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Fire Protection Design Criteria

by @ Saturday, May 31st, 2008. Filed under Control and instrumentation, physics

File : pdf, 673 KB, 87 pages
TOC
1.SCOPE
2.PURPOSE
3.REFERENCED CRITERIA
4.DEFINITIONS
5.GENERAL FIRE PROTECTION DESIGN CRITERIA
5.1 Protection to Limit Loss Potential
5.2 Structural Considerations
5.3 Fire Suppression Systems
6. WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
6.1 Demand
6.2 System Arrangement
7. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
8. FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS
8.1General Features
8.2 Alarm Actuating Devices
8.3 Alarm System Extensions
9.STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA
9.1 General
9.2 Fire Barriers
9.3 Flame Spread
9.4 Roofing Systems
9.5 Penetrations
9.6 Carpets [...]

Battery Technology Life Verification Test Manual

by @ Friday, May 30th, 2008. Filed under Electrical engineering, physics

File : pdf, 2.17 MB, 133 pages
TOC
1.I NTRODUCTION
1.1 FreedomCAR Battery Life Goals
1.2 Battery Technology Life Verification Objectives
1.3 Battery Life Test Matrix Design Approach
1.4 Reference Performance Testing Approach
1.5 Life Test Data Analysis Approach
1.6 Organization of the Manual
2. LIFE TEST EXPERIMENT DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Technology Characterization Requirements
2.2 Core Life Test Matrix Design Requirements
2.3 Core Life Test Matrix Design [...]

Thinking in C++

by @ Wednesday, May 28th, 2008. Filed under Computer/IT

File : html & code, 1.6 MB
TOC
VOL 1
1: Introduction to Objects
The progress of abstraction
An object has an interface
The hidden implementation
Reusing the implementation
Inheritance: reusing the interface
Interchangeable objects with polymorphism
Creating and destroying objects
Exception handling: dealing with errors
Analysis and design
Extreme programming
Why C++ succeeds
-A better C
-You’re already on the learning curve
-Efficiency
-Systems are easier to express and understand
-Maximal leverage with [...]

Residential Fuel Cell Demonstration Handbook

by @ Tuesday, May 27th, 2008. Filed under Chemistry, Electrical engineering, physics

File : pdf, 3.5 MB, 88 pages
TOC
SECTION A: FUEL CELL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PLANNING AND REPORTING
INTRODUCTION AND GOALS
PROGRAM IMPETUS
CRN RESIDENTIAL FUEL CELL PROGRAM
Overview
Site Selection
Installation and Metering
SITE SELECTION, INSTALLATION AND RELATED LETTER REPORTS
OPERATING PLAN AND RELATED REPORTING
RESIDENTIAL FUEL CELL OWNERS GROUP
CRN DEMONSTRATION REPORTS
SECTION B: FUEL CELL INPUT REQUIREMENTS AND METERING
FUEL YPES
NATURAL GAS
Usage Profiles
Natural Gas Consumption and Pricing
Heating [...]

Calculus Unlimited

by @ Sunday, May 25th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

File : pdf, 8.2 MB, 246 pages
TOC
1 THE DERIVATIVE
2 TRANSITIONS AND DERIVATIVES
3 ALGEBRAIC RULES FOR DIFFERENTIATION
4 THE REAL NUMBERS
5 CONTINUITY
6 GRAPHING
7 THE MEAN VALUE THEOREM
8 INVERSE FUNCTIONS AND THE CHAIN RULE
9 THE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
10 THE EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHM FUNCTIONS
11 THE INTEGRAL
12 THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS
13 LIMITS AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF CALCULUS
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Masonry Structural Design for Buildings

by @ Friday, May 23rd, 2008. Filed under civil engineering

File : pdf, 4.6MB, 163 pages
TOC
1. INTRODUCTION
Purpose
Scope
References
2. QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MASONRY
Introduction
Design/Construction Process Overview
Role of Design Engineer
3. MATERIALS, PROPERTIES, STANDARD TESTS AND EFFLORESCENCE
Introduction
Clay Masonry Units
Concrete Masonry Units
Mortar
Grout
Reinforcement
Standard Tests
Efflorescence
4. DESIGN FOR CRACK CONTROL
Introduction
Concrete Masonry Walls
Brick Walls
Anchored Veneers
Composite Walls
Isolation of Nonstructural Partitions
Shelf Angles
Other Than Running Bond Masonry
5. GENERAL CRITERIA FOR REINFORCED MASONRY
Introduction
Working Stress Assumptions
Structural Properties
Working Stress Design [...]

Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)

by @ Wednesday, May 21st, 2008. Filed under Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering

File : pdf, 649 KB, 96 pages
TOC
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO RELIABILITY-CENTERED MAINTENANCE
Purpose
Scope
References
Availability, maintenance, and reliability
The reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) concept
Benefits of RCM
Origins of RCM
Relationship of RCM to other disciplines
CHAPTER 2. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL RCM PROGRAM
RCM implementation plan
Data collection requirements
Data analysis
Commitment to life cycle support of the program
RCM as a part of design
Focus on the [...]

Reliability-Availability of Electrical & Mechanical Systems

by @ Monday, May 19th, 2008. Filed under Electrical engineering

File : pdf, 526 KB, 78 pages
TOC
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
Purpose
Scope
References
Definitions
Historical perspective
Relationship among reliability, maintainability, and availability
The importance of availability and reliability to C4ISR facilities
Improving availability of C4ISR facilities
CHAPTER 2. BASIC RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY CONCEPTS
Probability and statistics
Calculating reliability
Calculating availability
Predictions and assessments
CHAPTER 3. IMPROVING AVAILABILITY OF C4ISR FACILITIES
Overview of the process
New facilities
Existing facilities
Improving availability through addition of redundancy
Improving [...]

Applications of Global Analysis in Mathematical Physics

by @ Sunday, May 18th, 2008. Filed under Mathematics, physics

File : pdf, 17 MB, 277 pages
TOC
Introduction
1. Infinite Dimensional Manifolds
2 . Hamiltonian Systems
3 . Elliptic Operators and Function Spaces
4 . The Motion of an Incompressible Fluid
5 . Turbulence and Chorin’s formula
6 . Symmetry Groups in Mechanics
7 . Quantum Mechanical Systems
8 . Completeness Theorems and Nonlinear Wave Equations
9 . General Relativity as a Hamiltonian System
10 . [...]

Commissioning of Electrical Systems

by @ Friday, May 16th, 2008. Filed under Electrical engineering

File : pdf, 1.53MB, 108 pages
TOC
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Purpose
Scope
Reference
General system testing requirements
Component testing
System commissioning testing
Cost of commissioning
CHAPTER 2 GENERAL SYSTEM TESTING REQUIREMEN
Introduction
General test plan
Types of testing methods
Insulation testing
Switch/circuit breaker testing
Transformer testing
Rotating machine testing
Protective relays
Ground system testing
CHAPTER 3 COMPONENT TESTING
Introduction to component testing
Circuit switchers
Transformers
Switchgear – medium voltage
Switchgear – low voltage
Transfer switch
AC/DC drives
Motors
Generators
Batteries
Battery chargers
UPS systems
Cables
CHAPTER 4 MAIN POWER [...]

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