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Operator's Guide to Rotating Equipment: An Introduction to Rotating Equipment Construction, Operating Principles, Troubleshooting, and Best Practices

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Report copyright infringementby Julien Jr. Lebleu (Author), Robert Perez (Author)Every operator who is responsible for monitoring critical rotating equipment will greatly benefit from this handy reference book. The goal of this book is to present proven techniques that will enable rookie and veteran operators alike to detect problems early and, we hope, eliminate major outages and/or maintenance costs. To achieve this goal we shall explain the basics of lubrication systems, bearings, drivers,...

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Report copyright infringementby Esme Wynne-Tyson (Editor), Thomas Taylor (Translator)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1876 Edition. Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

The Steel Square: Its Application To Everyday Use V2

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Report copyright infringementby Fred T. Hodgson (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1906 Edition. Number of Pages: 232 Dimensions: 0.49 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges: Their Design, Construction and Erection (1922)

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Report copyright infringementby David Barnard Steinman (Author)""A Practical Treatise On Suspension Bridges: Their Design, Construction And Erection"" is a comprehensive guide to the engineering principles and techniques involved in the construction of suspension bridges. Written by David Barnard Steinman and published in 1922, this book covers all aspects of suspension bridge design, including the selection of materials, the calculation of loads and stresses, the design of the bridge deck an...

How A UFO Could Capture a Boeing 777 By The Use Of

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Cary Phillips Pe (Author)Richard C. Phillips was born in Starkville, MS on April 5, 1934. He grduated from Auburn University in 1957 with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Later, he obtained his Professional Engineer's Licenses in the states of Georgia and Alabama. His interest in "Flying Saucers" started in the fall of 1968, at Port Canaveral, FL, while working for the Boeing Company as a "Lead Engineer" in the Facilities Department on the...

Pressurization System for Liquid Rockets

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Report copyright infringementby National Aeronauti Space Administration (Author)The purpose of this monograph is to organize and present, for effective use in deign, the significance experience and knowledge accumulated in development and operational programs to date. It reviews and assesses current design practices, and from them establishes firm guidance for achieving consistency in design, increased reliability in the end product, and greater efficiency in the design effort. N...

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Report copyright infringementby R. Dale Reed (Author)Wingless Flight tells the story of the most unusual flying machines ever flown, the lifting bodies. It is my story about my friends and colleagues who committed a significant part of their lives in the 1960's and 1970's to prove that the concept was a viable one for used in spacecraft of the future. Number of Pages: 260 Dimensions: 0.55 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: April 15, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Nikola Tesla (Author)Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla's achievements and his abilities as a showman demonstrating his seemingly miraculous inventions made him world-famous.Although he made a considerable amount of money from his patent...

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Report copyright infringementby Glen E. Swanson (Editor), National Aeronautics and Administration (Author)As the 20th century ends and we approach the beginning of a new millennium, future generations will look back and recall the leaving of our home planet as a defining moment in the history of humankind. The story of Apollo has been told and retold many times by those fortunate enough to have experienced space travel first-hand--the astronauts themselves. Those who managed to leave the crad...

A Gear Chronology: Significant Events and Dates Affecting Gear Development

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Report copyright infringementby William P. Crosher (Author) Number of Pages: 260 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 20, 2014

GSFLOW?Coupled Ground-Water and Surface-Water Flow Model Based on the Integration of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and the Modular G

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Report copyright infringementby Richard G. Niswonger (Author), R. Steven Regan (Author), David E. Prudic (Author)The need to assess the effects of variability in climate, biota, geology, and human activities on water availability and flow requires the development of models that couple two or more components of the hydrologic cycle. An integrated hydrologic model called GSFLOW (Ground-water and Surface-water FLOW) was developed to simulate coupled ground-water and surface-water resources. The ...

Description of Input and Examples for PHREEQC Version 3?A Computer Program for Speciation, Batch-Reaction, One-Dimensional Transport, and Inverse Geoc

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Report copyright infringementby C. a. J. Apello (Author), David L. Parkhurst (Author)PHREEQC version 3 is a computer program written in the C and C++ programming languages that is designed to perform a wide variety of aqueous geochemical calculations. PHREEQC implements several types of aqueous models: two ion-association aqueous models (the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory model and WATEQ4F), a Pitzer specific-ion-interaction aqueous model, and the SIT (Specific ion Interaction Theory)...

User Guide for MODPATH Version 6-A Particle-Tracking Model for MODFLOW

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Report copyright infringementby David W. Pollock (Author)This report describes MODPATH, a particle-tracking model designed to work with output from the U.S. Geological Survey groundwater flow model commonly referred to as MODFLOW. The model program can be obtained at http: //water.usgs.gov/software/ground_water.html/. The performance of the program has been tested for a variety of test problems; however, future applications might reveal errors that were not detected in the test simulations ...

Activated Sludge: Evaluating and Controlling Your Process

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Hobson (Author)From the book's introduction: This is not an introductory text about activated sludge. In this book, we discuss the observation, testing, and calculation procedures that provide data about the status of the activated sludge process. In addition, we discuss in depth how to apply this data to the business of controlling your activated sludge treatment process.Basic activated sludge concepts are addressed in this book in the context of process e...

Analysis of Watersheds Monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey Streamflow-gaging Station Network in the Upper Colorado River Basin

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Report copyright infringementby Susan G. Buto (Author), David D. Susong (Author), Terry A. Kenney (Author)The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has operated streamflow-gaging stations in 1,053 watersheds in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) since 1894. Currently, 223 of these streamgages are active. This report presents selected watershed characteristics for 10,338 watersheds in the UCRB. These watersheds are compared to the watersheds upstream of USGS streamgages to assess how well the USGS ...

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Report copyright infringementby Al Williams (Author)Would you like to take an idea, model it on your computer, and then produce a solid, real-life object from that idea? Maybe you are an inventor. Maybe you are an artist. Maybe you need that hard to find part for your dishwasher. Or perhaps you just want to understand the exciting new field of 3D printing. Once the realm of big corporations, 3D printers are now available for just a few hundred dollars and allow you to convert you big ideas in...

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Report copyright infringementby U. S. Department of Justice (Author)The technology Assessment Program is sponsored by the Office of Development, Testing, and Dissemination of the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.07 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: July 23, 2014

The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States

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Report copyright infringementby U. S. Climate Change Science Program (Author)This report provides an assessment of the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity. It is one of a series of 21 Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAP) that are being produced under the auspices of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). Number of Pages: 250 Dimensions: 0.53 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: July 0...

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Report copyright infringementby Joint Forces Staff College (Author)Cyberspace warfare is clearly a candidate for a new DoD core mission area. This paper will explore each of the primary missions of the U.S. Armed Forces and the U.S. DoD core mission areas. This analysis will support a requirement for a new DoD core mission area for cyberspace warfare. The threats are real. It is not a matter of if but a matter of when a nation or non-nation state develops a new type of warfare to exploit an A...

Following the Gun: Enforcing Federal Laws Against Firearms Traffickers

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Report copyright infringementby Department of the Treasury (Author)This report demonstrates the effectiveness of State and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in joining with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in "following the crime gun" to the gun's illegal supplier and targeting that supplier and others in the chain of illegal transfers. Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.16 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: July 14, ...

Cisco VPN Configuration Guide: Step-By-Step Configuration of Cisco VPNs for ASA and Routers

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Report copyright infringementby Harris Andrea (Author)Become an expert in Cisco VPN technologies with this practical and comprehensive configuration guide. Learn how to configure IPSEC VPNs (site-to-site, hub-and-spoke, remote access), SSL VPN, DMVPN, GRE, VTI etc. This book is packed with step-by-step configuration tutorials and real world scenarios to implement VPNs on Cisco ASA Firewalls (v8.4 and above and v9.x) and on Cisco Routers. It is filled with raw practical concepts, around 40 net...

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Report copyright infringementby George a. Sites (Author)Description: THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO INTRODUCE THE READER TO MANY OF THE APPLICATIONS OF THE PLASMA ARC. THE APPLICATIONS ARE ALMOST ENDLESS AND IT IS ONE OF THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW.Synopsis: According to Geoplasma, Municipal Waste Disposal is one of the most pressing environmental problems of the 21st centruy. According to the United States EPA, over 245 million tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) were generated in ...

The Farm Process Version 2 (FMP2) for Modflow-2005-Modifications and Upgrades to FMP1

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Report copyright infringementby R. T. Hanson (Author)The ability to dynamically simulate the integrated supply and demand components of irrigated agricultural is needed to thoroughly understand the interrelation between surface water and groundwater flow in areas where the water use by vegetation is an important component of the water budget. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.23 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 23, 2014

Investigation Report: Refinery Fire Incident

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Report copyright infringementby U. S. Chemical Safe Investigation Board (Author)This investigation report examines the refinery fire incident that occurred on February 23, 1999, in the crude unit at the Tosco Corporation Avon refinery in Martinez, California. Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.15 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 23, 2014

Solar Schools Assessment and Implementation Project: Financing Options for Solar Installations on K-12 Schools

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Report copyright infringementby National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Author)Solar energy systems installed on public schools have a number of benefits that include utility bill savings, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and other toxic air contaminants, job creation, demonstrating environmental leadership, and creating learning opportunities for students. In the 2011 economic environment, the ability to generate general-fund savings as a result of reducing utility bills has becom...

NASA Historical Data Book: Volume VIII: NASA Earth Science and Space Applications, Aeronautics, Technology, and Exploration, Tracking and Data Ac

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Report copyright infringementby Judy A. Rumerman (Author), National Aeronautics and Administration (Author)In 1973, NASA published the first volume of the NASA Historical Data Book, a hefty tome containing mostly tabular data on the resources of the space Agency between 1958 and 1968. There, broken into detailed tables, were facts and figures associated with the budget, facilities, procurement, installations, and personnel of NASA during that formative decade. In 1988, NASA reissued that firs...

Professional Fiber Optic Installation, v.9: -The Essentials For Success

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Report copyright infringementby Eric R. Pearson (Author)This is a text for training in and field installation of fiber optic cable systems. It presents procedures for successful installation, inspection, and testing of cables, connectors, and splices. The principles and procedures are applicable to all data, telephone, CATV, CCTV, and process control systems. This text updates its predecessor it two sections: it brings the text current in multimode insertion loss testing and in the current-ge...

NASA Historical Data Book: Volume VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation/Human Spaceflight, and Space Science 1989-1998 (Part 1)

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Report copyright infringementby Judy A. Rumerman (Author), National Aeronautics and Administration (Author)This volume of the NASA Historical Data Book is the seventh in the series that describes NASA's programs and projects. Covering the years 1989 through 1998, it includes the areas of launch systems, human spaceflight, and space science, continuing the volumes that addressed these topics during NASA's previous decades. Each chapter presents information, much of it statistical, addressing f...

NASA Historical Data Book: Volume VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation/Human Spaceflight, and Space Science 1989-1998 (Part 2)

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Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas A. Vakoch (Editor), National Aeronautics and Administration (Author)Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face h...

The PyRosetta Interactive Platform for Protein Structure Prediction and Design: A Set of Educational Modules

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey J. Gray (Author)TALARIS UPDATE INCLUDED ... This book contains a set of workshops which teach the PyRosetta program for computational protein structure prediction and design. PyRosetta (http: //www.pyrosetta.org) is a Python-based interactive platform for accessing the objects and algorithms within the Rosetta protein structure prediction suite. Rosetta, developed by a consortium of laboratories in the Rosetta Commons, has an unmatched variety of functi...

Trajectory Optimization for Spacecraft Collision Avoidance

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Report copyright infringementby Air Force Institute of Technology (Author)The last several decades have resulted in an unfortunate byproduct of space exploration and development: orbital debris. Satellites in Low Earth Orbit have been required to make an ever increasing number of course corrections in order to avoid collisions. Despite efforts to the contrary, collisions continue to occur, each time creating additional debris and increasing the requirement for the remaining satellites to mane...