Handbook of Engineering Tables

PREFACE

Purpose

The purpose of the CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables is to provide in a single volume a ready reference for the practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia. The tables and figures provided in this book include data and information from all fields of engineering in a comprehensive format. This information is organized into five sections: Electrical and Computer Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Material Science; Mechanical Engineering; and General Engineering and Mathematics. The 450 tables and figures are compiled from 51 books and are inclusive of most ready available, important data widely used by the engineering practitioner.

Locating Your Topic

Two avenues of access to information are provided. A complete table of contents is provided at the front of the book. An index is provided at the end of the book. The CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables provides answers to most engineering data with reference to the original source. The reader may find it valuable to refer to the original source for a fuller discussion of the underlying theory. We hope that this handbook will be ready at hand to provide data on engineering methods, devices, materials, chemistry, and mathematics.

Acknowledgement

The handbook was compiled with the generous help of the editors and authors of the original sources and I am grateful for their assistance. I wish to acknowledge the diligent help of my editor, Nora Konopka, and my editorial project development supervisor, Helena Redshaw.

Richard C. Dorf, Davis, California

rcdorf@ucdavis.com

CONTENTS

1.      SECTION 1: Electrical and Computer Engineering

2.      SECTION 2: Civil and Environmental Engineering

3.      SECTION 3: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Materials Science

4.      SECTION 4: Mechanical Engineering

5.      SECTION 5: General Engineering and Mathematics