Engineering Fundamentals XIII
Components in Use ...................................156
Troubleshooting .........................................157
Electrical Engineering in Action .......158
Chapter 9
Civil Engineering ....................162
Professional Aspects ........................165
Civil Engineering Principles .............166
Structures ....................................................167
Civil Engineering Applications .........175
Bridges .........................................................175
Skyscrapers .................................................179
Other Structural Civil Engineering
Applications ...........................................181
Civil Engineering in Action ...............184
Chapter 10
Mechanical Engineering ........188
Professional Aspects ........................191
Principles of Mechanical
Engineering ....................................191
Energy ..........................................................192
Mechanical Energy and Motion .............192
Simple Machines .......................................194
Statics and Dynamics ...............................196
Example of Mechanical Engineering
Principles ................................................196
Mechanical Power Systems ..............197
Power Sources ............................................198
Transmission and Control Devices ........199
Output Devices ..........................................203
Mechanical Power Principles and
Formulas .........................................205
Work .............................................................205
Pressure .......................................................205
Power ...........................................................206
Torque ..........................................................207
Gear Ratios .................................................208
Effi ciency .....................................................209
Mechanical Engineering
Applications ....................................209
Gearboxes ...................................................209
Air Brakes ................................................... 211
Backhoes ..................................................... 211
Automobiles ...............................................212
Mechanical Engineering in Action ...212
Chapter 11
Bioengineering ........................216
Professional Aspects ........................218
Principles of Bioengineering ............219
Cell Biology ................................................219
Evolutionary Biology ................................219
Genetics .......................................................220
Homeostasis ...............................................221
Energy ..........................................................221
Bioengineering Applications ............222
Biological Engineering .............................222
Agricultural Engineering .........................227
Biomedical Engineering ...........................231
Ethics ..................................................235
Biological Engineering in Action .....235
Chapter 12
Computer Engineering ...........238
Professional Aspects ........................240
Computer Engineering Principles ....241
Logic .............................................................241
Databases ....................................................243
Algorithms ..................................................244
Computer Architecture .............................245
Digital Signal Processing .........................246
Software Engineering ...............................249
Computer Engineering
Applications ....................................249
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) .....249
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
(CIM) .......................................................251