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Mechanics
Author(s): Ben Crowell, Fullerton College
Updated: Apr 10, 2019
Description: This is a calculus-based book meant for the first semester of a first year survey course taken by engineering and physical science majors. It has a traditional order of topics whereby force is discussed before energy. It is divided into 17 chapters that cover a review of high school physics, scaling and estimation, vectors, velocity, acceleration, forces, circular motion, gravity, conservation of energy, work, conservation of momentum and angular momentum, vibrations, and resonance. A treatment...[more]
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Calculus-Based Physics II
Author(s): Jeffrey W. Schnick, Ph.D., Saint Anselm College
Updated: Mar 28, 2019
Description: Calculus-Based Physics is an introductory physics textbook designed for use in the two-semester introductory physics course typically taken by science and engineering students. This is the second of two textbooks for this course.
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Calculus-Based Physics I
Author(s): Jeffrey W. Schnick, Ph.D., Saint Anselm College
Updated: Mar 28, 2019
Description: Calculus-Based Physics is an introductory physics textbook designed for use in the two-semester introductory physics course typically taken by science and engineering students. This is the first of two textbooks for this course.
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Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order
Author(s): Jeffrey Russell, Wayne Pferdehirt, John Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Updated: Mar 28, 2019
Description: This book is organized around the fifteen lessons of a Technical Project Management course, with an emphasis on the connections between the various stages and practices of technical project management. After all, in practice, a project manager must continually draw on a wide base of knowledge, connecting, for instance, effective negotiating techniques with best practices for scheduling and resource allocation. No phase of a project unfolds in complete isolation from other phases of the project....[more]
Sim Labs for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plant Simulator
Author(s): Serhat Beyenir, Sanja Boskovic; British Columbia Institute of Technology
Updated: Mar 28, 2019
Description: This Simulator laboratory (SIMLAB) book was created to provide ancillary resources for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plant Simulator courses. It is intended to act as a collection of exercises to help our students merge the theory covered in the classroom with the practice performed in the labs.
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Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I
Author(s): Don Johnson, Rice University
Updated: Mar 27, 2019
Description: The textbook focuses on the creation, manipulation, transmission, and reception of information by electronic means. Elementary signal theory; time- and frequency-domain analysis; Sampling Theorem. Digital information theory; digital transmission of analog signals; error-correcting codes.
Basics of Fluid Mechanics
Author(s): Genick Bar-Meir, Ph. D, Potto Project
Updated: Mar 26, 2019
Description: This book, Basics of Fluid Mechanics, describes the fundamentals of fluid mechanics phenomena for engineers and others. This book is designed to replace all introductory textbook(s) or instructor’s notes for the fluid mechanics in undergraduate classes for engineering/science students but also for technical peoples. It is hoped that the book could be used as a reference book for people who have at least some basics knowledge of science areas such as calculus, physics, etc.
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A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB
Author(s): Serhat Beyenir, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Updated: Mar 26, 2019
Description: A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB is specifically designed for students with no programming experience. However, students are expected to be proficient in First Year Mathematics and Sciences and access to good reference books are highly recommended. Students are assumed to have a working knowledge of the Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows operating systems. The strategic goal of the course and book is to provide learners with an appreciation for the role computation plays ...[more]
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