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This selection is designed to satisfy the curiosity of people interested in the plant and machinery they commonly see as they travel around the UK. Paul Argent's selection includes diggers, excavators, backhoes, rollers, cranes, demolition machines, loaders, dumpers and a road planer.

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The Secret Life of Number 8 takes the reader into the heart of a universe in miniature, one that reveals the striking order, complexity, and elegance of the materials that are part of everyday life. This book will appeal to anyone, irrespective of their level of training in science, who is simply curious about why materials behave the way they do.

(Paperback, 4th Revised edition)

"Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Repair"--Cover.

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Our book on Heat Transfer with many examples helps an engineer understand the subject.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

"A short, provocative manifesto for the programmable materials revolution from the visionary founder of MIT's Self-Assembly Lab"--

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Bringing together the collective wisdom of a past generation of craftsmen, this title provides an in-depth record of the skills and techniques that made the mass production revolution of the twentieth century possible. It includes detailed descriptions of every procedure, and essential mathematical rules and calculations for use in the workshop.

(Paperback)

This is the first book specifically designed to offer the student a smooth transitionary course between elementary fluid dynamics (which gives only last-minute attention to turbulence) and the professional literature on turbulent flow, where an advanced viewpoint is assumed.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Aimed at the undergraduate students with basic skills in chemistry and physics, this book provides an introduction to the field of material science. It covers the topics, such as crystalline solids and defects, and describes the electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of matter; the phenomenon of superconductivity; polymers; and more.

(Paperback)

This is a book for those who enjoy thinking about how and why Nature can be described using mathematical tools. Approximating Perfection considers the background behind mechanics as well as the mathematical ideas that play key roles in mechanical applications. Concentrating on the models of applied mechanics, the book engages the reader in the type

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(Hardback)

Introduces undergraduate students to engineering dynamics. Combining the strengths of both beginner and advanced dynamics texts, this book spans the full range of mechanics problems, from one-dimensional particle kinematics to three-dimensional rigid-body dynamics, including an introduction to Lagrange's and Kane's methods.

(Hardback)

This book is the first to comprehensively explore elasticity imaging and examines recent, important developments in asymptotic imaging, modeling, and analysis of deterministic and stochastic elastic wave propagation phenomena. It derives the best possible functional images for small inclusions and cracks within the context of stability and resoluti

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(Paperback)

The story of how diesel engines and gas turbines, used to power cargo ships and jet airplanes, made today's globally integrated economy possible.

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A brief history review of how dicing microelectronic substrates started. The book covers both the dicing machines used, the blades used for the many different applications and the application side.

(Paperback, second edition, with a new preface)

The second edition of a comprehensive textbook that introduces turbomachinery and gas turbines through design methods and examples.

(Hardback)

A highly readable and authoritatively written book with an important message for US industry and government in a world of long-term uncertainty of gasoline price and availability. Foreign makers of light vehicles are already ahead of domestic automakers in developing new fuel economy technologies.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

This second monograph is also specially written for students and researchers in mechanical and/or civil engineering, solid mechanics, materials science, physics, and mathematics. Professors teaching this subject will find it very useful.

(Paperback)

An introductory guide to the fundamentals of selecting and testing textiles within the apparel industry, with details on more than 80 fibres and fabrics and case studies with industry practitioners.