Engineering E-Books Page 3

Introduction to Signal Processing
by Sophocles J. Orfanidis - Prentice Hall , 2009
An applications-oriented introduction to digital signal processing. The author covers all the basic DSP concepts, such as sampling, DFT/FFT algorithms, etc. The book emphasizes the algorithmic, computational, and programming aspects of DSP.

Kalman Filter
by Vedran Kordic - Sciyo.com , 2010
The Kalman filter has been successfully employed in diverse knowledge areas over the last 50 years. The aim of this book is to provide an overview of recent developments in Kalman filter theory and their applications in engineering and science.

Kalman Filter Recent Advances and Applications
by Victor M. Moreno, Alberto Pigazo - INTECH , 2009
An overview of recent developments in Kalman filter theory and their applications in engineering and scientific fields. The book covers recent advances in Kalman filtering theory and applications in electrical engineering and other areas.

Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT): with Audio Applications
by Julius O. Smith III - W3K Publishing , 2007
Detailed mathematical derivation of DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform), with elementary applications to audio signal processing. Matlab programming examples are included. High-school math background is a prerequisite, including some calculus.

Mixed-signal and DSP Design Techniques
by Walt Kester - Newnes , 2002
The book explains signal processing hardware. It covers sampled data systems, A-to-D and D-to-A converters for DSP applications, fast Fourier transforms, digital filters, DSP hardware, interfacing to DSP chips, hardware design techniques.

Modern Signal Processing
by Daniel N. Rockmore, Jr, Dennis M. Healy - Cambridge University Press , 2004
The book about the mathematical basis of signal processing and its many areas of application for graduate students. The text emphasizes current challenges, new techniques adapted to new technologies, and recent advances in algorithms and theory.

Optimal Filtering
by B.D.O. Anderson, J.B. Moore - Prentice-Hall , 1979
This graduate-level text augments and extends studies of signal processing, particularly in regard to communication systems and digital filtering theory. Topics include filtering, linear systems, and estimation; the discrete-time Kalman filter; etc.

Optimum Signal Processing
by Sophocles J. Orfanidis , 2007
In this edition the emphasis is on real-time adaptive signal processing, eigenvector methods of spectrum estimation, and parallel processor implementations of optimum filtering and prediction algorithms, and including several new developments.

Physical Audio Signal Processing
by Julius O. Smith III - DSPRelated.com , 2007
This book was developed for a course entitled "Signal Processing Methods in Musical Acoustics". The text was created primarily as a research preparation and dissemination vehicle intended for graduate students in computer music and engineering.

Principles of Computerized Tomographic Imaging
by Avinash C. Kak, Malcolm Slaney - IEEE Press , 1989
A comprehensive, tutorial-style introduction to the algorithms for reconstructing cross-sectional images from projection data and contains a complete overview of the engineering and signal processing algorithms necessary for tomographic imaging.

R. R. Bahadur's Lectures on the Theory of Estimation
by Raghu Raj Bahadur, at al. - IMS , 2002
In this volume the author covered what should be standard topics in a course of parametric estimation: Bayes estimates, unbiased estimation, Fisher information, Cramer-Rao bounds, and the theory of maximum likelihood estimation.

Signal Processing
by Sebastian Miron - InTech , 2010
The exponential development of computer power over the last few decades, transformed signal processing in an essential tool for a wide range of domains such as telecommunications. This book provides highlights of the current research in the area.

Stochastic Calculus
by Alan Bain , 2008
An informal introduction to Stochastic Calculus, and especially to the Ito integral and some of its applications. The text concentrates on the parts of the course which the author found hard, there is little or no comment on more standard matters.

The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
by Steven W. Smith - California technical Publishing , 1999
Digital Signal Processing is one of the most powerful technologies that will shape science and engineering in the twenty-first century. The book presents the fundamentals of DSP using examples from common science and engineering problems.

The Theory of Linear Prediction
by P. Vaidyanathan - Morgan and Claypool Publishers , 2008
Linear prediction theory has had a profound impact in the field of digital signal processing. This book focuses on the theory of vector linear prediction and line spectral processes. There are several examples and computer-based demonstrations.

Wavelets and Subband Coding
by Martin Vetterli, Jelena Kovacevic - Prentice Hall PTR , 1995
A central goal of signal processing is to describe real life signals, be it for computation, compression, or understanding. This book presents a unified view of wavelets and subband coding with a signal processing perspective.

Wireless Communications: Signal Processing Perspectives
by H. V. Poor, G. W. Wornell - Prentice-Hall, Inc. , 1998
A valuable reference both for signal processing specialists seeking to apply their expertise in the rapidly growing wireless communications field, and for communications specialists eager to exploit signal processing techniques.

Civil Engineering E-Books

Basic Concepts in Turbomachinery
by Grant Ingram - BookBoon , 2009
This free textbook is intended to complement existing literature by providing more detail on some of the very basics aspects of how turbomachinery operates. A series of problems are provided at the end of each chapter with numerical answers.

Computer Analysis & Reinforced Concrete Design of Beams
by Fady R. S. Rostom - Fadzter Media , 2008
This project deals with the creation of a computer application that analyzes and designs structural beams. The project also aims at emphasizing the importance of computers in the solution of everyday engineering problems.

Concise Hydraulics
by Dawei Han - BookBoon , 2008
Introductory textbook on hydraulics written for undergraduate students in civil and environmental engineering, environmental science and geography. The aim of this book is to provide a concise and comprehensive coverage of hydraulics.

Design of Wood Frame Structures for Permanence
- AWC , 2006
When properly designed, wood frame structures will resist damage by moisture and living organisms. Recommendations for control of moisture and protection against decay and insect infestations are contained in this document.

Details for Conventional Wood Frame Construction
- ICC , 2001
A comprehensive summary of rules and guidelines for the proper construction of wood frame buildings. The book includes information on various types of construction, framing systems, fire and draftstopping, protection against decay, etc.

Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams
- National Academies , 1990
In this book, current knowledge about the earthquake performance of concrete dams is evaluated, including procedures for investigating the seismic safety. The book informs researchers about state-of-the-art earthquake analysis of concrete dams.

Elementary Applied Mechanics
by A. W. Thomson, T. Alexander - MacMillan , 1916
The work forms an elementary consecutive treatise on the subject of Internal Stress and Strain. The whole is illustrated by a systematic and graduated set of Examples. At every point graphical methods are combined with the analytical.

Fundamentals of Transportation
- Wikibooks , 2009
The book is aimed at undergraduate civil engineering students, though the material may provide a useful review for practitioners and graduate students in transportation. The book is divided into three main parts: planning, operations, and design.

Heavy Timber Construction
- AWC , 2004
Heavy timber construction is one of the oldest types of buildings. This publication defines the requirements for heavy timber construction, and provides illustrations of good construction details. Written for architects and builders.

Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering
by A. C. de Pina Filho and A. C. de Pina - Sciyo.com , 2010
Topics covered: urban automation; geographic information systems; urban noise, floods and transports; information technology applied to the cities; tools for urban simulation, social monitoring and control of urban policies; sustainability; etc.

Modern Masonry: Natural Stone and Clay Products
- National Academies Press , 1956
The edited papers and discussions of a research correlation conference. From the table of contents: Architectural Design; Technology of Building with Masonry; Research and New Technical Developments; Costs and Maintenance; Building Type Analysis.

Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings
by Lois Arena, Pallavi Mantha - PD&R , 2010
This research project has collected 1 full year of indoor temperature and humidity data for a sample of 60 homes across three different climate regions - the hot and humid Southeast (Zone 2), the cold Northeast (Zone 5), and the marine Northwest.

Plank-And-Beam Framing for Residential Buildings
- American Wood Council , 2003
The book presents technical data that will be helpful to architects, engineers and builders. It covers the principles of design, construction details, and requirements for the plank-and-beam method of framing, including span and load tables.

Practical Astronomy
by George L. Hosmer - John Wiley and Sons Inc. , 1925
The text is adapted to the needs of civil-engineering students. The text deals chiefly with the class of observations which can be made with surveying instruments, the methods applicable to astronomical and geodetic instruments being treated briefly.

Practical Astronomy for Engineers
by Frederick Hanley Seares - Stephens , 1909
The main purpose of the volume is an exposition of the principal methods of determining latitude, azimuth, and time. Generally speaking, the limit of precision is that corresponding to the engineer's transit or the sextant.

Project Management for Construction
by Chris Hendrickson, Tung Au - Prentice Hall , 1989
This book develops a specific viewpoint in discussing the participants, the processes and the techniques of project management for construction. This viewpoint is that of owners who desire completion of projects in a timely, cost effective fashion.

Roller Coaster Physics
by Tony Wayne - VAST , 1998
This text discusses some of the principles involved in the design of a roller coaster. It is intended for the middle or high school teacher, and physics students. Many of the concepts can be applied to topics other than roller coasters.

Science Pertaining To Civil Engineering
- International TextBook Company , 1927
The book is written clearly and in the simplest language possible. This volume covers fundamental principles of mechanics, analytic statics, kinematics and kinetics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and rudiments of analytic geometry.

Seismic Design for Buildings
- Dept. of the Army , 1982
This manual provides criteria and guidance for the design of structures to resist the effects of earthquakes. It takes a general approach for the seismic design of buildings. Primary emphasis is given to the equivalent static force design procedure.

Tensor Analysis
by Edward Nelson - Princeton Univ Pr , 1974
The lecture notes for the first part of a one-term course on differential geometry given at Princeton in the spring of 1967. They are an expository account of the formal algebraic aspects of tensor analysis using both modern and classical notations.

The Mechanical Properties of Wood
by Samuel J. Record , 1914
This book was written primarily for students of forestry to whom a knowledge of the technical properties of wood is essential. The mechanics involved is reduced to the simplest terms and without reference to higher mathematics.

Tongue and Groove Roof Decking
- AWC , 2003
Timber tongue and groove decking is a specialty lumber product that can be used for many applications to provide an all-wood appearance. This document contains all that's needed to design and construct tongue and groove wood roof decking.

Urban Transportation Networks
by Yosef Sheffi - Prentice Hall , 1985
This book describes how the flow pattern throughout an urban network can be determined by modeling two mechanisms -- travel decisions and congestion. The analysis here looks at transportation level of service (or travel disutility) and flows.

Industrial Engineering E-Books

Adaptive Control
by Kwanho You - IN-TECH , 2009
This book discusses the issues of adaptive control application to model generation, adaptive estimation, output regulation and feedback, electrical drives, optical communication, neural estimator, simulation and implementation.

Automated Manufacturing Systems with PLCs
by Hugh Jack , 2008
The book designed for students with some knowledge of technology, including limited electricity, who wish to learn the discipline of practical control system design on commonly used hardware. The techniques described are portable to other PLCs.

Fuel Cell Handbook
by U.S. Department of Energy - University Press of the Pacific , 2000
Fuel cells are an important technology for a potentially wide variety of applications in a large number of industries worldwide. This edition includes calculation examples for fuel cells for the wide variety of possible applications.

Fundamentals of Combustion
by Joseph M. Powers - University of Notre Dame , 2010
Thermodynamics and chemical kinetics of combustion reactions, modeling of reacting fluid mechanical systems, subsonic and supersonic combustion, detailed and one-step kinetics, ignition theory, asymptotic and numerical modeling techniques.

Fundamentals of Die Casting Design
by Genick Bar-Meir , 2000
This book describes the fundamentals of design of the die casting process and die mold/runner. It will be useful for the die casting engineer as well as managers and anyone else who deals with the die casting operations.

Industrial Robotics: Programming, Simulation and Applications
by Low Kin Huat - Pro Literatur Verlag , 2006
This book covers a wide range of topics relating to advanced industrial robotics, sensors and automation technologies. These papers represent some of the latest cutting edge technologies and advancements in industrial robotics technology.

Industrial Robotics: Theory, Modelling and Control
by Sam Cubero - Pro Literatur Verlag , 2006
This book covers a wide range of topics relating to advanced industrial robotics, sensors and automation technologies. Included are topics such as networking, properties of manipulators, forward and inverse robot arm kinematics, etc.

Integration and Automation of Manufacturing Systems
by Hugh Jack , 2001
The text covers PLCs and networking, industrial robotics, robot applications, spatial kinematics, motion control, CNC machines, CNC programming, data aquisition, vision systems, integration issues, material handling, petri nets, simulation, etc.

Intelligent and Biosensors
by Vernon S. Somerset - Sciyo.com , 2010
This book is an attempt to highlight the current research in the field of Intelligent and Biosensors, thereby describing state-of-the-art techniques in the field and emerging new technologies, also showcasing some examples and applications.

Manufacturing the Future
by V. Kordic, A. Lazinica, M. Merdan - Pro Literatur Verlag , 2006
This book covers the state-of-the-art development and future directions in modern manufacturing systems: trends in distributed manufacturing, modern manufacturing equipment, product design process, rapid prototyping, quality assurance, etc.

Planning Algorithms
by Steven M. LaValle - Cambridge University Press , 2006
Written for computer scientists and engineers with interests in artificial intelligence, robotics, or control theory, this book tightly integrates a vast body of literature from several fields into a coherent source for reference in applications.

Process Management
by Maria Pomffyova - Sciyo.com , 2010
Process management is presented as knowledge, skills, tools, techniques and systems to define, visualize, measure, control, report and improve processes. This book reports about the process management research results in many various areas.

Robotics and Automation in Construction
by C. Balaguer, M. Abderrahim - InTech Education and Publishing , 2008
The authors discuss the main research challenges of Robotics and Automation in Construction (RAC), the technologies and new developments employed to automate processes in the construction industry, and give case studies of RAC.

Robust Control: The Parametric Approach
by S. P. Bhattacharyya, H. Chapellat, L. H. Keel - Prentice Hall , 1995
This book presents a unified approach to robust stability theory, including both linear and nonlinear systems, and provides a self-contained and complete account of the available results in the field of robust control under parametric uncertainty.

Shipbuilding for Beginners
by Andrew Williams Carmichael , 1918
This booklet is issued for use by workmen engaged in building ships. Written in simple language and illustrated with clear diagrams, it will serve both as a guide to the activities of a modern American shipyard and a stimulus to patriotic service.

Supply Chain
by Vedran Kordic - I-Tech Education and Publishing , 2008
Modern supply chain management is a highly complex problem set with virtually endless number of variables for optimization. An Internet enabled supply chain may have just-in-time delivery, inventory visibility, and distribution-tracking capabilities.

Thermal Energy
by Zoltan Spakovszky, Edward Greitzer - MIT OpenCourseWare , 2002
The first part of the text is a review of fundamental thermodynamic concepts, and is followed by the second law. Next are applications of thermodynamics to engineering systems, and the course concludes with fundamentals of heat transfer.

Materials Science E-Books

A Heat Transfer Textbook, Third Edition
by John H. Lienhard IV, John H. Lienhard V - Phlogiston Press , 2003
This textbook is an introduction to heat and mass transfer for engineering students. The subjects covered include heat conduction, forced and natural convection, thermal radiation, boiling, condensation, heat exchangers, and mass transfer.
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Applied Mechanics
by Gaetano Lanza - J. Wiley , 1905
The work is a treatise on strength and stability, a number of subjects usually included in treatises on applied mechanics are omitted. It is primarily a text-book, the different subjects are presented in the best way for the progress of the class.
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Carbon Nanotubes
by Jose Mauricio Marulanda - InTech , 2010
Carbon nanotubes are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. These cylindrical carbon molecules have novel properties, making them potentially useful in many applications in nanotechnology, electronics, optics, and other fields.
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Deformation Theory of Plasticity
by Robert Millard Jones - Bull Ridge Corporation , 2008
This book is an attempt to gather into one convenient semester-long format the fundamentals of an engineering approach to modeling the nonlinear stress-strain behavior of some common engineering materials. This topic is often called plasticity.
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Elements of X-Ray Diffraction
by B.D. Cullity - Addison-Wesley , 1956
Intended to acquaint the reader with the theory of x-ray diffraction, the experimental methods involved, and the main applications. It stresses X-ray diffraction rather than metallurgy. Designed for beginners, not a reference for the advanced reader.
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Fundamentals of Die Casting Design
by Genick Bar-Meir , 2000
This book describes the fundamentals of design of the die casting process and die mold/runner. It will be useful for the die casting engineer as well as managers and anyone else who deals with the die casting operations.
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Fundamentals of Materials Science
by Darrell Irvine, Nicola Marzari - MIT OpenCourseWare , 2005
The text focuses on the structure, energetics, and bonding that underpin materials science. Topics include: an introduction to thermodynamic functions and laws governing equilibrium properties, atomistic and molecular models of materials; etc.
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Materials Processing
by Randolph Kirchain, Adam Powell, IV - MIT OpenCourseWare , 2005
The goal of the course is to teach cost-effective and sustainable production of solid material with a desired geometry, structure, and production volume. Toward this end, it is organized around different types of phase transformations.
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Mechanics of Materials
by Madhukar Vable - Michigan Technological University , 2009
With strong practical examples and real-life engineering problems, the book promises to provide the skills and principles that students need to organize, integrate, and make sense of the flood of information in the world of modern engineering.
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Mechanics of Materials
by David Roylance - MIT OpenCourseWare , 1995
The book includes materials concepts, so readers understand how materials behave mechanically and what options are available to the designer. The design process is further enhanced by consistently relating the mechanics of materials to the chemistry.
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Nanomaterials - A Sojourn
by B Viswanathan - National Centre for Catalysis Research , 2006
Nanomaterials today have pervaded every sphere of human activity and can be presented in various formats. Sector-wise application of nanomaterials yields a synthesis approach and probably easy to comprehend. This approach is adopted in the book.
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Superconductivity, Superfluids, and Condensates
by James F. Annett - Oxford University Press , 2003
The book provides a basic introduction to one of the most innovative areas in condensed matter physics today. This book includes ample tutorial material, including illustrations, chapter summaries, graded problem sets, and concise examples.
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The Mechanical Properties of Wood
by Samuel J. Record , 1914
This book was written primarily for students of forestry to whom a knowledge of the technical properties of wood is essential. The mechanics involved is reduced to the simplest terms and without reference to higher mathematics.
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Transport Phenomena in Materials Engineering
by Adam Powell, IV - MIT OpenCourseWare , 2003
This text deals with solid-state diffusion, homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions, and spinodal decomposition. Topics covered include: heat conduction in solids, convective and radiative heat transfer boundary conditions; fluid dynamics.
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Wave Propagation in Materials for Modern Applications
by Andrey Petrin - Sciyo.com , 2010
The advances in nanotechnology give rise new types of materials with unique properties. This book is devoted to the modern methods in electrodynamics and acoustics, developed to describe wave propagation in these modern materials and nanodevices.
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Mechanical Engineering E-Books

A Heat Transfer Textbook, Third Edition
by John H. Lienhard IV, John H. Lienhard V - Phlogiston Press , 2003
This textbook is an introduction to heat and mass transfer for engineering students. The subjects covered include heat conduction, forced and natural convection, thermal radiation, boiling, condensation, heat exchangers, and mass transfer.

A Short Course in Elementary Mechanics for Engineers
by Clifford Newton Mills - D. Van Nostrand Company , 1916
This course in Elementary Mechanics is arranged for students who have previously studied Trigonometry. The subject matter is divided into three parts, namely, Kinematics, Kinetics, and Statics. Much detailed discussion is omitted.

Adaptive Control
by Kwanho You - IN-TECH , 2009
This book discusses the issues of adaptive control application to model generation, adaptive estimation, output regulation and feedback, electrical drives, optical communication, neural estimator, simulation and implementation.

Adaptive Control: Stability, Convergence, and Robustness
by Shankar Sastry, Marc Bodson - Prentice Hall , 1994
The book gives the major results, techniques of analysis and new directions in adaptive systems. It presents deterministic theory of identification and adaptive control. The focus is on linear, continuous time, single-input single output systems.

Advances in Robotics, Automation and Control
by Jesus Aramburo, Antonio R. Trevino - IN-TECH , 2008
Overview of the recent developments in the areas of robotics, automation and control. The book presents topics related to control and robot design, introduces mathematical tools and techniques devoted to improve the system modeling and control.

Advances in Service Robotics
by Ho Seok Ahn - IN-TECH , 2008
The book on current research results of service robots. Topics covered include various kinds of service robots, development environments, architectures of service robots, Human-Robot Interaction, networks of service robots, sensor network, etc.

Analytical Mechanics for Engineers
by Fred B. Seely - J. Wiley & sons , 1921
This book presents those principles of mechanics that are believed to be essential for the student of engineering. Throughout the book the aim has been to make the principles of mechanics stand out clearly ; to build them up from common experience.

Applied Gyrodynamics
by Ervin S. Ferry - John Wiley & Sons , 1933
A rigorous theoretical and mathematical description of the motion of spinning bodies and practical applications where their gyroscopic properties are used. The book goes into great detail on the theory, design and implementation of applications.

Applied Mechanics
by Gaetano Lanza - J. Wiley , 1905
The work is a treatise on strength and stability, a number of subjects usually included in treatises on applied mechanics are omitted. It is primarily a text-book, the different subjects are presented in the best way for the progress of the class.

Applied Mechanics Dynamics
by George W. Housner, Donald E. Hudson - California Institute of Technology , 1980
Textbook for engineering students who wish to prepare for more advanced studies of dynamics. The emphasis is on particle and rigid-body dynamics. The book shows how the classical mechanics methods are applied to the various branches of engineering.

Applied Mechanics for Beginners
by John Duncan - Macmillan and co , 1902
In the preparation of this little book, the object has been to provide students of engineering and allied constructive arts with a practical statement of the principles of Mechanics essential to an intelligent interest in their occupations.

Applied Mechanics for Engineers
by John Duncan - Macmillan and co , 1913
The author's object in writing this book has been to provide a practical statement of the principles of Mechanics. Principles have been illustrated by numerous fully worked-out examples, and exercises for home or class work have been provided.

Applied Thermodynamics for Engineers
by William D. Ennis - D. Van Nostrand Company , 1915
This book takes a middle ground between those textbooks which replace all theory by empiricism and that other class of treatises which are too apt to ignore the engineering significance of their vocabulary of differential equations.

Basic Concepts in Turbomachinery
by Grant Ingram - BookBoon , 2009
This free textbook is intended to complement existing literature by providing more detail on some of the very basics aspects of how turbomachinery operates. A series of problems are provided at the end of each chapter with numerical answers.

Bioinspiration and Robotics: Walking and Climbing Robots
by Maki K. Habib - I-Tech Education and Publishing , 2007
Nature has always been a source of inspiration and ideas for the robotics community. New solutions and technologies are required and hence this book is coming out to address and deal with the main challenges facing walking and climbing robots.

CAD-CAM and Rapid Prototyping Application Evaluation
by Miltiadis A. Boboulos - BookBoon , 2010
The author describes via review, analysis and case studies the state of art in the selection, application and implementation of CAD-CAM systems. New manufacturing technologies that build parts on a layer-by-layer basis are also analyzed.

Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics
by Christopher E. Brennen - Oxford University Press , 1995
A treatment of the fundamental physical processes involved in bubble dynamics and cavitation. It is applicable to topics ranging from valve damage in hydroelectric equipment, ship propellers, and internal combustion engines to the turbines and pumps.

Classical Mechanics: An introductory course
by Richard Fitzpatrick - Lulu.com , 2007
A set of lecture notes for an lower-division classical mechanics course. Covered are one- and three-dimensional motion, Newton's laws, energy and momentum conservation, rotational motion, statics, planetary motion, oscillations, and wave motion.

Computational Fluid Dynamics
by Abdulnaser Sayma - BookBoon , 2009
This book provides the basics of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) appropriate to modern day undergraduate study. The aim is to bridge the gap between books focusing on detailed theoretical analysis and commercial software user's guides.

Computational Fluid Dynamics
by Hyoung Woo Oh - Sciyo.com , 2010
This book is intended to serve as a reference text for advanced scientists and research engineers to solve a variety of fluid flow problems using computational fluid dynamics. Chapters are contributed by the practiced experts in the field.

Computational Geometry
by N. Patrikalakis, T. Maekawa - MIT OpenCourseWare , 2003
Topics in surface modeling: b-splines, non-uniform rational b-splines, physically based deformable surfaces, sweeps and generalized cylinders, offsets, blending and filleting surfaces. Non-linear solvers and intersection problems.

Concise Hydraulics
by Dawei Han - BookBoon , 2008
Introductory textbook on hydraulics written for undergraduate students in civil and environmental engineering, environmental science and geography. The aim of this book is to provide a concise and comprehensive coverage of hydraulics.

Continuum Electromechanics
by James R. Melcher - The MIT Press , 1981
This textbook provides a foundation in electromagnetics, particularly conversion of energy between electrical and mechanical forms. Applications include transducers, rotating machines, Van de Graff machines, image processing, ferrofluids, etc.

Control Engineering: An introduction with the use of Matlab
by Derek Atherton - BookBoon , 2009
The book covers the basic aspects of linear single loop feedback control theory. Explanations of the mathematical concepts used in classical control such as root loci, frequency response and stability methods are explained by making use of MATLAB.

Control in an Information Rich World
by Richard M. Murray - Society for Industrial Mathematics , 2002
The prospects for control in the current and future technological environment. The text describes the role the field will play in commercial and scientific applications over the next decade, and recommends actions required for new breakthroughs.

Cutting Edge Robotics
by V. Kordic, A. Lazinica, M. Merdan - Pro Literatur Verlag , 2005
This book is the result of contributions from many researchers worldwide. It presents a collection of wide range research results of robotics scientific community. Various aspects of current research in robotics area are explored and discussed.

Deformation Theory of Plasticity
by Robert Millard Jones - Bull Ridge Corporation , 2008
This book is an attempt to gather into one convenient semester-long format the fundamentals of an engineering approach to modeling the nonlinear stress-strain behavior of some common engineering materials. This topic is often called plasticity.

Dynamic System Modeling and Control
by Hugh Jack , 2005
Dynamic System Modeling and Control introduces the basic concepts of system modeling with differential equations. Supplemental materials at the end of this book include a writing guide, summary of math topics, and a table of useful engineering units.