Desktop reference provides tables, formulas, charts, diagrams, and worked out problems needed to solve the applied problems encountered by practicing engineers in design, operation, analysis, and economic evaluation. The first part addresses the basics of engineering, such as the general properties of materials; engineering units; thermodynamics; the mechanics of rigid bodies, deformable bodies, and fluids; and heat transfer. The second part covers specific fields of engineering. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.