Offering a comprehensive analysis of coupled, rotating machinery systems-from foundations, baseplates, and casings to unique, new alignment methods-this single-source reference provides practical guidelines for solving complex alignment tasks fast and accurately.

This Handbook offers solutions to the day-to-day problems that occur in the work of the machine designer. It presents the various elements of hardware as well as rationales, procedures. techniques, and approaches that make the design process effective and competitive. It introduces new materials, processes, and analytical tools, and details such factors as stress, safety, greater efficiencies and compactness.

Maintaining the unique questions-and-answer format of the previous edition, this completely updated single-source reference provides simplified means of solving nearly 200 practical questions that regularly confront engineers involved in the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of steam plant systems

It is the purpose of this book to place in the designer's hands information which will enable him to improve his design calculations to the end that failure will be less prevalent and better balanced designs will be achieved. The book is primarily a working tool, not a textbook in the usual sense, and therefore only enough background and references are given to enable the reader to explore the subject further if he so desires. Features have been incorporated into the book to increase its usefulness to designers-the edge finder, the helical bindings and the large, full-grid charts. The parameters of charts are dimensionless so that together with the sketch of each chart, the book can be used with very limited English language capability.

Every aspect of control is expertly covered, from mathematical foundations to applications in robot and manipulator control. Biggest, most comprehensive, and most prestigious compilation of articles on control systems imaginable.

An excellent companion volume to Mechanics of Solder and Alloy Interconnects, this multidisciplinary reference addresses the application of solder media in the wetting process. The authors have captured and analyzed fast-moving technological developments, to provide a thorough practical guide to contemporary techniques. Modern soldering is a demanding discipline, in which the principles of thermodynamics, chemistry, physics, and electrical engineering converge on a tiny spot of heat and molten metal. In an atmosphere of growing demand for quality and increasing miniaturization, this vital resource will help electrical and design engineers achieve the highest standards of precision, strength, and reliability.

Here's an updated, solid introduction to the basic theory and engineering principles of non-guided ground vehicles, including road, off-road and air-cushion vehicles. The book offers you detailed coverage of vehicle performance characteristics, handling behavior, and ride qualities. It also features the latest information on aerodynamics performance enhancement methods, variable rate transmissions, antilock braking systems, and traction control systems.

This entirely updated and enlarged Second Edition broadens the scope of the previous edition while maintaining its concise, easy-to-read style in presenting the basic principles of turbomachine theory and their applications to specific devices.

Vibration Analysis for Electronic Equipment, Second Edition describes the methods for designing electronic equipment that must work with a high degree of reliability in severe vibration and shock environments. It is the only book that explains how to design and predict the operational life of electronic equipment, based upon the type of electronic components being used and the type of vibration and shock exposure. All the information in this book is based upon theoretical analysis that is backed up by test data.

Revised and updated throughout, the Second Edition provides a unified presentation of shell vibrations, with plates, rings, and other structural elements treated as special cases-starting with the derivation of the simplest set of deep shell equations and continuing on to anisotropic shells and the effect of initial stresses.

Contents-Engineering mechanics of bins, silos, and stacks. Rotating equipment. Mechanical design of shell and tube heat exchangers. External loadings on shell structures.