Understanding Engineering Systems

Preface Foreword 1 Formulation Concepts 1.1 Accounting and Conservation 1.1.1 Specifying the analysis objective 1.1.2 Deciding what to account 1.1.3 Defining the system of analysis 1.1.4 Defining the time period of analysis 1.2 General System Concepts 1.2.1 System variables 1.2.2 Variable Types 1.2.3 Parameters 1.2.4 System impedance 1.2.5 Input/output impedance 1.2.6 Operating points 1.3 Initial and Boundary Conditions 1.4 Number of Independent Flows (NIF) 1.5 System State and (NIA) 1.5.1 Variables determined by differential equations 1.6 Constraints 1.7 Summary and Problems 1.8 Maple Programs 1.8.1 File: mapjuice.ms-The Maple Program for Example 1.17 Electrical System Concepts 2.1 Voltage and Current 2.2 Sources and Resistors 2.3 Kirchhoff's Voltage Law 2.4 Electric Fields and Capacitance 2.5 Magnetic Fields and Inductance 2.5.1 Force generation 2.5.2 Voltage induction 2.5.3 Induction, mutual induction and wire wraps 2.6 Impedance Relationships 2.7 Circuits with Switches 2.8 Making Assumptions 2.9 Equivalent Circuits 2.10 Semiconductor Devices 2.10.1 Diodes 2.10.2 Photodiodes 2.10.3 Transistors 2.10.4 Operational amplifiers 2.11 Questions and Problems 2.12 Maple Programs Mechanics 3.1 Forces and Moments 3.2 Friction 3.3 (NIF)and (NIA) 3.3.1 Making assumptions 3.3.2 Deciding whether or not to write a conservation equation 3.4 Freebody Diagrams 3.5 Applying Conservation of Linear Momentum 3.6 Springs and Dampers 3.6.1 Freebody Diagrams of Springs and Dampers 3.7 Choosing Systems 3.8 Kinematics 3.8.1 Position, velocity, and acceleration 3.8.2 Relating flow variables 3.9 Angular Velocity 3.9.1 Relative angular velocities 3.9.2 Differentiation of unit vectors 3.10 Solving Equations of Motion 3.11 Angular Momentum 3.11.1 Finding moment of inertia 3.11.2 Conservation of angular momentum 3.12 Energy Methods 3.13 Summary 3.14 Problems and Questions 3.15 Maple Programs 4 Multidiscipline Examples 4.1 Electro-Mechanical Machines 4.2 Sensors 4.2.1 Thermal-mechanical machines 4.3 Questions and Problems 4.4 Maple Programs A Miscellaneous DataEverett, Louis J. is the author of 'Understanding Engineering Systems', published 1998 under ISBN 9780072305746 and ISBN 0072305746.