Beams, 170, 185 –190, 597– 600
deflection of, nonlinear model for,
597– 600
second moment of area of, 185 –190
standard dimensions of, 170
Behavior, defined, 259
Biodiesel fuel, energy from, 408
Biomedical engineering, profession of, 18
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 12
Blood pressure, 277
Bonds, 678
Boolean operations for solid modeling,
524, 526
Bottom-up modeling, 521–525
Boundary conditions, 259, 267, 624 – 625
engineering problems, 624 – 625
force and, 259, 267
Brass, 563
British Gravitational (BG) system of units,
135 –136
British Standards Institute (BSI), 68
British thermal unit (Btu), 315, 379
Brittle materials, 286
Bronze, 563
Buildings, need for and use of, 49 –50
Built-in functions, seeMATLAB functions
Bulk modulus of compressibility, 59,
288 – 290, 557
force and, 288 – 290
material selection and, 59, 557
Buoyancy, 180 –182, 271
pressure and, 271
Underwater Neutral Buoyancy Simulator,
181–182
volume and, 180 –182C
Calculus for engineering problems, 616 – 624
derivative rules for, 617
differential, 616 – 619
integral, 619 – 624
rate of change, 616
Calibration of instruments for temperature,
309 – 310
Calorie (cal), unit of, 315, 379
Canadian Standards Association (CSA), 68
Candela (cd), unit of, 132 –134
Capacitors, 359 – 360
Cash flow diagrams, 656 – 657
CD-ROM solicitation, engineering ethics
and, 121
Cells in Excel, 420 – 428
absolute reference, 426
addresses, 420 – 422
Fillcommand, 426 – 428
formulas created in, 422 – 426
Insertmenu, 422
mixed cell reference, 427ranges, 421– 422
relative reference, 426 – 427
Celsius (°C), unit of, 135, 309 – 310,
313 – 315, 589 –590
Centerlines, drawings, 509 –510, 512
Centimeter (cm), unit of, 163 –164
Chartmenu, Excel, 435
Chart Wizard, Excel, 435
Chemical engineering, profession of, 18
China State Bureau of Quality and Technical
Supervision (CSBTS), 68
Circuits, 352 – 360
American Wire Gage (AWG), 355 – 356
capacitors, 359 – 360
electrical power consumption, 330
National Electric Code, 355 – 356
Ohm’s law, 354
parallel connections, 358 – 359
potentiometers, 356 – 357
residential power distribution, 352 – 353
resistivity, 352, 354
resistors, 356 – 359
series connections, 356 – 358
superconductivity, 354
units of, 354, 360
Civil engineering, 14, 16, 48 –54, 54 –55,
75, 85 – 88, 521–522, 530 –531
buildings, need for and use of, 49 –50
construction administration phase, 52 –54
construction document (CD) phase,
51–52
design development (DD) phase, 51
design process, 48 –54, 85 – 88
graphical communication in, 521–522,
530 –531
health clinic case study, 85 – 88
profession of, 14, 16
project planning, 50 –51
schematic design phase, 51
standards and codes specific to, 75
sustainability, role and responsibilities of,
54 –55
symbols used in, 530 –531
Clean Air Act, 73, 77–78
Close tool, MATLAB, 462 – 463
Coal, energy from, 395 – 396
Code of ethics for engineers, 3, 111–115
fundamental canons, 111
importance of, 3
National Society of Professional Engineers
(NSPE), 111–115
preamble, 111
professional obligations, 113 –115
rules of practice, 111–113
Codes, seeStandards and codes
Coefficient of performance (COP), 392 – 393
Collaborative team members, 61
Color rendition index (CRI), 364 – 365Columns, 419 – 420, 422, 442, 606
headers, Excel, 419 – 420
inserting in Excel, 422
matrix { }, 442, 606
Command History Window, MATLAB,
462 – 463
Command Window, MATLAB, 462 – 463,
478, 480, 486
Communication, 91–108. See alsoDrawings;
Graphical communication
drawings, 101–103
engineering graphics, 101–103
executive summaries, 97
homework presentation, 95 – 96
memos, 97
oral presentations, 100 –101
PowerPoint presentations, 100 –101
progress reports, 97
skills and presentation of engineering
work, 92
solution of engineering problems, 92 – 94
technical reports (detailed), 97–100
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), 365 – 366
Composites, material selection and, 570 –571
Compound interest, 658
Compounding periods, economic effects
of, 661
Compression strength, 58, 283, 286 – 288,
556, 559 –560
force and, 283, 286 – 288
material selection and, 58, 556, 559 –560
ultimate (compressive), 283, 286 – 288,
559 –560
Compressive (ultimate) strength, see
Compression strength
Compromising team members, 61
Computational tools, 416 –503
electronic spreadsheets, 418 – 459
Excel, 418 – 459
FORTRAN, 419
introduction to, 417
MATLAB, 461–503
Computer numerically controlled (CNC)
machines, 163, 521
Conceptualization, design process, 43
Conclusion, technical reports, 98
Concrete, material selection and, 564 –566
Conditional statements, MATLAB,
475 – 477
ifstatement, 476
if, elsestatement, 476 – 477
whilecommand, 475
Conduction, 59, 316 – 319, 557
Fourier’s law, 318 – 319
heat transfer and, 316 – 319
material selection and, 59, 557
temperature gradient, 318
thermal conductivity, 59, 318, 557690 Index
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