition

The fundamentals of engineering have evolved to include a wide range of knowledge, substantial empirical data, and a broad range of practice. The focus of the handbook is on the key concepts, models, and equations that enable the engineer to analyze, design, and predict the behavior of complex devices, circuits, instruments, systems, structures, plants, computers, fuels, and the environment. While data and formula are summarized, the main focus is the provision of the underlying theories and concepts and the appropriate application of these theories to the field of engineering. Thus, the reader will find the key concepts defined, described, and illustrated in order to serve the needs of the engineer over many years. With equal emphasis placed on materials, structures, mechanics, dynamics, fluids, thermodynamics, fuels and energy, transportation, environmental systems, circuits and systems, computers and instruments, manufacturing, aeronautical and aerospace, and economics and management as well as mathematics, the engineer should encounter a wide range of concepts and considerable depth of exploration of these concepts as they lead to application and design.The purpose of The Engineering Handbook, Second Edition is to provide in a single volume a ready reference for the practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia. The book in its comprehensive format is divided into 30 sections which encompass the field of engineering and includes 19 brand new chapters and 131 fully updated contributions. The goal is to provide the most up-to-date information in the classical fields that comprise mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, industrial, and aerospace engineering as well as the underlying fields of mathematics, materials, biomedical engineering, and nanotechnology. This book should serve the information needs of all professional engineers engaged in the practice of the profession whether in industry, education, or government. The goal of this comprehensive handbook is to replace a myriad of books with one highly informative, well-organized, definitive source of fundamental knowledge.

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