Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series
About the Book Series
The CRC Series in MECHANICAL and AEROSPACE ENGINEERING includes college textbooks, professional reference works, and contributed handbooks, written by leading experts in their fields. The series volumes cover a wide range of subject areas, including thermal-fluid engineering, energy systems, mechanical design, aerospace and aeronautical engineering, applied dynamics, solid mechanics, building systems and HVAC, and nuclear engineering.
Thermodynamics for Engineers
2nd Edition
By Kaufui Vincent Wong
August 05, 2011
Aspiring engineers need a text that prepares them to use thermodynamics in professional practice. Thermodynamics instructors need a concise textbook written for a one-semester undergraduate course—a text that foregoes clutter and unnecessary details but furnishes the essential facts and ...
Alternative Fuels for Transportation
1st Edition
Edited
By A S Ramadhas
October 13, 2010
With existing petroleum oil and natural gas reserves enough for only several more decades, there is an imminent need for alternative energy sources. This critical situation has incited greater improvements in automotive technology and the increased use of nonconventional fuels. Alternative Fuels ...
Intelligent Transportation Systems: Smart and Green Infrastructure Design, Second Edition
2nd Edition
By Sumit Ghosh, Tony S. Lee
May 25, 2010
For many transportation systems, the cost of expanding the infrastructure is too high. Therefore, the focus must shift to improving the quality of transportation within the existing infrastructure. The second edition of a bestseller, Intelligent Transport Systems: Smart and Green Infrastructure ...
Elastic Waves in Composite Media and Structures: With Applications to Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation
1st Edition
By Subhendu K. Datta, Arvind H. Shah
November 21, 2008
New applications for composite materials are being developed at a rapid pace. However, their complex microstructures present considerable challenges for nondestructive testing and characterization. Ultrasonic waves provide quantitative means of nondestructive evaluation of these materials and ...
Vibration Monitoring, Testing, and Instrumentation
1st Edition
Edited
By Clarence W. de Silva
April 19, 2007
Controlling a system's vibrational behavior, whether for reducing harmful vibrations or for enhancing useful types, is critical to ensure safe and economical operation as well as longer structural and equipment lifetimes. A related issue is the effect of vibration on humans and their environment. ...
MEMS: Introduction and Fundamentals
1st Edition
Edited
By Mohamed Gad-el-Hak
November 29, 2005
As our knowledge of MEMS continues to grow, so does The MEMS Handbook. The field has changed so much that this Second Edition is now available in three volumes. Individually, each volume provides focused, authoritative treatment of specific areas of interest. Together, they comprise the most ...
Mechanics of Composite Materials
2nd Edition
By Autar K. Kaw
November 02, 2005
In 1997, Dr. Kaw introduced the first edition of Mechanics of Composite Materials, receiving high praise for its comprehensive scope and detailed examples. He also introduced the groundbreaking PROMAL software, a valuable tool for designing and analyzing structures made of composite materials. ...
Pressure Vessels: Design and Practice
1st Edition
By Somnath Chattopadhyay
October 28, 2004
With very few books adequately addressing ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, and other international code issues, Pressure Vessels: Design and Practice provides a comprehensive, in-depth guide on everything engineers need to know. With emphasis on the requirements of the ASME this consummate ...
Introductory Finite Element Method
1st Edition
By Chandrakant S. Desai, Tribikram Kundu
May 18, 2001
Although there are many books on the finite element method (FEM) on the market, very few present its basic formulation in a simple, unified manner. Furthermore, many of the available texts address either only structure-related problems or only fluid or heat-flow problems, and those that explore ...
Mechanism Design: Enumeration of Kinematic Structures According to Function
1st Edition
By Lung-Wen Tsai
September 19, 2000
Traditionally, mechanisms are created by designer's intuition, ingenuity, and experience. However, such an ad hoc approach cannot ensure the identification of all possible design alternatives, nor does it necessarily lead to optimum design. Mechanism Design: Enumeration of Kinematic Structures ...
The Finite Element Method Using MATLAB
2nd Edition
By Young W. Kwon, Hyochoong Bang
July 28, 2000
Expanded to include a broader range of problems than the bestselling first edition, Finite Element Method Using MATLAB: Second Edition presents finite element approximation concepts, formulation, and programming in a format that effectively streamlines the learning process. It is written from a ...
Entropy Generation Minimization: The Method of Thermodynamic Optimization of Finite-Size Systems and Finite-Time Processes
1st Edition
By Adrian Bejan
October 20, 1995
This book presents the diverse and rapidly expanding field of Entropy Generation Minimization (EGM), the method of thermodynamic optimization of real devices. The underlying principles of the EGM method - also referred to as "thermodynamic optimization," "thermodynamic design," and "finite time ...