Intended as an introductory text in soil mechanics, the eighth edition of Das, PRINCIPLES OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING offers an overview of soil properties and mechanics together with coverage of f…
This much-needed reference provides comprehensive, detailed coverage of pump application and pumped water systems as well as a sound working overview of pump design. Written by a hands-on expert wi…
This is my first book. My thanks go to the following people for helping to ensure it won’t be my last: • Katie Bartozzi, Amanda Brown, Andrew Brown, Fred Garrison, Jean Garrison, Simon Garri…
The second edition of Finite Element Analysis, consisting of 15 chapters, includes a number of new features and changes that were incorporated in response to suggestions and requests made by profes…
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to human factors engineering, a discipline that studies the interaction between humans and technological systems. The authors discuss fundamental pri…
The book Building Heat Transfer by Morris Grenfell Davies discusses the fundamental principles and applications of heat transfer in buildings. Davies explains the mechanisms of heat transfer throug…
Experimentation and testing play an important role in developing new materials and devices and in controlling the quality of materials for use in design and construction. In the educational process…
This book is about systems. It concentrates on the engineering of human-made systems and on systems analysis. In the first case, emphasis is on the process of bringing systems into being, beginning…
Ecological Engineering Design attempts unify efforts toward greening the future by providing a comprehensive overview of emerging ecological engineering practices within an explicit ecosystem desig…
To be comfortable, people require that environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, humidity, air velocity) are maintained within a fairly limited range. Equally, modern technology frequently requir…