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The Engineeirng Handbook, ed. Richard C. Dorf, CRC Press, 2000.

1. Table of Contents

SECTION I Statics

1. Force System Resultants and Equilibrium
2. Centroids and Distributed Forces
3. Moments of Inertia

SECTION II Mechanics of Materials

4. Reactions
5. Bending Streses in Beams
6. Shear Streses in Beams
7. Shear and Moment Diagrams
8. Columns
9. Pressure Vessels
10. Axial Loads and Torsion
11. Fracture Mechanics

SECTION III Dynamics and Vibrations

12. Dynamics of Particles: Kinematics and Kinetics
13. Dynamics of Ridid Bodies: Kinematics and Kinetics
14. Free Vibration, Natural Frequencies, and Mode Shapes
15. Forced Vibrations
16. Lumped versus Distribued Paramter Systems
17. Applications of Structural Dynamics Principles
18. Computer Simulation and Nomographgs
19. Test Equipment and Measuring Systems

SECTION IV Kinematics and Mechanisms

SECTION V Structures

25. Loads
26. Wind Effects
27. Earthquake Effects
28. Structural Analysis
29. Structural Steel
30. Concrete
31. Timber
32. Masonry Design
33. Nonlinear Dynamics of Continuous Mass Structural Systems
34. Scour of Bridge Foundations

SECTION VI Fluid Mechanics

35. Incompressible Fluids
36. Compressible Fluids
37. The Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids
38. Airfoils/Wings
39. Boundary Layers
40. Valves
41. Pumps and Fans
42. Two-Phase Flow
43. Basic Mixing Principles for Various Types of Fluid Mixing Applications
44. Fluid Measurements

SECTION VII Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

SECTION VIII Separation Processes

SECTION IX Fuels and Energy Conversion

SECTION X Kinetics and Reaction Engineering

SECTION XI Geotechnical

81. Soil Mechanics

SECTION XII Transportation

SECTION XIII Ocean and Coastal Engineering

87. Shallow Water and Deep Water Engineering

SECTION XIV Environmental Systems and Management

88. Drinking Water Treatment
89. Air Pollution
90. Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
91. Solid Wastes
92. Hazardous Waste Management
93. Soil Remediation
94. Urban Storm Water Design and Management

SECTION XV Water Resources Engineering

95. Hydraulics
96. Hydrology
97. Sedimenatation

SECTION XVI Linear Systems and Models

98. Transfer FUnctions and Laplace Transforms
99. Block Diagrams
100. Signal Flow Analysis
101. Linear State-Space Models
102. Frequency Response
103. Convolution Integral
104. Stability Analysis
105. z Transform and Digital Systems

SECTION XVII Circuits

106. Passive Components
107. RL, RC, and RLC Circuits
108. Node Equations and Mesh Equations
109. Sinusoidal Excitation and Phasors
110. Three-Phase Circuits
111. Filters (Passive)
112. Power Distribution
113. Grounding and Shielding
114. Electromagnetics

SECTION XVIII Electronics

115. Operational Amplifiers
116. Active RC Filters
117. Diodes and Transistors
118. Analog Integrated Circuits
119. Optoelectronic Devices
120. Power Electronics
121. A/D and D/A Converters
122. Superconductivity
123. Embedded Systems-on-Chips
124. Electronic Data Analysis Using PSPICE and MATLAB
125. Electronic Packaging
126. Microwave and RF Engineering

SECTION XIX Digital Systems

SECTION XX Communications and Signal Processing

133. Transforms and Fast Algorithms
134. Digital Filters
135. Modulation and Detection
136. Coding
137. Computer Communication Networks
138. Satelites and Aerospace
139. Mobile and Cellular Radio Communications
140. Optical Communications
141. Digital Image Processing
142. Complex Envelope Representations for Modulated Signals

SECTION XXI Computers

SECTION XXII Measurement and Instrumentation

151. Sensors and Transducers
152. Measurement Errors and Accuracy
153. Signal Conditioning
154. Telemetry
155. Recording Instruments
156. Bioinstrumentation
157. G (LabVIEW) Software Engineering
158. Sensors
159. AC Electrokinetics of Particles
160. Biomedical Engineering

SECTION XXIII Surveying

161. Quality Control
162. Elevation
163. Distance Measurements
164. Directions
165. Photogrammetry and Topographic Mapping
166. Surveying Computations
167. Satellite Surveying
168. Surveying Applications for Geographic Information Systems
169. Remote Sensing

SECTION XXIV Control Systems

170. Feedback
171. Root Locus
172. Nyquist Criterion and Stability
173. System Compensation
174. Process Control
175. Digital Control
176. Robots and Control
177. State Variable Feedback
178. Nonlinear Control Systems
179. Introduction to Mechatronics

SECTION XXV Manufacturing

160. Types of Manuracturing

SECTION XXVI Aeronautical and Aerospace

SECTION XXVII Safety

200. Hazard Identification and Control
201. Regulations and Standards

SECTION XXVIII Engineering Economics and Management

207. Risk Analysis and Management
208. Sensitivity Analysis

SECTION XXIX Materials Engineering

SECTION XXX Mathematics

217. General Mathematics
218. Linear Algebra Matrices
219. Vector Algebra and Calculus
220. Complex Variables
221. Difference Equations
222. Differential Equations
223. Integral Equations
224. Approximation Methods
225. Integral Transforms
226. Chaos, Fractals, and Julia Sets
227. Calculus of Variations
228. Probability and Statistics
229. Optimization
230. Numerical Methods
231. Dimensional Analysis
232. Computer Graphics Visualization