ABSTRACT

Focusing primarily on core topics in mechanical and electrical science, students enrolled on a wide range of higher education engineering courses at undergraduate level will find Engineering Science, second edition, an invaluable aid to their learning.

With updated and expanded content, this new edition covers sections on the mechanics of materials, dynamics, thermodynamics, electrostatics and electromagnetic principles, and a.c./d.c. circuit theory. Entirely new sections are devoted to the study of gyroscopes and the effect of applied torques on their behaviour, and the use of Laplace transformation as a tool for modelling complex networks of inductance, capacitance and resistance. In addition, a new overview of the decibel (dB) introduces a handy technique for expressing logarithmic ratios.

Knowledge-check and review questions, along with activities, are included throughout the book, and the necessary background mathematics is integrated alongside the appropriate areas of engineering. The result is a clear and easily accessible textbook that encourages independent study and covers the essential scientific principles that students will meet at this level.

The book is supported with a companion website for students and lecturers at www.key2engineeringscience.com, and it includes:

• Solutions to the Test Your Knowledge and Review Questions in the book

• Further guidance on Essential Mathematics with introductions to vectors, vector operations, the calculus and differential equations, etc.

• An extra chapter on steam properties, cycles and plant

• Downloadable SCILAB scripts that help simplify some of the advanced mathematical content

• Selected illustrations from the book

part I|128 pages

Mechanics of materials

chapter 2Chapter 1|27 pages

Fundamentals

chapter Chapter 2|31 pages

Simply supported beams

chapter Chapter 3|8 pages

Torsion and shafts

chapter Chapter 4|12 pages

Pressure vessels

chapter Chapter 5|10 pages

Concentrically loaded columns and struts

chapter Chapter 6|10 pages

Introduction to strain energy

chapter Chapter 7|28 pages

Complex stress and strain

part II|84 pages

Dynamics

chapter 130Chapter 8|29 pages

Fundamentals

chapter Chapter 9|14 pages

Kinematics of mechanisms

chapter Chapter 10|22 pages

Power transmission systems

chapter Chapter 11|17 pages

Oscillatory motion and vibration

part III|110 pages

Thermodynamics

chapter 214Chapter 12|16 pages

Fundamentals

chapter Chapter 13|9 pages

Thermodynamic systems

chapter Chapter 14|12 pages

Perfect gas processes

chapter Chapter 15|15 pages

Thermal cycles

chapter Chapter 16|17 pages

Combustion engines

chapter Chapter 17|11 pages

Introduction to heat transfer

chapter Chapter 18|28 pages

Introduction to fluid mechanics

part IV|32 pages

Electrostatics and electromagnetism

chapter 324Chapter 19|14 pages

Electrostatics and capacitors

chapter Chapter 20|16 pages

Electromagnetism and inductors

part V|38 pages

Direct current

chapter 356Chapter 21|12 pages

Current, voltage and resistance

chapter Chapter 22|24 pages

Circuit theorems

part VI|24 pages

Transients

chapter 394Chapter 23|14 pages

Transients

chapter Chapter 24|8 pages

Transients in R–L–C systems

part VII|91 pages

Alternating current

chapter 418Chapter 25|15 pages

A.C. principles

chapter Chapter 26|10 pages

Complex impedance and admittance

chapter Chapter 27|12 pages

Resonant circuits

chapter Chapter 28|13 pages

Coupled magnetic circuits

chapter Chapter 29|8 pages

Power, power factor and power factor correction

chapter Chapter 30|13 pages

Complex waveforms and Fourier analysis

chapter Chapter 31|4 pages

Power in a complex waveform

chapter Chapter 32|14 pages

A.C. network analysis