The CRC Series in MECHANICAL and AEROSPACE ENGINEERING includes college textbooks, professional reference works, and contributed handbooks, written by leading experts in their fields. The series volumes cover a wide range of subject areas, including thermal-fluid engineering, energy systems, mechanical design, aerospace and aeronautical engineering, applied dynamics, solid mechanics, building systems and HVAC, and nuclear engineering.
By Moncef Krarti
October 04, 2024
Updated to include recent advances, this third edition presents strategies and analysis methods for conserving energy and reducing operating costs in residential and commercial buildings. The book explores the latest approaches to measuring and improving energy consumption levels, with calculation ...
By Dimitris Al. Katsaprakakis
October 04, 2024
Power Plant Synthesis provides an integrated approach to the operation, analysis, simulation, and dimensioning of power plants for electricity and thermal energy production. Fundamental concepts of energy and power, energy conversion, and power plant design are first presented, and integrated ...
By Moncef Krarti
August 03, 2023
Energy-Efficient Electrical Systems for Buildings, Second Edition offers a systematic and practical approaches to design and analyze electrical distribution and utilization systems in buildings. It considers safety and energy efficiency, while also focusing on sustainability and resiliency, to ...
By Rowland Richards, Jr.
July 05, 2021
Evolving from more than 30 years of research and teaching experience, Principles of Solid Mechanics offers an in-depth treatment of the application of the full-range theory of deformable solids for analysis and design. Unlike other texts, it is not either a civil or mechanical engineering text, but...
By Vladimir V. Bolotin
September 11, 2019
Mechanics of Fatigue addresses the range of topics concerning damage, fatigue, and fracture of engineering materials and structures. The core of this resource builds upon the synthesis of micro- and macro-mechanics of fracture. In micromechanics, both the modeling of mechanical phenomena on the ...
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By Clarence W. de Silva
December 17, 2019
Mechatronics has emerged as its own discipline over the past decade, yet no reference has lived up to the demands of being a working guide for designing and implementing the new generation of mechatronic systems. Uniting an international team of leading experts, Mechatronic Systems: Devices, Design...
By Gerald Wempner, Demosthenes Talaslidis
September 11, 2019
As the theories and methods have evolved over the years, the mechanics of solid bodies has become unduly fragmented. Most books focus on specific aspects, such as the theories of elasticity or plasticity, the theories of shells, or the mechanics of materials. While a narrow focus serves immediate ...
By Young W. Kwon, Hyochoong Bang
July 28, 2000
Expanded to include a broader range of problems than the bestselling first edition, Finite Element Method Using MATLAB: Second Edition presents finite element approximation concepts, formulation, and programming in a format that effectively streamlines the learning process. It is written from a ...
By Charles F. Kutscher, Jana B. Milford
September 18, 2018
PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, Third Edition, surveys the range of sustainable energy sources and the tools that engineers, scientists, managers, and policy makers use to analyze energy generation, usage, and future trends. The text provides complete and up-to-date coverage of all ...
By Lorin R. Davis
November 23, 1998
This book examines engineering and mathematical models for documenting and approving mechanical and environmental discharges. The author emphasizes engineering design considerations as well as applications to waste water and atmospheric discharges.Chapters discuss:the fundamentals of turbulent jet ...
By Efstathios E. Michaelides
April 30, 2018
Energy and the Environment explains in simple terms what the energy demand is at the present, what the environmental effects of energy use are, and what can be accomplished to alleviate the environmental effects of energy use and ensure adequate energy supply. Though technical in approach, the text...
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By D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith
March 26, 2018
For the Movers, Shakers, and Policy Makers in Energy Engineering and Related Industries The latest version of a bestselling reference, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Handbook, Second Edition covers the foremost trends and technologies in energy engineering today. This new edition contains ...