Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Tyler Hicks (Author)

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Publication Date: February 17, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0071458867 | ISBN-13: 978-0071458863 | Edition: 2

Solve any mechanical engineering problem quickly and easily

This trusted compendium of calculation methods delivers fast, accurate solutions to the toughest day-to-day mechanical engineering problems. You will find numbered, step-by-step procedures for solving specific problems together with worked-out examples that give numerical results for the calculation.

• Covers: Power Generation; Plant and Facilities Engineering; Environmental Control; Design Engineering
• New Edition features methods for automatic and digital control; alternative and renewable energy sources; plastics in engineering design

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Solve Any Mechanical Engineering Problem -- Quickly and Accurately!

Get fast, accurate solutions to virtually any day-to-day mechanical engineering problem with the revised Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, Second Edition. This update of Tyler Hicks' classic work equips you with numbered, step-by-step procedures for solving specific problems, together with worked-out examples that give numerical results for the calculations. The Handbook offers expert solutions to thousands of mechanical engineering problems, all logically organized under four headings: power generation…plant and facilities engineering…environmental control…and design engineering. Ranging from power plant equipment, combustion, compressors, heat exchanges, and refrigeration…to wastewater treatment, HVAC, machine design, and metalworking, this reference will help you obtain on-target results with maximum efficiency. The Second Edition features include:

• Cutting-edge calculation procedures for design engineering advances in shafts,bearings, springs, and brakes
• The latest automatic and digital control calculations
• Numerous worked-out examples in USCS and SI units
• Helpful numbered steps showing the exact procedure for computing desired results
• A wealth of information new to the Second Edition on alternative and renewable energy, gas turbine installations, plastics, pumps and piping, refrigerants, plumbing, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, space humidification systems, and much more

Get Step-by-Step Procedures for Solving Problems in:

• POWER GENERATION
• PLANT AND FACILITIES ENGINEERING
• ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
• DESIGN ENGINEERING

About the Author

Tyler G. Hicks, PE, is a consulting engineer who has worked in plant design and operation in a variety of industries, taught at several engineering schools, and lectured in the United States and abroad. He is the author or co-author of over 20 books in engineering and related fields, including McGraw-Hill's Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations, Fourth Edition, and Standard Handbook for Consulting Engineering, Second Edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1436 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2 edition (February 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071458867
• ISBN-13: 978-0071458863
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,321,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Light on design calculation, October 5, 2010

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Tom Sabo (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, Second Edition (Hardcover)

I bought this book at Amazon.com. It is a thick book with lots of calculations. Although it's divided into four sections - power generation, plant and facilities engineering, environmental control, and design engineering, the pages covering design engineering are less than one third of the total book. The examples used in the book are not very well organized. Overall, it's not a very helpful handbook for me.

1 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nuts, February 24, 2007

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Chuck (So. Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, Second Edition (Hardcover)

In regards to its treatment of heat exchanger design:

(1)There is no way that the temperature change affected is inverse to tube length. (2)The temperature change affected can easily be greater than the temperature gradient if: (i)it is truely counter-current as in single-pass on both tube and shell side, and(ii) the heat flows, Cp*m, are matched so that there is not a pinch.