A retired executive expounds upon seven rules for success in this pocket-size book: to wit, don't make enemies, hire people who are smarter than you, delegate and follow up, train your understudy, treat all your clients with respect, remember the organization chart, and get on your boss's wavelength. These rules are accompanied by anecdotes illustrating their effectiveness, written in a pleasant, breezy style.
Supersonic combustion ramjet (SCRJ) engine research and development, begun some 40 years ago, is vital for air-breathing hypersonic flight applications. This volume—the last of three in a series on hypersonic propulsion—presents a comprehensive and detailed exposition of the gradual maturing of scramjet technologies (significant flight testing in several countries is expected soon). Developments in several parts of the world are described by those closely involved with the mainstream of SCRJ activities.
Shape and structure spring from the struggle for better performance in both engineering and nature. According to the author, the objective and constraints principle used in engineering is the same mechanism from which the geometry in natural flow systems emerges. The book draws parallels between the engineered and the natural world in areas ranging from heat exchangers to river channels. Among the topics covered are mechanical structure, thermal structure, heat trees, ducts and rivers, turbulent structure, and structure in transportation and economics. Numerous illustrations, examples, and homework problems are included.
Experimental work on the mechanical properties of materials under multi-axial loading has been going on in the lands of the former Soviet Union since the 1950s. This has led to theories of plasticity and of the material ultimate state, but the work is not yet widely known in the West. The authors have attempted to systematize the results of these investi-gations and present them in convenient forms, such as plots or tables. Information gained since an earlier version was published in Kiev in 1983, including data on high- and low-temperature behavior, has been incorporated into this edition.
Including scientific fundamentals as well as recent developments in solar energy applications, this comprehensive book covers a broad range of topics of interest to students and professionals. This edition deals with areas such as heating and cooling, passive solar applications, detoxification, and biomass energy conversion. This textbook provides examples of methods of solar engineering from around the world and includes examples, solutions, and data applicable to international solar energy issues.
This work presents the concepts and methods of kinetic theory as applied to rarefied gas dynamics. After introducing the basic tools, the author treats problems in plane geometry using approximation techniques, such as perturbation and numerical methods. He later uses these same techniques to deal with two- and three-dimensional problems. The models include not only monatomic but polyatomic gases, mixtures, and chemical reactions. A special chapter is devoted to evaporation and condensation phenomena. Each section is accompanied by problems. The book is intended for graduate courses in aerospace engineering or applied mathematics.
Shock waves appear to be of special practical importance in three major fields: compressible flow (aerodynamics), materials science, and astrophysics. This three-volume collection contains comprehensive coverage of research topics related to shock wave phenomena, including shock waves in gases, liquids, solids, and space. Experimental, theoretical, and numerical results are included. Volume 1 is devoted to Theoretical, Experimental, and Numerical Techniques; Volume 2 covers Shock Wave Interactions and Propagation; and Volume 3 deals with Chemical Reactions in Shock Waves and Detonations.
This handbook, which includes material taken from Machinery's Handbook and other sources, is designed to provide information to students preparing for jobs in metalworking industries. It discusses applied mathematics, measuring instruments and methods, the standard methods of presentation, and conventions used in engineering drawings. Information is included on inch and metric standard tolerances, allowances, limits and fits, preferred numbers and sizes, and the sizes, forms, and dimensions of standard machine elements. The book also covers machining methods and materials selection, recommended speeds and feeds for various kinds of machining operations on different materials, and the types and compositions of metals commonly used in machine construction.
The objective of this book is to present and analyze vortex methods as a tool for the direct numerical simulation of incompressible viscous flows. Vortex methods have matured in recent years, offering an interesting alternative to finite difference and spectral methods for high-resolution numerical solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. In the past three decades, research into the numerical analysis aspects of vortex methods has provided a solid mathematical background for understanding the accuracy and stability of the method. At the same time, vortex methods retain their appealing physical character, which was the motive for their introduction.
The author, an attorney, discusses how to choose distinctive trademarks that competitors can't copy, search for other conflicting marks, register your mark with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, protect your marks from use by others while maintaining their legal strength, resolve trademark disputes outside the courtroom, and apply trademark law to domain names and Web pages. The book also provides step-by-step instructions for using the PTO's free Internet database to perform trademark searches, and information on the PTO's new online trademark application filing utility, eTEAS. Necessary forms and step-by-step instructions are included.
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