A sequel to an earlier book by this author, this text discusses changes in design philosophy—away from multistage expendable vehicles to winged, reusable launch vehicles—and presents an overview of systems engineering, vehicle design, and systems trades and analysis. Individual chapters are devoted to aerodynamics, aerothermal analysis, structures, materials, propulsion, flight mechanics and trajectories, avionics and computers, and control systems. The final chapters deal with human factors, payload, launch and mission operations, safety, and mission assurance. A companion CD-ROM packages a collection of oversize figures and tables, resources for systems engineering and launch ranges, as well as a compendium of software programs.
The theory of inviscid, incompressible, and irrotational aerodynamics, as well as the computational techniques now available to solve complex problems, are dealt with in this book. The computational approach is used throughout, from a single vortex element to a three-dimensional panel formulation. This second edition features a new chapter on the laminar boundary layer (with emphasis on the viscous-inviscid coupling), the latest versions of computational techniques, and additional coverage of interaction problems. The authors include a systematic treatment of two-dimensional panel methods and a detailed presentation of computational techniques for three-dimensional and unsteady flows.
This fictionalized tale simplifies a complicated topic and explains, in a nonthreatening, easy-to-understand way, how Six Sigma works. The book is couched as a dialogue between Larry, corporate star and Six Sigma maven, and Joe, who tried other management nostrums and has recently been laid off. The book is designed to help everyone in an organization understand what Six Sigma is. It argues how it can benefit the company, and how it can help the employee of an organization that is implementing or thinking about implementing Six Sigma.
The purview of this conference, held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, in July 1999 under the auspices of the United Engineering Foundation, covered all aspects of fouling in relation to design, surface treatment, operation, maintenance, cleaning, prediction, assessment, and monitoring of heat exchangers. After three introductory articles, the remainder of the papers are grouped under the headings Prediction, Assessment, and Monitoring; Fouling Control; and Cleaning and Maintenance.
The authors discuss stability analysis and buckling problems, and offer practical tools for dealing with uncertainties that exist inherently in real systems. The techniques are based on two competing yet complementary theories that are developed in the text. One is the probabilistic theory of stability, with particular emphasis on reliability, with both theoretical and computational issues discussed. The other is "anti-optimization," a theory that is valid when the necessary information for probabilistic analysis is absent; that is, when only scant data are available.
The three volumes of this encyclopedia contain more than 170 articles that provide a concise over-view of a specific topic. Designed for practitioners and students who deal with vibration in machines, buildings and other structures, vehicles, ships, and aircraft, as well as the human response to vibration, it provides facts, background information, and techniques for modeling, analysis, design, testing, and control of vibration. It also covers emerging topics, such as modal testing, data acquisition, instrumentation, signal processing, and diagnostic applications. The purchase price includes initial access to an online version with advanced search tools; ongoing access requires an annual fee.
Designed for two-semester courses in solid mechanics or strength of materials for students in mechanical, civil, or aeronautical engineering and materials science, this book is designed to provide an introduction to solid mechanics that is informed by realistic engineering applications and stresses basic unifying concepts, without requiring complicated mathematics. SI units are used throughout. The book includes more than 600 problems, many of them designed for solving with Matlab, Maple, or Mathematica.
Modern developments in thermodynamics and fluid and solid dynamics transport theories and computer simulations have expanded our understanding of how volcanoes work, their dangers, and how to protect nearby urban areas. In addition to setting forth the mechanical, geophysical, and chemical factors that lead to volcanic eruptions, this book seeks to help students apply the theory of transport processes to volcanic phenomena, while providing a reference for volcanologists and an introduction to the subject for engineers and physical scientists.
Identifying factors associated with successful innovation, the authors undertake to show how to create breakthrough products. They discuss Product Opportunity Gaps, how to navigate the "fuzzy front end" of the design process, and how to leverage contributions from diverse product teams while staying focused on the customer's values and lifestyles. They also present case studies, including OXO's GoodGrips, Motorola's Talkabout, Crown (Wave), innovative services provided by Starbucks, Black & Decker's Snakelight, Tornado's Monarch Carpet Cleaner, Sentient Systems' DynaMyte Augmentative Communicator, Kodak's Single-Use Cameras, Herman Miller's Aeron Chair, Apple's iMac, Baygen's Freeplay Radio, Restoration Hardware, and innovative solutions at UPS.
In presenting the mathematical theory of the finite element method, this book focuses on the question of how reliable computed results really are. Among other topics, it addresses the local behavior, errors caused by pollution, superconvergence, and optimal meshes. Many computational examples illustrate the importance of the theoretical conclusions for practical computations. The book is intended for graduate students, lecturers, and researchers in mathematics, engineering, and scientific computation.
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