Who is up for an interesting intellectual exercise?
What's the probability of finding a shotgun pellet during a sampling event at a skeet/trap range. Let's model the distribution. I've started developing a model to predict the probability density solely based on the geometries involved in...
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The list has...
"The spirit and effectiveness with which you tackle your first humble tasks as a young engineer will be carefully observed and is certain to affect your entire career." ~ W.J. King
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Braxton V. Lewis
Morgantown, WV...
Thank you all for such great recommendations. Each have been added to the list. I thank you for taking the time to share your ideas and personal viewpoints about the texts mentioned, and why they are important to you and toward your development as an Engineer.
My students were 'blown away'...
This has been a wonderful conversation. I'm happy to see such great points of reference to share among ourselves and our students. John, Brad, DWHA, ash, and slta, thank you for your input. My 'to do' list has grown quite a bit today, but I'm looking forward to every minute of it...
@JohnRBaker, I share you viewpoint about the development of our discipline through its history. Thank you for the comment, however I can only find reference to 'Technology in the Ancient World' by Henry Hodges (1970). Is this to whom you are referring?
@slta, I should have mentioned in the original post that I'm looking for something 'outside' of their textbooks. It's only too reasonable to expect that they read their textbooks. However based upon the rate of students who rent or sell back their books after each semester, we can see what...
@ash9144, I'm sorry that you aren't able to view the blog. Regarding your suggestion of "What Went Wrong", are you speaking of the series of Plant Disasters books?
@DWHA, it seems that Ralph Peck was from my Department here at West Virginia University. Perhaps this little gem has been lost to several generations of both student and faculty. I have ordered it from our library archives and will review it immediately. Thank you for the suggestion.
Braxton...
Quite a few of my undergraduate students from this semester have been asking me to recommend to them 'books' or other readings that will help them toward their development as a human being as well as an engineer. So I created my first ever blog to answer this question...
Calculation of Volume for a Horizontal Tank with Spherical Ends as a function of the depth of the fluid inside.
For your reference:
Volume = (pi*L*D^2 / 1440)*[Theta - sin(Theta)] + (pi*h^2 / 3)*(3D/2 - h)
Where: Theta = 2 * Acos(1 - 2h/D)
Units:
L, length (inches)
D, diameter (inches)
h...
The characterization of the major/minor losses of any fluid system is easily done piecewise. What this means is that for each tubing material used as well as each turn and valve within the system, they will have a specific minor loss coefficient which is to be simply added in to your equation...
Due to the fact that this sensor will be used between a surgeon and his tools, I would consult an ergonomist on this question. I have put together a larger touch sensor in the past using silicon nitride diaphragms with polysilicon piezoresistors.
Braxton V. Lewis
