
- 466 pages
- English
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Bird's Basic Engineering Mathematics
About this book
Now in its eighth edition, Bird's Basic Engineering Mathematics has helped thousands of students to succeed in their exams. Mathematical theories are explained in a straightforward manner, supported by practical engineering examples and applications to ensure that readers can relate theory to practice. Some 1,000 engineering situations/problems have been 'flagged-up' to help demonstrate that engineering cannot be fully understood without a good knowledge of mathematics.
The extensive and thorough coverage makes this a great text for introductory level engineering courses – such as for aeronautical, construction, electrical, electronic, mechanical, manufacturing engineering and vehicle technology – including for BTEC First, National and Diploma syllabuses, City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses, and even for GCSE revision.
Its companion website provides extra materials for students and lecturers, including full solutions for all 1,700 further questions, lists of essential formulae, multiple choice tests, and illustrations, as well as full solutions to revision tests for course instructors.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Basic arithmetic
- 2 Fractions
- 3 Decimals
- 4 Using a calculator
- 5 Percentages
- 6 Ratio and proportion
- 7 Powers, roots and laws of indices
- 8 Units, prefixes and engineering notation
- 9 Basic algebra
- 10 Further algebra
- 11 Solving simple equations
- 12 Transposing formulae
- 13 Solving simultaneous equations
- 14 Solving quadratic equations
- 15 Logarithms
- 16 Exponential functions
- 17 Straight line graphs
- 18 Graphs reducing non-linear laws to linear form
- 19 Graphical solution of equations
- 20 Graphs with logarithmic scales
- 21 Angles and triangles
- 22 Introduction to trigonometry
- 23 Trigonometric waveforms
- 24 Non-right-angled triangles and some practical applications
- 25 Cartesian and polar co-ordinates
- 26 Areas of common shapes
- 27 The circle and its properties
- 28 Volumes and surface areas of common solids
- 29 Irregular areas and volumes and mean values
- 30 Vectors
- 31 Methods of adding alternating waveforms
- 32 Presentation of statistical data
- 33 Mean, median, mode and standard deviation
- 34 Probability
- 35 Introduction to differentiation
- 36 Standard integration
- 37 Number sequences
- 38 Binary, octal and hexadecimal numbers
- List of formulae
- Answers to Practice Exercises
- Index