Bücher der Reihe Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

Presents finite element approximation concepts, formulation, and programming in a format that streamlines the learning process. This book contains various topics in applications including cracks, semi-infinite and infinite domains, buckling, and thermal stress.

This second edition includes chapters from leading experts on the economics and fiscal management of energy, with a focus on efficiency and conservation measures. The handbook contains updated coverage of energy storage technologies, energy audits for buildings and building systems, and demand-side management. It also provides appendices with fully updated data.

A guide on various things that engineers need to know to design pressure vessels. It covers the basic theories and principles behind the stress-limiting conditions in the codes and offers guidance for designing and building pressure vessels of different types.

Reviewing several ways in which large amounts of energy can be stored so that it may be deployable by utilities, this handbook covers major topics including pumped hydroelectric systems, compressed air, and batteries. By considering the perspective of developers, planners, and legislators as well as engineers tasked with assessing and developing real energy storage systems, readers will find the information they need to make economic and practical decisions concerning renewable energy. Chapters on modeling for integration of wind and solar energy into the grid, hydrogen generation and storage, and thermal energy storage are included.

Presents the diverse field of Entropy Generation Minimization (EGM), the method of thermodynamic optimization of real devices. This book combines the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.

Measuring and testing for vibration is critical in maximizing system durability and ensuring safety. This book presents the tools, techniques, and data for instrumenting, experimenting, monitoring, measuring, and analyzing vibration in a variety of mechanical and structural systems and environments.

Providing a proven set of energy efficiency measures and opportunities for saving energy and reducing operating costs for existing homes, this volume presents general tools and procedures for performing home weatherization such as insulation improvements as well as methods to reduce air leakage. The author describes several techniques and technologies that can reduce energy use or operating costs, including methods to retrofit existing homes to be net-zero energy buildings. Each chapter contains simplified calculation methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of various efficiency measures. The final chapter offers a series of case studies including examples of weatherized homes.

Providing complete coverage of biofuels, this new textbook discusses the multidisciplinary study of bioenergy and the potential for replacing fossil fuels in the coming decades. Presenting numerous examples throughout the text, this book explores key technologies, including biotechnology and genetic reprogramming of microorganisms. The author also examines the future of chemistry from a broad perspective, addressing the economic, social, and environmental issues that are extremely important to any study of bioenergy as a route to sustainable development.