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The Engineering Handbook.

Ed. Richard C. Dorf

Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC, 2000

The Engineering Handbook

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Preface

Purpose

The purpose of The Engineering Handbook is to provide in a single volume a ready reference for

the practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia. The book in its comprehensive

format is divided into 30 sections which encompass the field of engineering. The goal is to provide

the most up-to-date information in the classical fields that comprise mechanical, electrical, civil,

chemical, industrial, and aerospace engineering as well as the underlying fields of mathematics and

materials. This book should serve the information needs of all professional engineers engaged in

the practice of the profession whether in industry, education, or government. The goal of this

comprehensive handbook is to replace a myriad of books with one highly informative,

well-organized, definitive source of fundamental knowledge.

Organization

The fundamentals of engineering have evolved to include a wide range of knowledge, substantial

empirical data, and a broad range of practice. The focus of the handbook is on the key concepts,

models, and equations that enable the engineer to analyze, design, and predict the behavior of

complex devices, circuits, instruments, systems, structures, plants, computers, fuels, and the

environment. While data and formulae are summarized, the main focus is the provision of the

underlying theories and concepts and the appropriate application of these theories to the field of

engineering. Thus, the reader will find the key concepts defined, described, and illustrated in order

to serve the needs of the engineer over many years.

With equal emphasis placed on materials, structures, mechanics, dynamics, fluids,

thermodynamics, fuels and energy, transportation, environmental systems, circuits and systems,

computers and instruments, manufacturing, aeronautical and aerospace, and economics and

management as well as mathematics, the engineer should encounter a wide range of concepts and

considerable depth of exploration of these concepts as they lead to application and design.

The level of conceptual development of each topic is challenging, but tutorial and relatively

fundamental. Each of the more than 200 chapters is written to enlighten the expert, refresh the

knowledge of the mature engineer, and educate the novice.

The information is organized into 30 major sections. The 30 sections encompass 211 chapters,

and the Appendix summarizes the applicable mathematics, symbols, and physical constants. Each

section contains one or more historical vignettes that serve to enliven and illuminate the history of

the subject of that section. Furthermore, each section is preceded by a photo of a device, circuit, or

system that demonstrates an application illustrative of the material in the section.

Each chapter includes three important and useful categories: defining terms, references, and

further information. Defining terms are key definitions, and the first occurrence of each term

defined is indicated in boldface in the text. The definitions of these terms are summarized as a list

at the end of each chapter. The references provide a list of useful books and articles for follow-up

reading. Finally, further information provides some general and useful sources of additional

information on the topic.

Locating Your Topic

Numerous avenues of access to information contained in the handbook are provided. A complete

table of contents is presented at the front of the book. In addition, an individual table of contents

precedes each of the 30 sections. Finally, each chapter begins with its own table of contents. The

reader should look over these tables of contents to become familiar with the structure, organization,

and content of the book. For example, see Section III, Dynamics and Vibration, and then Chapter

15, Forced Vibration. This tree-and-branch table of contents enables the reader to move up the tree

to locate information on the topic of interest.

Three alphabetical indexes have been compiled to provide multiple means of accessing

information: (1) index of contributing authors, (2) index of key equations by title or name, and (3)

subject index. The subject index can also be used to locate key definitions. The page on which the

definition appears for each key (defining) term is clearly identified in the subject index.

The Engineering Handbook is designed to provide answers to most inquiries and direct the

inquirer to further sources and references. We hope that this handbook will be referred to often and

that informational requirements will be satisfied effectively.

Acknowledgments

This handbook is testimony to the dedication of the associate editors, the publishers, and my

editorial associates. I particularly wish to acknowledge at CRC Press Joel Claypool, Publisher;

Kristen Maus, Developmental Editor; and Carol Whitehead,Senior Project Editor. Finally I am

indebted to the assistance of Sara Hare, who served as editorial assistant.

Richard C. Dorf

Editor-in-Chief

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