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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Every spacecraft, from the smallest satellite to a crewed vehicle, faces an identical physical constraint: it must shed every watt it generates and absorbs using only radiation and conduction, because the vacuum of space eliminates the convective heat transfer that dominates thermal engineering on the ground. Get this wrong, and the consequences rarely announce themselves immediately. They show up instead as a sensor whose pointing quietly drifts across an orbit, a battery that loses years of capacity from months spent slightly too warm, or a radiator that underperforms because coating degradation was never fully bounded in the original design. Many engineers first encounter this discipline as a brief unit inside a broader spacecraft systems course, a few weeks on radiative heat transfer and a passing mention of insulation blankets, with little connective tissue between the underlying physics and the hardware a working engineer actually specifies. This book closes that gap with a sustained, sequential treatment built to be read the way a real thermal design actually proceeds: from first-principles heat transfer, through the space thermal environment and the nodal modeling methods used to predict a spacecraft's temperature, to the materials, hardware, and component-level toolkit a thermal engineer relies on, and finally to how that toolkit is applied across distinctly different mission classes. Working through this book, readers will: >Build and interpret nodal thermal models, from steady-state networks through transient time-marching methods, while learning to recognize the modeling pitfalls that most often separate a correct design from a costly in-flight surprise.>Compare passive and active thermal hardware, including radiators, heat pipes and loop heat pipes, thermal straps, louvers, phase change materials, heaters, and pumped fluid loops, reasoning through the mass, power, and reliability trade-offs that determine which approach a given design actually needs. Apply thermal design directly to electronics, propulsion, and power subsystems, and follow the thermal vacuum and thermal balance testing process that verifies a design against real, measured hardware behavior before flight.>Written for aerospace and mechanical engineering students, early-career thermal engineers, systems engineers who interface with the thermal subsystem, and small-satellite and CubeSat developers working with limited mass and power budgets, this guide is built to be worked through with a pencil, not merely read, with every equation fully defined and every worked example shown in complete detail. Take the next step toward understanding and applying the principles, methods, and worked calculations covered inside, and start building a systematic, physics-first foundation in spacecraft thermal control engineering.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Reading about a protocol and being able to apply it under real conditions are two very different skills. A network professional needs to explain why a mechanism exists, predict how it will behave under load or failure, and decide what evidence would confirm or reject a hypothesis during troubleshooting. This guide is built around that kind of applied understanding. Rather than presenting networking as a sequence of facts to memorize, it walks through the reasoning behind addressing, switching, routing, transport behavior, wireless design, security controls, and modern network architectures, then reinforces each concept with worked examples, practice questions, and realistic scenarios. Working through this guide, readers will practice and apply: - Calculating transmission delay, propagation delay, and subnet sizes using the same equations and reasoning used in professional network planning.- Designing addressing schemes that support growth, route summarization, and clear organizational boundaries rather than ad hoc numbering.- Evaluating switching, VLAN, and routing design choices against real requirements such as redundancy, broadcast domains, and failure tolerance.- Applying transport-layer reasoning to explain why TCP and UDP behave differently and how that difference affects application performance.- Diagnosing wireless performance and coverage issues by separating radio-environment factors from addressing or routing problems.- Evaluating security controls, including access control, encryption, and network segmentation, against the specific risks they are meant to address.Working through six integrated case studies, including a small enterprise network, a multi-site organization with WAN failover, a high-density wireless deployment, a security incident investigation, and an application performance complaint, each demonstrating how requirements translate into design decisions and how design decisions are later validated.>Topics covered include layered network models, physical transmission, data link and switching fundamentals, VLANs, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, routing protocols and behavior, the Internet Protocol suite, TCP and UDP transport mechanics, application and naming services, wireless and mobile networking, network security fundamentals, network monitoring and troubleshooting methodology, network design and performance planning, and modern architectures including virtualization, software-defined networking, and cloud and edge networking. This guide is intended for readers who want to move beyond passive reading into applied practice: students preparing for hands-on networking work, career changers building practical skills, and IT professionals who want a structured way to sharpen design and troubleshooting judgment. Add this practical resource to your library and start applying the reasoning, calculations, and troubleshooting methods covered inside.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Many engineers, technicians, and students can name a pump, a valve, or an actuator without being able to predict how the complete circuit will actually behave once it is under load. Fluid power is too often taught as a set of disconnected topics, leaving readers able to recite formulas without being able to explain why a component was selected, how it interacts with the rest of the circuit, or how a fault in one part of a system can surface as a symptom somewhere else. This engineering textbook and technical reference presents hydraulics and pneumatics as one connected discipline. It moves in a deliberate sixteen-chapter progression from the physical ideas that explain what pressure and flow actually mean, through the components that put those ideas to work, and on to the circuits, electro-fluid controls, and complete systems that engineers and technicians are responsible for. Working through the book, you will: - Build a working understanding of pressure, flow, force, energy, and power, and how these quantities relate in real fluid-power systems- Learn how hydraulic pumps, valves, and actuators are selected, sized, and evaluated, including gear, vane, and axial-piston pump designs and fixed versus variable displacement- Study pneumatic power generation, air preparation, valves, actuators, and motion control, and see where pneumatic behavior genuinely differs from hydraulic behavior- Read and reason about hydraulic and pneumatic circuits, including circuit design, logic, and sequencing- Manage hydraulic fluid condition through contamination control, filtration, cleanliness targets, and reservoir design- Explore electro-pneumatic control and proportional, servo, and advanced motion control as extensions of the fundamentals already established- Apply system-level thinking to design decisions, energy efficiency, troubleshooting, maintenance, reliability, and safetyEvery major concept is reinforced with worked numerical examples that connect equations directly to engineering decisions, together with practice problems built to develop reasoning rather than memorized procedure. A glossary, a notation and symbol reference, a quick-reference equation appendix, and engineering checklists make the book usable as both a sequential course text and a working technical reference. This book is written for engineering and engineering-technology students building a connected foundation in fluid power, for practicing engineers and technicians who specify, operate, or maintain hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, for instructors organizing lectures, laboratory work, and design assignments, and for maintenance and reliability professionals who need to reason from a symptom back to its physical cause. Open this book and begin developing the structured, connected understanding of hydraulic and pneumatic technology needed to design, operate, and troubleshoot fluid-power systems with genuine engineering confidence.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A compressor won't start, a furnace locks out mid-cycle, or a heat pump won't switch into defrost - and the technician standing at the panel has no way to know whether the fault lives in the load itself or in the low-voltage logic deciding whether that load should run at all. Most HVACR technicians learn electrical work the way apprentices always have - piece by piece, call by call, borrowed from whoever happened to be training them that week. It works until a fault doesn't match anything familiar: a symptom outside any flowchart, a wiring diagram that looks unlike the last one, a meter reading that doesn't add up. Without a genuine electrical foundation underneath the memorized steps, every unfamiliar fault becomes guesswork - and guesswork on a live system costs time, parts, and sometimes safety. This book builds that foundation from first principles and carries it all the way through to complete, working equipment. It starts with the physics of electron flow and Ohm's Law, moves through AC and DC fundamentals, circuit analysis, power calculations, magnetism, transformers, capacitors, and motor theory, then arrives at the components a technician actually touches on a daily service call. Benefits- Read a multimeter, clamp meter, or megohmmeter measurement and know exactly what it means for the circuit in front of them- Distinguish a control-side fault from a load-side fault before opening a single panel cover- Trace ladder diagrams and real manufacturer pictorial wiring diagrams with confidence, including thermostat and control-circuit wiring- Select, test, and troubleshoot starting relays, PTC devices, capacitors, and overload protection for single-phase motors- Understand electronically commutated motors and variable frequency drives well enough to diagnose them, not just replace them- Work through the complete electrical logic of a gas furnace ignition sequence or a heat pump defrost cycle, step by step- Apply a consistent, eight-step troubleshooting method to equipment they have never encountered before- Verify that conductor sizing, overcurrent protection, grounding, and disconnect placement meet the electrical code requirements governing HVACR installationsKey Topics>This book is written for HVACR apprentices building their electrical foundation for the first time, and for working technicians who want to close the gap between what they've picked up in the field and what's actually happening inside the equipment. It is equally suited to readers preparing for industry certification exams who need the fundamentals explained clearly and in order, and to anyone who wants one dependable field reference to return to, chapter by chapter, for years of service calls. Open the book and start building the electrical understanding that turns guesswork into diagnosis, one circuit at a time.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Aerospace engineering asks one unforgiving question of every vehicle: will the forces balance A wing must lift the weight it carries, an engine must produce more thrust than the airframe creates in drag, and a structure must survive every load without exceeding what the material can bear - all at minimum weight. Most students meet this discipline through a stack of separate courses and textbooks - one for aerodynamics, another for propulsion, another for structures, another for orbital mechanics - each with its own notation and its own starting assumptions. The result is often a fragmented understanding, where a formula gets applied outside the regime it was derived for, or a result from one chapter never connects to the vehicle-level trade-offs it was meant to inform.>What you will learn- How the standard atmosphere, fluid conservation laws, and dimensional analysis form the working environment every later calculation depends on.- How lift, drag, and moment arise from first principles, from airfoil and thin-wing theory through finite-wing effects and compressible, high-speed flow.- How to work through aircraft performance - climb, ceiling, range, endurance, take-off and landing, and turning flight - using one consistent set of equations of motion.- Stability and control, aerospace structures and materials, and both air-breathing and rocket propulsion, each with fully worked, checked examples.- Orbital mechanics and spacecraft systems design, from the two-body problem through practical mission budgets for power, thermal control, and propellant.- A complete flight-vehicle design synthesis that carries a single mission requirement through conceptual design for an aircraft, a launch vehicle, and a spacecraft mission.- Practice problems and a full, boxed answer key at the end of every chapter, for immediate self-checking.Key topics covered>Who this book is for>Begin building a clearer understanding of the subject with a guide designed around the challenges that matter most - from the first equation of motion to a complete vehicle design.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Understanding why a rotating magnetic field produces torque is one thing. Turning that principle into a specific rotor diameter, a specific winding layout, and a cooling system that keeps a real machine within its rated temperature rise is another problem entirely - and it is the problem most design references skip. Engineers and engineering students frequently reach the design stage with strong theoretical grounding in circuit theory and basic electromagnetics, but no clear, connected path from that theory to a finished, manufacturable, testable machine. A winding chosen purely for electromagnetic performance may be difficult to cool; a frame chosen purely for mechanical stiffness may make the winding uneconomical to manufacture. Without a structured, connected design process, engineers can lose time to trial-and-error sizing, miscalculate thermal margins, or discover a mechanical or verification problem only after a prototype has already been built. This guide provides that structured, connected process. It develops the complete rotating-machine design cycle - first-pass sizing, detailed electromagnetic design, loss and thermal analysis, mechanical integrity checks, systematic optimization, and standards-based verification - as a sequence of numbered engineering decisions, each derived from first principles, illustrated with a fully worked calculation, and shown feeding into and constraining the next. BenefitsTranslate an application's power, voltage, speed, and duty-cycle requirements into a defensible first estimate of rotor diameter and stack length.Size a real slotted stator core and specify a practical winding layout using complete first-principles calculations.Select an insulation system and thermal class appropriate to a machine's duty and operating environment.Follow dedicated, first-principles design procedures for induction, synchronous, direct-current, and permanent-magnet machines.Build a complete loss budget and size a cooling system that keeps a machine within its rated temperature rise.Check a finished design against shaft stress, critical speed, bearing life, and vibration limits, and apply systematic optimization to trade design variables against cost, mass, and efficiency.Follow four complete, worked design case studies - an industrial pump motor, an electric-vehicle traction motor, a wind-turbine generator, and a standby generator set - that apply every method in the book to real application scenarios.Key TopicsElectromagnetic fundamentals and magnetic-circuit analysis; slotted stator core, winding, and insulation design; induction, synchronous, direct-current, and permanent-magnet machine design; loss and efficiency calculation; thermal design and cooling-system sizing; mechanical design and rotor dynamics; systematic design optimization; standards-based testing and verification; modern and emerging design topics; manufacturing and economic design trade-offs; generator design and grid interconnection; and four fully worked design case studies. This guide is written for practicing electrical and mechanical engineers who design, specify, or evaluate motors, generators, or alternators; engineers transitioning from analysis, maintenance, or manufacturing roles into machine design; and engineering students and early-career engineers who have completed foundational coursework in circuit theory and electromagnetics and want a single, connected reference from first sizing calculation to a mechanically sound, standards-verified machine. Get your copy and discover a structured, connected approach to the questions, challenges, and opportunities explored throughout the book - from a first sizing estimate to a design ready for verification testing. This item is Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Reading about a protocol and being able to apply it under real conditions are two very different skills. A network professional needs to explain why a mechanism exists, predict how it will behave under load or failure, and decide what evidence would confirm or reject a hypothesis during troubleshooting. This guide is built around that kind of applied understanding. Rather than presenting networking as a sequence of facts to memorize, it walks through the reasoning behind addressing, switching, routing, transport behavior, wireless design, security controls, and modern network architectures, then reinforces each concept with worked examples, practice questions, and realistic scenarios. Working through this guide, readers will practice and apply: Calculating transmission delay, propagation delay, and subnet sizes using the same equations and reasoning used in professional network planning.Designing addressing schemes that support growth, route summarization, and clear organizational boundaries rather than ad hoc numbering.Evaluating switching, VLAN, and routing design choices against real requirements such as redundancy, broadcast domains, and failure tolerance.Applying transport-layer reasoning to explain why TCP and UDP behave differently and how that difference affects application performance.Diagnosing wireless performance and coverage issues by separating radio-environment factors from addressing or routing problems.Evaluating security controls, including access control, encryption, and network segmentation, against the specific risks they are meant to address.Working through six integrated case studies, including a small enterprise network, a multi-site organization with WAN failover, a high-density wireless deployment, a security incident investigation, and an application performance complaint, each demonstrating how requirements translate into design decisions and how design decisions are later validated.Every major chapter closes with worked examples and practice problems accompanied by complete answer keys, so readers can test their understanding immediately rather than waiting until the end of the book. Key terms and equations are summarized at the end of each chapter for quick review and reference. Topics covered include layered network models, physical transmission, data link and switching fundamentals, VLANs, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, routing protocols and behavior, the Internet Protocol suite, TCP and UDP transport mechanics, application and naming services, wireless and mobile networking, network security fundamentals, network monitoring and troubleshooting methodology, network design and performance planning, and modern architectures including virtualization, software-defined networking, and cloud and edge networking. This guide is intended for readers who want to move beyond passive reading into applied practice: students preparing for hands-on networking work, career changers building practical skills, and IT professionals who want a structured way to sharpen design and troubleshooting judgment. Add this practical resource to your library and start applying the reasoning, calculations, and troubleshooting methods covered inside. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A compressor won't start, a furnace locks out mid-cycle, or a heat pump won't switch into defrost - and the technician standing at the panel has no way to know whether the fault lives in the load itself or in the low-voltage logic deciding whether that load should run at all. Most HVACR technicians learn electrical work the way apprentices always have - piece by piece, call by call, borrowed from whoever happened to be training them that week. It works until a fault doesn't match anything familiar: a symptom outside any flowchart, a wiring diagram that looks unlike the last one, a meter reading that doesn't add up. Without a genuine electrical foundation underneath the memorized steps, every unfamiliar fault becomes guesswork - and guesswork on a live system costs time, parts, and sometimes safety. This book builds that foundation from first principles and carries it all the way through to complete, working equipment. It starts with the physics of electron flow and Ohm's Law, moves through AC and DC fundamentals, circuit analysis, power calculations, magnetism, transformers, capacitors, and motor theory, then arrives at the components a technician actually touches on a daily service call. BenefitsRead a multimeter, clamp meter, or megohmmeter measurement and know exactly what it means for the circuit in front of themDistinguish a control-side fault from a load-side fault before opening a single panel coverTrace ladder diagrams and real manufacturer pictorial wiring diagrams with confidence, including thermostat and control-circuit wiringSelect, test, and troubleshoot starting relays, PTC devices, capacitors, and overload protection for single-phase motorsUnderstand electronically commutated motors and variable frequency drives well enough to diagnose them, not just replace themWork through the complete electrical logic of a gas furnace ignition sequence or a heat pump defrost cycle, step by stepApply a consistent, eight-step troubleshooting method to equipment they have never encountered beforeVerify that conductor sizing, overcurrent protection, grounding, and disconnect placement meet the electrical code requirements governing HVACR installationsKey TopicsElectrical theory and Ohm's Law; safety practices and test instruments; AC and DC fundamentals; series and parallel circuit analysis; power and power factor calculations; transformers and capacitors; single-phase and three-phase motors; electronically commutated motors and variable frequency drives; starting components and protection devices; control circuits and diagram reading; gas furnace and heat pump control sequences; systematic troubleshooting methodology; and electrical code requirements for HVACR equipment. This book is written for HVACR apprentices building their electrical foundation for the first time, and for working technicians who want to close the gap between what they've picked up in the field and what's actually happening inside the equipment. It is equally suited to readers preparing for industry certification exams who need the fundamentals explained clearly and in order, and to anyone who wants one dependable field reference to return to, chapter by chapter, for years of service calls. Open the book and start building the electrical understanding that turns guesswork into diagnosis, one circuit at a time. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A circuit that works on a breadboard and a circuit that survives contact with a real enclosure, a real power budget, and a working prototype are not the same thing - and the gap between them is where most self-taught electronics work stalls.Tutorials show a wiring diagram and a parts list without explaining why a resistor value was chosen or what happens when a component drifts. Textbooks go the other way, offering rigorous derivations that stop well short of a soldered board, a measured waveform, or a finished printed circuit board. Building real hardware - moving past beginner kits, applying coursework in practice, or turning an invention into a working prototype - takes both halves at once, tied together with consistent notation instead of scattered across a shelf of unrelated books. This is a working reference for people who build things. It develops circuit theory, active devices, and digital logic from first principles, then carries that same foundation forward into embedded systems, sensor and actuator interfacing, printed circuit board design, and bench-level test and troubleshooting, so a decision made in an early chapter is still visible and traceable when the same circuit appears later, soldered and working. Inside, you will: Build circuit-analysis skill methodically, from Kirchhoff's laws and series-parallel reduction through nodal and mesh analysis and network theorems such as superposition, Thevenin's, and Norton's.Understand passive and active components as real, imperfect parts - tolerance, derating, biasing, thermal design, and switching behavior - not just ideal schematic symbols.Design operational-amplifier signal-conditioning stages, active and passive filters, and both linear and switching power supplies with the same worked-example discipline throughout.Move from analog circuits into digital logic, sequential design, and microcontroller-based embedded systems, including GPIO, timers, analog-to-digital conversion, interrupts, and low-power sleep modes.Interface real sensors and actuators and carry a finished schematic through to an actual printed circuit board, from layout and trace design to fabrication and assembly.Diagnose non-working circuits using a systematic troubleshooting method, and study a complete capstone project - a solar-powered environmental monitoring station - that traces every design decision back to the specific chapter it draws on.Follow numerical examples that carry units through every step of the calculation, the way a real bench measurement would, so the reasoning behind a design decision is never hidden.Key topics covered: circuit analysis fundamentals and network theorems; passive components, AC analysis, and resonance; diodes, bipolar transistors, and MOSFETs; operational amplifiers and active filters; linear and switching power supply design; digital logic, sequential circuits, and finite state machines; microcontroller architecture and embedded firmware; sensor and actuator interfacing; PCB layout and fabrication; bench instrumentation, troubleshooting, and reliability. Who this book is for: Written for practicing engineers who want a dependable second opinion on a design decision, makers who have outgrown tutorial-level projects and want to understand why a circuit behaves as it does, engineering students who want every derivation carried far enough to be usable, and inventors working to turn an idea into a functioning prototype. A working familiarity with basic algebra is assumed; no prior electronics book is required. Get your copy and start building the understanding needed to carry a design from a single resistor to a finished, tested piece of hardware. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Many refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning technicians can recite a pressure-temperature relationship without hesitation, then slow down the moment a meter has to go across an energized control circuit. That gap is common, and it is rarely the technician's fault: most HVAC-R training treats electrical work as a secondary subject, appended briefly before the discussion returns to refrigerant cycles and airflow. In the field, that gap shows up as slower diagnosis, more guesswork, and real safety risk around energized equipment. This book treats electrical competency as the foundation it actually is. Fifteen chapters move deliberately from first-principles electrical theory through circuit analysis, instrumentation, motors, and control devices, before applying that foundation, separately and thoroughly, to refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning and heat pump equipment, electronic controls, variable-frequency drives, systematic troubleshooting, and the codes and standards that govern electrical decisions in the field. Because the foundation is built once, thoroughly, it is referenced and extended rather than repeated in every later chapter. What You'll LearnUnderstand voltage, current, resistance, and power from first principles, and apply that understanding to real circuit problems rather than memorized formulas.Read and trace ladder diagrams and schematics with confidence, connecting line-voltage power circuits to the low-voltage control circuits that govern them.Select, test, and safely work around the motors, starters, and protection devices found in compressors, fans, and blowers.Trace complete electrical sequences for refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning equipment, including defrost, ignition, and safety-interlock logic.Apply one structured, electrical-first troubleshooting framework consistently across every equipment type instead of relearning diagnostics for each.Build working familiarity with electronic control boards and variable-frequency drives alongside the electromechanical devices they operate alongside.Coverage spans atomic-level electrical theory, electrical safety and protective practice, DC and AC circuit analysis, measurement and test instruments, wiring-diagram and schematic literacy, electric motors, motor controls and protection sizing, control-circuit design, refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning and heat pump electrical systems, electronic and microprocessor-based controls, variable-frequency drives, systematic troubleshooting, and the codes, standards, and system-design considerations relevant to electrical work in the field. Every chapter includes fully solved worked examples and practice problems with a verified answer key, and a glossary, master equation reference, and symbols appendix support the book as a standing reference afterward. This book is written for HVAC-R students, apprentices, instructors, and working technicians who want a genuine, structured command of the electrical systems inside refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning equipment. Readers are expected to have basic mechanical familiarity with HVAC-R equipment; no prior formal electrical training is assumed. Open this book and begin building the electrical foundation that refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning work actually depends on, one structured framework built to carry across every system encountered in the field. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A modern vehicle spans four-stroke thermodynamics, hydraulic brake circuits, distributed computer networks, and high-voltage electric powertrains - a network of interconnected mechanical, electrical, and computer-controlled systems that have to be understood together, not one at a time. That kind of breadth is usually split across several specialized books, each with its own notation and depth, leaving a reader to reconcile inconsistent terminology and to guess at how the pieces actually connect on a real vehicle - the gap becomes obvious the moment a misfire traces back to a transmission event electrically coupled into the same control strategy, or a suspension change quietly shifts tire wear and braking behavior.This handbook closes that gap by treating the modern vehicle as one coordinated system of systems. Every major topic is built from governing physics through a fully worked numerical example, with units carried through each step, and reinforced with chapter-end practice problems and answer keys - so the calculation, the specification, and the diagnostic conclusion connect directly rather than sitting in separate sources. Inside, you will be able to: - Trace a problem across subsystem boundaries instead of assuming a symptom stays contained within the system where it appears.- Work every major automotive calculation start to finish - displacement, compression ratio, thermal efficiency, torque conversion, gear ratios, brake force distribution, circuit analysis, battery capacity, and electric-vehicle range and charging time - with units tracked at every step.- Apply a structured, repeatable diagnostic process that moves from symptom verification through isolation to confirmed repair, instead of replacing parts by trial and error.- Read wiring diagrams, torque specification tables, and exploded parts views the way they actually appear in professional service literature, and interpret scan-tool data with understanding rather than memorization.- Build the safe working habits that high-voltage hybrid and electric vehicle systems, pressurized fluid systems, and lift and jack-stand work all require.- Compare the mechanical, electrical, and control-system trade-offs behind the material selection and manufacturing choices used throughout modern vehicle design.- Use the glossary, standards quick-reference, common diagnostic code reference, and unit conversion tables as a fast lookup once the underlying chapter has been read. Key topics include engine architecture and combustion cycles; fuel and ignition systems; lubrication and cooling; drivetrain and transmission systems; chassis, suspension, and steering; braking systems and stability control; electrical systems and circuit analysis; onboard sensors, actuators, and vehicle communication networks; HVAC and refrigeration cycles; emissions control; structured diagnostics and troubleshooting; hybrid and electric powertrains and high-voltage safety; driver-assistance sensor systems; and automotive materials and manufacturing processes. This book is written for practicing automotive technicians who need a single dependable reference that mirrors how real service literature is organized, for working automotive and mechanical engineers who need the underlying derivations behind a specification, and for advanced students and instructors moving from classroom theory into shop-floor or design-review practice. Take the next step toward a genuinely integrated understanding of the modern vehicle - open the book and begin building the connected knowledge needed to diagnose, repair, or design around it with real confidence. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A single sign error in one free-body diagram can turn a correct equilibrium equation into a wrong answer on every line that follows it, and it is exactly the kind of mistake that a rushed textbook lets slip through unexplained. Most engineering students meet the same wall. A first course in statics moves quickly from a single particle in equilibrium to full rigid bodies, trusses, frames, and beams, and many textbooks skip the derivation step that would make that jump make sense. Worked examples stop short of showing exactly where a real calculation goes wrong, answer keys give a final number without explaining the misstep that would have produced a different one, and working in two unit systems side by side, SI and US Customary, adds one more place for a small error to hide. This book was written as a single, self-contained treatment of statics that proceeds in a fixed order, from vector fundamentals through particle and rigid-body equilibrium, structural analysis, internal forces, centroids and moments of inertia, friction, energy methods, and cables, building every equation from stated assumptions and working every numerical answer in full, with units tracked from the first line to the last. Inside, you will: Follow the complete derivation behind every equilibrium equation, moment relationship, and structural method, rather than being handed a formula to memorize.Apply the method of joints and the method of sections to determine which truss members carry load and which are zero-force members, and analyze frames and machines by the dismemberment method.Construct shear and bending-moment diagrams for beams, determine centroids and centers of gravity for composite shapes, and calculate moments and products of inertia and radius of gyration.Work through dry friction in wedges, square-threaded screws, belts, and disk or collar contacts, and model cables under concentrated loads, as a parabola, and as a true catenary.Recognize the specific misconceptions that produce sign errors, mislabeled supports, and unit mismatches, through dedicated 'common errors' sections placed exactly where those mistakes happen.Build confidence with numbered worked examples, practice problems, and a boxed answer key at the end of every chapter, so you can check your own work honestly before moving on.Move comfortably between SI and US Customary units throughout, and use a complete list of symbols, glossary, index, and appendices as an ongoing reference.Key topics covered: Vector fundamentals and force resultants; equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies in two and three dimensions; moments, couples, and force-couple systems; equivalent systems and resultants of force systems; structural analysis of trusses, frames, and machines; internal forces and shear-and-bending-moment diagrams; centroids, centers of gravity, and moments and products of inertia; dry friction in wedges, screws, belts, and disk or collar contacts; virtual work and energy methods; and cables, including parabolic and catenary models. Who this book is for: This book is written for undergraduate engineering students taking a first course in statics, for instructors seeking a structured supplementary text, and for practicing engineers and technicians who want a rigorous, self-contained reference covering the full breadth of the subject, from a single free-body diagram to a fully catenary cable. Get your copy and discover a structured approach to the derivations, methods, and applications covered inside, built around the habits that determine whether a statics equation comes out right. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Every spacecraft, from the smallest satellite to a crewed vehicle, faces an identical physical constraint: it must shed every watt it generates and absorbs using only radiation and conduction, because the vacuum of space eliminates the convective heat transfer that dominates thermal engineering on the ground. Get this wrong, and the consequences rarely announce themselves immediately. They show up instead as a sensor whose pointing quietly drifts across an orbit, a battery that loses years of capacity from months spent slightly too warm, or a radiator that underperforms because coating degradation was never fully bounded in the original design. Many engineers first encounter this discipline as a brief unit inside a broader spacecraft systems course, a few weeks on radiative heat transfer and a passing mention of insulation blankets, with little connective tissue between the underlying physics and the hardware a working engineer actually specifies. This book closes that gap with a sustained, sequential treatment built to be read the way a real thermal design actually proceeds: from first-principles heat transfer, through the space thermal environment and the nodal modeling methods used to predict a spacecraft's temperature, to the materials, hardware, and component-level toolkit a thermal engineer relies on, and finally to how that toolkit is applied across distinctly different mission classes. Working through this book, readers will: Understand how heat actually moves through a spacecraft structure, using conduction resistance networks, radiative exchange between surfaces, and the solar, albedo, and planetary infrared loads that define the orbital thermal environment. Build and interpret nodal thermal models, from steady-state networks through transient time-marching methods, while learning to recognize the modeling pitfalls that most often separate a correct design from a costly in-flight surprise.Select and evaluate surface coatings, structural materials, and multi-layer insulation blankets, and understand how each choice shifts a component's equilibrium temperature over a mission's full lifetime. Compare passive and active thermal hardware, including radiators, heat pipes and loop heat pipes, thermal straps, louvers, phase change materials, heaters, and pumped fluid loops, reasoning through the mass, power, and reliability trade-offs that determine which approach a given design actually needs. Apply thermal design directly to electronics, propulsion, and power subsystems, and follow the thermal vacuum and thermal balance testing process that verifies a design against real, measured hardware behavior before flight.See the complete toolkit applied to five distinct and demanding mission classes, CubeSats and small satellites, human spaceflight and habitats, and planetary and deep space missions, before closing with the margin and reliability philosophy that ties the entire discipline together. Written for aerospace and mechanical engineering students, early-career thermal engineers, systems engineers who interface with the thermal subsystem, and small-satellite and CubeSat developers working with limited mass and power budgets, this guide is built to be worked through with a pencil, not merely read, with every equation fully defined and every worked example shown in complete detail. Take the next step toward understanding and applying the principles, methods, and worked calculations covered inside, and start building a systematic, physics-first foundation in spacecraft thermal control engineering. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Reading about a protocol and being able to apply it under real conditions are two very different skills. A network professional needs to explain why a mechanism exists, predict how it will behave under load or failure, and decide what evidence would confirm or reject a hypothesis during troubleshooting. This guide is built around that kind of applied understanding. Rather than presenting networking as a sequence of facts to memorize, it walks through the reasoning behind addressing, switching, routing, transport behavior, wireless design, security controls, and modern network architectures, then reinforces each concept with worked examples, practice questions, and realistic scenarios. Working through this guide, readers will practice and apply: Calculating transmission delay, propagation delay, and subnet sizes using the same equations and reasoning used in professional network planning.Designing addressing schemes that support growth, route summarization, and clear organizational boundaries rather than ad hoc numbering.Evaluating switching, VLAN, and routing design choices against real requirements such as redundancy, broadcast domains, and failure tolerance.Applying transport-layer reasoning to explain why TCP and UDP behave differently and how that difference affects application performance.Diagnosing wireless performance and coverage issues by separating radio-environment factors from addressing or routing problems.Evaluating security controls, including access control, encryption, and network segmentation, against the specific risks they are meant to address.Working through six integrated case studies, including a small enterprise network, a multi-site organization with WAN failover, a high-density wireless deployment, a security incident investigation, and an application performance complaint, each demonstrating how requirements translate into design decisions and how design decisions are later validated.Every major chapter closes with worked examples and practice problems accompanied by complete answer keys, so readers can test their understanding immediately rather than waiting until the end of the book. Key terms and equations are summarized at the end of each chapter for quick review and reference. Topics covered include layered network models, physical transmission, data link and switching fundamentals, VLANs, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, routing protocols and behavior, the Internet Protocol suite, TCP and UDP transport mechanics, application and naming services, wireless and mobile networking, network security fundamentals, network monitoring and troubleshooting methodology, network design and performance planning, and modern architectures including virtualization, software-defined networking, and cloud and edge networking. This guide is intended for readers who want to move beyond passive reading into applied practice: students preparing for hands-on networking work, career changers building practical skills, and IT professionals who want a structured way to sharpen design and troubleshooting judgment. Add this practical resource to your library and start applying the reasoning, calculations, and troubleshooting methods covered inside. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A compressor won't start, a furnace locks out mid-cycle, or a heat pump won't switch into defrost - and the technician standing at the panel has no way to know whether the fault lives in the load itself or in the low-voltage logic deciding whether that load should run at all. Most HVACR technicians learn electrical work the way apprentices always have - piece by piece, call by call, borrowed from whoever happened to be training them that week. It works until a fault doesn't match anything familiar: a symptom outside any flowchart, a wiring diagram that looks unlike the last one, a meter reading that doesn't add up. Without a genuine electrical foundation underneath the memorized steps, every unfamiliar fault becomes guesswork - and guesswork on a live system costs time, parts, and sometimes safety. This book builds that foundation from first principles and carries it all the way through to complete, working equipment. It starts with the physics of electron flow and Ohm's Law, moves through AC and DC fundamentals, circuit analysis, power calculations, magnetism, transformers, capacitors, and motor theory, then arrives at the components a technician actually touches on a daily service call. BenefitsRead a multimeter, clamp meter, or megohmmeter measurement and know exactly what it means for the circuit in front of themDistinguish a control-side fault from a load-side fault before opening a single panel coverTrace ladder diagrams and real manufacturer pictorial wiring diagrams with confidence, including thermostat and control-circuit wiringSelect, test, and troubleshoot starting relays, PTC devices, capacitors, and overload protection for single-phase motorsUnderstand electronically commutated motors and variable frequency drives well enough to diagnose them, not just replace themWork through the complete electrical logic of a gas furnace ignition sequence or a heat pump defrost cycle, step by stepApply a consistent, eight-step troubleshooting method to equipment they have never encountered beforeVerify that conductor sizing, overcurrent protection, grounding, and disconnect placement meet the electrical code requirements governing HVACR installationsKey TopicsElectrical theory and Ohm's Law; safety practices and test instruments; AC and DC fundamentals; series and parallel circuit analysis; power and power factor calculations; transformers and capacitors; single-phase and three-phase motors; electronically commutated motors and variable frequency drives; starting components and protection devices; control circuits and diagram reading; gas furnace and heat pump control sequences; systematic troubleshooting methodology; and electrical code requirements for HVACR equipment. This book is written for HVACR apprentices building their electrical foundation for the first time, and for working technicians who want to close the gap between what they've picked up in the field and what's actually happening inside the equipment. It is equally suited to readers preparing for industry certification exams who need the fundamentals explained clearly and in order, and to anyone who wants one dependable field reference to return to, chapter by chapter, for years of service calls. Open the book and start building the electrical understanding that turns guesswork into diagnosis, one circuit at a time. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…