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Science for Motor Vehicle Engineers
1st Edition - December 1, 1995
Author: Peter Twigg
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780340645277
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eBook ISBN:9780080928685
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The primary aim of this book is to provide the necessary scientific principles for NVQ students specialising in motor vehicle engineering at levels 2 and 3. Unlike many other…Read more
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The primary aim of this book is to provide the necessary scientific principles for NVQ students specialising in motor vehicle engineering at levels 2 and 3. Unlike many other engineering science texts, it emphasises the topics most useful to vehicle engineers, and includes numerous real-life examples, with questions directly related to cars, motor cycles and commercial vehicles.
Theory and questions all set in an automotive context
Theory followed by worked examples and graded questions to aid learning
Up-to-date with current technology
Students taking NVQ level 3 in motor vehicle engineering. Also those taking a GNVQ advanced course in engineering.
Part 1: Introduction - SI systems * Exam questions * Part 2: Mechanics - Mass, density and volume * Force * Friction * Moments * Stress and Strain * Frameworks * Bending * Torsion * Motion * Centripetal and centrifugal action * Simple harmonic motion * Energy * Part 3: Thermofluids - Introduction * Pressure * Heat * Gas laws * S F E E * Fluids * Part 4: Systems - System modelling * Instrumentation * Tools and equipment * Part 5: Chemistry - Electrochemistry * Materials * Part 6: Basic Electricity * Index.
No. of pages: 304
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: December 1, 1995
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
Paperback ISBN: 9780340645277
eBook ISBN: 9780080928685
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Peter Twigg
Affiliations and expertise
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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