Scientific Measurement, Mathematics - Applied, Engineering - Mathematics & Design
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Overview
Metric Units in Engineering: Going SI provides guidance for practicing engineers, students, and educators who are adopting and using the International System of Units in their engineering work. Wandmacher and Johnson examine how to use SI units to solve standard engineering problems. Chapters reflect a combination of views on engineering practice in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries. This revised edition of a classic work includes a bibliography of the resources on the metric system and a new appendix on the history and progress of metrication since the 1960 adoption of SI units by the General Conference on Weights and Measures. Numerous worked examples on dynamics, strength of materials, fluid mechanisms, thermodynamics, electricity, and magnetism, among other topics, are provided throughout the text. Metric Units in Engineering is an essential guide for understanding the implications of metric conversion in the everyday work of practicing engineers. It is also an excellent instructional book, ideal for independent study or classroom use.Editorials
Booknews
First published 15 years ago by Industrial Press Inc. Provides guidance for practicing engineers, students, and educators who, by federal mandate, will soon exclusively use the Systeme Internationale (SI)--the modernized metric system of units--and uses worked examples to explain how to use the system to solve standard engineering problems in areas such as dynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. This revised edition contains an updated bibliography and an appendix on the history of metrication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
January 15, 1995
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : ASCE Press, c1995.
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780784400708