Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Low Pressure Boilers - 3rd Edition with CD-ROM, Frederick M. Steingress



This edition describes components and operation of boiler systems used in hotels, apartment buildings, schools, and other large institutions.

Low Pressure Boilers, the industry leader among boiler operation textbooks, has been enhanced with new coverage of personal protective equipment, burner control systems, steam principles, and emission analysis and control. An updated Cooling Systems chapter covers refrigeration principles and equipment, chilled water systems, and refrigerant recovery procedures. This full-color textbook is a must for operators of boiler systems used in hotels, apartment buildings, schools, and other large institutions. Boiler systems and related equipment are depicted in full-color illustrations complemented by concise text. This textbook is recommended by many licensing agencies for use as a study aid in preparing for licensing examinations. A sample licensing examination, with answers, is included to help learners prepare for an examination.

This book has everything you need to know to pass a boiler exam. although I wish someone would format this book into sections that fit the study of the exams givin by the state (spec,2nd cl, 1st cl, and chief). This book can be used to obtain all the said licenses but is a pain if your just starting out. It makes no sense to memorize this 300+ page book just to obtain a special class boilers license, but can be very helpful the more advanced the licenses get. And I believe no one will truly know how to maintain a boiler until they do it themselves, books can only take you so far so go get your hands dirty.

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Hardcover: 406 pages
Publisher: Amer Technical Pub; 3rd edition (January 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826943586
ISBN-13: 978-0826943583
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.2 inches

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Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI (A4) Service Manual: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 - 2 VOLUME SET, Bentley Publishers



The Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI Service Manual: 1999-2005 contains in-depth maintenance, service and repair information for Volkswagen Jetta, Golf and GTI models from 1999 to 2005 built on the A4 platform. Service to Volkswagen owners is of top priority to Volkswagen and has included the continuing development and introduction of new and expanded services. The aim throughout this manual has been simplicity, clarity and completeness, with practical explanations, step-by-step procedures, and accurate specifications. Whether you're a professional or a do-it-yourself Volkswagen owner, this manual will help you understand, care for, and repair your Volkswagen.

This manual is now being published as a durable, long-lasting, two volume hardcover book set designed to withstand frequent use in a professional shop or home garage. All of the content of the previous softcover edition is included.

Though the do-it-yourself Volkswagen owner will find this manual indispensable as a source of the same detailed maintenance and repair information available at an authorized Volkswagen dealer, the Volkswagen owner who has no intention of working on his or her car will find that reading and owning this manual will make it possible to discuss repairs more intelligently with a professional technician.

I can honestly say that this is the manual I recommended to all of my Volkswagen owning friends. All of them. Surprisingly all of them bought it. Not only does this manual help me fix problems that are serious to moderate to just plain weird it helps me learn alot about my car as well. It helped me learn the things I need to get my car "Bella" the Volkswagen in a better shape. I recently had to change my water pump and I was going to take it to the mechanic which cost me alot of money, and instead of taking it to the mechanic I used the simple knowlege and the manual and I changed my water pump. Yes it has that too.

By learning and reading the manual everytime I need to use it I am able to fix other cars as well that are Volkswagens. This knowledge that I gain from this great manual will stick with me forever. I am very satisfied with it. I am very thankful that I bought it and alot of my other friends that own the manual are thankful as well. It trully is worth every penny that you spend when you buy this awesome manual.

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Hardcover: 1976 pages
Publisher: Bentley Publishers (June 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0837616786
ISBN-13: 978-0837616780
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 2 x 11 inches

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Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering 1st Edition, Steven H. Strogatz



This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, and strange attractors.A unique feature of the book is its emphasis on applications. These include mechanical vibrations, lasers, biological rhythms, superconducting circuits, insect outbreaks, chemical oscillators, genetic control systems, chaotic waterwheels, and even a technique for using chaos to send secret messages. In each case, the scientific background is explained at an elementary level and closely integrated with the mathematical theory.Richly illustrated, and with many exercises and worked examples, this book is ideal for an introductory course at the junior/senior or first-year graduate level. It is also ideal for the scientist who has not had formal instruction in nonlinear dynamics, but who now desires to begin informal study. The prerequisites are multivariable calculus and introductory physics.

Were all Math books written like this, the number of students majoring in Math, Physics, etc. would rise considerably. The presentation is clear, lucid and comprehensive. Each concept is introduced with its motivating phenomena and the mathematical treatment is logical and elegant with many worked examples. This is one of those rare Math books that "begin at the beginning", yet go on to develop the concepts to a point useful even to grad students who want a review of basics before plunging into more advanced material. (If you are looking for more detailed mathematical stuff, I'd suggest Kevorkian's "Multiple Scale and Singular Perturbation Methods" or "Perturbation Methods" by Hinch.)

For the benefit of those reviewers who have complained that the mathematics is not rigorous enough, may I point out that the author clearly states the book is an introduction to the topic. I have come across other introductory books using basic differential equations, on similar topics where the material is presented in a disjointed way. Strogatz, however, shows us the inter-relatedness of the broad range of concepts and applications that fall within the title. Therein lies a major strength of this book.

Another big plus is that Strogatz presents those intermediate diagrams and results that take us to the final conclusion. Also he interprets the Math en route to the finale. He does not employ the usual "it is apparent that ..." strategy to pole-vault to miracle steps. This approach makes the book a breezy read; a remark not commonly made about advanced Math books!

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Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Westview Press; 1 edition (January 19, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738204536
ISBN-13: 978-0738204536
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1 x 9.3 inches

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

LabVIEW for Everyone: Graphical Programming Made Easy and Fun 3rd Edition, Jeffrey Travis



Master LabVIEW 8 with the industry’s friendliest, most intuitive tutorial: LabVIEW for Everyone, Third Edition. Top LabVIEW experts Jeffrey Travis and Jim Kring teach LabVIEW the easy way: through carefully explained, step-by-step examples that give you reusable code for your own projects!

This brand-new Third Edition has been fully revamped and expanded to reflect new features and techniques introduced in LabVIEW 8. You’ll find two new chapters, plus dozens of new topics, including Project Explorer, AutoTool, XML, event-driven programming, error handling, regular expressions, polymorphic VIs, timed structures, advanced reporting, and much more. Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) candidates will find callouts linking to key objectives on NI’s newest exam, making this book a more valuable study tool than ever.

There was once a time when you had to do data acquisition in a lab completely by hand. Hooking up ammeters and voltmeters, and then labouriously taking down measurements into a lab book. If you wanted a graph, well, take out graph paper and some pencils. Things are radically different nowadays, and Labview makes data acquisition relatively easy. I say relatively, because the size of this book is a cautionary note. It is partly a reference manual, so that thankfully, you do not need to read most or all of it to do any useful data collection. But the book also functions as a teaching manual. Explaining in the early parts how to hook up a computer to instruments, often using the GPIB or serial port. Chapter 2 is this basic connection to the lab bench. It is very straightforward. It leads into later chapters, where the idea of block diagram programming in Labview is given. The block diagram approach is a modular one that is like applying a series of filters. Think of matrix algebra, if you have any background in that. Once you realise that a lot of the book's size is due to many choices of built in functions (blocks), then Labview becomes a lot less formidable. Basically, once you can use Labview in some simple way, then applying more sophisticated functions is easy.

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Hardcover: 1032 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (August 6, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0131856723
ISBN-13: 978-0131856721
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 2.1 x 9.5 inches

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Engineering Economy 7th Edition, Leland Blank



Engineering Economy, 7th edition, presents a crisp, bold new design using color, highlighting and icons to focus on important concepts, terms, equations and decision guidelines. There are new features, new topics (such as ethics and staged decision making), and new online tools; yet no compromise on coverage, examples, or the well-accepted writing style of this popular text. The preface provides an overview of What’s New and graphically depicts resources for Instructors and Students. Solved examples, problems and case studies target many of the current engineering challenges in areas such as energy, ethics, the environment, and the world’s changing economics. Approximately eighty percent of the end-of-chapter problems are revised or new for this edition.

Some of the outstanding pedagogical characteristics of this new edition include its easy-to-read writing style, learning outcomes for each section, progressive examples used throughout a chapter, solved examples using manual and integrated spreadsheet solutions, updated case studies, Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam questions for each chapter, and numerous new end-of-chapter exercises.

A significant new feature is the availability of brief, downloadable online presentations (podcasts) that incorporate voice-over, animated Power Point slides. These are available on the text’s website for students and instructors to utilize as support tools in or outside the classroom. Each module includes descriptive material and worked examples that supplement course material.

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Hardcover: 640 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 7 edition (February 22, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073376302
ISBN-13: 978-0073376301
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.2 x 11.2 inches

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

BMW 3 Series (E46) Service Manual: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Bentley Publishers



This BMW Repair Manual: 3 Series (E46): 1999-2005 is a comprehensive source of service information and technical specifications available for the BMW E46 platform 3 Series models from 1999 to 2005. Whether you're a professional or a do-it-yourself BMW owner, this manual will help you understand, care for and repair your car.

Though the do-it-yourself 3 Series owner will find this manual indispensable as a source of detailed maintenance and repair information, the owner who has no intention of working on his or her car will find that reading and owning this manual will make it possible to discuss repairs more intelligently with a professional technician.

I will leave the more in-depth reviews to the readers with more engineering know-how; but I took delivery of this book from Amazon the other day, and as a first-timer to a BMW Bentley manual I'm quite impressed. At over 1400 pages there's no doubting that it's quite comprehensive and detailed. But for anyone who owns an E46 and has gone a step further to become an enthusiast, you will know how complicated these cars are; so it would appear impossible to cover absolutely everything for the E46, what with so many different body variations, engine options and equipment levels, not to mention different markets. Bear in mind that with the international context of use for this book, some details and specifics will be absent.

The pictures included are reasonably well detailed and are of high quality and of a decent size. Explanations are quite clear. A batch of wiring diagrams are appended to the end of the manual, which contributes substantially to its size. As those familiar with Bentley manuals will know, the manual is fully indexed and segmented into the main car components (e.g. engine; body), with each sub-component (e.g. changing the transmission; removing headlights) quite well-defined, including an overview of what special tools are required for the job.

I think this book will come in very handy for my E46 ('99 model) and would recommend it to friends. It's a bit expensive (though in reality this won't bother most people with E46s) and also this version is quite new so it may not breach the second-hand market in any great quantity in the near future.

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Hardcover: 1408 pages
Publisher: Bentley Publishers (October 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0837616573
ISBN-13: 978-0837616575
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 1.2 x 11 inches

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Digital Image Processing 3rd Edition, Rafael C. Gonzalez



THE leader in the field for more than twenty years, this introduction to basic concepts and methodologies for digital image processing continues its cutting-edge focus on contemporary developments in all mainstream areas of image processing. Completely self-contained, heavily illustrated, and mathematically accessible, it has a scope of application that is not limited to the solution of specialized problems. Digital Image Fundamentals. Image Enhancement in the Spatial Domain. Image Enhancement in the Frequency Domain. Image Restoration. Color Image Processing. Wavelets and Multiresolution Processing. Image Compression. Morphological Image Processing. Image Segmentation. Representation and Description. Object Recognition. For technicians interested in the fundamentals and contemporary applications of digital imaging processing

Supposedly one of the definitive textbooks in digital image processing, this book overlooks quite a few finer details -- graphs labeled improperly, padding not applied in the examples etc., and does not always bridge theory and practise efficiently. A good overview of DIP, but could be confusing to beginners without an introductory background in signal processing.

This book is a wonderful read about image processing. Having read most of the 1st edition (yes I'm reading all of the 3rd), I can say that this 3rd edition is larger (yet not insurmountable) with more examples, explanations, mathematical development and new material. I'm currently in the chapter about frequency domain processing and must say that the previous chapter about spatial domain processing is more robust, even now including a good introduction to fuzzy logic. Anyhow, with a good background in applied math and Matlab programming, this material is easy reading for me, but should also be accessible enough for anyone with a general technical background.

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Hardcover: 976 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (August 31, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 013168728X
ISBN-13: 978-0131687288
Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World with CD-ROM, John Sterman



The leading authority on system dynamics explains this approach to organizational problem solving, emphasizing simulation models to understand issues such as fluctuating sales, market growth and stagnation, the reliability of forecasts and the rationality of business decision-making. The CD includes modeling software from Vensim, ithink, and PowerSim.

The field of system dynamics was created in 1956 under the leadership of MIT Professor Jay W. Forrester to evaluate how alternative policies affect growth, stability, fluctuation, and changing behavior in corporations, cities, and countries. Forrester founded the System Dynamics Program in the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management at MIT. John Sterman is currently Director of the System Dynamics Group at MIT.
This text is a summary of the wisdom and knowledge gathered over more than twenty years of research dedicated to the study of practical methods for systems thinking and the dynamic modeling of complex systems. It is well written, easy to understand, and worthy of serious consideration.

I believe the text is destined to become a classic. It is written in a straightforward style and does not require prerequisite knowledge of higher mathematics. Indeed, in the author's words, "one of the strengths of the text is the way it presents system dynamics with a minimum of mathematical formalism. The goal is to develop the reader's intuition and conceptual understanding, without sacrificing the rigor of the scientific method." This goal is achieved well.

The text opens with a succinct and well organized description of approaches to the study of complex systems. It develops a set of principles for successful use of systems dynamics and provides well-written overviews of the Modeling Process and dynamic systems.

It covers the construction of causal loop diagrams and describes their application in a variety of business and engineering examples.

This is one of the best texts in its field for upper division undergraduate courses and graduate programs. It will be useful to many in business, engineering, and science.

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Hardcover: 1008 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin (February 23, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 007238915X
ISBN-13: 978-0072389159
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 1.6 x 10.3 inches

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Modern Automotive Technology 7th Edition, James E. Duffy



Modern Automotive Technology, updated for 2014, is a comprehensive textbook organized around the ASE automobile test areas that supports career readiness for those wishing to pursue a job in the automotive industry. It details the construction, operation, diagnosis, service, and repair of late-model automobiles and light trucks. Using a building block approach, students first learn the fundamentals of automotive systems and then progress gradually to complex diagnostics and service procedures. Updated content throughout the textbook, including a new Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronics section and a new Superchargers and Turbochargers chapter, prepares students to service today’s vehicles. This book is also a perfect reference for experienced technicians preparing for industry certification.

For vehicle owners desiring a general guide to automotive service, those preparing for a career in automotive technology, and experienced technicians preparing for the ASE certification tests. The book devotes at least two chapters to each automotive system, the first explaining the construction and operation of a given system, the next detailing the troubleshooting and repair of that system. Each chapter lists learning objectives and important terms, and offers review questions and ASE-type questions, as well as activities.

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Hardcover: 1613 pages
Publisher: Goodheart-Willcox Co; 7 edition (April 24, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159070956X
ISBN-13: 978-1590709566
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 2.2 x 11.2 inches

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Statistical Quality Control 7th Edition, Douglas C. Montgomery



Revised and expanded, this Second Edition continues to explore the modern practice of statistical quality control, providing comprehensive coverage of the subject from basic principles to state-of-the-art concepts and applications. The objective is to give the reader a thorough grounding in the principles of statistical quality control and a basis for applying those principles in a wide variety of both product and nonproduct situations. Divided into four parts, it contains numerous changes, including a more detailed discussion of the basic SPC problem-solving tools and two new case studies, expanded treatment on variable control charts with new examples, a chapter devoted entirely to cumulative-sum control charts and exponentially-weighted, moving-average control charts, and a new section on process improvement with designed experiments.

Covers the use of statistical techniques for quality control, from basic principles to advanced applications, with a strong engineering and management orientation. Montgomery (industrial engineering, Arizona State U.) has designed the text for an undergraduate course in statistical quality control. A basic knowledge of statistical methods is recommended, but not required. The fourth edition includes recent developments in the field, new examples, and integrated and expanded coverage of computer software such as Minitab and Excel.

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Hardcover: 754 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 7 edition (June 19, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118146816
ISBN-13: 978-1118146811
Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.2 x 1.3 inches

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MINI Cooper (R55, R56, R57) Service Manual: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, Bentley Publishers



The MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman (R55, R56, R57) 2007-2011 Service Manual is a comprehensive source of service information and specifications for MINI Cooper models from 2007 to 2011 (also known as the Mk II). The aim throughout this manual has been simplicity, clarity and completeness, with practical explanations, step-by-step procedures and accurate specifications. Whether you're a professional or a do-it-yourself MINI owner, this manual will help you understand, care for and repair your car.

Though the do-it-yourself MINI owner will find this manual indispensable as a source of detailed maintenance and repair information, the owner who has no intention of working on his or her car will find that reading and owning this manual will make it possible to discuss repairs more intelligently with a professional technician.

Although the high cost for this had me skeptical on its value that quickly diminished once I received it and was more than pleased with it. My first hard cover service manual and definitely most comprehensive one as well. I believe it is worth what I paid and will more than make up for its initial expense with repairs I do using this manual. I only wish it included all the current maintenance service bulletins but other than that I have found this service manual to be simply outstanding!!

This book was exactly as described, and arrived way before it was estimated at. I can also recommend this book to other R56 owners, did my first sevice the other weekend and went smoothly due to this handbook. looking forward to saving more money in the future ;)

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Hardcover: 1058 pages
Publisher: Bentley Publishers (September 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0837616719
ISBN-13: 978-0837616711
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 1.6 x 11 inches

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