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Metric Units in Engineering—Going SI: How to Use the International Systems of Measurement Units (SI) to Solve Standard Engineering Problems

Abstract

  • Metric Units in Engineering provides guidance for practicing engineers, students, and educators who are adopting and using the International System of Units in their engineering work. Wandmacher and Johnson examine how to use SI units to solve standard engineering problems. Chapters reflect a combination of views on engineering practice in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries.

    This revised edition of a classic work includes a bibliography of the resources on the metric system and a new appendix on the history and progress of metrication since the 1960 adoption of SI units by the General Conference on Weights and Measures. Numerous worked examples on dynamics, strength of materials, fluid mechanisms, thermodynamics, electricity, and magnetism, among other topics, are provided throughout the text. Metric Units in Engineering is an essential guide for understanding the implications of metric conversion in the everyday work of practicing engineers. It is also an excellent instructional book, ideal for independent study or classroom use.

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Front Matter
i–xii
    Chapter 1:
    Introduction to SI
    1–29
      Chapter 2:
      Statics
      30–56
        Chapter 3:
        Dynamics
        57–87
          Chapter 4:
          Strength of Materials
          88–118
            Chapter 5:
            Mechanics of Machines
            119–140
              Chapter 6:
              Fluid Mechanics
              141–189
                Chapter 7:
                Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
                190–224
                  Chapter 8:
                  Electricity, Magnetism, and Light
                  225–232
                    Chapter 9:
                    Conversion to Preferred SI Usage
                    233–264
                      Chapter 10:
                      Moving Into the World of SI
                      265–288
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                        Appendix 1:
                        Organs of the Metre Convention—BIPM, CIPM, CGPM
                        289–292
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                          Appendix 2:
                          Treaty of the Meter
                          293–298
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                            Appendix 3:
                            Progress Since 1960
                            299–303
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                              Index
                              315–319
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                                Back Matter
                                305–321