Hydraulics & piping
Title:
Hydraulics & piping
Author:
Wingate, James A.
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Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. (ASME, Three Park Avenue. New York, NY 10016) : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, c2005.
Physical Description:
1 electronic text (viii, 148 p.) : ill., digital file.
Series:
Mister Mech Mentor ; [v. 1]
Mister Mech Mentor ; v. 1.
Contents:
1. Water and steam hammer phenomena -- 2. Gravity flow of liquids in pipes -- 3. Siphon seals and water legs -- 4. Regulating steam pressure drop -- 5. IRI fuel gas burner piping valve train -- 6. Controlling differential air pressure of a room with respect to its surroundings -- 7. Water chiller decoupled primary-secondary loops -- 8. A collection of handy hydraulic formulas -- 9. Water chillers in turndown -- 10. Basics of hydraulic loops -- 11. Estimating thermal black-body temperature of the night sky for radiation heat transfer calculations -- 12. Handy facts regarding types of thermal insulation.
Abstract:
With this collection of chapters written in a friendly style, you enjoy the essential benefits of instruction by a personal mentor who explains "why" and "how" while teaching potentially dangerous lessons in physics and engineering design. Spared the embarrassment of painful mistakes, you gain practical knowledge from frank, colorful cases and learn to solve mechanical problems related to hydraulics, pipe flow, and industrial HVAC and utility systems.
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Electronic Access:
ASME http://ebooks.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/book.aspx?bookid=253