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General Engineering and Science

Gordon R. Bopp, Ph.D. Phillip W. Johnson, Ph.D., P.E.
Environmental Technology and Educational Department of Mineral Engineering
Services Company University of Alabama
Richland, Washington Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Ronald M. Brimhall, Ph.D., P.E. Murty Kuntamukkula, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University Westinghouse Savannah River Company
College Station, Texas Aiken, South Carolina
B. J. Gallaher, P.E. William C. Lyons, Ph.D., P.E.
Consultant New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Soils and Geological Engineering Socorro, New Mexico
I.as Cruces, New Mexico
Basic Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics) .............................................. 137
Definitions, Laws, and Units 137. Statics 139. Dynamics 149.
Fluid Mechanics .................................................................................... 168
Fluid Statics 168. Fluid Dynamics 170.
Strength of Materials ............................................................................ 185

Stress and Strain 185. Elementary Loading Configurations 188. Prediction of Failure 194.
Thermodynamics .................................................................................. 209
Units of Energy 209. The First Law of Thermodynamics 210. Entropy Production: Flow
Systems 214. Application of the Second Law 216. Summary of Thermodynamic Equations 223.
Thermal Properties for Selected Systems 223.
Geological Engineering ........................................................................ 240

General Rock Types 240. Historical Geology 241. Petroleum Geology 242. Source Rocks 243.
Migration 244. Accumulation 245. Structural Geology 246. Traps 251. Basic Engineering Rock
Properties 254. Basic Engineering Soil Properties 266.
Electricity .............................................................................................. 278
Electrical Units 278. Electrical Circuit Elements 281. Transient and AC Circuits 284. AC Power 285.
Magnetism 286. Transformers 288. Rotating Machines 289. Polyphase Circuits 293. Power
Transmission and Distribution Systems 294.
Chemistry .............................................................................................. 297

Characteristics of Chemical Compounds 297. Petroleum Chemistry 299. Physical Chemistry 325.
Thermochemistry 351.
Engineering Design .............................................................................. 365
Scientific and Engineering Philosophies 367. The "Art" of Engineering Design 369. Design in the
Petroleum Industry 379. Engineering Ethics 380. Intellectual Property.
References ............................................................................................. 386

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