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Applied Thermodynamics, 2nd edition

Author: RK Rajput

School: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Department: Engineering

Course Code: MCE309

Topics: Applied Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics, steam, Internal Latent Heat, entropy, steam generators, boilers, steam boiler, Fire Tube Boilers, Water Tube Boilers, High Pressure Boilers, boiler mountings, draught, chimney, evaporative capacity, boiler efficiency, steam power cycles, Carnot cycle, Rankine cycle, Modified Rankine cycle, Regenerative cycle, Reheat cycle, Binary vapour cycle, reciprocating steam engine, compound steam engines, Multi-Cylinder Engines, uniflow steam engine, steam nozzles, nozzle efficiency, steam injector, steam turbines, turbine efficiencies, reheating steam, steam turbine governing, steam turbine control, steam condensers, condensing plant, jet condensers, surface condensers, gas power cycles, air standard efficiency, dual combustion cycle, Atkinson cycle, Ericsson cycle, Brayton cycle, internal combustion engines, Four-Stroke Cycle Engines, Two-Stroke Cycle Engines, ignition system, fuel injection system, electronic fuel system, cooling system, lubrication systems, Performance Number, Combustion Chamber Design, octane number, Diesel Knock, cetane number, supercharging, dissociation, Engine Performance Curves, Wankel Rotary Combustion Engine, Stratified Charge Engines, Duel-Fuel Engines, air compressors, Reciprocating Compressors, volumetric efficiency, Multi-stage Compression, compressor performance, intercooler, Compressed Air Motors, Rotary Compressors, gas turbines, jet propulsion, Open Cycle Gas Turbines, Constant Volume Combustion Turbines, Gas Turbine Fuels, refrigeration, Air Refrigeration System, Simple Vapour Compression System, Vapour Absorption System, Refrigerants, Air-conditioning Systems, Air-conditioning, load estimation, Air Distribution

Craig's Soil Mechanics, 7th edition

Author: RF Craig

School: Bayero University, Kano

Department: Engineering

Course Code: CIV3304

Topics: Soil mechanics, Soils basic characteristics, Soils nature, Particle size analysis, fine soils plasticity, Soil description, Phase relationships, Soil compaction, Seepage, Soil water, Permeability, Seepage theory, Flow nets, Anisotropic soil conditions, Non-homogenous soil conditions, Transfer condition, Grouting, Frost heave, Effective stress, effective stress principle, Partially saturated soils, Shear strength, Shear failure, Shear strength tests, Sands shear strength, Saturated clays Shear strength, Pore pressure coefficients, Stresses, displacements, Elasticity, Plasticity, Stresses from elastic theory, Displacement from elastic theory, Lateral earth pressure, Rankine's theory of earth pressure, Coulomb's theory of earth pressure, Gravity walls, Embedded walls, Braced excavations, Diaphragm walls, Reinforced soil, Slopes stability, Plane translational slip analysis, long-term stability, Embankment dams, Ground investigation, Borehole logs, Geophysical methods, Ground contamination

Applied Thermodynamics for engineering technologists ,5th edition

Author: TD Eastop, McConkey

School: Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

Department: Engineering

Course Code: MEE205

Topics: Thermodynamics, steady-flow equation, working fluid, reversible process, polytropic process, heat engine, entropy, exergy, heat engine cycle, carnot cycle absolute temperature scale, constant pressure cycle, air standard cycle. Otto cycle, diesel cycle, dual combustion cycle, combustion, fuels, combustion equations, enthalpy, power plant thermal efficiency, steam cycles, rankine cycle, gas turbine cycles, nozzles, jet propulsion, rotodynamic machinery, reciprocating internal-combustion engines, engine output, engine efficiency, supercharging, refrigeration, heat pumps, reversed heat engine cycles, vapour-compression cycles, gas cycles, psychrometry, air-conditioning, heat transfer, conduction equation, conduction, convection, heat exchangers, black-body radiation, combined cycles

Engineering Thermodynamics Work and Heat Transfer ,Fourth edition

Author: Gordon Rogers, Yon Mayhew

School: Rivers State University of Science and Technology

Department: Engineering

Course Code: FEC251

Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Work, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamic properties, temperature, Law of Thermodynamics, Non-Flow Processes, Constant volume process, Constant pressure process, Polytropic process, Adiabatic process, Isothermal process, Flow Processes, Nonsteady-flow processes, Boiler, condenser, Throttling, Reciprocating compressor, Cycle efficiency, Reversibility, irreversibility, Exergy, Gibbs function, steady-flow system, Properties of Fluids, Vapour Power Cycles, carnot cycle, rankine cyclel, reheat cycle, regenerative cycle, economiser, air preheater, steam cycles, Gas Power Cycle, gas turbine cycle, Closed-cycle gas turbine, Intercooling, reheating, Combined gas, steam cycles, Reciprocating engine cycles, Heat Pump, Refrigeration Cycles, Reversed Carnot cycle, Practical refrigeration cycles, Water refrigerator, Absorption refrigerators, Gas cycles, Hygrometry, psychrometry

An Introduction to Soil Mechanics

Author: Arnold Verruijt

School: University of Ilorin

Department: Engineering

Course Code: CVE422, CVE322, ABE384

Topics: grain size, particles, water, air, stress in soil, stress in a layer, Darcy's law, permeability, groundwater flow, flotation, flow net, well, stress strain relations, tangent modulus, one-dimensional compression, analytical solution, numerical solution, consolidation coefficient, creep, sheer strength, triaxial test, shear test, pore pressure, stress path, elastic stresses, deformation, boussinesq, newmark, flamant, layered soil, lateral soil, rankine, coulomb, earth pressure, sheet pile wall, limit analysis, strip footing, prandtl, bearing capacity, infinite slope, slope stability, soil exploration, model test, pile foundations

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