Best Thermodynamics

The extensive index contains thousands of terms, most indexed in a variety of ways, in anticipation of how you’ll search for them. Dynamics and Vibrations: Kinematics; Kinetics; Power Transmission Systems; Vibrating Systems Materials: Engineering Materials Properties and Testing; Thermal Treatment of Metals Fluids: Fluid Properties; Fluid Statics; Fluid Flow Parameters; Fluid Dynamics; Hydraulic Machines Power Cycles: Vapor, Combustion, and Nuclear Power Cycles; Refrigeration and Gas Compression Cycles HVAC: Psychrometrics; Fans, Ductwork, and Ventilation; Heating and Cooling Loads; Air Conditioning Systems Heat Transfer: Natural Convection; Evaporation; Condensation; Forced Convection; Radiation Machine Design: Basic and Advanced Machine Design; Pressure Vessels Thermodynamics: Inorganic Chemistry; Fuels and Combustion; Properties of Substances Control Systems: Modeling and Analysis of Engineering Systems Plant Engineering: Manufacturing Processes; Instrumentation and Measurements; Materials Handling and Processing; Fire Protection Systems; Environmental Pollutants and Remediation; Hazardous Material Storage and Disposal Fundamentals: Math Review; Probability; Statics; Engineering Economic Analysis Law and Ethics: Engineering Law; Ethics. What’s New in This Edition 36 chapters with new material, and 46 chapters with revisions to existing material 300 new equations, and 128 updated equations 27 new tables, and 31 updated tables 7 new examples, and 34 updated examples 10 new appendices, and 27 updated appendices 35 new figures, and 28 updated figures 1,094 new index entries, and 108 updated index entires. Michael R. Lindeburg, PE, is one of the best-known authors of engineering textbooks and references.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I just recently passed the mechanical PE exam (fluids discipline), and I thought I would share the studying strategy that seemed to work for me. The very first thing you should do is purchase this book, the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual (MERM), even if you do not plan to take the PE for several years. At this pace, in about 3 months you will have read the entire book (around 1500 pages) and at least attempted every single practice problem. At this point you will be in full panic mode, because you won’t feel comfortable with any of the practice problems because as I said, they are much harder than what is on the exam. When you have finished the book, it should be right about the time that you have to choose your specific mechanical discipline for the exam. You will start to feel a lot more comfortable at this point because the questions are much easier than what you’ve seen so far. Update in response to some questions: On test day, you will see people walk into the exam with dozens of books. I went into the exam with only the following materials and it was more than enough: Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual. Practice Problems for the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual. NCEES Sample Questions and Solutions (Thermal and Fluids Systems). NCEES Sample Questions and Solutions (Mechanical Systems and Materials). NCEES Sample Questions and Solutions (HVAC and Refrigeration). A 1" Three Ring Binder of helpful equations, saturation tables, and conversion factors that I accumulated during the study process. I hope this has helped, and most importantly, good luck!"
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Thermodynamics, An Engineering Approach, eighth edition, covers the basic principles of thermodynamics while presenting a wealth of real-world engineering examples so students get a feel for how thermodynamics is applied in engineering practice. New Page 1 Michael A. Boles is Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU), where he earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and is an Alumni Distinguished Professor.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A lot of these descriptions say "new", perhaps the textbook is, but "new" implies it is the full textbook with the REQUIRED ACCESS CODE for doing homework on Webassign."
"Rented it for my daughter in college."
"Might want to make sure you have the correct version as I got the Indian version that has no English units in it."
"Unfortunately for me and my grade, I have received the wrong textbook."
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Completely updated, the seventh edition provides engineers with an in-depth look at the key concepts in the field.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The textbook was exactly as described and as for the content itself, I would recommend this textbook for anyone over the cengel one."
"I'm now a professional engineer and encountered a heat transfer problem at work, so I bought this older (5th) edition."
"That being said, with a little more effort, this book reads well and I will learn the material just fine."
"The chapters six through nine are very dry and nearly obtuse so it may take a while (and a lot of coffee) to comprehend the material."
"I bought this for a gift."
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"With my other two Heat Transfer books I'm completely covered with a wide swath of application spaces."
"Some of the tables in the back are misprinted, rendering the tables unusuable."
Best Dynamics Physics

Ranging from the basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as general relativity and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight. The late Richard P. Feynman was Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Here is my assessment of the quality of printing of the new Millennium edition putting is side by side with the 1966 edition. I love FLP but the printing quality of the Millennium edition does leave a bad taste in mouth. Below is the set this review is for. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set: The New Millennium Edition. The new edition can be fully read online legally for free. www dot feynmanlectures dot info. The errata for all editions can be found in the same website above. Below are the better printed edition (use errata from above). The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume Set. The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Three Volume Set. The Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 Volume Set) (Set v). The Feynman Lectures on Physics (Three Volume Set). Basically any edition other than the Millennium hardcover or paperback edition should be good used with the errata posted above."
"Purchased in November 1998 and I have not found a better physics audio."
"Perfect gift set."
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"The greatest physics book ever."
"A Classic."
Best Chemical Engineering

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics , 7/e, presents comprehensive coverage of the subject of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering viewpoint. After teaching for over 28 years in the City University of New York, Demodar N. Gujarati is currently professor of Economics at the Department of Social Sciences US Military Academy in West Point, New York.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you need a Thermo book to teach yourself, get a different one."
"Wish the book would focus more on the application of thermodynamic principles."
"The front of the book tables are missing when compared to an intro to thermo book but it is overall solid."
"SVNA was a great book and provided a good introduction to thermodynamics."
"I used this book for my first thermodynamics class in my chemical engineering major and the book is very understandable and clearly written."
"Terrible book at explaining the basics."
"I recieved the book with loose bonds."
"This book is terribly dry."
Best Nuclear Engineering

Book by Manson Benedict, Thomas H. Pigford, Hans Wolfgang Levi.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"nice price, time-honored reference."
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Best Mechanical Engineering

Even more useful specs, including tap drill sizes for Unified threads, reaming allowances for drilling, mesh and grit sizes, rules for figuring tapers, and assembly with pins and studs. Recently added information on sheet metal and presses, keys and keyways, shaft alignment, taps and tapping, helical coil screw thread inserts, metric screw threads, miniature screws, fluid mechanics, solid geometry, statistics, calculating hole coordinates and thread dimensions, and distinguishing between bolts and screws. Many thoroughly reworked and renovated sections throughout. Hundreds of new and thousands of refined and redone illustrations and equations. The standard reference for mechanical engineers, designers, manufacturing engineers, draftsmen, toolmakers, and machinists, revised, expanded, and updated from the 23d edition of 1988.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I've spent quite a bit of time today looking at various pages, and while distracting, the text from following pages doesn't completely overwhelm what you are trying to read. I had read that the pages were thinner in the last few editions making it more difficult to read, but I decided to buy it anyway. You can see the back of the page clearly, the front and back of the next page, and sometimes even the next page! This book is vastly more difficult to read than the 24th edition I have, and despite having some additional information I would like to have at my fingertips and the larger type, I just can't keep this book. What good is having super thin and super delicate pages on a book that you will use the most?"
"I am older and now wear trifocals so this big print edition was real find."
"I'm young and good eyesight so I can read it fairly easy but I still find it annoying."
"The increased cost is worth it."
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"received and it is just as expected."
"One would think after the fiasco with thin pages in the previous version, Industrial Prints would have figured not to use the same thin paper in their latest 30th edition of the book..."
"If you are a machinist or hobby machinist this book contains a lot of material you will never use."