Science and Technics / Technology & engineering / Mechanics

Modernizing American Land Records: Order Upon Chaos

by Earl F. Epstein & Bernard J. Niemann Jr.

Modernizing American Land Records: Order Upon Chaos shows how geospatial technology collects, manages, analyzes, represents, and distributes land record data, including information about the nature of property...

Internal Combustion Engines

by Giancarlo Ferrari

This book presents an energetic approach to the performance analysis of internal combustion engines, seen as attractive applications of the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and energy transfer....

Plastics and Sustainable Piping Systems

by David Chasis

Overview

Plastics and Sustainable Piping Systems is the reference text for plastic piping, which is now the preferred material in countless applications -- municipal water and sewer lines,drain/waste/vent lines,...

Diesel - The Modern Power

by Ralph A. Richardson

“ … The police, the newspapers and the public have long ago ceased to be interested in the fate of Dr. Diesel, who mysteriously disappeared in the fall of 1913. The present dramatic performances of the Diesel...

Principles of Aeroelasticity

by Raymond L. Bisplinghoff & Holt Ashley

Geared toward professional engineers, this volume will be helpful for students, too. Topics include methods of constructing static and dynamic equations, heated elastic solids, forms of aerodynamic operators,...

Rotary-Wing Aerodynamics

by W. Z. Stepniewski

Clear, concise text covers aerodynamic phenomena of the rotor and offers guidelines for helicopter performance evaluation. Originally prepared for NASA. Prefaces. New Indexes. 10 black-and-white photos. 537...

Basic Machines and How They Work

by Naval Education

Only elementary math skills are needed to follow this manual, which covers many machines and their components, including hydrostatics and hydraulics, internal combustion engines, trains, and more. 204 black-and-white...

Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction

by Gardner D. Hiscox

This engrossing visual narrative profiles hundreds of mechanical devices. Nearly 1,000 detailed illustrations — including steam-powered appliances, spring-powered devices, and other machinery — are accompanied...

507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices

by Henry T. Brown

This 1868 collection features simplified illustrations of the mechanisms used in hydraulics, steam engines, pneumatics, presses, horologes, and other machines. Captioned drawings depict the movements of each...

Dynamics of Atmospheric Flight

by Bernard Etkin

This treatment for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals makes special reference to stability and control of airplanes, with extensive numerical examples covering a variety of vehicles....

Introduction to Space Dynamics

by William Tyrrell Thomson

Comprehensive, classic introduction to space-flight engineering for advanced undergraduate and graduate students provides basic tools for quantitative analysis of the motions of satellites and other vehicles...

Theory of Wing Sections: Including a Summary of Airfoil Data

by Ira H. Abbott & A. E. von Doenhoff

Concise compilation of subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of NACA wing sections, plus description of theory. 350 pages of tables.

Aeroelasticity

by Raymond L. Bisplinghoff, Holt Ashley & Robert L. Halfman

Highly regarded text deals with aeroelasticity as well as underlying aerodynamic and structural tools. Topics include incompressible flow, flutter, model theory, and much more. Over 300 illustrations. 1955 edition....

Theory of Flight

by Richard von Mises

Mises' classic avoids the formidable mathematical structure of fluid dynamics, while conveying — by often unorthodox methods — a full understanding of the physical phenomena and mathematical concepts of...

Helicopter Theory

by Wayne Johnson

Monumental engineering text covers vertical flight, forward flight, performance, mathematics of rotating systems, rotary wing dynamics and aerodynamics, aeroelasticity, stability and control, stall, noise, and...

Machinery's Handbook Made Easy

by Edward Janecek

 Improve Your Manufacturing SkillsMachinery's Handbook Made Easy

This is a time-saving navigational tool for Machinery’s Handbook for experienced professionals and beginners alike.  You will learn how to quickly find...

Auto Biography

by Earl Swift

A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw auto dealer as he struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy—a car that...

Microsoft® Flight Simulator as a Training Aid: A Guide for Pilots, Instructors, and Virtual Aviators

by Bruce Williams

PC-based simulations, though touted by many in the aviation community as excellent flight training aids, are not being used to their full potential. This guide and the accompanying CD illustrate how to get the...

How to Land a Top-Paying Aeronautical engineers Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, Salaries, Promotions

by Reese Tammy

How to Land a Top-Paying Aeronautical engineers Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, Salaries, Promotions, What to Expect From Recruiters and More

How to Land a Top-Paying Aerospace engineering and operations technicians Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interv

by Gay Albert

How to Land a Top-Paying Aerospace engineering and operations technicians Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, Salaries, Promotions, What to Expect From Recruiters...