ABSTRACT
Newnes Engineering Science Pocket Book is a uniquely versatile and practical tool for a wide range of engineers and students. All the fundamentals of electrical and mechanical engineering science and physics are covered, with an emphasis on concise descriptions, key methods, clear diagrams, formulae and how to use them. John Bird's presentations of this core material puts all the answers at your fingertips.
The contents of this book have been carefully matched to the latest Further and Higher Education syllabuses so that it can also be used as a revision guide or a quick-access source of underpinning knowledge. Students on competence-based courses such as NVQs will find this approach particularly refreshing and practical.
This book and its companion title, Newnes Engineering Mathematics Pocket Book, provide the underpinning knowledge for the whole range of engineering communities catered for by the Newnes Pocket Book series. These related titles include:
Newnes Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book (Timings)
Newnes Electrical Pocket Book (Reeves)
Newnes Electronic Engineer's Pocket Book (Carr & Brindley)
Newnes Radio and RF Engineer's Pocket Book (Carr & Davies)
Newnes Telecommunications Engineer's Pocket Book (Winder)
Previous editions of Newnes Engineering Science Pocket Book were published under the title Newnes Engineering and Physical Science Pocket Book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |20 pages
General Engineering Science
chapter |3 pages
SI Units
chapter |2 pages
Density
chapter |2 pages
Scalar and Vector Quantities
chapter |5 pages
Atomic Structure of Matter
chapter |3 pages
Chemical Reactions
chapter |3 pages
Standard Quantity Symbols and their Units
part |182 pages
Mechanical Engineering and Physical Science
chapter |4 pages
Speed and Velocity
chapter |3 pages
Acceleration
chapter |4 pages
Force, Mass and Acceleration
chapter |2 pages
Centre of Gravity and Equilibrium
chapter |10 pages
Forces Acting at a Point
chapter |4 pages
Simply Supported Beams
chapter |4 pages
Shearing Force and Bending Moments
chapter |3 pages
Bending Stress
chapter |6 pages
Linear and Angular Motion
chapter |3 pages
Friction
chapter |4 pages
Waves
chapter |5 pages
Interference and Diffraction
chapter |6 pages
Light Rays
chapter |3 pages
Work, Energy and Power
chapter |4 pages
Potential and Kinetic Energy
chapter |8 pages
Simple Machines
chapter |8 pages
The Effects of Forces on Materials
chapter |3 pages
Tensile Testing
chapter |4 pages
Hardness and Impact Tests
chapter |7 pages
Measurement of Strain
chapter |4 pages
Linear Momentum and Impulse
chapter |6 pages
Torque
chapter |6 pages
Heat Energy
chapter |4 pages
Thermal Expansion
chapter |11 pages
The Measurement of Temperature
chapter |7 pages
Pressure in Fluids
chapter |9 pages
Measurement of Pressure
chapter |5 pages
Ideal gas Laws
chapter |6 pages
Properties of Water and Steam
chapter |6 pages
Surface Tension and Viscosity
chapter |5 pages
Fluids in Motion
chapter |11 pages
Measurement of Fluid Flow
chapter |5 pages
Simple Harmonic Motion and Natural Vibrations
part |433 pages
Electrical Engineering Science