Engineering Science : For Foundation Degree and Higher National, 2nd Edition

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

Preface

Part I : Mechanics of Materials
Chapter 1 : Fundamentals
Chapter 2 : Simply Supported Beams
Chapter 3 : Torsion and Shafts
Chapter 4 : Pressure Vessels
Chapter 5 : Concentrically Loaded Columns and Struts
Chapter 6 : Introduction to Strain Energy
Chapter 7 : Complex Stress and Strain

Part II : Dynamics
Chapter 8 : Fundamentals
Chapter 9 : Kinematics of Mechanisms
Chapter 10 : Power Transmission Systems
Chapter 11 : Oscillatory Motion and Vibration

Part III : Thermodynamics
Chapter 12 : Fundamentals
Chapter 13 : Thermodynamic Systems
Chapter 14 : Perfect Gas Processes
Chapter 15 : Thermal Cycles
Chapter 16 : Combustion Engines
Chapter 17 : Introduction to Heat Transfer
Chapter 18 : Introduction to %uFB02uid Mechanics

Part IV : Electrostatics and Electromagnetism
Chapter 19 : Electrostatics and Capacitors
Chapter 20 : Electromagnetism and Inductors

Part V : Direct Current
Chapter 21 : Current, Voltage and Resistance
Chapter 22 : Circuit Theorems

Part VI : Transients
Chapter 23 : Transients
Chapter 24 : Transients in R–L–C Systems

Part VII : Alternating Current
Chapter 25 : A.C. Principles
Chapter 26 : Complex Impedance and Admittance
Chapter 27 : Resonant Circuits
Chapter 28 : Coupled Magnetic Circuits
Chapter 29 : Power, Power Factor and Power Factor Correction
Chapter 30 : Complex Waveforms and Fourier Analysis
Chapter 31 : Power in A Complex Waveform
Chapter 32 : A.C. Network Analysis

Index