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CONTRIBUTORS AND ADVISERS

In preparing the various sections of this handbook, the following individuals
either contributed sections, or portions of sections, or advised the editor or

contributors, or both, on the optimum content of specific sections. The
affiliations shown are those prevailing at the time of the preparation of the
contributed material or the recommendations as to section content.
In choosing the procedures and worked-out problems, these specialists

used a number of guidelines, including: (1) What are the most common
applied problems that must be solved in this discipline? (2) What are the most
accurate methods for solving these problems? (3) What other problems might
be met in this discipline? When the answers to these and other related

questions were obtained, the procedures and worked-out problems were
chosen. Thus, the handbook represents a cross section of the thinking of a
large number of experienced practicing engineers, project directors, and
educators.

To those who might claim that the use of step-by-step solution procedures
and worked-out examples makes engineering “too easy,” the editor points out
that for many years engineering educators have recognized the importance
and value of problem solving in the development of engineering judgment

and experience. Problems courses have been popular in numerous
engineering schools for many years and are still given in many schools.
However, with the greater emphasis on engineering science in most
engineering schools, there is less time for the problems courses. The result is

that many of today’s graduates can benefit from a more extensive study of
specific problem-solving procedures.

Edmund B. Besselievre, P.E., Consultant, Forrest & Cotton, Inc.
Robert L. Davidson, Consulting Engineer

Stephen M. Eber, P.E., Ebasco Services, Inc.
Gerald M. Eisenberg, Project Engineering Administrator, American Society
of Mechanical Engineers
V. Ganapathy, Heat Transfer Specialist, ABCO Industries, Inc.