Engineering Science : For Foundation Degree and Higher National (Paperback, 2 ed)

Preface PART I MECHANICS OF MATERIALS 1 Fundamentals 2 Simply supported beams 3 Torsion and shafts 4 Pressure vessels 5 Concentrically loaded columns and struts 6 Introduction to strain energy 7 Complex stress and strain 8 Materials properties, testing and failure PART II DYNAMICS 9 Fundamentals 10 Kinematics of mechanisms 11 Power transmission systems 12 Oscillatory motion and vibration PART III THERMODYNAMICS 13 Fundamentals 14 Thermodynamic systems 15 Perfect gas processes 16 Thermal cycles 17 Combustion engines 18 Introduction to heat transfer 19 Introduction to ?uid mechanics PART IV ELECTROSTATICS AND ELECTROMAGNETISM 20 Electrostatics and capacitors 21 Electromagnetism and inductors PART V DIRECT CURRENT 22 Current, voltage and resistance 23 Circuit theorems PART VI TRANSIENTS 24 Transients 25 Transients in R?L?C systems PART VII ALTERNATING CURRENT 26 a.c. principles 27 Complex impedance and admittance 28 Resonant circuits 29 Coupled magnetic circuits 30 Power, power factor and power factor correction 31 Complex waveforms and Fourier analysis 32 Power in a complex waveform 33 a.c. network analysis Index