Graphical Techniques for Engineering Computations

CONTENTS - 1. SCALES - Nature and Properties of Scales - Methods for Constructing Scales - Altering Moduli of Scales - Standard Scales - Mechanical Aspects of Scale Construction - Exercises - 2. CALCULATING WITH SCALES - Adjacent Scales - Parallel Scales With Index Line - Standard Slide Rules - Slide Rule Routines - Special Slide Rules - Methods of Reproduction - Other Forms of Special Slide Rules - Differential Gear Rules - Exercises - 3. GRAPH PAPERS -Common Types of Graph Papers - Construction of Graph Papers - Exercises - 4. CALCULATING WITH GRAPH PAPERS -Hyperbolic Paper -Linear Paper -Semilogarithmic Paper -Logarithmic Paper -Exercises -5. GRAPHS -Relationship of Graph to Table and Function -Graphs of Regular Functions -Interpolation and Extrapolation -Graphs of Empirical Data -Complex Graphs -Condensed Graphs -Exercises -6. CALCULATING WITH GRAPHS -Position Relationships -Vertical and Horizontal Displacements -General Distance Relationships -Isometric Translation -Slopes; Graphical Differentiation -Areas; Graphical Integration -Exercises -7. NOMOGRAPHY -Nomographic Methods -Some Characteristics of Nomographs -8. NOMOGRAPHS BY SYNTHETIC METHODS -Synthetic Methods -Figures With One Straight Index Line -Figures With Two Parallel Index Lines -Figures With Perpendicular Index Lines -Review of Synthetic Methods -Exercises -9. NOMOGRAPHS WITH CARTESIANCOORDINATES, -Relationship of Defining Equation to Type -Matrix Transformations -Exercises -10. NOMOGRAPHS WITH HYPERBOLICCOORDINATES -The Semihyperbolic Coordinate System -Application to Construction of Nomographs -11. PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTINGNOMOGRAPHS -Nomographs With Parallel Scales -Nomographs With Oblique Scales -Nomographs With Curved Scales -Exercises -12. USE OF GENERAL HYPERBOLICCOORDINATES -Hyperbolic Plane Coordinates -The V-Type Nomograph -Fitting Nomograph to a Rectangle -13. THREE-DIMENSIONED NOMOGRAPHS -Three-Dimensional Hyperbolic Coordinates -Defining Equation for Nomographs -Applications -14. PROPERTIES OF HYPERBOLIC COORDINATESYSTEMS -Hyperbolic Plane Coordinates -Semihyperbolic Coordinates -Hyperbolic Solid Coordinates -Semihyperbolic Solid Coordinates -15. NOMOGRAPHS FROM GRAPHS AND TABLES -Relationship of Graph to Nomograph -Constructing Nomographs From Tables:Symmetrical -Constructing Nomographs From Tables:General -APPENDIX -Values of x = -p/p-r- and 1 - xINDEX -