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International System Of Units

A Handbook On S.I. Unit For Scientists And Engineers

By: K. Soman

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International System Of Units

A Handbook On S.I. Unit For Scientists And Engineers

By: K. Soman

This book contains comprehensive reference material on the use of the International System of Units (SI system). It is now the world’s most widely used system of measurement, developed in 1960 from the metric system. As some countries, notably the United States and the United Kingdom, still continue to use customary units in addition to SI, this book also provides information on CGS, FPS and MKS systems of units. The book is organized into 12 chapters. The first nine chapters acquaint the readers with the definitions of the base units in the SI system, application of prefixes, realization of derived and supplementary units, conversion factors, general physical data, and several examples to illustrate the use of conversion factors between the units used in different systems. The book also contains engineering related data, in SI units, on properties of some metals, alloys and polymers for use by design engineers. Data on threaded fastners is also presented in SI units. Besides, there is miscellaneous other information, such as properties of gases, paper sizes, solar system, and earthquake severity measure-ment scale, presented in the context of the use of the SI system. The book will be useful as a handy guide to students of science and engineering, technicians, scientists and engineers, as well as authors and editors of technical books.

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8120336534

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Double-Edged Sword

Nuclear Diplomacy in Unequal Conflicts, The United States and China, 1950-1958

By: Appu K. Soman

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Double-Edged Sword

Nuclear Diplomacy in Unequal Conflicts, The United States and China, 1950-1958

By: Appu K. Soman

An examination of the political and diplomatic role of American nuclear weapons in conflicts with a non-nuclear China in the Korean War and the Taiwan Strait crises of 1954-1955 and 1958, this study analyzes the American tendency to become involved in confrontations with far weaker powers over issues of very little strategic significance to the United States. Washington threatens these adversaries with the use of incommensurate levels of force, then ultimately backs down in the face of international and domestic opposition to ill-considered plans to use force. Unlike works on nuclear history that have either focused on superpower nuclear conflicts and ignored cases of American nuclear diplomacy toward non-nuclear adversaries, or those that have focused merely on the outcomes of nuclear threats against non-nuclear powers, this book considers in depth American nuclear diplomacy toward China during the whole period of Sino-American military confrontations. Soman offers new insights on Truman's decision to enter the Korean War, the extent of nuclear diplomacy during the war, and the way in which the war ended. He argues that the goal of American nuclear diplomacy in the spring of 1955 was to provoke a war with China, rather than to deter a Chinese attack on Taiwan. Finally, he lays out, for the first time in print, the elaborate diplomacy that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles initiated to defuse the 1958 crisis, involving a major shift in American policy that still remains hidden from the public as well as historians. Highlighting the central role of nuclear diplomacy in these crises, this book draws conclusions on the efficacy of such diplomacy, the impact of these crises on the development of policies of massive retaliation and limited war, the consequences of Dulles's brinkmanship, and the revival of nuclear diplomacy by the Clinton administration in conflicts with non-nuclear adversaries.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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156750941X

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9781567509410

MACHINE DESIGN DATA HANDBOOK

By: SOMAN, K.

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MACHINE DESIGN DATA HANDBOOK

By: SOMAN, K.

Machine Design, an ocean for mechanical engineers, requires the basic knowledge of mechanical engineering design that is provided with the help of step by step approach followed in a design data book. Keeping this in mind, this handbook is framed as per the latest syllabi followed in the universities, which presents the subject in a concise and step by step manner. This data book with latest standards and codes brings all the formulae and data required to solve the easiest to the most complex machine design problems under one umbrella. With fully updated data in SI units, it is loaded with numerous figures, tables and formulas. Design Data Handbook is the outcome of the author’s several decades of experience in teaching technicians in Design Engineering in Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Following a problem-solving approach, this handbook provides an opportunity to the students of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, and Automobile Engineering to learn to tackle the machine design problems and to apply their knowledge across the full spectrum of challenges facing the engineering/scientific communities.

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596

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8120352572

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9788120352575

Thermal Engineering

By: K. Soman

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Thermal Engineering

By: K. Soman

Primarily intended as a text for undergraduate students of mechanical engineering, this book presents a clear and concise exposition on the principles and applications of thermal engineering. Divided into 10 chapters, the book provides a comprehensive coverage on the fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat transfer; laboratory testing procedures for internal combustion engines (IC engines), working of gas turbines, refrigerators, and air-conditioning systems. Each topic is treated in detail giving necessary empirical formulas to solve the practical engineering problems. The derivations such as efficiencies of energy conversion, testing of IC engines and air compressors, estimating combustion parameters, and enthalpy and entropy calculations are provided to add an analytical approach to the subject. Key Features: Saturated with self-explanatory diagrams Provides unsolved problems to check students' comprehension of the subject Incorporated with Appendices comprising Steam Tables, Gas Tables and Standard pressure charts.

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8120340485

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9788120340480

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International System Of Units

International System Of Units

Double-Edged Sword

Double-Edged Sword

MACHINE DESIGN DATA HANDBOOK

MACHINE DESIGN DATA HANDBOOK

Thermal Engineering

Thermal Engineering

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