THIRD EDITION
STANDARD HANDBOOK OF
ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS
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é 32 Tyler G. Hicks, P.E. esitor
International Engineering Associates
\ a4 5 Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
United States Naval Institute
S. David Hicks coordinating Editor
International Engineering Associates
Joseph Leto, P.E. Assistant Editor
Consulting Engineer
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Accumulator, steam, 3.469 to 3.471
Acid Rain Contiol Progean, 3.192
Adjustable-speed drives, 4.16
Admiralty coefficients. 9.5
Aerial photogrammetry, 1.255 to 1.265
definitions pertaining to, 1.256, 1.257
flying height in, 1.255 to 1.257
with oblique photograph, 1.263 to 1.265
with overlapping photographs, 1.961 to
1.263
with tilted photograph, 1.259 to 1.261
with vertical photograph, 1.255 to 1.258,
1,261 to 1.263
Aeroderitative gas turbines, 13,25
Aeronautical engineering, 8.1 to 8.20
air-cushion vehicles, 8.6 to 8.9
aircraft: climb rate, 8.4
drift, 8.3
engine Uiust, 8.5
groundspeed, 8.3
landing speed, 8.2
stall speed, 8.2
true airspeed, 8.3
vertical-takeoff, 6.9
commercial aircraft, 8.10
lifting, power of balloons, 8.12
vertical-takeoff aircraft, 8.9
Affinity laws for pumps, 3.352 to 3.353
Air compressors, 3.325 to 3. 338
air receivers for, 3.331
altitude factors for, 3.330
brake horsepower (kW) input to, 3.328
Air compressors (Cont):
components for, 3.329 to 3.331
computation of air requirements, 3.326
cooling-water requirements for, 2.330
effect of intake temperature on, 3.330
selection of, 3.325 to 3.329
Air conditioning, 2.80 to 2.126
cooling coils for, 2.82 to 2,93
heat-load determination for, 2.80 to 2.87
high-velocity ducts for, 2.112 to 2.114
marine, 9.19 to 9.21
noise-reduction materials for, 2.122 to
2.126
outlet and return guilles for, 2.114 to
2.118
selection of system for known load, 2.94
t0 2.96
sizing low-velocity ducts, 2.95 to 2.105
branch areas, 2.98
friction-loss chart for, 2.99
recommended velocities in, 2,07
systems and applications, 2.95
vibration isolators for, 2.120 to 2.122
Air-cooled heat exchanger selection, 3.540
to 3.543
Air-cushion vehicles, 8.6 to 8.9
Air-snubber springs, 3.92 to 3.96
Air-volume conversion factors, 2.70
Aireraft:
limb rate of, 8.4
drift of, 8.3
engine thrust of, 8.51.2 INDEX
Aircraft (Cont )
groundspeed of, 8.3,
landing’speed of, 8.2
stall speed of, 8.2
true airspeed of, 8.3
vertical-takeoff, 8.8
Algebra, boolean, 7.48 to 7.64
Allowable stress, 3.113 to 3.117
Allowable stresses in pipes, 3.398
Allowance to emit CO,, 10.8
Alternating-current circuit analysis, 4.7
alternator-selection in, 4.13
‘motor, seléction in, 4.44 to 4.47
starting current of, 4.47
starting time of, 4.447
vector algebra in, 4.8
Alternative proposals, evaluation of, 12.18 to
12,32
Alternatives, cogeneration, 13.14
energy-from-wastes, 13.4
Altitude of star, 1.234
Amplifier, 5.44 to 5.66
bipolar, 5.59
black-box, 5.35
buffer, 5.51
‘operational, 3.53 to 5.97, 5.64
as equivalent circuit synthesis, 5.53
chain, 5.55 to 5.57
network synthesis with, 5.64
transistorized, 5.6, 5.13, 5.44
equivalent circuit for, 5.45
gain control in, 5.52
Analysis of business operations, 12.18 to
12.62
linear programming in, 12.48
optimal inventory level, 12.54
project planning using CPM/PERT, 12.55
to 12.59
Anchor force of pipes, 3.441
Antenna selections, 5.28
Appliances, electric, 4.69
Arch, reactions of three-hinged, 1.14
Architectural engineering, 2.1 0 2.150
air conditioning, 2.80 to 2.126
branch ducts, 2.98
cooling coils for, 2.82 to 2.93
friction-loss chart for low-velocity ducts,
2.99
heat-load determination for, 2.80 to
2.87
high-velocity ducts for, 2.112 to 2.114
noise-reduction materials for, 2.122 to
2.126
Architectural engineering, air conditioning
(Cont.)
outlet and return grilles for, 2.114 to
2.118
recommended velocities in duets, 2.97
selection of system for known load, 2.94
to 2.96
sizing low-velocity duets, 2.96 to 2.105
ms and applications, 2.95
vibration isolators for, 2.120 to 2.122
beam connection: riveted moment, 2.7 to
2.9
semirigid, 2.6
welded flexible, 2.9, 2.10
welded moment, 2.12
welded seated, 2.10, 2.11
column base: for axial load, 2.15
for end moment, 2.15
grillage type, 2.16 to 2.19
composite steel-and-concrete beam, 2.32
to 2.34
connection: beam-to-column (see Beam
cannection)
to resist horizontal shear, 2.31 to 2.34
of truss members, 2.5
eyebar, 2.3
gusset plate, 2.5
hanger, steel, 2.4
heating systems: applications of, 2.63
coils for, 2.72
condensate formation rate of coils, 2.73
final temperatures in coils, 2.73
facl-consumption factors for, 2.64
passive solar, 2.145 to 2,150
selection of, 2.62 to 2.65,
solar, 2.134 to 2.141, 2.145 to 2.150
humidifiers, selection of, 2.105 to 2.110
capacities of, 2.107
location of, 3.108
piping for, 2.110
recommended humidities for, 2.109
steam required by, 2.106
Joists, reinforced-concrete, 2.34ff
knee: curved, 2.14
rectangular, 213,
plumbing and drainage, 2.37 to 2.61
cold- and hot-water piping, 2.44 to
251
gas piping, 2.55 to 2.57
pipe-size determination far, 2.37 to
2.42
roof and yard rainwater systems, 2.42 to
2.44Architectural engineering, heating systems:
applications of (Cont):
sprinkler systems, 2.52 to 2.54
swimming-pool sizing, 2.58
solar energy, 2.126 to 2.150
ASHRAE, 2.132
average annual amount, 2.126
collector choice for, 2.127, 2.146
collector sizing for, 2.134, 2.145 to
2.147
domestic hot-water heater, 2.141 to
2.145
F chart method, 2.135 to 2.141
flat-plate collector, 2.127
heat exchangers for flat-plate collector,
2.130
heating contribution of passive system,
2.149
heating systems, 2.134 to 2.141, 9.145
to 2.150
insolation determination, 2.131 to
2.133, 2.147
key system components with flat-plate
collector, 2.199
orientation of collectors, 2.128
passive solar heating, 2.145 to 2.150
stair slab, 2.35 to 2.37
steel beam, 2.27 to 2.32
encased in concrete, 2.30 to 2.52
light-gage, 2.97 to 2.30
unit heaters: blow distances of, 2.69
capacity of, 2.65 to 2.70
conversion factors for, 2.68
diameter of pipes for, 2.70
outlet velocities of, 2.69
vertical types, 2.67
ventilators, roof, 2.118 to 2.120
vibration of bent, 2.37
wind drift, 2.25
reduction with diagonal bracing, 2.26
wind-stress analysis, 2.19 to 2.25
cantilever method, 2.21
portal method, 2.19 to 2.21
slope-deflection method, 2.93 to 2.25
Area:
calculation of, 1.927 to 1.290
geometric properties of, 1.22 to 1.24
Ash reuse, 13.7
ASHRAE, 2.132
Astronautical engineering, 8.12 to 8.20
interplanetary launch velocity, 8.14
missile range, 8.13
observation satellites, 8.18
INDEX 13.
Astronautical engineering (Cont.
rocket flight velocity, 8.12
satellite velocity, 8.14
space vehicle bumout velocity, 8.16
Astronomy, field, 1.233 to 1.235
Atmospheric pollution, 13.17
Audio pollution, 2.195
Average-end-area method, 1.232, 1.233
Average-grade method, 1.245 to 1.247
Azimuth of star, 1,233 to 1.235
Balanced design:
of prestressed-conerete beam, 1.166
of reinforced-concrete beam, 1.126, 1.139,
1.140
of reinforced-concrete column, 1.149
Ball bearings, 3.60ff
Rarametrie-condenser selection, 3.247
heat transfer in, 3.470
Batch physical process balance, 6.7
Batteries, industrial, 4.40
characteristics of, 4.42
Beach cleaning, work required for, 13.40
Beam(s):
bending moment in, 1.37 to 1.39
bending stress in, 1.39 to 142
composite steel-and-concrete, 1.200 to
1,204, 2.82 to 2.34
composite steel-and-timber, 1.41, 1.42
compound. 1.40
conjugate, 1.50
continuous, 1.53 to 1.58
of prestressed concrete, 1.187 to 1.197
of reinforced conerete, 1.134 to 1.136,
148
of steel, 1.82, 1.102 to 1.105
deflection of, 1,48 to 1.53
‘on movable supports, 1.40
with moving loads, 1.59, 1.61, 1.67
prestressed-conercte (see Prestressed-con-
crete beam)
reinforced-concrete (see Reinforced-con-
crete heam)
shear center of, 1.43, 144
shear flow in, 142
shearing stress in, 1.42
statically indeterminate, 1.58 to 1.59
steel (see Steel beam)
timber (see Timber beam)
Vertical shear in, 1.37 to 1.39
Beam column:
pile group as, 1.481.4 INDEX
Beam column (Cont.}:
soil prism as, 1.47
steel, 1.94, 1.95, L114, 1.115
Beam connection
riveted moment, 2.7, to 2.9
semirigid, 2.6
welded flexible, 2.9, 2.10
welded moment, 2.12
welded seated, 2.10, 2.11
Bearings, shaft, 3.56 to 3.77
ball, 3.60ff.
characteristics of, 3.57
gas-type, 3.75 to 3.77
heat generation of, 3.64
hydrostatic journal analysis, 3,69 to 3.72
constants for, 3.72
hydrostatic thrust, 3.67 to 3.69
constants for equations, 8.70, 3.71
oil-film thickness, 3.69
length of, 3.62
Joad capacity of, 3.79
materials for sleeve-type, 3.58
multidirection-type analysis, 3.72 to 2.75
constants for, 3.72
oil-ilm, 3.60
design load for, 3.60
porous-metal capacity, friction, 3,
capacity factors, 3.66
friction factors, 3.66
roller-type, 3.63 to 3.65
capacity and reliability of, 3.65
operating-life analysis, 3.63
radial load rating uf, 3.64
rolling-type, capacity, cost, and size of,
3.61, 3.65
selection of type of, 3.56 to 3.62
speed limits for ball and roller, 3.61, 3.63
‘temperature limits of, 3.60
Belleville springs, 3.88
Belts. 3.16 to 3.54
leather, 3.164.
capacity factors for, 3.16
correction factors for, 3.17
rubber, 3.17,
arc-of-contact factor, 3.18.
correction factors, 3.17, 3.21
horsepower (kW) ratings, 3.19, 3.211
length correction factors, 3.23
minimum pulley diameters, 3.19
multiple V, 3.22
service factors, 3.17, 3.18
sheave dimensions, 3.20
Belts, suber (Cunt)
small-diameter factors, 3.23
V (see V belts)
timing, 3.51 to 3.54
Bending flat plate, 1.45
Bending metal parts, 3.180 to 3.182
Bending moment:
in beam, 1.37 to 1.39
in column footing, 1.156 to 1.161
modified, in continuous beam, 1.82
1m three-hinged arch, 1.66, 1.67
in truss, 1.64
Rending-moment diagram:
for beam, 1.37 to 1.39, 1.81, 1.82
for combined footing, 1.160
for gable frame, 1.111
Bending stress:
in beam, 1.39 to 1.42
in curved member, 1.46
Bends, pipe, 3.443 to 3.455
Benefit-cost analysis, 12.47
Bernoulli's theorem, 1.208, 1.209
Bingham plastics, friction facto: for, 6.554 to
6.57
Biomass power generation, 13.27, 13.30
Bipolar amplifier, 5.59
Black-box amplifier, 5.35
Blauk diameters, 3.182
Blanking metals, 3.165
Bleed-steam cycles. 3.227 to 3.233,
Blowdown, boiler heat recovery from, 3.538,
Bode plot, 7.22, 7.27, 7.31, 7.34, 7.36
Boiler:
blowdown heat recovery, 3.538 to 3.540
percentage, 3.540
controls, 7.11 to 7.12
combustion, 7.12
‘conversion to coal, 3.533 to 3.535
feedwater regulators, 7.11
furnace size comparisons, 8.531
heat balance, 3.204 to 3.206
draft fans, 3.281 to 3.285
ducts and uptakes, 3.285 to 3.290
efficiency, 3.268
firo-tube, analysis of, 3.270
steam, selection of, 3.278 to 3.281
safety valves, 3.271 to 3.277
capacity of, 3.271
selection of, 3.271 to 3.277
seale, savings from reduced, 3.534
Bolt diameter selection, 3.121 to 3.125
‘endurance limit of, 3.124Bolt diameter selection (Cont. ):
for pressurized joint, 3.125
torque tightening factor, 3.122
Boolean algebra, 7.48 to 7.64
Boring, time and power for, 2.152
Boussinesq equation, 1.269, 1.270
Bracing, diagonal, 2.26
Brakes:
characteristics of, 3.103
cooling time of, 3.106
electric, 3.104
performance characteristics of, 3.104
selection of, 3.102
surface area of, 3.105 to 3.106
Branching pipes, 1.217
Breakdown in manufacturing, 3.184 to 3.186
Bridge, highway, 1.197 to 1.204
composite steel-and-concrete, 1.200 to
1.204
concrete, 1.198 to 1.200
Bridge truss, 1.60 to 1.65
Brinell hardness, 3.173
Broaching time and production rate, 3.160
Bucket elevators, 3.326, 3.327
Buller amplifier, 5.51
current drain, 5.51
output voltage, 5.51
Bulk material conveying, 3.326 to 3.330
Bulkhead, thrust on, 1,277 to 1.280
Buoyancy, 1.204 to 1.208
center of, 1.207
Business operations, analysis af, 12.48 to
12.62
linear programming in, 12.48
optimal inventory level, 12.54
project planning using CPM/PERT, 12.55
to 12.59
Bypass cooling system for engines, 3.301 to
3.305
Cable(s):
catenary, 1.17
with concentrated loads, 1.15, 1.16, 1.28
parabolic, 1.17
voltage regulation of, 4.25
Calorimeter, analysis of, 3.267
Cam clutch selection, 3.50
Cantilever method of windl-stress analysis,
2.21
Capacity-reduction factor, 1.126
INDEX 15.
Capacity tables, fan, 3.275,
Capital, recovery of, 12.7
Carbon dioxide (COS), 13.4
Cash flow calculations, 12.11
Celestial sphere, 1.234, 1.235
Centrifugal compressor, refrigeration, 3.505
Centrifugal pumps, 3.352 to 3.382
affinity Taws for, 3.352, 3,353
analysis of characteristic curves of, 3.368
to 3.374
condensate, selection of, 3.374 to 3.378
critical speed of, 3.38]
as hydraulic turbines, 3.387 to 3.392
cavitation constant, 3,389
constant-head curves, 9.390
constant-speed curves, 3.389
converting design conditions, 3.387
number of stages, 3.387
specific speed of, 3.387
turbine performance, 3.385
minimum safe flow for, 3.378
net positive suction head of, 3.374
selecting for viscous liquid, 3.379
selection of, 3.362 to 3.368
shaft deflection of, 3.381
similarity laws for, 3.352, 3.353
sizing impellers, for safety service, 9.942
specific speed of, 3,352 to 3.353
total head on, 3.357 to 3.361
Centroid ot area, 1.22 to 1.24
Chain drives, 3.48 to 3.50
inverted-tooth (silent), 3.48
roller, 3.48
horsepower (kW) rating of, 3.49
length factors for, 3.50
Toads and service factors for, 3.48
Channel:
nonuniform flow in, 1.221
uniform flow in, 1.217
Characteristic curves, pump, 3.356 to 3.362
Chemical engineering, 6.1 to 6.57
batch physical process balance, 6.7
crusher power input, 6.12
heat of mixing, 6.5
immiseible-solution characteristics, 6.10
liquid-liquid separation, 6.13
material balance, 6.6
mixer cooling-water flow rate, 6.12
process plant engineering (see Process
plant engineering)
pump selection for, 6.10
saturated-solution analysis, 6.216 INDEX
Chemical engineering (Cont.):
steady-state continuous physical balance,
6.7 to 6.10
ternary liquid system, 6.3
Chemical reactions in combustion, 3.193
Chicago Board of Trade, 13.27
Chilled-water system design, 13.37
Civil engineering. 1.1 to 1.292
Clean Air Act (CAA), 3.192
Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA), 6.41,
10.8, 13.27
“Clean” energy hydro, 13.34
Cleaning polluted beaches, 13.40
Clothoid, 1.241
Clutch selection, 3.100 to 3.102
Clutches:
cam, 3.50
characteristics of, 3.100
ratings of, 3.102
service factors for. 3.101
Coal-burning plant, ground area for, 3.537
Coal fuel in a furnace, combustion of, 3.189
to 3.192
Coal storage capacity of piles and bunkers,
3.205
Coefficient of performance, 13.19
Cogeneration, choosing steam compressor
for, 13.19
costs of, 3.526 to 3.533
defined, 13.25
Cold spring of pipes, 3.442
Cold-water pipe sizes. 2.44
Collectors, solar, 2.127 to 2.130, 2.134,
2.145 to 2.150
‘Column:
reinforced-concrete (see Reinforced-con-
crete column)
steel (see Steel colurnn)
timber, 1.119, 1.120
Column ba
for axial load, 2.15
for e1 ent, 2.15
grillage-type, 2.16 to 2.19
Combined bending and axial loading, 1.45
Combustion, 3.189 to 3.208
chemical reactions in, 3.197
of coal, 3.189 to 3.192
of fuel oil, 3.193
molal conversion factors for, 3.201 to
3.203
of natural gas, 3.191 to 3.199
Combustion (Gont.)
products, final, 3.203
properties of elements in, 3.193
‘of wood fuel, 3.199 to 3.201
Combustion controls, boiler, 7.12
Commercial aureraft, 8.10
Common-base bipolar amplifier, 5.59
Communicating vessels, discharge hetween,
1,221
Composite mechanisms, theorem of, 1.108
Composite steel-and-conerete beam, 1.200
to 1.204, 2.32 to 2.34
Composite steel-and-timber beam, 1.41,
1.42
Compound thin lens, 5.78
Compressed-air requirements, 3.925 to
3.929
and pressure loss, 3.493
receiver volume for, 3.331
of tools, 3.326
Compression index, 1.285
Compression ratio, engine, 3.294
Compression test
triaxial, 1.272
unconfined, 1.270 to 1.272
Compressors, 13.20
cost considerations, 13.20
Computers for process control, 7.6 to 7.8
Concave mirrors, 5.73
Concordant trajectory. 1.190
Concrete joist, 2.34
Condensate heat recovery, 13.9
Condensate pump selection, 3.374 to 3.378
Condensers, steam, 3.246 to 3.254
Condensing turhine output, 3.238 to 9.240
Conjugate-beam method, 1.50
Connector
‘beam-to-column (see Beam connection)
for pipe joint, 1.71
to resist horizontal shear, 1.84, 1.85,
1,203, 2.31 to 2.34
riveted, 1.68 to 1.75
riveted moment, 2.7
semirigid, 2.6
timber, 1.121 to 1.125
of truss members, 2.5, 2.6
welded, 1.74, 1.75, 2.9 to 2.13
Connectors, shear,1.203, 2.34
Conservation of energy (see Energy conser-
vation)
Constant-entropy steam process, 3.219
Constant-pressure steam process, 3.214Constant-temperature steam process, 3.218
Constant-volume steam process, 3.215 to
3.217
Control engineering, 7.1 to 7.48
Bode plot, 7.22, 7,27, 7.31, 7.34, 7.36
computers for, 7.6 to 7.8
developing a transfer function, 7.30
feedback control system, 7.33
fluid amplifiers for, 7.14
NAND gate circuit, 7.41 to 7.45
Karnaugh map for, 7.41 to 7.43
with two logie levels. 7.42 to 7.45
phase-lig compensator design, 7.31
process system, 7.2 to 7.4
process temperature, 7.4
pump selection to, 7.10
servo systems, 7.90 ta 7.30
active network solution, 7.29
angular-position system analysis, 7.21
closed-loop transfer function, 7.21, 7.26
compensation network, 7.28
de gain function, 7.29
with loop delay, 7.25
Joop-gain function analysis, 7.22
open-loop transfer function, 7.21
overshoot and settling time, 7.24
Routh array for stability determination,
7.20
Routh criterion for stability determina
tion, 7.20
stability determination, 7.20
1 steam-control valves, 7.45 to 7.48
pressure-reducing valves, 7.45 to 7.48
for steam boilers, 7.110
temperature-measuring amplifier, 7.37
equivalent circuit for, 7.39
instrument, analysis of, 7.38
transfer function, 7.21, 7.26, 7.30, 7.35
phase shift, 7.31
valve selection for, 7.8 to 7.10
waveform rms vale, 7.40
average value of, 7.40
Control valves, 7.8 to 7.10, 7.12 to 7.20
characteristics and rangeahility of, 7.12 to
Td
flow considerations of, 7.15 to 7.20
for process control, 7.8 to 7.10
steam-control and pressure-reducing, 7.45
to 7.48
Controlled-volume pump, 7.10
Converse-Labarre equation, 1.288
Convex mirror, 5.73
INDEX —L7
Conveyor characteristics, 3.340
horsepower (kW) requirements, 3.341
maximum belt speeds, 3.342
minimum belt width, 3.341
serew-type, 3.342 to 3.344
capacities and speeds of, 3.342
material factors for. 3.343
size factors for, 3.341
Cooling of electric motors, 4.87
Cooling coils, 2.82 to 25
bypass factors for, 2.82
chavacteristies of, 2.808
selection of, 2.88 to 2.93
Cooling ponds, 3.248 to 3.250
Cooling systems for electronics, 5.25, 5.71
heat pump selection, 5.71 to 5.73
Cooling water:
for air compressors, 3.330
engine, 3.306 to 3.311
Cost estimates for plant and equipment,
6.34 to 6.54
centrifugal-pump and electric-motor, 6.50
to 6.54
correlations in, 6.46 to 6.54
heat exchangers and storage tanks, 6.46
Cost of alternatives, 13.14
capital cost of, 13.31
energy plots for, 13.22
and gas turbines, 13.25
Cost vs. benefit, analysis of, 12.47
selection of profit with, 13.3
Coulomb's theory, 1.274
Countersinking, time and power for, 3.152
‘Couplings, shaft, 3.39 to 3.48
flexible, 3.42 to 3.44
allowable misalignment of, 3.42
horsepower (kW) ratings of, 3.43
service factors for, 3.43
functional characteristics of, 3.46
high-speed, 3.44
operating characteristics of, 3.45
rigid flange-type, 3,39
selection for torque and thrust loads, 3.44
tuniversal-joint output variations, 3.47
Cover plates:
for highway girder, 1,200 to 1.204
for plate girder, 1.84, 1.85
for rolled section, 1.79 to 1.82
for steel-and-concrete beam, 2.32 to 2.34luaveling, 4.87
Critical depth of fluid flow, 1.218 to 1.220
Gritical-path method (CPM) in project plan-
ning, 12.55 to 12.59
Critical speed, pump, 3.381
Gross-border pollution, 3.206
Crusher power input, 6.12
Culmination of star. 1.235
Curve:
circular, 1.236 to 1.241
compound, 1.239 to 1.24L
transition, 1.241 to 1.244
vertical (see Vertical parabolic curve)
Curved springs, 3.82 to 3.84
Cut, length and angle of, 3.150
Cutting speeds:
‘economical, 3.176
for lowest-cost machining, 3.181
for materials, 3.149
Cutting time
keyway, 3.150
tool feed rate and, 3.152
Darcy-Weisbach formula, 1213 to 1.215
Declination of star, 1.234
Deflection:
of beam, 1.48 to 1.53
of cantilever frame, 1.52
by conjugate-beam method, 1.50
by double-integration method, 1.49
by moment-area method, 1.49
under moving loads, 1.67
of prestressed-conerete heam, 1.178
of reinforced-conerete continuous beam,
1.148, 1.149
of shafts, 3.13 to 3.15
pump, 3.381
of spring, 3.77
by unit-load method, 1.51
Deformation:
of built-up member, 1.26
of member under axial load, 1.26
Degree of saturation, 1.265, 1.266
Departure of line, 1.226
Depletion and depreciation (see Deprecia-
tion and depletion)
Depreciation and depletion, 12.12 to 12.18
accounting for, 12.17
combination, 12.13, 12.15
constant-unit use, 12.15
declining-balance, 12.13
Depreciation and depleti
declining-unit-use, 12.14
income from, 12.17
sinking-fund, 12.12
straight-line, 12.18
sum-of-the-digits, 12.15
taxes and earnings, 12.16
unit method, 12.17
Depth factor, 1.117
Designing parts, 3.110 to 3.112
Desuperheater, steam, 3.468, 3.475
Desuperheater condensers, 6.39
Diesel engines, 3.301 to 3.995
cooling water for, 3.306 to 3.311
displacement of, 3.302
horsepower (kW) of, 3.302,
mean effective pressure of, 3.302
output of, 3.304
selection of, 3.303
Differential leveling, 1.230, 1.231
Digital control, fuel savings from, 3.543
Dimensional analysis, 1.224, 1.225
Dimpling metal parts, 3.183 to 3.185
Direct-current circuit analysis, 4.2 to 4.7
generator selection in,
Kirchhoff’s laws for, 4,
Direct-current permanent-magnet motors,
4.81 to 4.87
Displacement of truss joint, 1.29
Dissolved gas, effect of. on rotary pump,
3.384 to 3.386
Distance:
double meridian, 1.227, 1.228
sight, 1.249
Double-integration method, 1.49
Dovetails, dimensions of, 3.152
Dowel pins, sizing of, 3.147
Dowels:
in column footing, 1.157 to 1.159
in retaining wall, 1.165
Drains:
building, 2.41
roof, 2.42
(See also Plumbing and drainage)
Drawing of metals, 3.168, 3.183 to 3.185
Drill penetration rate, 3.183
Drilling, time and power for, 3.155
Dryers, coal, 3.293
Duct sizing, 2.96 to 2.105
equal-friction method, 2.96 to 2.102
friction chart for, 2.99
static-regain method, 2.102 to 2.105
Dummy pile, 1.291Earth thrust:
‘on bulkhead, 1.277 to 1.280
fon retaining wall, 1.273 to 1.275
‘on timbered trench, 1.275 to 1.277
Earthwork, volume of, 1.232, 1.233
Economical cutting speeds and production
rates, 3.176
Economies, engineering, of energy-from-
wastes, 13.4 (See also Engineering
economies}
Economizer, heat transfer, 3.489
Efficiency, internal-combustion engines,
3.289, 9.290
Elasticity, modulus of, 1.25
Electric-are welding, 3.165
Electric brakes, 3.104
Electric comfort-heating load determination,
4.68 to 4.79
Electric heaters, 3.488
Electrie-motor controls. 4.148.
characteristics and applications of, 4.48 to
4.50
constants for starting current, 4.52
dimensions of, 4.47
frame numbers for, 4.51
full-load current of, 4.32
locked-rotor kVA, 4.52
power ratings of, 4.45
selection of, 4.44 to 4.47
speed- and power-range applications of,
4.46
speed-torque characteristies of, 4.45, 4.47
Electric motors, 4.2 to 4.14, 4.44 to 4.51,
4.79 to 4.89
benefits, 4.81
cooling of, 4.87
cost of, 4.79
energy charge, present value, 4,80
flywheel selection for, 4.87 to 4.89
permanent-magnel type, 4.81 to 4.87
Electric transformers, 4.20 to 4.24
characteristics of, 4.22
coolant characteristics of, 4.22
load-center units, 4.23
selection of, 4.21
Electrical engineering, 4.1 to 4.92
circuit lengths in, 4.34 to 4.35,
crane, traveling, 4.87
direct-current permanent-magnet motors,
4.81 to 4.87
electric motors, 4.79 to 4.89
cooling of, 4.87
cost of, 4.79
INDEX 1.9
Electrical engineering, electric motors
(Cont.):
cfficicney benefits, 4.81
energy charge, present value, 4.80
flywheel selection for, 4.87 to 4.89
permanent-magnet type, 4.81 to 4.87
power-factor benefits, 4.81
flywheels for electric motors, 4.87 to 4.89
effect of width on, 4.89
linear inertia of, 4.87
starting and stopping times, 4.88
total inertia of, 4.88
lightning protection, 4.9 to 4.12, 4.90 to
4.92
arrester selection, 4.9 to 4.12
ineidence of thunderstorms, 4.91
type of system to use, 4.90
zone of protection, 4.92
load estimating in, 4.33 to 4.37
ermanent-magnet motors, 4.81 to 4.87
analysis, 4.81
dimensionless efficiency curves, 4.85
electrical measurement analysis, 4.85
equivalent motor circuit, 4.86
factor of merit, 4.85
performance characteristics, 4.83
stall and drag torques, 4.83, 4.86
universal performance formulas, 4.82
thunderstorms, incidence of, 4.91
transformers, 4.20 to 4.24
Electronics engineering, 5.1 to 5.80
electronics—design and applications, 5.2
to 5.73
ac equivalent circuit synthesis for oper-
ational amplifier, 5.53,
amplifiers, 5.44 to 5.66
antenna selection, analysis of, 5.28
bipolar amplifier, 5.59
black-box amplifier, 5.35
buffer amplifier, 5.51
cooling of equipment, 5.25, 5.71 to 5.73
current drain, 5.51
filter distortion, 5.62
Fourier expression, 5.63
frequency-changer selection and appli-
cation, 5.37
gnin-contral circuit, 5.57
heat pump, 5.71 to 5.73
high-pass filter design, 5.60
hybrid-parameter conversions, 5.31 to
5.35
integrated-cirouit selection, applications
of, 5.14 to 5.171.10 INDEX
Electronies engineering, electronies—
design and applications (Cont.):
JFET resistance of gain-control circuit,
5.58
large-scale integration, 5.35
low-pass filter design, 5.60
maintainability analysis in, 5.22 to 5.24
microwave transmitter analysis, 5.68 to
8.71
mismatch efficiency, 5.29
network synthesis, 5.64
operational amplifier, 5.53 to 5.57, 5.64
operational amplifier chain, 5.55 to 5.57
oscillator selection, application of, 5.14
output voltage of buffer amplifier, 5.51
power-supply analysis, selection of, 5.19
public-address systems, 5.30
reliahility analysis in, 5.20 to 5.22
satellite communications, 5.66
Smith chart use, 5.39
solid-state device evaluation, 5.3 to 5.5
sonar equations, 5.42
transistor selection, 5.5
amplifiers, 5.6, 5.13
transistorized amplifier, 5.44
equivalent circuit for, 5.45
gain control in, 5.52
transistorized circuit, 5.47
Toad line, 5.49
operating point, 5.48
small-signal, 5.49
tuned-cireuit Q values, 5.27
ultasonic-generators, 540
vacuum-tube: amplifier selection for,
5.1
characteristics of, 5.8, 5.11
worst-case transistor leakage current,
3.17
optics —mirror and lens systems, 5.73 to
5.80
compound thin-lens analysis, 5.78 to
5.80
lenses, image produced by, 5.76 to 5.78
mirrors, image produced by, 5.73 to
5.76
thick compound lens systems analysis,
5.78
Energy, solar (see Solar energy)
Energy conservation, 3.509 to 3.562
air-cooled heat exchanger, preliminary se-
lection, 3.542 to 3.544
boiler conversion to coal, 3.533 to 3.535
boiler furnace size comparisons, 3.531
cogeneration costs, 3.525 to 3.530
flash tanks, sizing, 3.548 to 3.551
from waste alternatives, 13.4
fuel savings from direct digital control,
3.543 1 8.545
ground area, for coal burning plants,
3.537
heat exchanger, air-cooled, 3.542
heat-loss cost, 3.521
heat-rate improvement, 3.522 to 3.526
heat recovery from boiler blawdown,
538
high-temperature hot-water heating, 3.516
to 3.519
produced by heat recovery, 3.519
pump choice for, 3.394 to 3.395
from reduced boiler scale, 3.536
return on investment, 3.535
small hydro power analysis, 3.546
uninsulated pipes, cost of heat loss, 3.521
wind-energy systems for, 3.509 to 3.516
capital costs of machines, 3.514
electric power output, 3.510
kites for power generation, 3.514
machine performance curves, 3.513,
machine selection, 3.509
types of machines, 3.511 to 3.514
Energy gradient, 1.221
Energy requirements of screw compressors,
13.20
Energy savings:
in industrial hydraulic systems, 3.146
in plants, 6.22
plots of, 13.22
from recompression, 6.27 to 6.29
by relocating units, 6.25
from storage tanks and vessels, 6.22 to
6.25
from waste heat for refrigeration, 6.31
Engine lathe, 3.155
Engineering economies, 12.1 to 12.100
Kmbankment, stability of, 1.280 to 1.285
Emissions, credits, 6.33
reduction of, 13.8
Emptying vessel, time needed for, 6.59
Endownment fund, allowance for inflation,
12.34
alternative proposals, 12.18 to 12.32
annual cost, after-tax basis, 12.27
annual cost of asset, 12.18, 12.93
annual-cost studies, 12.20
asset replacement, 12,29 to 12.32
capitalized cost, 12.24 to 12.27Engineering economics, alternative pro-
posals (Cont.)
cost and come, 12.19
equipment replacement, 12.22
mannfachiring, break-even poi
minimum asset life, 12.19
nonuniform operating costs, 12.21
present worth of future costs of an in-
stallation, 12.24
analysis of business operations, 12.18 to
12.62
linear programming in, 12.48
optimal inventory level, 12.54
project planning using CPM/PERT,
to 12.59
capital recovery, 12.7
cost comparison, 12,18 to 12.22
depreciation and depletion, 12,12 to 12.18
accelerated cost recovery, 12.12
accounting for, 12.17
combination, 12.13, 12,16
constant-unit use, 12.14
declining-balance, 12.14
declining-unit-use, 12.14
income from, 12.17
sinking-fund, 12.13
straight-line, 12.12
sum-of-the-digits, 12.15
taxes and earning, 12.16
unit method, 12.17
effects of inflation (see inflation, effects of,
below)
equivalent sums, 12.7
evaluation of investments, 12.35 to 12.48
allocation of capital, 12.37 to 12.41
apparent rates of return, 12.42
average rate of return, 12.44
benefit-cost analysis, 12.47
corporate bonds, 12.36
economic level of investment, 12.41
investment at an intermediate date,
12.45
investment-rate calculations, 12.37,
12.42
payback period, 12.46
premium worth method, 12.35
true rate of return, 12.43
inflation, effects of, 12.32 to 12.35
anticipated, 12.34
at constant rate, 12.32,
‘on endowment fund, 12.34
‘on present worth of costs, 12.33
‘on replacement cost, 12.32
at variable rate, 12.33
- 12.20
INDEX 1.1L
Engineering economics (Cont,
interest calculations, 12.4 to 12.7
compound, 12.5
effective rate, 12.7
simple, 12.5
nonuniform series, 12.8
perpetuity determination, 12.7
present worth, 12.68.
of continuous cash flow of uniform rate,
12.11
of costs in inflationary period, 12.33
of future costs of installation, 12.24
of single payment, 12.6
of uniform-gradient series, 12.9
of unifirut series, 12.6
probability, 12.66 to 12.90
sinking fund, principal in, 12.6
sinking-fund deposit, 12.6
statistical inference, 12,73.
statistics and probability, 12.62 to 12.100
arithmetic mean and median, 12.62 to
12.64
binomial distribution, 12.67
composite event, 12.70
decision making, 12.76, 12.89 to 12.100
of failure, 12.82
of false null hypothesis, 12.79
forecasting with a Markov process,
12.96 to 12.98
life span of devices, 12.81 to 12.85
life span of systems, 12.83 to 12.89
Markov process, 12.96 to 12.100
Monte Carlo simulation of commercial
activity, 12.91 to 12.94
vegative-exponential distribution, 12.72
normal distribution, 12.70 to 12.72
number of ways of assigning work,
12.65
optimal inventory, 12.89 to 12.91
Pascal distribution, 12.68 to 12,60
permutations, and combinations, 12.64
to 12.73
Poisson distribution, 12.69 to 12.71
population mean, 12,75
proportion of sample, 12.78 to 12.80
sales forecasting by linear regression,
12.94
of sequence of events, 12.66
series of trials, 12.67
standard deviation, 12.62 to 12.64
standard deviation from regression line,
12.96
uniform series, 12.9 to 12.11
of unsatisfactory shipment, 12.8012 wwoex
Enlargement of pipe, 1.215 L217
Environmental cleanup, 10.9
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
6.10, 10.8, 13.5, 13.17
Epicyclie gears, 3.37
Equal-friction duct sizing, 2.96 to 2.102
Equilibrant of force system, 1.7, 1.8
Equilibrium, equations of, 1.7
Equipotential line, 1.267
Equivalent-beam method, 1.279
Equivalent length of pipes, 3.410, 3.411
Estimating, cost of cogeneration alterna-
fives, 19.14
cost of waste disposal, 13.5
electrical loads, 4.33 to 4.37
Euler equation for column, 1.89
Evaluation of investments, 12.35 to 12.48
Excess-air analysis, 6.33
Expansion, pipe, 3.4534
bends, 3.453,
joints, 3.455
Expansion fits, 3.170
Expected life, designing for, 3.110 to 3.112
Explosion vent, sizing of, 13.42
Extraction turbine, 3.298 to 3.300
Eyebar, 2.3
F chart method, 2.135 to 2.141
Facing, time for, 3.155
Factor of safety, 3.113 to 3.116
Fans, draft
controls for, 3.290 to 3.292
selection of, 3.281 to 3.285
Fatigue loading, 1.93, 1.94
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERO), 13.27
Feed rate, tool, 3.152
Feedhack control system, 7.33
Feeders, electrical, 4.63
Feedwater heaters, 3.258 to 3.267
closed, 3.259 to 3.264
Girect-contact, 3.258
extraction-cycle, 3.264 to 3.268
Feedwater regulators, boiler, 7.1L
Filter distortion, 5.62
Finned-tube heat exchangers, 3.484 to 3.486
Fired-heat composite curve (FHC), 13.22
Fixed-end moment, 1.56
Fixture, plumbing, 2.398.
demand weight of, 2.47.
Flash tank, sizing, 3.548 to 3.551
Flashing condensate, line sizing for, 6.20 to
6.22
Flexural stress (see Bending stress)
Flow line, 1.267
Flow set, 1.267, 1.268
Flue gas, 3.560
Flue-gas heat recovery, 13.8
Fluid amplifiers, 7.14
Fluid velocity in pipes, 3.397
Flying height for aerial photographs, 1.255
to 1.257
Flywheels, 3.7, 4,87 to 4.89
for electric motors, 4.87 to 4.89
effect of width, 4.89
linear inertia of, 4.87
starting and stopping times, 4.88
total inertia of, 4.88
Footing
combined, 1.159 to 1.161
isolated square, 1.157 to 1.159
settlement of, 1.286
sizing of, by Housel’s method, 1.287
stability of, 1.284, 1.285
Force, hydrostatic, 1.204 to 1.206
Force fit, 3.117
Force polygon, 1.10, 1.289
Form coefficients, vessel, 9.2
Form milling, 3.160
Fouling factors, heat-exchanger, 3.482
Fourier expression. 5.63,
Francis equation, 1.212
Frequency of vibrating bent, 2.37
Frequency changers, 5.37
Friction, static, 1.8, 1.9
Friction damping, 3.108 to 3.110
Friction factor for Bingham plasties, 6.54 to
6.57
Friction head, pipe, 3.416 to 3.420
Fuel, industrial waste, 3.281
low-sulfur Diesel, 3.319
Fuel-consumption factors, 2.64
Fuel oil, combustion of, 3.193
Fuel savings:
from direct digital control, 3.543 to 3.545
from heat recovery, 8.503
Fuse, classes of, 4.66
Gain-control circuit, 5.57
JPET resistance of, 5.58
Gang milling, 3.157
Gas, flow rate of, 3.422
Gas and vapor disposal for plants, 6.29Gas bearings, 3.75 to 3.77
Gas engines, 3.289 to 3.313
Gas pressure loss in pipes, 2.55ff., 3.421,
3.422
Gas turbines, 3.297 to 3.298
inlet air temperature, 3.206
Gases, properties of mixtures of, 3.286
Gear drives, 3.33 to 3.37
bearing loads in, 3.34
force ratio of, 3.35
moment of inertia of, 9.3%
transmission gear ratio, 3.37
Gear trains, 3.37
epieyclic, 3.37
planetary, 3.38
Gearcd speed reducer, 3.54
Gears, 3.24 to 3.39
bearing loads of, 3.94
bore diameter of, 3.36
dimensions of, 3.31
epwychic, 3.37
force ratio of, 3.35
horsepower (kW) rating of, 3.32
for light loads, 3.29 to 3.31
moment of inertia of, 3.33
pitch selection of, 3.298%
planetary, 3.38
plastics, 8.125 to 8.128
ratio for, 3.37
selection of: by application, 3.26
by arrangement of equipment, 3.28
by convenience, 3.27
size of, 3.25
speed of, 3.24
type of, 2.25
General wedge theory, 1.275 to 1.277
Geothermal power generation, 13.27
Graphical analysis:
of cable with concentrated loads, 1.15 to
116
of force system, 1.7, 1.8
of pile roup, 1.288 to 1.290
of plane truss, 1.10 to 1.12
Grillage under column, 2.16 to 2.19
Grille, outlet and return, 2.114 to 2.118
Grinding feed and work time, 3.159
Gusset plate, 2.5
Gutter sizes, 2.44
INDEX 1.13
Hankinson’s equation, 1.121
Hardy Cross method, 11.5
Hazardous air pollutants (HAP), 6.41
Hazen-Williams formula, 3.435, 11.4
Head
friction, loss in water pipe, 3.415
total, on a pump, 3.357 to 3.361
Heat, waste, 6.33,
Heat of mixing, 6.5
Heat balance, boiler, 3.204 to 3.206
draft fans, 3.281 to 3.285
ducts and uptakes, 3.285 to 3.290
efficiency of, 3.268
fire-tube, analysis of, 3.270
steam, selection of, 3.278 to 3.281
Heat exchangers:
costs, 6.46 to 6.50
selection of air-cooled, 3.542
Heat insulation for pipes, 3.410
Heat loss, cost of, 3.521
Heat-loss determination, 2.61
Heat-loss factors, 4.7 to 4.78
for concrete slabs, 4.77
for frame walls, 4.75
for infiltration, 4.76
for residential ceilings, 4.75
for roofing, 4.78
for windows, 4.78
for wood floors, 4.76
for wooden doors, 4.78
Heat pump:
analysis of, 3.504 to 3.507
cooling electronic devices, 5.71 to 5.73
Heat-rate improvement, 3.523 to 3.526
Heat recovery.
from boiler blowdown, 3.542
boilers, 13.31
engine, 3.317
from lighting systems, 2.79, 4.79
steam generator (HKSG), 13.25
unit, 13.12
Heat transfer, 3.474 to 3.491
actual temperature difference of, 3.480 to
3.482
air-cooled, selection of, 3.540 to 3.543
in barometric condensers, 3.483
cunts, 6.46 to 6.50
clectric, 3.488
exchangers for, 3.475 to 3.489
finned-tube type, 3.484 to 3.486
fouling factors in, 3.482
quick design and evaluation, 3.552 to
3.560114 wpex
Heat transfer (Cont.)
selecting type of, 3.475
shell-and-tube type, 3.475 to 3.480
spiral type, 3.486
Heating, electric comfort, 4.68 to 4.79
Heating systems:
applications of, 2.63,
coils for, 2.72
condensate formation rate of, 2.73
final temperatures in, 273
fuel-consumption factors for, 2.64
passive solar, 2.145 to 2.150
selection of, 2.62 tw 2.65
solar, 2.134 to 2.141, 2.145 to 2.150
steam consumption of, 2.70 to 2.72
Heaters:
electric, 3.488
feedwater, 3.258 to 3.267
closed, 3.259 to 3.264
direct-contact, 3.258
extraction-eycle, 3.264 to 3.268
Helical springs, 3.78 to 3.81
High-pass filter design, 5.60
High-temperature hot-water heating, 3.516
to 3.519
High-vacuum systems, 3.332 to 3.338
pipe size for, 3.337
pumping speed for, 3.327
pumps for, 3.332 to 3.338
systean factors for, 3.336
Hobbing time, 3.163
Horsepower (kW) for metalworking, 3.179 to
3.181
Hot water:
domestic hot-water heater, 2.141 to 2.145
heating with high-temperature, 3.516 to
‘519
ipe sizes for, 244 to 2.51
piping systems for, 2.51
temperatures for various services, 2.51
Housel’s method, 1.287
Hull type, marine vessel, 0.22
Humidifiers, selection of, 2.105 to 2.110
capacities of, 2.107
location of, 2.108
piping for, 2.110
recommended humidities for, 2.109
steam required by, 2.106
Hybrid-parameter conversions, 5.31 to 5.35
Hydraulic gradient, 1.215, 1.266
Hydraulic jump, 1.220, 1.221
Hydraulle piston, 3.1386.
accelerating force, 3.139
Hydraulic piston (Cont.):
cushioning pressure, 3.134
fluid low required, 3.139
Hydraulic radius, 1.215
pipe, 3.414
Hydraulic similarity, 1.225
Hydraulic systems, 3.117 to 3.121
‘energy savings in industrial, 3.145
valving and piping for, 3.121
Hydraulic turbines from centrifugal pumps,
3.376 to 3.381
Hydro sites, 13.34
small, 3.546
Hydropneumatie accumulator, 3.144
final gas pressure, 3.144
final volume, 3.145
kinetic energy absorbed, 3.144
Hydropneumatic storage tank, sizing, 3.375
Hydrostatic bearings, 3.69 to 3.75
journal, 3.69 to 3.72
multidirection-type, 3.72 to 3.75
thrust, 3.67 to 3.69
Hydrostatie force:
on curved surface, 1.206
fon plane surface, 1.204, 1.205
Immiscible-solution characteristics, 6.10
Impact load, 1.29
Indicators, engine, 3.294
Indoor lighting, 4.51 to 4.59
Industrial building ventilation, 13.44
Industrial Fuel Use Act (IFUA), 13.17
Industrial waste fuel, 13.7
Inflation, effects of, 12.32 to 12.
anticipated, 12.34
at constant rate, 19.39
on endowment fund, 12.34
on present worth of costs, 12.33,
on replacement cost, 12.32
at variable rate, 12.33
Influence line
for bridge truss, 1.60 to 1.62
for three-hinged arch, 1.66
Initial yielding, 1.97
Insolation determination, solar, 2.132 to
2.14, 2.147
Integrated circuits, 5.14.
Interaction diagram, 1.150 to 1.156
Interest calculations, 12.4 to 12.7
Interior lighting, 4.51 to 4.59
Internal-combustion engines, 3,201 to 3.325
bypass cooling system for, 3.312 to 3.317Internal-combustion engines (Cont. ):
‘compression ratio of, 3.306
cooling-water requirements of, 3.306 to
3.311
hookups for, 3.308
slant diagrams for, 3.309
displacement of, 3.302
efficiency of, 3.301
fuel storage capacity and cost, 3.318
horsepower (kW) of, 3.302
hot-water heat recovery, 3.317
indicator, use for, 3.305
low-sulfur fuel, 3.319
mean effective pressure of, 3.302
vil evolers for, 3.320
output at high temperatues and high alti
tudes. 3.304
performance factors for,
piston speed of, 3.306
power input to pumps for, 3.319
selection of, 3.303
solids entering, 3.391
torque of, 3.306
vent system for, 3.311 to 3.312
Interplanetary flight, 8.14
Inventory, optimal level of, 12.54, 12.89 to
12.01
Inverted-tooth (silent) chain drive, 3.48
Investments:
‘evaluation of, 12.35 to 12.48
return on, for energy savings, 3.518
Involute splines, 3.106 to 3.108
face width of, 3.107
number of teeth for, 3.108
size of, 3.107
321 to 3.325,
Jet-plane speed, 8.23
Joists, reinforced-concrete, 2.348
Karnaugh map, construction of, 7.58 to 7.60
with distinctive blocks, 7.61
incomplete block, use of, 7.63,
large block, use of. 7.62
reduction of expression, 7.60
Kern distance, 1.176
Keyway, cutting of, 3.148
Kirchhoff's laws, 4.5
Kites for wind energy. 3.500
Knee:
curved, 2.14
rectangular, 2.133
Krey ¢-circle method of analysis, 1.282
INDEX LIS
Laminar flow, 1.212, 1.213
in pipes, 3.426
Landfills, mining of, 1.286
Laplace equation, 1.267
Large-scale integration, 5.95
Latitude of line, 1.226
Learning curves, 3.173 to 3.176
Lenses, 5.76 to 5.80
‘compound thin analysis, 5.78 to 5.80
images produced by, 5.76 to 5.78
thick compound systems analysis,
Leveling, differential. 1.230, 1.231
Life of springs, 3.98
designing parts for expected, 3.110 to
B.112
Light-gage steel beam:
with stiffened flange, 2.28 to 2.30
with unstiffened steel flange, 2.27
Lighting systems, 4.51 to 4.63
heat recoverable from, 2.79, 4.79
indoor, 4.51 to 4.59
coefficients of utilization of, 4.57
illumination level of, 4.52
light sources for, 4.54
performance fuctors in, 4.58
outdoor, 4.59 to 4.63
pole placements for. 4.61
recommended lighting levels for, 4.60
Lightning protection, 4.9 to 4.12, 4.90 to
4.92
arrester selection, 4.9 to 4.12
incidence of thunderstorms, 4.91
type of system to use, 4.90
zone of protection, 4,92
Line sizing for Mashing undensate, 6.20 to
6.22
Linear transformat
1.190
Liquid, 3.4248
siphon, 3.424
specific gravity of, 3.425
Viscosity of, 3.425
Liquid-liquid separation, 6.13
Liquid springs, 3.91
Liquid-vapor separators, 6.41 to 6.45
horizontal, 6.43 to 6.45
vertical, 6.41 to 6.43
Load, structural, 1486, 1.724
eccentric, 1.488, 1.72ff
on pile group, 1.48
on rectangular section, 1.45
on riveted connection, 1.72 to L74
on welded connection, 1.75
moving (see Moving-load system)
78,
n, principle of, 1.188 to116 INDEX
Load factor, 1.95
Load-stress factors, 3.113,
Looping pipes, 1.216
Lot size in manufacturing, 3.174
Low-pass filter design, 5.60
Lube-oil coolers, engine, 3.308
Mach 2.5 air stream, 8.26
Machine design and analysis, 3.7 to 3.146
Magnel diagram, 1.176 to 1.178, 1.193 to
1.195
Maintainability, electronic, 5.22 to 5.24
Manning formula factor, 1.215, 11.22
Maps, Karnaugh, 7.58 to 7.64
Marine engineering, 9.1 to 9,22
choice of vessel, 9.22
hull type, 9.22
immersion and flooding effects, 9.10
‘marine propeller shafts, 9.6
nuclear propulsion, 9.15 to 9.17
power-plant selection in, 9.13 to 9.16
propeller selection, 9.7 to 9.9
pump selection in, 9.10 to 9.13,
refrigeration and air conditioning, 9.19 to
9.21
revolutions of propeller, 9.9
tanker capacity, 9.17 to 9.18
vessel choice, 9.22
vessel form coefficients, 9.2
power for propulsion, 9.4 to 9.6
shallow-water speed, 9.3 to 9.5
speed, 9.9
wetted area, 9.3
vessel seakeeping potential, 9.22
Marine refrigeration and air conditioning,
9.19 to 9.21
Markov process in sales forecasting, 12.96 to
12.100
Material balance, 6.6
Materials handling, 3.338 to 3.352
bulk elevators and conveyors, 3.338 to
3.342
conveyor characteristics, 3.340
horsepower (kW) required for, 3.341
maximum belt speeds for, 3.342
minimum belt width for, 3.341
pneumatic conveying systems, 3.344 to
3.35
air quantities for, 3.348
design calculations for, 3.346
duct diameters for, 3.348
Materials handling, pneumatic conveying
systems (Cont, }:
duet gages for, 3.351
duct resistance in, 3.349
entrance losses of, 3.350
serew conveyors, 3,342 to 3.344
capacity and speed of, 3.342
material factors for, 3.343
size factors for, 3.343
Maxwell's theorem, 1.68,
Mean effective pressure, 3.000
Mechanical-drive turbines, 3.000 to 3.000
Mechanical engineering, 3.1 to 3.562
Mechanism method of plastic design, 1.101
Membrane vibration, 3.145
Meridian, 1.234
Metacenter, 1.208
Metalworking, 3.148 to 3.180
angle and length of cut, 3.152
bending, dimpling, and drawing, 3.183 to
3.185
blank diameters for, 3.185
blanking, drawing, and necking, 3.168
breakeven in, 3.187 to 3.189
Brinnel hardness, 3.176
broaching, 3.163
centerless grinder, 3.183
cutting speed for lowest cost, 3.181
cutting speeds in, 3.149
cutting time in, 3.152
drill penetration rate, 3.183
economical cutting speeds and production
rates, 3.176
element time in, 3.149
grinding, 3.162
hobbing, 3.163
horsepower (kW) required for, 3.179 to
3.181
keyway cutting, 3.150
leaning curves in, 3.173 to 3.176
mechanical-press capacity, 3.167
milling-machine feed and approach, 3.351
milling operations, 3.159 to 3.161
minimum lot size for, 3.153
‘operator time of, 3.119
optimum lot size in, 3.177
oxyacetylene cutting, 3.165
planer operations, 3.161
plating of metals, 3.169
precision dimensions, 3.178
ress fits, 3.170
presswork force, 3.167
reorder quantity for, 3.181Metalworking (Cont.}
savings with more machinable materials
3.182
sawing time, 3.164
serrating time, 3.163
shaper operations, 3.161
shrink fits, 3.170
splining, 3.163
tapers and dovetails, 3.151
tapping time, 3.156
thread milling, 3.182
threading time, 3.156, 3.157
time and power for, 3.154
boring, 3.154
countersinking, 3.154
drilling, 3.154
facing, 3.155
reaming, 3.154
time to tap. 3.156, 3.158
time to thread, 3.158
tool-change time in, 3.153
tool feed rate in, 3.15%
true unit time of, 3.153
turning time for, 3.153
turret-lathe power, 3.157
constants for, 3.158
Methane gas, 13.8
Method:
of joints, 1.12 to 1-1
of sections, 1-14
of slices, 1.280 to 1.282
Microwave transmitter analysis, 5.68 to 5.71
Milling machine:
cutting speed of, 3.159
feed for, 3.148, 3.159
horsepower (kW) of, 3.159
teeth number for, 3.159
Mine surveying, 1.250 to 1.255
Minimum lot size, 3.153
Minimum safe flow for pump, 3.378
Mining landfills, 1.286
Mirrors, analysis of image produced by, 5.73
t0 5.76
concave, 5.73
convex, 5.73
plane, 5.73
Mismatch, efficiency, 5.29
Missiles, range of, 8.13
Mixer cooling-water flow rate, 6.12
Mixing of two airstreams, 2.93
Modulus
of elasticity, 1.25
of rigidity. 1,36
INDEX 1.17
Mohr's circle of stress, 1.30, 1
1.273
Moisture content:
of saturated air, 2.107
of soil, 1.265, 1.266
Molal method of combustion analysis, 3.201
to 3.203
Mollier diagram, steam, 3.209 to 3.211
Moment:
bending (see Bending moment)
of inertia, 1.22 to 1.25
polar, 1.22 to 1.25
statical, 1.23
Moment-area method, 1.49#f.
Moment distribution, 1.57
Monte Carlo simulation, 12.91 to 12.94
Motors, electric (see Electric motors)
Moving-load system:
on beam, 1.59, 1.61, 1.67
on bridge truss, 1.60 to 1.64
Multiple milling, 3.160
Multirate helical springs, 3.87
1, 1.270 to
Nadir of observer, 1.234
NAND gate circuit, 7.41 to 7.45
Karnaugh map for, 7.41 to 7.43,
with two logic levels, 7.42 to 745
National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES), 13.18
Natural gas, combustion of, 3.194 to 3.199
Necking of metals, 3.165
Net positive suction head for pumps, 3.362
Network synthests, 5.64
Neutral axis in composite beam, 1.41
Neutral point, 1.63
NO, formation, 6.41, 13.18
Noise-reduction material, 3.125 to 3.126
Noncircular shafts, 3.130 to 3.138
composite, 3.132
eross-shaped, 3.138
four-keyway, 3.135
four-spline, 3.133,
milled, 3.133
pinned-shaft, 3.137
rectangular, 3.137
single-keyway, 3.134
single-spline, 3.136
two-keyway, 3.135
two-spline, 3.136
Noncondensable gases (NCGs), 13.28
Nonuniform series, 12.8
Notice of commencement (NOC), 6.11118 npex
Nonutility generation (NUG), 19.27
Nuclear power plants, 9.16, 10.2 to 10.12
cycle analysis, 10.3 to 10.6
and desalting plants, 10.10 to 10.13
fissionable material for, 10.7
murine, 9.16 to 9.17
power reactor selection, 10.2
reactor characteristics. 10.3
reactor fuel consumption, 10.6
spent fuel care, 10.8
Nuclear radiation, effects of, on humans,
10.8
Observation satellites, 8.18
OiL-film bearings, 3.60
Oil pipes, pressure loss in, 3.427 to 3.433
Operating costs, 13.17
Operating speed for pumps, 3.348 to 3.345
Operational amplifier, 5.53 to 5.57, 5.64
ac equivalent circuit synthesis, 5.53
chain, 5.55 to 5.57
de output of, 5.55
node-defined, 5.56
network synthesis with, 5.64
Optics, 5.73 to 5.80
compound thin-lens analysis, 5.78 t
lenses, image produced by, 5.76 to 5.78
mirrors, image produced by, 5.73 to 5.76
thick compound lens system analysis, 5.78
Optimal inventory level, 12.54, 12.89 to
12.91
Optimum lot size, 3.153
Orifice:
flow through, 1.211
meter, 3.411
variation in head on, 1.222
Onfice meter, pipe, 3.411
Oscillator, selection of, 5.14
Outdoor lighting, 4.59 to 4.63
Oxyacetylene cutting, 3.165 to 3.166
Ozone ‘Transport Commission, 3.319
Parabolic curve:
coordinates of, 1.186
vertical (see Vertical parabolic curve)
Pascal probability distribution, 12,68 to
12.69
Passive solar heating, 2.145 to 2.151
Payback period of investments, 12.46,
Performance curves, wind-energy machines,
3.513
Permanent-magiet motors, 4.51 to 4.87
analysis, 4.81
dimensionless efficiency curves, 4.85
electrical measurement analysis, 4.85
equivalent motor circuit, 4.86
factor of merit, 4.85
performance characteristics, 4.83
stall and drag torques, 4.83, 4.86
‘universal performance formulas, 4.82
Permeability of soil, 1.267
PEKU in project planning, 12.55 to 12.59
Phase-lag compensator design, 7.31
g-cirele method, 1.282
Photogrammetry, aerial (see Aerial photo-
grammetry)
Pile-driving formula, 1.288
Pile group:
under concentric load, 1.288
under eccentric load, 1.48
load distribution within, 1.289 to 1.292
Piping (and fluid flow), 3.396 to 3.474
allowable stresses in, 3.398
anchor force in, 8.453
chart determination of friction head, 3.416
to 3.420
cold-spring effect, 3.442
compressed-air pressure loss, 3.433
corrugated expansion joint, 8.457 to 3.459
equivalent length: of parallel pipeline,
3.423
of series pipeline, 3.422
expansion-bend stress, deflection of, 3.453
flow of water in pipes, 1.209 to 1.217
fluid velocities in 3.397
friction loss, for solids in
3.472
‘1s pressure loss, 2.558, 3.434
flow rate of, 3.434
hanger selection for, 3.434 to 3.442
spacing, 3.442
Hazen-Williams formula, 3.415
head loss in water piping, 3.415
heat insulation for, 3.410
heat loss in uninsulated, 3.521
hydraulic radius of, 3.411
Jaminar flow, pressure loss with, 3.426
liquid siphon height, 3.494
liquid specific gravity in, 3.425
liquid velocity in, 3.414
liquid viscosity in, 3.425
orifice meter for, 3.411
pipe bends for, 3.443 to 3.454
pipe slope for, 3.442
sspension,Piping (Cont.):
plastic piping, 3.471
plumbing (see Plumbing and drainage)
pressure loss: in oil pipes, 3.427 to 3.433
in steam piping, 3.399 to 3.403
ressure-reducing valves for water, 3.420
to 3.421
pressure-regulating valve for, 3.412 to
3.414
relative carrying capacity of, 3.420
schedule number of, 3.396
single-plane bends in, 3,443 to 3.446
slip-type expansion joint, 3.455 to 3.457
steam transmission lines, 3.460 to 3.468
accumulator selection and sizing, 3.469
to 3.471
desuperheater analysis. 3.468
steam trap selection for, 3.404 to 3.410
bucket-trap capacity, 3.409
coefficient of heat transfer for, 3.406
condensate formed, 3.407
factors in, 3.404
impulse-trap capacities, 3.409
specific heats for, 3.405,
uunit-heater correction factors for, 3.408
tabular determination of friction head,
416 to 3.420
three-plane behds in, 3.451 to 3.453,
two-plane bends in, 3.446 to 3.449
wall thickness of, 3.396ff
wall thickness determination by ANSI
piping code formula, 3.396 to 3.300
warm-up condensate load of, 3.403
water-hammer effects, 3.425
water-meter, sizing of, 3.422
Plane mirror, 5.73
Plancr characteristics, 3.156 to 9.159
Planetary gears, 3.38
Plant gas and vapor disposa
Plastic design, 1.97 to 1.116
of beam-column, 1.114
un, 1.102 to 1.105
definitions relating to, 1.97
of gable frame, 1.110 to 1.114
mechanism method of, 1.101
of rectangular frame, 1.105 to 1.110
shape factor in, 1.99
statical method of, 1.100
Plastic gears, 3.125 to 3.128
horsepower (kW) equations, 3.126
materials for, 3.126
safe stress for, 3.125
Plastic hinge, 1.98
6.29
INDEX — 1.19
Plastic modulus, 1.98
Plastic moment, 1.98
Plastic piping, 3.459
Plate girder, 1.84 to 1.88,
Plating of metals, 3.169
Plumbing and drainage, 2.37 to 2.61
cold- and hot-water piping, 2.44 to 2.51
gas piping, 2.55 to 2.57
pipe-size determination for, 2.37 to 2.42
ruof and yurd rainwater systems, 2.42 to
2.44
sprinkler systems. 2,52 to 2.54
swimming-pool sizing, 2.58
Preumatie conveying systems, 3.344 to
3.352,
design calculations for, 3.346
duct diameters and arens for, 3.948
duct gages for, 3.351
duct resistance chart for, 3.349
entrance losses for, 3.350
exhaust air quantities in, 3.348
Poisson probability distribution, 12.69 to
12.70, 12.82
Poisson's ratio, 3.119
Polar moment of inertia, 1.22 to 1.25
Polluted beach, cleaning of, 13.40
Pollution:
air, reduction of, 2.145, 2.150
audio, 2.125
cross-border, 3.206
by tabacco smoke, 2.120
Porosity of soil, 1.265
Portal method of wind-stress analysis, 2.19
to2.21
Power:
of flowing Kiquid, 1.211
generation of (see Power generation)
marine nuclear, 9.16
to propel vessels. 9.4 t0 9.6
Power distribution for plan
Power factor:
analysis of, 4.28
determination of, 4.26
improvement of, 4.26
Power generation, 3.208 to 3.300
air-ejector analysis, 3,252 to 3.254
barometric condenser analysis, 3.255
with biomass, 13.27
bleed-stream regenerative cycle, 3.227 to
3.233
boiler efficiency in, 3.268 to 3.270
boiler selection, 3.278 to 3.281
air duets for, 3.285 to 3.290
4.37 to 4.401.20 moex
Power generation, boiler selection (Cont.):
fan control selection, 3.290 to 3.292
fan selection in, 3.281 to 3.285
coal-dryer analysis, 3.293
coal storage capacity, 3.295
condenser. water pressure loss in, 3.254
weight analysis of, 3.254
condensing turbine analysis, 3.238 to
3.240
constant-entropy steam process, 3.219
constant-pressure steam process, 3.214
constant-temperature steam process,
3.218,
constant-volume steam process, 3.215 to
3.217
cooling-pond sizing, 3.257 to 3.258
feedwater heaters, 3.258 to 3.267
closed, 3.959 ta 3.264
direct-contact, 3.258
extraction-cycle, 3.264 to 3.268
fire-tube boiler analysis, 3.270
geothermal, 13.27
internal-combustion engines for, 3.301 to
3.325,
irreversible adiabatic compression, 3.221
to 3.922
irreversible adiabatic expansion, 3.222
mechanical-drive turbine analysis, 3.236
to 3.938
nuclear (see Nuclear power plants)
properties of gas mixtures, 3.234
regenerative-cycle performance, steam
turbine, 3.240 to 3.242
regenerative-gas turbine, 3.297 to 3.298
reheat cycle performance, 3.233 to 3.236
reheat-regenerative heat rate, 3.243
reversible heating process, 3.225 to 3.227
safety valve: capacity of, 3.271
selection of, for boiler, 3.272 to 3.277
smokestack sizing, 3.292
steam condenser: air-ejector analysis for,
3.252 to 3.254
‘carculating-water pressure loss in, 3.254
performance of, 3.246 to 3.249
selection af, 9.950
weight analysis of, 3.254
steam injection, 3.296
steam Mollier diagram for, 3.209 to 3.214
steam-quality determination, 3.277
steam table use for, 3.200 to 3.214
interpolation of values in, 3.211 to
3.214
steam turbine-gas turbine cycles, 3.245
Power gencration (Cont.):
superheater pressuredrop, 3.277
throttling processes, 3.223
Power-plant thermal pollution, 13.47
Power plants, marine, 9.13 to 9.16
Tower savings iu iudustiial hydraulic sys-
tems, 3.146
Power-supply analysis, 5.19
Power transmission, 3.56
Powerboats, coefficients for, 9.6
Precision dimensions in metalworking, 3.175
Premanufacture notificaton (PMN), 6.10
Present worth:
of continuous cash flow of uniform rate,
1
of costs in inflationary period, 12.33
of future costs of an installation, 12.24
of single payment, 12.6
of uniform-gradient series, 12.9
of uniform series, 12.6
Pressing, 3.167, 3.170
Pressure, soil, 1.47, 1.269, 1.270
Pressure center, 1,204
Pressure loss:
in oil pipes, 3.427 to 3.433
in reducing valves for water piping, 3.420
in regulating valves, 3.412 to 3.414
for solids in suspension, 8.472
in steam pipes, 3.399
Pressure prism of fluid, 1.205
Pressure-reducing valves, 7.45 to 7.48
for water piping, 3.420
Pressure vessel:
prestressed, 1.32
thick-walled, 1.33,
thin-walled, 1.32,
Pressurized joint, bolt diameter, 3.121 to
3.125;
endurance limit of, 3.124
loss of clamping force, 3.124
required bolt area, 3.122
spring rate of, 3.123
tightening torque applied, 3.125
tightening torque required, 3.124
Presswork force, 3.167
Prestressed-conerete beam, 1.165 to 1.197
in balanced design, 1.166
concordant trajectory in, 1.190
continuity moment in, 1.188
continuous, 1-187 to 1.197
with nonprestressed reinforcement,
1.191 to L197
actions for, 1.197Prestressed-concrete beam (Cont.):
deflection of, 1.178
guides in design of, 1.175
kern of, 1.176
linear transformation in, 1.188 to 1.190
loads carried by, 1.166
Magnel diagram for, 1-176 to 1.178, 1.193
to 1.195
notational system for, 1.166, 1.167
posttensioned, design of, 1.182 to 1.186
posttensioning of, 1.166
prestress shear and bending moment in,
1.167
pretensioned, design of. 1.179 to 1.182
pretensioning of, 1.165, 1.166
radial forces in, 1.187
stress diagrams for, 1.168 to 1.172
trajectory of prestressing force in, 1.166
transmission length of, 1.166
web reinforcement of, 1-181
Principal axis, 1.89
Principal plane, 1.30 to 1.32
Principal stress, 1.31, 1.32
Prismoidal method, 1.233
Probability, 12.66 to 12.90
binomial distribution, 12.67
composite event, 12.70
of failure, 12.52
of false null hypothesis, 12.79
negative-exponential distribution, 12.72
neyative-exponential life span, 12.51 to
Pascal distribution, 12.68
Poisson distribution, 12.69 to 12.70, 12.82
of sequence of events, 12.66
series of trials, 12,67
of unsatisfactory shipment, 12.50
Process-control systems, 7.2 to 7.11
computers for, 7.6 to 7.8
mode of control for, 7.3
for temperature, 7.4
valves for, 7.8
Process plant engineering, 6.14 to 6.57
Bingham plasties, friction factor for, 6.54
to 6.57
cost estimates, 6.34 to 6.54
centrifugal-pump and electeic-
6.50 to 6.54
correlations in, 6.46 to 6.54
heat exchangers and storage tanks, 6.46
desnperheater condensers, 6.59 to 6.41
INDEX 1.21
Process plant engineering (Cont)
energy loss savings, 6.22
by relocating units, 6.25
from storage tanks and vessels, 6.22 to
6.25
from waste heat for refrigeration, 6.31
energy savings, 6.22 to 6.29
from recompression, 6.27 to 6.29
exoeseair analysis, 6.33
flashing condensate, line sizing for, 6.20
to 6.22
friction factor for Bingham plastics, 6.54
to 6.57
gas and vapor disposal, plant, 6.29
heat exchanger and storage tank costs,
6.46 to 6.50
line sizing for flashing condensate, 6.20 to
6.22
liquid-vapor separators, 6.41 to 6.45
horizontal, 6.43 to 6.45
vertical, 6.41 to 6.43
rupture disks, 6.45
size and cost estimates, process equip-
ment, 6.34 to 6.54
stack height, effective, 6.29
steam tracing: for piping, 6.14
vessel bottom, 6.15
steam transmission line, 6.17
without steam traps, 6.17 to 6.20
storage vessel. time to empty, 6.46
Venturi scrubbers, 6.34 to 6.39
waste-heat loss reduction, 6.33
Product of inertia, 1.24
Product cooling, 3.493 to 3.498
Project planing, 12.55 ws 12.62
selection, 13.3
Propellers, marine, 9.6 to 9.10
best combinations of, 9.8
critical thrust of, 9.9
diameter of shaft for, 9.6
revolutions of, 9.9
selection of, 9.7 to 8.9
slip of, 9.6
ind vessel speed, 9.9
Properties of combustion elements, 3.192
Psychrometrie charts, 2.90, 2.110 to 2.112
Public-address systems, 5.
Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act
(PURPA), 13.27
Pulley, load on shaft, 3.9
Pump-down time, vacuum systems, 3.352122 inpex
Pumps (and pumping systems), 3.352 to
3.395
affinity laws for, 3.952, 3.953
analysis of characteristic curves, 3.368 to
3.374
centrifugal, 3.352 to 3.383
as hydraulic turbines, 3.387 to 3.392
characteristics of modern, 3.365
chemical-plant, 6.12
choice to reduce energy consumption,
3.394
classes and types of, 3.365
composite chart for, 3.366
condensate, 3.374 to 3.378
critical speed of, 3.381
effect of liquid viscosity, 3.982 to 3.386
on reciprocating pumps, 3.383
on regenerative pumps, 8.382
on rotary pumps, 3.384 to 3.386
energy efficiency, 3.395
engine, 3.316
essential data for, 3.364
hydraulic system, 3.117 to 3.121
hydropneumatic tank sizing, 3.386
impeller shapes in, 3.356
marine, 9.10 to 9.13
minimum safe flow for, 3.378
net positive suction head for, 3.374
pipe friction loss for water, 3.961
piping arrangements for, 3.358
rotary pump capacity ranges, 3.367
selecting best operating speed of, 3.355 to
3.357
selection of: for any system, 3.362 to
3.368
for chemical plants, 6.10
materials for, 3.386
for reduced energy consumption and
loss, 3.394 to 3.395
shaft deflection of, 3.981
similarity laws for, 3.352 to 3.353
specific-speed considerations for, 3.353 to
3.355
suction specific speed ratings, 3.
total Iread on, 3.357 to 3.361
types of, by specific speeds, 3.357
typical rating table, 3.356
for viscous liquids, 3.379 to 3.381
Quick design of heat exchangers, 3.552
ind conditions, 1.266
Radiant-heating panels, 2.75 to 2.78
Radiation, nuclear, 10.8
Rain forests, 13.4
Ramjet engine, 8.21
Rankine's theory, 1.273
Rate of springs, 3.99
Reactions at elastic supports, 1.27, 1.53 to
155
Reaming, time and power for, 3.152
Rebhann’s theorem, 1.275
Reciprocal deflections, theorem of, 1.67
Reciprocating-pump performance, 3.383
Reciprocating refrigeration compressors,
3.5034
Rectangular springs, 3.81
Redtenbacker's formula, 1.287
Refrigeration, 3.491 to 3.509
ccentrifugal-machine load analysis, 9.505
compressor eycle analysis for, 3.499 to
3.503
energy for steam-jet, 3.498 to 3.499
heat-pump cycle, 3.506 to 3.509
marine, 9,19 to 9.21
for product cooling, 3.493 to 3.498
reciprocating, compressor selection, 3.503
to 3.505,
system selection for, 3.491 to 3.493,
Regenerative cycle, steam, 3.240 to 3,242
Regenerative-pump performance, 3.358
Reheat oyele, steam, 3.233 to 3.236
Reheat-regenerative cycle, steam, 3.243
Reinforced-concrete beam, 1.125 to 1.149
in balanced design, 1.126, 1.139, 1.140
ond stress in, 1.134
with compression reinforcement, 1.131,
Lu7
continuous: deflection of, 1.148
design of, 1.134 to 1.136
equations of, 1.127, 1.139
of joist construction, 2.34
of rectangular section, 1.127 to 1.132,
1.140 to 1.148
stress in, 1.132, 1.143
supporting stair, 2.35
of T section, 1.129, 1.190, 1.144 to 1.147,
1.198 to 1.200
transformed section of, 1.141, 1.142
with two-way reinforcement, 1.136 to
1.138
ultimate-strengtlt design of, 14126 to 1-198
web reinforcement of, 1.132 to 1.134,
1143
working-stress design of, 1.138 to 1.149
sheariReinforced-concrete column, 1.149 to 1.157
in balanced design, 1.149
interaction diagram for, 1.150, 1.154
ultimate-strength design of, 1.149 to 1.153
working-stress design of, 1.153 to 1.157
Reinforced-plastic springs, 3.96 to 3.98
Relative carrying, capacity of pipes, 3.420
Reliability, electronic, 5.20 to 5.22
Reorder quantity for metalworking, 3.181
Tepowering of plants, 3.532
Residential-service demand load, 4.64 to
4.68
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
3.281
Retaining wall:
cantilever, design of, 1.162 to 1.165
earth thrust on, 1.273 to 1.275
gravity, stability of, 1.18
Return on investment for energy saving,
3.536
Reversible heating processes, 3.225 to 3.227
Reynolds number, 1,213, 2.560
Ribbed floor, 2.34
Right ascension of star, 1.234
Rigidity, modulus of, 1.36
Ring springs, 3.89 to 3.91
Riveted conncetion, 1.68 to 1.75, 2.7
eccentric load on, 1.72 to 1.74
moment on, 1.72, 27
Robots, 3.140 to 3.144
ares of, 3.140
three-link, 3.141
types of bodies, 3.143
workspace of. 3.141
Rocket combustion chamber, 8.25
Rocket flight velocity, 8.13
Koller bearings, 3.65 to 3.65,
capacity: and cost and size of, 3.63
and reliability of, 3.65
operating-life analysis of, 3.63
radial load rating of, 3.64
speed limits for, 3.61, 3.63
Roller chain drives, 3.48 to 3.50
Rolling surface wear life, 3.112
Roof ventilators, 2.118 to 2.120
Rotary pump performance, 3.372 to 3.374
Roughness coefficient, 1.215
Rupture disks, 6.45
Rupture factor, 3.116
Safety service, sizing centrifugal pumps for,
3,392
INDEX L238
Safety valves, boiler, 3.27] to 3.277
capacity of, 3.271
selection of, 3.271 tu 3,277
Sanitary engineering, 11.1 to 11,29
Manning formula factor, 11.22,
sanitary sewer design, 11.20 to 11.23
sewage-treatment methods: products of,
118
selection of, 11.26 to 11.29
sewer-pipe earth load, 11.17 to 11.90
sizing sewer pipes, 11.14 to 11.16
storm-sewer design, 11.25
storm-sewer inlet size and tow rate, 11.24
storm-water runoff rate, 11.12
water supply: flow rate, 11.2 to 11.6
Hardy Cross method, 11.5
Hazen-Williams equation for, 114
industrial water requirements, 11.10
pressure loss of, 11.2 to 11.6
system selection for, 11.7 to 11.10
treatment methods for, 11.10 to LL. 12
Satellite:
communications link analysis, 5.66
ight velocity of, 8.14
observation, 8.18
Saturated-air moisture content, 2.107
Saturated-solution analysis, 6.2.
Scale, boiler, savings from reduced, 3.534
Scale of aerial photograph:
definition of, 1.257
determination of, 1.263 to 1.265
in rclation to flying height, 1.255 to 1.257.
Schedule number, pipe, 3.396
Screw compressor, 13.20
Selection of project, 13.3
Serrating time, 3.163
Servo systems), 7.20 to 7.30
active network solution, 7.29
angular-position system analysis, 7.21
closed-loop transfer function, 7.21, 7.26
open-loop transfer function, 7.21
compensation network, 7.28
de gain function, 7.29
with loop delay, 7.95
loop-gain funetion analysis, 7.22
overshoot and settling time, 7.24
stability determination, 7.20
Routh array, 7.20
Routh eriterion, 7.20
Sewage treatment, 11.26 to 11.29
Sewer pipes:
‘earth loads of, 11.17 to 11.20
sanitary system design, 11.20 to 11.231.24 Nvex
Sewer pipes (Cont)
sizing of, 11.14 to 11.16
storm-sewer design, 11.25
storm-sewer inlet size and flow rate, 11.24
Shaft bearings (see Bearings, shaft)
Shaft vibration damping, 3.108 to 3.110
Shafts:
bearings for (see Bearings, shaft)
bending of, 3.11, 3.12
bending moment of, 3.9, 3.10
concentrated loads on, 3.14
couplings for, 3.39 to 3.48
flexible, 3.42 to 3.44
deflection of, 3.13 to 3.15
pump, 3.369
driver efficiency of, 3.8
equivalent bending moment of, 3.13
hollow, 3.10
horsepower (kW) of, 3.8
ideal torque for. 3.13
keys for, 3.15
marine propeller, 9.6 to 9.10
noncircular (see Noncircular shafts)
pump, deflection of, 3.369
reactions of, 3.9
solid, 1.36, 3.10, 3.11
torque of, 3.8, 3.13
torsion of, 1.36, 3.10, 3.11
uniform loads on, 3.14
Shape factor, 1.97 to 1.99
Shaper characteristics, 3.158
Shear:
in beam, 1.37 to 1.39
in column footing, 1.157 to 1.161
punching, 1.157
pure, 2.31, 2.32
in truss, 1.60 to 1.62
Shear center, 143, 144
Shear connectors, 1,203, 2.34
Shear diagram:
for beam, 1.37 to 1.39
for combined footing, 1.160
Shell-and-tube heat exchangers, 3.475 to
3.480
Short-circuit current, 4.17
in power systems, 4.18
Shrink-fit stress, 1.35
Shrink fits, 3.117, 3.170
Similarity, hydraulic, 1.295
Similarity laws for pumps, 3.352 to 3.353
Sinking fund, 12.6
Size and cost estimates, process equipment,
6.34 to 6.54
desuperheater condensers, 6.39 to 6.41
heat exchangers and storage tanks, 6.46 to
6.50
horizontal liquid-vapor separators, 6.43 to
6.45
rupture disks. 6.45
Venturi scrubbers, 6.34 to 6.39
vertical liquid-vapor separators, 6.41 to
6.43
Slenderness ratio, 1.90
Slices, method of, 1.280 to 1.982
Slip of propellers, 9.6
Slope of pipes, 3.442
Slope-deflection method of wind-stress anal-
ysis, 2.23 to 2.95
Small hydro power, 9.546, 13.94
Smith chart, use of, 5.39
Smoke, tobacco, 2.120
‘Smokestacks, 3.292
diameter of, 3.292
height of, 3.292
Snow-melting heating panels, 2.78
Soil:
composition of, 1.265
compression index of, 1.285
consolidation of, 1.285
contaminated, 1.266
nvisture content of, 1.265, 1.266
permeability of, 1.267
porosity of, 1.265
shearing capacity of, 1.270
Soil pressure:
caused by point load, 1.269
caused by rectangular loading, 1.271
under dam, 1.47
Solar energy, 2.126 to 2.151
ASHRAE, 2.132
average annual amount, 2.126
collectors for: choice of, 2.127
Mat-plate, 2.127
heat exchangers for, 2.130
key system components, 2.129
orientation, 2.128
for passive solar heating, 2.145 to 2.151
sizing of, 2.134
domestic hot-water heater, 2.141 to 2.145
F chart method, 2.135 to 2.141
heating systems, 2.134 to 2.141, 2.145 to
2.150Solar energy (Cont.):
insolation determination, 2.132 to 2.133,
2.147
passive solar heating, 2.145 to 2.150
collector for, 2.146
heating contribution, 2.149
insolation, 2.147
Solid-state device evaluation, 5.3 to 5.5
Sonar equations, 5.42
Sound levels for various occupancies, 4.26
Space frame, 1.19 to 1.22
Space vehicles, 8.16 to 8.17
Specific gravity of liquid, 3.425
Specific speed of pumps, 3.353
Speed reducer:
selection of, 3.54
torque rating of, 3.55
Spiral, transition, 1.241 to 1.244
Spiral-type heat exchangers, 3.486
Splines, involute, 3.106 to 3.108
Splining time, 3.163,
Spring constant of bent, 2.37
Springs, 3.77 to 3.100
air-snubber, 3.92 to 3.96
Belleville, 3.88,
curved, 3.82 to 3.84
helical compression and tension, 3.78 to
3.80
fe of, 3.98
designing parts for expected, 3.110 to
3.112
liquid, 3.91
multirate helical, 3.87
rate of, 3.99
reinforced-plastic, 3.96 to 3.98
ring, 3.89 to 3.91
round- and square-wire helical, 3.84 to
3.86
selection for load and detlection, 3.77
sizing helical, 3.80
square. and rectangular-wire hel
to 3.82
stripping, 3.168,
torsion, 3.84 to 3.86
torsion-bar, 3.86
wire length and weight, 3.78
Sprinkler systems, 2.52 to 2.54
pipe sizes for, 2.53
piping for, 2.55
Square springs, 3.84 to 3.86
Stability;
of embankment, 1.280 to 1.285
INDEX 1.25
Stability (Cont.):
of vessel, 1,206 to 1.208
Stack height, effective, 6.29
Stadia surveying, 1.231
Stair slab, 2.35 to 2.37
Star strut, 1,90
Static-regain duct sizing, 2.102 to 2.105
Statically indeterminate structures, 1.53 to
1.59
Statistical inference, 12.73
Statistics and probability, 12.62 to 12,100
Steady-state continuous physical balance,
6.7 to 6.10
Steam boiler:
heat balance determination, 3.204 to
3.200
selection of, 3.278 to 3.281
Steam comprestor, choice of, 13.19
Steam condenser:
air-ejector analysis for, 3.252 to 3.254
circulating-water pressure loss in, 3.254
performance of, 3.246 to 3.249
selection of, 3.250
weight analysis of, 3.254
Steam consumption of heating systems, 2.70
to 2.72
Steam-control valves, 7.45 to 7.48
Steannjet refrigeration, 3.498 to 3.499
Steam piping, pressure loss in, 3.399 to
3.403
Steam pressure drop in superheater, 3.277
Steam processes, 3.214 to 3.219
constant-entropy, 3.219
constant-pressure, 3.214
canstant-temperature, 3.218
constant-volume, 3.215 to 3.217
Steam-quality determination, 3.277
Steam tables, use of, 3.208 to 3.211
nterpolation of values in, 3.211 to 3.214
Steam tracing:
for piping, 6.14
vessel bottom, 6.15
Steam transmission line, 6.17
without steam traps, 6.17 to 6.20
Steam (rausmission piping, 3.460 tw 3.468
accumulator selection and sizing, 3.469 to
3.471
desuperheater analysis, 3.468, 3.473
Steam trap selection, 3.406 to 3.410
bucket-trap capacity, 3.409
coefficient of heat transfer for, 3.4061.26 INDEX
Steam trap selection (Cont):
condensate formed, 3.407
factors in, 3.404
impulse-trap capacities, 3.409
specific heats for, 3.405
unit-heater correction factors for, 3.408
Steam turbine-gas turbine cycle analysis,
2.245,
Steel beam, 1.76 to 1.88, 2.27 to 2.32
continuous, 1.82, 1.102 to 1.105
elastic design of, 1.82, 1.101 to 1.105
plastic design of, 1.102 to 1.105
with continuous lateral support, 1.76
cover-plated, 1.79 to 1.82
encased in conerete, 2.30 to 2.32
with intermittent lateral support, 1.76
light-gage, 2.27 to 2.30
with reduced allowable stress, 1.75
shearing stress in, 1.83
Steel beam-column, 1.94, 1.95, 1.114, 1.115,
Steel column, 1.88 to 1.95
base for, 2.15 to 2.19
built-up, 1.89
effective length of, 1.88
with end moments, 1.04, 1.05
under fatigue loading, 1.93
with intermediate loading, 1.93
lacing of, 1.92
with partial restraint, 1.91
of star-strut section, 1.90
with two effective lengths, 1.91
Storage tank costs, 6.46 to 6.50
Storage vessel:
energy savings from, 6.22 to 6.25
time to empty, 6.46
Storm sewer:
design of, 11.5,
inlet size for, 11,24
Storm-water runoff rate, 11.12
Storm-water systems, 11.24 to 11.26
Strain, axial, 1.25, 1.26
Stress(es):
allowable, in design, 3.113 to 3.117
axial, 1.98
bending, 1.39 to 1.42, 1.46
bond, 1.134, 1.157 to 1.165
hoop, 1.32 to 1.35
for plastic gears, 3.125 to 3.128
principal, 1.31, 1.92
shearing, 1.42, 1.83, 1.117, 1.132, 1.143,
1,289
in homogeneous beam, 1.31, 1.42
Stress(es), shearing (Cont.
in reinforced-conerete beam, 1.133,
1.139
in steel beam, 1.83
in timber beam, 1.117
shrink-fit, 1.35
thermal, 1.34
String polygon, 1.7, 1.287
Structural engineering, 2.2 to 2.37
beam connection: riveted moment, 2.7 to
2.9
semirigid, 2.6
welded flexible, 2.9, 2.10
welded moment, 2.12
welded seated, 2.10, 2.11
column base: for axial load, 2.15
for end moment, 2.15
grillage-type, 2.16 to 2.19
composite steel-and-conerete beam, 2.32
to 2.34
connection: beam-to-column (see Beam
connection)
w resist horizontal sheur, 2.31 to 2.94
of truss members, 2.5, 2.6
eyebar, 2.3
gusset plate, 2.5
hanger, steel, 2.4
joists, reinforced-conerete, 2.34
knee: curved, 2.14
rectangular, 2.13,
stair slab, 2.35 to 2.37
steel beam, 2.27 to 2.32
encased in concrete, 2.30 to 232
light-gage, 2.27 to 2.30
vibration of bent, 2.37
wind drift, 2.25
reduction with diagonal bracing, 2.26
wind-stress analysis, 2.19 to 2.25
cantilever method, 2.21
portal method, 2.19 to 2.91
slope-deflection method, 2.23 to 2.25
Sulfur dioxide, 3.192, 6.41, 13.8, 13.11,
13.14, 13.18
Superheater, boiler, 3.277
Supersonic wind tunnel, 8.24
Surveying, mine, 1.250 to 1.255
Swedish method for analysis of slope stabil-
ity, 1,280 to 1.282
‘Swimming pool, sizing of, 2.58
T beam reinforced-concrete, 1.129, 1.130,
1.144, to 1.147, 1.198 to 1.200Tables, truth, 7.55
‘Tangent-oflset method, 1.245 to 1.247
‘Tangential deviation, 1.49
Tankers, marine, 9.17 to 9.18
capacity of, 9.17
discharge time of, 9.18
T-2 equivalent of, 9.17
‘Tapers, dimensions of, 3.149
Tapping time, 3.156
‘Temperature control, 7.4
Temperature difference in heat exchangers,
3.480
Temperature-measuring amplifier, 7.37
instrament, analysis of, 7.38
equivalent circuit for, 7.39
‘Temperature reinforcement, 1.165, 1.198,
2.35
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), 13.14
Tension member, steel, 1.96
Ternary liquid system, 6.3
Terzaghi general wedge theory, 1.275
Terzaghi theory of consolidation, 1.285
Thermal effects, 1.34, 1.35
Thermal pollution, estimating, 13.47
Threading time, 3.156, 3.157
Three moments, theorem of, 1.55
‘Throttling processes, steam and water. 3.223
Thrust, aircraft engine, 8.5
‘Thunderstorms, incidence of, 4.91
Timber beam, 1.116 to 1.119
bending stress in, 1.116
built-up, 1.117 to 1.119
depth factor of, 1.117
moving load on, 1-117
shearing stress in, 1-117
Timber column, 1.119, 1.120
Timber connection, 1.121 to 1.195
Timber engineering, 1.116 to 1.125
Timber member under oblique force, 1-121
Time:
to bore: 3.154
for broaching, 2.163
to countersink, 3.154
to drill, 3.154
to empty dished-end vessel, 6.59
to empty storage vessel, 6.46
to face, 3.155
for grinding, 3.162
for hobbing, 3.163
for oxyacetylene cutting, 3.165
to plate metals, 3.169
to ream, 3.154
for sawing, 3.164
INDEX 1.27
Time (Cont.):
for serrating, 3.163
for sphining, 3.163
to tap, 3.156
to theead, 9.156
for thread milling, 3.182
for tool change, 3.153
to turn, 3.153
Timing belts:
center distances of, 3.53
horsepower (kW) ratings of, 3.54
number of sprocket teeth for, 3.53
pitch of, 3.52
selection of, 3.51 to 3.54
service factors for, 8.52
Tool-change time, 3.153
Torsion of shaft, 1.36, 3.10, 3.11
Torsion-bar springs, 3.86
Torsion springs, 3.84 to 3.86
‘Total costs, evgeneration altermatives, 1347
Total clement time, 3.147
Total head on a pump, 3.357 to 3.
Total operation time, 3.150
Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), 6.10
Tracing, steam:
for piping, 6.14
tank bottom, 6.15
Tract
area of, 1.227 to 1.230
partition of, 1.228 to 1.230
Trajectory:
concordant, 1.190
linear transformation of, 1.188 to 1.190
Transfer fimetion, 7.21, 7.26, 7.30, 7.35
phase shift, 7.31
‘Transformed section, 1-41, 142
Transformers, electric, 4.20 to 4.24
characteristics of, 4.221
coolant characteristies of, 4.22
load-center units, 4.23
selection of, 4.21
Transistorized amplifier, 6.6, 5.13, 544
equivalent circuit for, 5.45
gain contral in, 5.52
Transistorized circuit, 5.47
load line, 5.49
uperuting point, 5.48.
small-signal, 5.49
‘Transistors, selection of, 5.5
Transition spiral, 1.241 to 1.244
Traverse, closed, 1.225 to 1.227
‘Treatment, sewage, 11.26 to 11.29
Trench, earth thrust on, 1.275 to 1.277128 inoex
‘True unit time, 8.153
Truth tables, 7.55
‘Truss
force analysis of, 1.10 to 1.14
by graphical method, 1.10 to 112
by method of joints, 1-12 to Ll
by method of sections, 1.14
with moving loads, 1.60 to 1.65
statically indeterminate, 1.58
gusset plate of, 2.5
‘Tuned-circuit Q values, 5.27
Turbines:
gas, 3.297 to 3.300
hydraulic, 3.546, 13.34
mechanical-drive, 3.236
steam rates, 13.16
steam turbine-gas turbine cycle analysis,
2.248,
Turbulent flow, 1.213 to 1.215
‘Turning, time for, 3.153
Turret lathe:
power constant, 3.158
power input, 3.157
‘Two-way slab, 1.136 to 1.138
Ultimate load, 1.98, 1.99
Ultrasonic generators, 5.40
Underground storage tank (UST) laws, 6.21
Uniform series, 12.9 to 12.11
Uninsulated pipes, costs of heat loss, 3.521
Unit heaters:
blow distances of, 2.69
capacity of, 2.65 to 2.70
conversion factors for, 2.68
diameter of pipes for, 2.70
outlet velocities of, 2.69
vertical types, 2.67
Unit-load method, 1.51
Universal joints. 3.47
V belts, 3.19 to 3.23
are of contact factor for, 3.18
tors for, 8.17, 3.21
horsepower (kW) ratings of, 3.19, 3.21ff
length correction factors, 3.23
minimum pulley diameters for, 3.19
multiple, 3.22
service factors for, 3.17, 3.18
sheave dimensions for, 3.20
small-diameter factors, 3.23
Vacuum systems, 3.932 to 3.358
pipe size for, 3.337
pump-down time of, 3.332 to 3.345
pump selection for, 3.334 to 3.337
rating, checking, 6.61
system factors for, 3.338
Vacuum-tube amplifier, 5.11
characteristics of, 5.8, 5.11
Valves, safety, 3.272 to 3.277
Variable-speed drive, 3.56
Vector algebra, 4.5
Vent, explosion, sizing of, 13.42
Vent system, engine, 5.908 ta 4.301
Ventilation, building, 13.44
Ventilators, roof, 2.118 to 2.120
Venturi meter, flow through, 1.210
Venturi scrubbers, 6.34 to 6.39
Vertical parabolic curve:
containing given point, 1.248
plotting of, 1.245 to 1.248,
sight distance on, 1.249
Vertical shear (see Shear)
Vertical-takeoff aircraft, 8.9
Very large commercial transport, 8.10
Vessel(s), marine, 9.24
choice of, 9.22
form coefficients for, 9.2
hall type, 9.22
immersion and flooding of, 9.10
nuclear propulsion for, 9.16 to 9.17
power-plant selection for, 9.13 to 9.15
power required to propel, 9.4 to 9.6
pressure, minimum-cost, 6.67
prismatic, designing, 6.637
propeller revolutions and speed, 9.9
propellers for, 9.7 to 9.9
pumps for, 9.10 to 9.13
refrigeration and air conditioning for, 9.19
to 9.21
seakeeping potential, 9.22
shallow-water speed of, 9.3 to 9.5
vacuum rating, checking, 6.61
wetted area of, 9.3
Vibration of bent, 2.37
Vibration isolators, 2.121 to 2.125
Virtual displacements, theorem of, L112
Viscosity
of fluid, 1.208
of liquid, 3.425
liquid, effect of, on pump, 3.382 to 3.356
Viscous liquid, selecting pump for, 3.379 to
3.381Void ratio, 1.265, 1.285
Volatile organic compounds (VOC), 6.41
Voltage drup, tables of, 4.34 to 4.35,
Voltage ratings for power equipment, 4.37
Voltage regulation of cables, 4.28
Wall thickness of pipe, 3.396ff
Warm-up condensate load, piping, 3.403
Waste-heat boiler, 3.551
Waste-heat loss reduction, 6.33
Water-hammer effects in pipes, 3.425
Water meters, sizing of 3.422
Water pressure, loss in, 2.48
Water-supply piping, 2.44 to 2.51
Water-supply systems, 11.2 to 11.12
flow rates in, 11.2 to 11.6
Hardy Cross method for, 11.5
Hazen-Williams equation for L.4
industrial water requirements, 11.10
pipe sizes for, 11.3
pressure losses in, 11.2 to 11.6
selection of, 11.7 to 11.10
treatment methods for, 11.10 to 11.12
typical sources for, 11.7
Waveform rms value, 7.40
Wear life of rolling surfaces, 3.112
Web reinforcement:
of prestressed-conerete beam, 1.181
of reinforced-concrete beam, 1.132 to
1.134, 1.143
Weir:
discharge over, 1.212
variation in head on, 1.222 to 1.224
INDEX 1.29
Welded connection, 1.74, 1.75, 2.9, to 2.13
Welding:
electric-are, 3.165
oxyacetylene, 3.165
Westergaard constmiction, 1.288 to 1.290
Wetted perimeter, 1.215
Williott displacement diagram, 1.29
Wind drift, 2.95, 2.26
Wind-energy systems, 3.509 to 3.516
capital costs of, 3.514
electric power output, 3.510
kites in, 3.514
machine performance curves, 3.513
machine selection, 3.509
types of machines, 3.511
Wind-stress analysis, 2.19 to 2.95
by cantilever method, 2.21
by portal method, 2.19 to 2.21
by slope-deflection method, 2.23 to 2.25
Wind tuanel, supersonic, 8.24
Wire length for springs, 3.78
Wire-rope drives, 3.23
Wire size, choice of, 4.26 to 4.33
Wood, combustion of, 3.199 to 3.201
Wood-plywood girder, 1.118
Worst-case transistor leakage current, 5.17
Yield-line theory, 1.136 to 1.138,
Yield moment, 1.98
Zenith of observer, 1.236