Mechanical Books

I consider that this book is one of the most interesting book about friction of polymeric materials. The book contains new research results and analysis and review of published ones in this scientific area.

This is an excellent book for introducing the topic of reliability to manufacturing floor employees and professional staff that support manufacturing operations.

Carl Arvidson

This has already proved to be an invaluable tool for us. We import many goods from Italy and Brasil, and while be fluent and confident in Italian, the technical hang-ups with engineering terms were numerous. This dictionary gives the appropriate article and name in several languages. It is extremely helpful, the index from Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese back to English is also very, very helpful. It's very expensive, but it is well worth the price for business.

the physical features of jet mixing, bubble dynamics, and flow measurements.A chapter on two-phase multicomponent flows includes numerical discussions and advanced treatment of phase permeabilities

Engineering-Manufacturing

Subjects: Production Management-Encyclopedias.

Reviewer: Linda Ackerson, Visiting Assistant Engineering Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Grainger Engineering Library, lackerso@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

Table of Contents:

A-Z entries 1

Appendices:

Alphabetical Bibliography 847
Topical Bibliography 895
Production Management Journals and Magazines 953
Index 955

This one-volume specialized encyclopedia offers a comprehensive overview of current research and development in production and operations management. Extensive changes in this area have occurred over the last 20 years, introducing new concepts and practices, such as just-in-time manufacturing and total quality management.

Approximately 1,100 articles are included in the encyclopedia. About 1,000 of these are short, paragraph-length entries that introduce new concepts, principles, and practices, such as genetic algorithms. The remaining 100 articles, which are each five to ten pages long, offer up-to-date coverage of complex activities, such as product development. All the major articles and many of the shorter ones provide references to important research on this topic. New concepts and practices are often tied to specific companies, and in many of the articles, "real-world" examples are given.

The editor provides myriad ways of finding needed information. The table-of-contents includes a list of all articles in the encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically by the article headings. A separate list of the lengthier, major articles are provided, also arranged alphabetically by the article heading. Some keyword terms mentioned in the articles (e.g., Valdez principles and MAINOPT) do not have their own entries, but they can be located by using the subject-name index.

Some of the additional indexes are unique reference sources in themselves. Most notable is an index of the "real-world" companies and organizations featured in the articles. The references cited by these articles lead the reader to a prepared list of articles that are usually scattered across a variety of trade journals. The editor included two bibliographies, both composed of the references cited by the articles. The first is arranged alphabetically by author, the second by topic, allowing the reader to search for additional information by both author and subject.

This encyclopedia is important addition to any academic library supporting teaching and research in business or engineering, and it would be useful for managers in company or organizational settings. It not only details innovations in the area of production and manufacturing management, but also links them to related concepts and practices through extensive cross-referencing of entries. The encyclopedia is a bit pricey ..., but it is a well-constructed, well-written publication that offers state-of-the-art coverage.

Honestly haven't read this tome, but anything by Politzer and Murray must be worthwhile. Be sure to get this one signed, if at all possible, over a cold Pilsner Urquell.

This book presents, in clear and easy to understand language, a nearly complete summary of the problems and issues of technology that face a modern society. Issues ranging from alternative energy sources and traffic theory to the problems of feeding the world's growing population are addressed. This book allows one to approach such modern questions as "Should I have airbags in my car?" or "How dangerous is the nuclear power plant in the next town?" from a knowledgeable standpoint. Many worked examples are included. Reference lists and problems are included at the end of each chapter. Although written as a textbook, this is an excellent (and entertaining) resource for the general interested reader. (Disclaimer: I am a former student of one of authors, but never took the class for which this book was written.)

This book provides a clear, comprehensive and an excellent introduction to the technical basis, systems design, economic analysis, environmental impact and planning/policy of renewable and sustainable energy. Based partly on Prof. Masters' earlier work (Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems), this volume is completely redesigned and rewritten from the ground-up taking a multidisciplinary and whole life cycle approach.

Entirely new chapters are presented on:
a.energy analysis - history, future, market, economic, environmental and life-cycle analysis
b.energy theory - mechanical, thermal, chemical, nuclear, electrical, etc.
c.green buildings - cradle-to-cradle analysis of the built environment, ZEH, etc.
d.transportation - well-to-wheels analysis, PHEV, FCEV, etc.
e.land use planning - transit-oriented development, smart growth models, etc.
f.policy/planning - regulations, standards, ITC, PTC, FIT, carbon trading, RPS, etc.

The above are in addition to full chapters (with the latest updated material) on various renewables such as
a. solar (both photo-voltaic and thermal)
b. wind
c. biofuels
d. microturbines, fuel cells, CHP, etc.

The book provides most anything (nearly 800 pages) one wants to know under the clean-tech sun (at the undergraduate level prior to doing further advanced research on a specific area of interest). The book analyses each topic fairly thoroughly and explains everything very clearly. It is published by a non-profit which prolly explains the too-good-to-be-true low price. One thing to note is that the end-of-chapter problems are slated to be online and aren't in the book itself. Reading is a joy with numerous colorful graphs, tables, diagrams, flowcharts, real-world examples and actual photos. If you had to buy only one book in this space, u couldn't go wrong here - it is destined to be a classic.

Energy Systems Engineering
by Francis Vanek and Lou Albright
By burning fossil fuels, we may have lit a fire of feedback cycles that threaten to overheat the Earth. For this fire to sputter and go out, we have to stop fanning it. To reduce our contribution to the fire as effectively as possible by minimizing emissions from non-renewable sources, decision-making for energy systems must be optimized both for the near term and the decades during which the impacts of those decisions will be felt.
Energy systems engineers can now exercise their analytical skills more effectively using the focused and practical applied mathematics and modeling tools that are taught in Energy Systems Engineering. The tools are made accessible through detailed examples for transportation technologies as well as key energy sources. This highly readable resource turns the bright light of systems engineering onto the energy landscape, enabling choices for the shortest possible pathway to the sustainable energy future that is critical to the well-being of civilization.

Altho dated, this book is filled with extremely valuable tchnical information that any gearhead doing his own work or designing his own engine cannot be without. The author was a career auto teacher at a California community college and had the benefit of a shop full of the best equipment that taxpayer money can buy. He is/was a mastermind of the cam & valve & head modification art. Certain elements of science never change over time.. even tho the hotrod set continues to rediscover the old knowledge & proclaim it as new. this is one of those timeless tomes. You might not have access to all that great equipment, but your engine builders do. If you can find a copy buy it & never let it go.