tailieunhanh - Engineering Companion P01

There are still several systems of common units in use throughout the world. Transition from the others to Syste`me International d’Unite´s (International System of Units), or SI, will proceed at a rational pace to accommodate the needs of the professions or industries involved and the public. The transition period will be long and complex, and duality of units probably will be demanded for at least a decade after the change is introduced. | McGraw-Hill s I ENGINEERING COMPANION Contains tables formulas charts diagrams figures and worked-out problems Provides reliable ready-to-apply solutions to hundreds of engineering problems Ejup N. Ganic Tyler G. Hicks McGRAW-HILL S ENGINEERING COMPANION Ejup N. Ganic . Editor in Chief Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Sarajevo Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Formally with the University of Illinois at Chicago Tyler G. Hicks . Editor International Engineering Associates Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Contributions by Myke Predko McGRAW-HILL INC. New York Chicago San Francisco Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto McGraw-Hill . t Pñfjíi rtH a Tiw Jil f juH Mnirc Copyright 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976 no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher. 0-07-141689-7 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title 0-07-137836-7 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbol after every occurrence of a trademarked name we use names in an editorial fashion only and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Where such designations appear in this book they have been printed with initial caps. McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and sales promotions or for use in corporate training programs. For more information please contact George Hoare Special Sales at george_hoare@ or 212 904-4069. TERMS OF USE This is a copyrighted .