Broad coverage of digital product creation, from design to manufacture and process optimization This book addresses the need to provide up-to-date coverage of current CAD/CAM usage and implementation. It covers, in one source, the entire design-to-manufacture process, reflecting the industry trend to further integrate CAD and CAM into a single, unified process. It also updates the computer aided design theory and methods in modern manufacturi ...
Practical Power Plant Engineering offers engineers, new to the profession, a guide to the methods of practical design, equipment selection and operation of power and heavy industrial plants as practiced by experienced engineers. The author—a noted expert on the topic—draws on decades of practical experience working in a number of industries with ever-changing technologies. This comprehensive book, written in 26 chapters, covers the electrical ac ...
Солнечный парус – это космический корабль без ракетного двигателя. Он отталкивается от легких частиц Солнца, отражаясь от его гигантских парусов. Поскольку он не несет топлива и продолжает ускоряться на почти неограниченных расстояниях, это – единственная существующая технология, которая может однажды привести нас к звездам. В методических указаниях приведен пример разработки проекта солнечного паруса в виртуальной среде CoppeliaSim. Рассмотрен ...
Measurement forms an essential part of our view of the world. Our world is measured and calibrated, and we are all subject to the tyranny of these numbers. In this updated and extended edition, Jeffrey Huw Williams outlines the history of measurement; particularly of the International System of units (SI). Since the previous edition, the base units of the SI have been redefined; realizing a 150-year-old dream for a measurement system based on un ...
