Exploring Engineering - An Introduction to Engineering and Design Philip

Exploring Engineering Exploring An Introduction Engineering to Engineering and Design Philip Kosky George Wise Robert Balmer William Keat AMSTERDAM � BOSTON � HEIDELBERG � LONDON NEW YORK � OXFORD � PARIS � SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO � SINGAPORE � SYDNEY � TOKYO Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK Copyright # 2010, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department inOxford,UK:phone:(þ44)1865843830,fax:(þ44)1865853333,E-mail:permissions@elsevier.com. You may also complete your request online via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting “Support & Contact,” then “Copyright and Permission,” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Exploring engineering : an introduction to engineering and design / Philip Kosky ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-12-374723-5 (hardcover) 1. Engineering--Textbooks. 2. Engineering design--Textbooks. I. Kosky, P. G. (Philip G.) TA147.E97 2010 620--dc22 2009013583 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. For information on all Academic Press publications visit our Web site at www.elsevierdirect.com Printed in Canada 09 10 11 12 6 5 4 3 2 1 “... it is engineering that changes the world.” Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Quotations, Simon and Schuster, 1970 “... (engineering) ... is the art of doing that well with one dollar that any bungler can do with two ...” Arthur Wellington, Economic Theory of the Location of Railways, 2nd ed., Wiley, NY, 1887 “... the explosion of knowledge, the global economy, and the way engineers will work will reflect an ongoing evolution that began to gain momentum a decade ago.” Educating the Engineer of 2020, National Academy of Engineering, October, 2005 ... - tailieumienphi.vn