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A Abbott bearing area curve 9/121 Abbreviations, unit 19/16 Abrasion 9/71 Abrasive friction/wear 9/4 ABS (Acrilonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) 7/117 Absolute system (units) 19/3 Absorbers, sound 15/148 Acceleration 1/5 angular 1/5 constant 1/6 Coriolis 1/7 in mechanisms 1/7 variable 1/6 Accelerometer 15/133 Access time, disk 4/20 Accumulator: pulsation reduction 15/8 steam-storage 15/86 Accuracy, of measurement 3/21 Acetal resins 7/122 ACGIH, capture systems 15/104 Acoustic enclosures 15/149 Acoustic sound 15/138 Acoustic testing 7/176 Acrylic adhesives 16/72 Acrylics 7/120 ADA language 4/44 Adaptive control 3/54

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ADC (Analogue-to-Digital Converter) 3/12 ADCCP protocol 4/29 Addressing modes, computer 4/8 Adhesion 9/71 joint design 16/77 principles 16/73 production processes 16/83 surface pretreatment 16/76 Adhesive friction/wear 9/4 Adhesives 6/20 16/70 types 16/72 Adiabatic processes 1/31 1/36 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGR) 13/4 13/8 Air change rate 15/110 Air cleaners 15/102 Air conditioning: controls 15/109 plant 15/107 sizing 15/110 terms 15/106 Air gauging, see Pneumatic surface-measurement methods Air traffic noise 15/142 Air washers 15/114 Air-handling plant/unit 15/97 15/108 AISI/SAE number (steel references) 7/11 7/31 7/39 Aliasing 5/34 Alkyds 7/128 All-metal membrane couplings 10/40 Alloying elements, steel 7/30 Allylics 7/128 Alpha-particles 13/3 13/11 Alternating current, rectification 2/14 2/41 Alternating current (a.c.) 2/10 computerized power control 3/11

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Alternating current (a.c.) (Continued) motor speed control 3/64 recification 2/14 2/41 Alternating quantities electrical 2/9 Alternative energy sources 12/3 Alternator 2/15 three-phase 2/24 Alumina ceramics 7/148 15/62 Aluminium casting 7/63 16/91 16/92 Aluminium and its alloys 7/62 bronzes 7/58 Aluminizing 9/75 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Threshold Limit Value 15/99 15/104 American Electronics Industry Association (EIA) standards 3/7 systems specifications 4/27 American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) standards, gear oils 9/47 American Hydraulics Institute Standards 15/5 American National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) 9/6 American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 4/29 4/31 American Petroleum Industry (API), standards 15/13 American Petroleum Institute (API), oil service classifications 9/9 American Society for Non-Destructive testing (ASNT) 13/6 Aminos 7/128 Ampere (unit) 2/5 Amplifiers 2/37 3/18 differential 2/41 effect of feedback 2/38 frequency response 2/38 instrumentation 2/41 noise and distortion 2/38 operational, see Operational amplifiers vibration 15/134

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Amplitude distribution, moments of 9/120 Analogue input/output 4/23 Analogue interfacing 3/12 Anemometer, hot wire 1/33 Aneroid barometer 1/20 Angular displacement measurement 3/26 Aniline Point 9/12 Annealing 7/29 Anodizing 7/165 9/79 ANSI, see American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ANSI Standard X3T9.5 4/31 Anthropometric data 6/23 Anti-corrosion additives 9/6 9/48 Anti-foam additives 9/6 9/20 9/48 Anti-oxidant additives 9/6 9/8 9/48 Anti-vibration mats 15/150 Anti-vibration mounts 15/150 Anti-wear additives 9/6 9/49 APL (A Programming Language) 4/44 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) 2/55 Aquifers 12/28 Aramid fibres 7/120 other uses 7/99 as packing material 15/28 as reinforcement 7/93 Arc of control correction factor 10/20 Archibald's Equation (fluid flow) 9/36 Archiving 4/34 Argand diagram 17/5 Arithmetic hardware, computer 4/12 Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) 3/4 4/4 Arithmetic mean 17/23 Arithmetic series 17/11

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Armature 2/15 alternator 2/25 coils 2/17 e.m.f. 2/17 winding 2/17 Armature reaction 2/18 Array processors 4/13 Artificial Intelligence (AI) 5/10 5/18 Asbestos: control of use of 18/6 health hazards 15/30 removal 15/32 ASCII code (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) 3/3 4/24 4/25 Assel cycle 16/24 Assembler/assembly language 4/41 Assembly stage, control at 7/168 ASTM standards 9/20 fatigue testing 8/19 8/31 8/37 oil 9/20 Astrel 7/123 Atmosphere 1/18 Atomic number 19/17 19/18 Atomic weights 19/17 19/18 Atria 12/10 Attenuation, sound 15/149 Attributes (for display devices) 5/34 Austempering 7/29 ductile iron 7/54 Austenite 7/21 7/22 7/25 Auto Forcast process 16/32 Auto-forge process 16/32 Auto-transformers 2/33 as starter 2/27 Autocorrelation function (ACF), random process 1/16 9/122

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Autocovariance function 9/122 Automatically programmed tools (APT) 5/15 Availability function 1/37 Averages 17/23

B B-rep (Boundary representation) models 5/11 B-spline curve fitting 5/10 Babbitts, see Bearing metals Back e.m.f. 2/17 Background noise levels 15/145 Bainite 7/24 Balance of Systems (BOS) costs 12/15 Balancing: dynamic 1/8 rotating masses 1/8 static 1/8 Ball bearings, see Bearings, rolling element Bandpass filters 3/21 Bandwidth 2/13 video 5/30 Bar code readers 3/39 Base, transistor 2/33 BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) language 3/61 4/43 Basic flux covering 16/57 Batch processing 4/37 Baud (unit) 3/3 4/24 Baudot code 4/24 Bayes theorem (probability) 17/26 Bazin formula (flow velocity) 1/28 Beams, transverse vibration 1/9 Bearing loads 10/34 Bearing metals 7/90

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Bearing ratio 9/120 Bearings 9/14 9/27 continuous motion 9/27 failure of 9/59 friction limits 9/54 hydrodynamic 9/30 principles 9/30 journal, see Journal bearings, design life of 9/52 lubrication of 9/14 9/35 materials for 9/37 as noise source 15/147 rolling element 9/49 applications 9/55 lubrication 9/56 maintenance 9/59 mounting 9/58 types 9/50 selection of 9/28 self-contained 9/39 speed limits 9/55 thrust 9/39 tilted pad 9/40 vibration 15/126 15/127 Bearsafe (analysis program) 8/26 Behavioural science 6/5 Belfast Buoy 12/34 Belgium, health and safety standards 18/3 Bell (unit) 15/139 Belt drives 10/15 flat 10/15 manufacturers 10/25 miscellaneous 10/25 synchronous 10/22 V- 10/18

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Bending equation 1/3 Bending moment 1/3 Bending operation, sheet metal 16/44 Bernoulli equation 1/35 1/23 1/24 1/25 Beryllia ceramics 7/149 Beryllium 7/92 Bessel's equation 17/18 Beta-particles 13/3 13/11 Betz limit 12/24 Bevel gears 10/30 Binary notation 3/3 Binomial distribution 17/26 Binomial series 17/11 Bio-engineering, and surface topography 9/107 Biodeterioration 7/163 Biogas systems 12/38 12/40 Biological effects, nuclear 13/11 Biomass 12/3 12/36 conversion processes 12/36 12/40 Bisection method 17/7 Bisync protocol 4/29 Bit stuffing 4/29 Bits (BInary digiTs) 3/3 Black-body radiating surface 15/80 Blowdown, boiler 15/89 Blowers 9/19 Bode plots 2/38 3/47 Boiler house, automatic 15/87 Boiler scale 15/82 Boiler tube, heat transfer 15/81 Boilers: automatic control 15/87 15/90 blowdown 15/89

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Boilers: (Continued) heat transfer 15/80 priming 15/83 selection 15/78 starting 15/87 terminology 15/83 types of 15/75 15/83 15/84 Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) 13/5 Bolts: load-sensing 6/17 threadlocking 6/19 Boolean algebra 2/43 logical function application 4/10 minimization principle 2/50 Bootstrapping/booting 4/7 Boriding 9/75 Boring processes, metal 16/6 Boron carbide 7/150 Boron fibres 7/93 7/99 Boron nitrides 7/150 Boundary layer flow 1/28 laminar 1/29 turbulent 1/30 Bourdon tube 1/19 3/29 Bourneville Solar Village 12/9 BPCL (computer language) 4/44 Brakes 10/49 Brasses 7/56 Brazing 16/67 Breeder reactors 13/4 13/7 Bresenham line drawing algorithm 5/32 5/33 5/43 Bridge measurements (instrumentation) 3/22 Brinell hardness 7/3 7/4 British Gear Association 10/26

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British Hydrodynamics Research Association (BHRA), Fluid Engineering Centre 15/40 British Industrial Fasteners Federation (BIFF) 6/17 British Standards (BS) 6/3 BS 4500 (limits and fits) 6/7 6/13 6/14 BS 5750 (quality assessment) 6/30 6/33 Brittle-coating technique 8/19 Broaching processes, metal 16/4 Bronzes 7/57 for sliding bearings 9/69 Brown coal, see Lignite Bubble memory 4/8 Buffer (register) 4/24 Building Automation System (energy management) 15/124 Building regulations, heating requirements 15/91 Buildings: insulation 15/149 vibration effects on 15/136 15/138 Bulk deformation operations 16/13 Bulk Modulus 7/3 table 19/20 Buoyancy 1/20 Bussing (bus) systems 3/4 4/5 4/13 Buying specifications 15/13 Bytes 3/3

C C (language) 3/61 4/44 5/9 Cache memory 4/11 CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing) 5/3 6/6 applications 5/12 command languages 5/9 future for 5/18

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CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing) (Continued) graphics displays 5/28 hardware 5/4 implementation 5/16 modelling techniques 5/10 software 5/7 Calculus, vector 17/11 Calenderizing 7/112 Calorific value 11/5 Capacitance 2/4 measurements 3/25 Capacitor 2/5 motors 2/28 reservoir 2/42 Carbide diffusion treatment 9/76 Carbides, sintered 16/8 Carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) 7/98 7/99 Carbon fibres 7/93 Carbon graphites 9/67 for sealing 15/62 Carbon products 7/150 Carbon steel 7/12 Carbon-dating 13/10 Carbon/carbon composites 7/101 Carbon/carbon manganese steels 7/25 Carbonitriding 7/31 9/75 Carborundum, see Silicon carbide Carburizing, see Case hardening Carnot cycle 10/3 Carnot efficiency 1/36 Carrier depletion layer 2/14 Cartesian coordinate system 1/6 5/32 17/6 17/7 Cartridge disks 4/21 Cartridge seals 15/62

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Cascade control 3/54 Case-depth 9/87 Case-hardening 7/31 8/38 9/74 steels 7/12 7/31 Cast iron 7/52 tensile testing 7/3 Cast non-ferrous alloys 16/7 Cast steel 7/49 16/88 Cast-preform forging 16/31 Casting 16/85 Aluminium 7/63 7/65 basic problems 16/85 gas problem 16/85 plastic 7/112 7/113 processes: centrifugal 16/108 continuous 16/18 16/88 conventional 16/88 die, see die casting rheo 16/106 sand 16/93 16/95 semi-continuous 16/93 steel 7/49 16/88 Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 5/28 6/6 Cathodic protection 7/165 Cauchy-Riemann equations 1/35 17/5 Cauchy's theorem 17/5 Cavitation 15/8 15/9 boiler feed 15/84 damage by 7/157 CCITT, see Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphic et Telephonique CCMC lubricant ratings 9/10

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Cellulosic polymers 7/120 flux covering 16/57 Cementite 7/21 Cemfil 7/93 Centrifugal casting 16/108 Centistoke (unit) 9/5 Central processor unit (CPU) 2/37 3/4 4/4 4/7 enhancements 4/11 implementation 4/11 instruction set 4/9 Centre of buoyancy 1/20 1/21 Centre of gravity 1/3 Centre of pressure 1/20 Centrifugal reaction 1/7 Centrifuge 9/24 Centripetal force 1/7 Cepstrum analysis 15/128 Ceramics: clay-based 7/147 corrosion of 7/164 cutting-tool 16/8 engineering 7/147 future prospects 7/153 hardness 7/4 manufacturing procedures 7/153 mechanical properties 7/151 non-oxide 7/147 oxide-based 7/148 tensile testing 7/3 Certification, offshore structures 14/33 Cetane Number 11/17 CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastic) 7/98 7/99 Chain-drives 10/35 Character recognition devices 4/19

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Character stuffing 4/29 Characteristic number, pump 15/5 Charge, electrical 2/3 Charpy beam testing 7/4 Chatter, metal-cutting 16/11 Chemical constants 19/17 Chemical dilution flow measurement 1/27 Chemical heat storage 12/18 Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) 9/81 Chemical wear, machinery 9/8 Chernobyl accident 13/8 Chezy equation 1/27 Chi-square test 17/29 Chilled water system 15/107 Chimneys: design 15/89 height of 15/90 Chip breakers, metal 16/3 Chloroplast 12/36 Chopper control 2/22 Chromating 7/165 9/82 Chromium 7/91 Chromizing 9/75 9/81 Chromogenic materials 12/17 Circuit breakers 2/56 Circuits: magnetic 2/8 pulse 2/54 RC 2/9 RL and RC 2/9 RLC 2/11 simple capacitive 2/4 simple resistive 2/3 Circular motion 1/7

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Circulation 1/22 CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) 4/12 Cladding processes (for wear resistance) 9/83 Clearn Air Act 1956 15/89 Clean Rooms standards 15/113 Clearance ratio 9/32 Clearance seals 15/68 15/70 15/72 Clipping operation (computer graphics) 5/37 5/38 Closed loop transfer function 3/73 3/75 Closed-circuit test, transformer 2/31 Closed-loop control system 3/41 Cloud point 11/12 Clustering, see Computer systems, loosely coupled Clutch 10/43 CMOS devices 2/44 4/8 Coal Rank Number 11/13 Coal tar fuels 11/12 Coals 11/12 Coating processes 7/165 adhesion testing 9/88 porosity 9/88 protective 7/165 substrate topography 9/107 thickness of 9/87 Cobalt and its alloys 7/90 COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) 4/43 4/44 Cockerell Raft 12/34 Codasyl standards 4/41 4/43 Codes of Practice 6/3 Coefficient of friction 1/6 Coefficient of variation 17/24 Coercive force 2/8 Coffin-Mansion relationship (fatigue) 8/37

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Cogged bolts 10/22 Cogging 16/29 Coil steel 7/26 Coining operation 16/28 Cokes 11/13 Cold drawing processes 16/40 Cold forging 16/28 16/30 16/31 Cold rolling 16/20 16/21 Cold shuts 16/87 Cold working 9/74 Cold-reducing process 16/30 Colebrook and White equation (friction) 1/24 Collector, transistor 2/33 Collocation procedure 17/20 Colour Look-Up Tables 5/31 Combinations (mathematics) 17/24 Combined heat and power (CHP) plant 15/84 15/123 Combustion process 1/37 11/14 products 9/8 temperature 11/15 Comite Consultatitif International de Telegraphic et Telephonique (CCITT), standards 4/27 4/29 4/36 Command languages, CAD/CAM 5/9 Common-emitter (transistor) 2/34 Common-mode rejection ratio 2/41 Communication standards/protocols 3/7 4/27 4/29 Community noise units 15/141 Commutator 2/16 Compilers 4/43 Complementary function 17/17 Complex variable 17/5 Composite materials, fibre-reinfcrced, see Fibre-reinforced composite materials Composite sheet manufacture 16/54

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Composites 7/92 Elastomeric, see Elastomeric composites filamentary polymer 7/95 7/99 laminar 7/105 particulate 7/105 Compounding, rubber 7/133 Compressed air plant, energy survey 15/122 Compression moulding 7/112 Compression packing 15/18 fault-finding 15/27 materials 15/21 development 15/28 selection 15/30 operating principles 15/19 pumps 15/19 standardization 15/27 valves 15/19 wear 15/22 Compressors 9/18 control of 15/122 design principles 15/3 lubrication of 9/18 machine selection 15/13 as noise source 15/147 performance 15/14 15/18 Computer graphics systems 5/27 5/28 applications 5/32 displays 5/28 generation and manipulation 5/30 human-machine interface 5/31 workstations 5/4 5/40 Computer hardware, finishes on 9/107 Computer languages 3/61 4/43 see also under specific names Computer programmes, heat transfer problems 1/47

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Computer systems 4/3 4/4 central processor unit, see Central processor unit digital 2/55 loosely coupled 4/6 networks, see Networks, computer output devices 4/16 peripheral devices 4/15 personal 4/5 5/5 terminals 4/16 Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) 5/3 Computer-Aided Process Planning (CAPP) 5/15 Computing installations, energy survey 15/122 Concentration units 19/12 Concrete: protection of 7/166 reinforced, see Reinforced concrete Concrete gravity structures 14/9 Condensation, control of 15/103 Condition monitoring 9/26 15/125 parameters 15/125 Conductance: electrical 2/3 thermal 1/41 7/5 7/143 19/18 19/21 Conduction 1/39 1/40 1/43 15/80 Conform process 16/38 Conformal gears 10/26 Conformal mapping 17/21 Conservation of mass 1/22 Conservation of momentum 1/5 Constant of gravitation 1/4 Constant head equation, see Bernouilli equation Constant-pressure cycle 10/3 Diesel 10/4 Constant-volume cycle 10/4

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Construction site noise 15/142 Constructive solid geometry (CSG) 5/11 Contact mechanics 9/105 Contaminants, air-borne 15/103 Continuity equation 1/22 Continuous casting process: aluminium 16/91 16/92 other metals 16/91 16/93 steel 16/88 Continuous-combustion heaters 11/18 Continuum 1/22 Contraction coefficient 1/24 Control engineering 3/40 Control of Pollution Act 1974 15/105 noise-abatement zones 15/146 Control registers 3/6 Control strategies 3/49 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 1988 15/105 18/5 Control systems 3/40 hydraulic 3/68 microprocessor-based 3/58 hardware 3/59 software 3/60 multi-layer 3/57 multi-level 3/58 PC-based 3/65 pneumatic 3/68 self-tuning 3/56 Convection 1/39 1/40 1/44 15/80 boiler tube 15/81 Conversion coatings 7/165 Convolution integral 17/17 Cooking methods 12/37

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Coolants, reactor 13/5 Coons patch 5/10 Coordinate system: cylindrical 17/6 spherical polar 17/7 transformation 17/15 Copper and its alloys 7/55 sliding bearings 9/69 Cordierites 7/148 Core memory 4/8 Core movement, casting 16/87 Coriolis acceleration 1/7 Correlation 17/25 significance 17/29 Corrosion 9/71 in air 7/155 in aqueous solutions 7/156 of ceramics 7/164 crevice 7/158 electrochemical 7/155 and erosion 7/157 7/158 failure identification 7/166 galvanic 7/157 of glasses 7/164 intergranular 7/159 liquid metal 7/163 localised 7/157 of metals 7/153 of plastics 7/164 prevention of 7/165 9/22 15/88 Corrosion fatigue 7/162 Corrosion fretting 7/162 Corrosion jacking 7/156 Corrosion resistance 7/7

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Cosworth Process 7/65 16/100 Coulomb (unit) 2/3 Counters: computer 2/53 4/13 PLC 3/68 Couple 1/5 Crack growth, elastomers 7/139 7/142 Crack-tip opening displacement method 8/22 CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) 4/28 4/29 Creep 8/3 8/23 interpretation of data 8/25 pressure vessel steels 8/26 8/29 resistance 7/12 8/26 8/30 testing 8/23 8/25 8/30 Creep range 8/23 design in 8/26 8/29 Creep rates, elastomer 7/137 Creep rupture 7/4 Creep-resisting steels 7/12 Crest factor 15/127 Croning process 16/101 Cross rolling 16/24 Cross-assemblers 3/62 Cryogenic applications, steel 7/45 CSMA/CD concept 4/32 Cubic boron nitride (CBN), cutting-tool 16/8 Current, diffusion 2/14 Current meter, fluid 1/27 Cursor key 5/31 Customer feedback 6/30 Cutting fluids 16/8 Cutting process: gas 16/64 plasma 16/63

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Cutting tools: geometry 16/6 materials 16/7 Cyanoacrylate adhesives 16/73

D D type connectors (computer) 4/30 DAC (Digital-to-Analogue Converter) 3/9 DAIP (diallyl isophthalate) 7/128 Damping 3/77 calculations 3/43 elastomers 7/142 vibration 1/10 15/129 15/130 Danbury Park Management Centre 6/32 DAP (diallyl phthalate) 7/128 D'Arcy equation (head loss) 1/24 Modified, see Chezy Equation; Manning Equation Darlington Driver 3/6 3/8 Darrieus windmill 12/25 Data communications 4/23 concepts 4/24 development of 4/23 error detection 4/28 multiplexing 4/26 software management 4/39 terminal equipment 4/36 transfer of 4/14 transmissions 4/27 Data registers 3/6 Database management 4/40 CAD/CAM 5/9 Dating, nuclear 13/10 DDC (Direct Digital Control) 3/40 3/59 DDCMP protocol 4/29

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De Moirre's theorem 17/5 De Morgan's theorem 2/44 De-stressing notches 9/101 Dead-band characteristic 3/80 Dead-metal zone, extrusion 16/35 Decibels (sound power level) 15/139 Decimal notation 3/3 DECNET, see DNA Dedendum circle (gears) 10/29 Deep drawing 16/44 Defects, shape of fracture 8/19 Deflagrating explosives 16/48 Deformation mechanisms 8/23 Degreasing 9/23 Degree days (heating) 15/117 Degrees of freedom 1/9 multi- 15/130 Delamination theory 9/105 Delsun process 9/79 Delta connection 2/23 Demulsibility, lubricant 9/20 Denmark, health and safety standards 18/3 Density: fluid 1/18 fuel 11/3 tables 19/18 19/20 19/21 Derivative, calculus 17/8 17/9 Design: computer-aided, see CAD/CAM safety considerations 18/10 Detecting, nuclear applications for 13/9 Detergent/dispersant additives 9/7 9/8 Determinants 17/15 Deterministic response 1/15

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Detonation Gun process 9/82 Detonators 16/48 Detoxification, solar 12/18 Deuterium-tritium reaction 13/4 Deutsche Industrie Normen (DIN) standards, gear oils 9/10 9/47 Deviation: mean 17/24 standard 17/24 Dezincification 7/57 Dial guages 1/19 Diamonds 7/150 cutting-tool 16/8 polycrystalline synthetic (PCD) 16/8 Diaphragm gauges 1/19 Die casting 16/103 GKN 'Ferro Die' 16/105 gravity 16/103 high-pressure 16/104 low-pressure 16/103 rheo- 16/106 16/108 squeeze 16/105 16/108 thixo- 16/106 16/108 Dielectric breakdown 7/5 Dielectric loss 7/5 Dielectric strength 2/5 Diescher elongator 16/24 Diesel cycle 10/4 Diesel knock 11/17 Dieseling (seal failure) 15/46 Differential equations 17/16 analytical solutions 17/16 approximate solutions 17/18 partial 17/20 Differentiation mean value theorem 17/11

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Diffraction theory, wave forces 14/18 14/31 Diffuse beam (roughness measurement) 9/115 Diffusion coatings 7/165 Diffusion current 2/14 Digital control loop 3/71 z-transform 3/72 Digital data-acquisition systems 9/111 Digital input/output 4/23 Digital logic systems 2/42 2/44 interfacing 3/8 positive/negative 2/51 tri-state 2/51 Digital sampling 3/62 Digital signal analysis 15/143 Digitizers 5/6 5/31 Digitizing pen 5/6 Dimensional measurements 3/23 standards 5/14 Dimensionless load 9/32 Diode 2/14 Zener 2/15 Dirac δ-function 17/17 Direct expansion plant, air-conditioning 15/107 Direct stiffness analysis method 1/19 Direct-current generators 2/18 efficiency 2/23 Direct-current motors 2/19 efficiency 2/23 Disk pack 4/21 Disks, computer 4/20 Dispersion (mathematical) 17/23 Displacement force 1/21 Displacement thickness 1/29 Displacement transducers 15/134

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Distillation, solar 12/12 Distortion, amplifier 2/38 Disturbance sensitivity 3/53 Diverter (electrical) 2/21 DLE (Data Link Escape) 4/29 DMA (Direct Memory Access) device 3/6 4/14 DNA (Digital Network Architecture) 4/35 Dom equation (steady-state creep) 8/24 Doppler techniques 3/34 Double integration, change of variable 17/11 Double seals 15/64 Double-glazed windows 15/149 Doublet 1/35 Dough-moulding compounds (DMC) 7/99 Drag flow 15/47 Drag forces 1/29 14/15 coefficients 1/29 14/18 Draughting, computer-aided 5/14 Drawing operations, sheet metal 7/21 16/15 16/44 Drawings, role of 6/4 Drift current (electrical) 2/14 Drilling processes, metal 16/6 Dual-combustion cycle 10/4 Dual-in-line (OIL) package 2/37 Ducted ventilation systems 15/101 Ductility 7/3 Ducts: gas flow in 1/32 noise control in 15/149 Dunkerley's empirical method (loaded beams) 1/9 Duplex communication 4/28 Duplex stainless steel 7/40 Dust control 15/113

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DVST (Direct View Storage Tubes) 5/5 Dynamic braking 2/27 Dynamic friction 15/43 Dynamic magnification factor (damping measure) 15/130 Dynamic magnifier (vibration) 1/12 Dynamic positioning (mooring system) 14/6 Dynamic range, amplifiers 15/135 Dynamics: balancing 10/41 rigid body 1/4

E E-glass fibres 7/93 E-system (reference lines) 9/119 Earth, composition of 12/27 Earth-leakage protection 2/56 Earthing: electrical 2/57 virtual 2/39 EBCDIC (Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code) 4/24 4/25 Economisers 15/84 15/90 Eddy current loss 2/8 EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory) chip 3/5 Efficiency: heating systems 15/119 machine 15/4 EIA/CCITT standards, see American Electronic Industries Association Eigen values 17/15 Eigen vectors 17/15 Elastic Modulus, see Modulus of Elasticity Elasticity 8/3 linear 8/4 rubber 7/134

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Elastohydrodynamic lubrication 9/3 Elastomeric seals 15/32 15/34 Elastomers 7/107 7/109 7/132 component design 7/138 composites 7/138 example applications 7/145 filler effects 7/137 liquid effects on 7/143 processing 7/133 properties 7/134 7/139 selection guidelines 7/143 thermoplastic (TPE) 7/134 7/137 Electric burn 2/56 Electric heating equipment 15/97 Electric shock 2/56 Electrical alloys 7/85 Electrical material-testing techniques 7/173 Electrical motors, see Motors, electrical Electrical properties 7/5 Electrical Research Association (ERA) 12/26 Electrical steels 7/12 7/28 Electricity at Work Regulation 1989 2/55 18/7 Electricity generation 2/15 geothermal sources 12/29 hydroelectric power 12/19 nuclear power 13/4 tidal power 12/31 12/32 wave power 12/34 wind power 12/24 Electricity supply survey 15/116 Electricity units and symbols 19/10 Electrochromic windows 12/17 Electrode boilers 15/75 Electrodes, manual welding 16/55

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Electrogalvanizing 7/88 Electroless coatings 7/165 9/81 Electrolytic coatings 9/81 Electromagnetic forming 16/49 16/51 Electromagnetic systems 2/5 Electromotive force (emf) 2/3 self-induced 2/7 Electron beam hardening 9/74 Electron microscopy 9/116 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 4/24 Electronic elements, finishes on 9/107 Electroplating 7/165 Electrostatic systems 2/4 measurement techniques 9/112 Elements, table of 19/18 19/20 Ellipsometry, see Polarization measurements Elongation operations 16/24 Embossing operation 16/28 Emissions control 11/18 Emissivity, energy 1/42 Emitter, transistor 2/33 2/34 Emulator 4/35 EN Standards, see European Normalen End-quench (Jominy) test 7/30 Energy 1/5 conservation of 1/36 15/90 flow of 12/3 in fluid mechanics 1/22 process transfers 1/35 Energy crops 12/39 12/40 fuel-alcohol systems 12/39 marine sources 12/39 short-rotation forestry 12/39

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Energy management 15/87 15/90 15/116 control systems 15/123 survey/audits 15/116 Energy manager 15/116 Energy recovery 15/122 Enforcement Notes, Health & Safety 18/5 Engine lubricants, see Lubricants, engine Engineering design 5/3 5/12 civil and architectural 5/14 computer-aided, see CAD/CAM electronic 5/14 mechanical 5/12 organization of 6/5 Engineering Industries, Audit of Industries 15/116 15/118 Engineering Industries Training Board (EITB) 6/32 Engines: compression-ignition 10/6 11/17 continuous-combustion 11/17 discontinuous-combustion 11/16 spark-ignition 10/5 11/16 11/17 Ensemble (random process) 1/5 Enthalpy 1/22 1/36 Entropy 1/22 1/37 Envelope analysis 15/128 Environment: effect on fretting 9/95 effect on instruments 3/22 resistance to corrosion 7/7 Environmental control, disposal of oil products 9/27 Environmental Health Officers (RHO) 18/5 noise level nuisances 15/145 Environmental Protection Act 1990 15/105 noise nuisance 15/143 15/144 Environmental resistance (corrosion) 7/7

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Epicyclic units 10/32 Epoxide resins 7/128 Epoxy adhesives 16/72 EPROM (Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) 3/5 emulation 3/61 Equations: differential 17/16 of motion Morison-equation approach 14/30 multiple degrees of freedom 14/29 simultaneous 17/14 solution of 17/7 Equilibrium, floating body 1/21 Equipment selection, compressors, fans and pumps 15/13 Ergodic process 1/16 Ergonomics 6/23 human-machine interface 5/31 for manual handling 18/11 Erosion 9/71 ETHERNET standard 3/70 4/30 4/32 5/7 Euler equation, forms of 15/3 Euler procedure/relation 1/23 17/5 17/19 European Industrial Services (company) 6/15 European Normalen (EN) 6/4 European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) 6/6 Eutectoid 7/21 7/22 7/23 Evaporation: boiler 15/83 factor of 15/83 Exhaust pressures (seal failure) 15/49 Expendable pattern casting processes 16/101 Expert systems technology 6/6 Exploration drilling, offshore 14/3 14/5 Explosive forming 16/49

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Explosive welding 16/51 Explosives, types of 16/47 Exponential distribution 17/27 Extract systems, local 15/102 15/103 Extreme pressure (EP) oils 9/44 9/49 additives 9/7 Extreme-value parameters 9/120 Extrusion processes 16/15 16/33 cold 16/37 continuous 16/38 conventional tube 16/35 die materials 16/40 hydrostatic 16/37 impact 16/38 mashy state 16/53 metal 7/20 plastic 7/111 section and sheet 16/39

F Factories Act 1961 15/105 Failure assessment diagram 8/22 False brinelling 9/89 Fans: air-conditioning 15/113 design principles 15/3 machine selection 15/13 performance of 15/12 15/14 15/18 ventilation 15/100 15/101 Farad (unit) 2/4 Faraday's Law 2/6 2/8 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) frequency analyser 15/136 15/143 Fast reactors 13/5 13/7

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Fasteners 6/14 6/20 automatic insertion 6/15 plastic 6/21 self-sealing 6/21 spring steel 6/21 suppliers of 6/21 threaded 6/17 see also Adhesives; Bolts; Rivets Fatigue 8/3 8/31 analysis 14/22 design 8/37 elastomers 7/142 endurance 7/3 and environment 8/39 failure 8/32 fretting 9/89 parameters and symbols 7/4 8/40 performance 8/32 8/37 static 8/23 testing 8/37 wear 9/72 Fatigue cracks: growth calculation 8/39 initiation 8/31 propagation of 8/32 Fatigue life 14/22 FDDI (Fibre Distributed Data Interface) 4/31 Feature modeling, computer-generated 5/11 Feed-water 15/88 Feedback signal effects 2/38 2/39 Feedforward control 3/53 Ferrites 7/21 7/22 7/149 Ferritic steels 7/21 Ferrography 9/72

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Fibre-optic cable 4/27 Fibre-reinforced composite material 8/8 discontinuous 7/99 7/100 filamentary 7/95 7/99 thermal conductivity 1/44 Fibre-reinforced glasses, see Glasses, fibre-reinforced Fibre-reinforced metals, see Metals, fibre-reinforced Field effect transistor (FET) 2/36 Field regulator 2/21 Filamentary polymer composites 7/95 7/99 File organization 4/39 File transfer 4/34 File-server 3/70 Film bearings, see Bearings, hydrodynamic Film thickness, lubricant 9/34 Filter, types of 9/24 Filtering, noise 3/19 Filtration: air 15/113 oil 9/13 9/23 Fingerprinting (plant surveillance) 7/169 Finite difference technique 1/43 1/47 17/21 Finite-element analysis: elastomeric components 7/138 lip seal design 15/51 structural 5/11 14/19 17/22 Finned surface theory (heat transfer) 1/46 Fire-resistant hydraulic fluids 9/12 Fission process 13/4 in reactor 13/4 Fits: conditions of 6/7 selection of 6/13 Fixed-point iteration process 17/7

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Fixed-point processor 4/12 Flame control 11/15 Flame cutting, see Gas cutting Flame hardening 9/74 Flammability 11/15 Flash point 9/5 11/10 11/15 Flash welding 16/67 Flaws, identification of 7/171 Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) 5/16 6/29 Flexible throttle bush 15/55 Flexural strength 7/3 Flip-flops (memory elements): D (Data) type 2/53 JK type 2/52 SR (Set/Reset) type 2/51 T (Trigger) type 2/52 Floating-point processor 4/12 Floats, measurement 1/27 Floppy disks 4/21 Flow coefficient, pump 15/5 Flow forming 16/24 Flow measurement 3/31 computerized control 3/11 gas 1/33 Flow patterns 1/35 Flowmeters 3/33 Flues, see Chimneys, design Fluid bed boilers 15/78 Fluid drive couplings 10/48 Fluid Engineering Centre 15/40 Fluid flow 1/18 1/22 ideal 1/33 measurement 1/25 and surface roughness 9/106

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Fluid seals: fault-finding 15/58 handling and care 15/56 see also Hydraulic seals; Lip seals Fluid statics 1/18 Flumes 1/27 Fluoroplastics 7/125 Flux: field 2/3 leakage losses 2/31 magnetic 2/5 Flux coverings, welding electrode 16/55 Fluxes, welding 16/58 Focus feedback methods 9/115 Foil gauges 8/13 Force 1/5 measurement 3/28 Force microscope 9/117 Force response, shock 15/132 Ford, quality control 6/33 Forestry, short-rotation 12/39 Forez process 9/78 Forging operations 7/18 16/26 cast-preform 16/31 closed-die 16/26 16/28 special applications 16/28 impression-die 16/26 isothermal 16/32 open-die 16/26 orbital 16/31 rotary 16/29 subsidiary 16/29 Forming processes, metal 16/12 16/43 Forsterites 7/148

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FORTH (language) 3/61 Fortin barometer 1/20 FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation) language 4/43 5/9 Foundation design, offshore jackets 14/21 Four-stroke engine 10/5 Fourier's law (for conduction) 1/40 Fourier's series (mathematical) 9/123 17/12 transforms 17/13 17/18 Fourth-generation languages 4/44 Fracture mechanics: defect shape 8/19 linear elastic 8/19 post-yield 8/21 toughness 7/4 8/19 8/21 Frame buffer 5/30 Frame grabber 5/30 France, health and safety standards 18/3 Francis formula (fluid flow) 1/27 Francis turbine 12/20 Free-body diagram 1/3 Free-cutting steels 7/30 Freewheels 10/43 Freezing point fuel 11/11 Frequency 2/9 response 17/18 vibration 1/10 15/129 15/130 analysis 15/135 Frequency analysis procedure 15/129 Frequency-domain analysis 3/44 stability criteria 3/47 Fretting 9/71 9/88 alleviation of fatigue 9/101 characteristics 9/90 design modifications 9/98

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Fretting (Continued) factors affecting 9/91 preventative measures 9/98 relative movement sources 9/89 theory of 9/95 wear evaluation 9/98 Friction 1/6 data 9/83 effect on seal lip 15/54 loss 1/23 principles 9/4 on seals 15/42 wear 9/8 Friction coefficient 1/24 Friction welding 16/67 Frictional drag 15/42 Fringes, polarised light 8/16 Froude-Krylov force (fluid flow) 14/17 14/18 14/23 14/25 Froude's number (fluid flow) 1/28 Fuel-alcohol plant 12/39 Fuels: alternative 11/19 12/17 calorific values 11/5 density of 11/3 gaseous 11/5 liquid 11/8 nuclear 13/5 post-reactor processing 13/8 provision of initial charge 13/4 solid, see Solid fuels supply survey 15/116 types of 11/3 Fullering 16/29 Fume dilution 15/103

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Furan resin 7/128 Furnace heat transfer 15/81 Fuses 2/56 Fusion process: nuclear 13/3 in reactor 13/4

G Gain scheduling method 3/54 3/56 Galerkin's method (finding constants) 17/20 Galling 9/71 Galvanic corrosion, see Corrosion, galvanic Galvanizing 7/88 7/165 Gamma-radiation 7/174 13/3 13/11 13/12 Ganguillet and Kutter equation (flow velocity) 1/28 Gap meter, see Rotameter Gas Constant 1/31 Gas content, pump performance 15/12 Gas cutting 16/64 Gas exploration 14/3 Gas flow 1/31 measurement of 1/33 Gas nitrocarburizing 9/76 Gas refrigeration cycle 15/115 Gas turbines 10/13 cycle 1/37 1/39 fuel behaviour in 11/17 lubrication 9/20 nickel alloys for 7/81 7/83 Gas welding 16/63 Gaseous fuels 11/5 manufactured 11/6 11/8 natural 11/6 Gate source voltage 2/36

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Gates: FET 2/36 logic 2/44 symbols 2/44 Gauge factor 3/22 8/14 Gauging, nuclear application 13/9 Gaussian process 1/16 Gear bobbers 16/6 Gear oils 9/44 Gear planers 16/4 Gear shapers 16/4 Gear wheels/gearing 9/41 10/26 10/27 10/29 bevel 10/30 conformal 10/26 heat dissipation in 9/45 helical 10/30 involute profile 10/26 lubrication of 9/14 9/42 9/47 10/34 materials for 10/32 securing to shaft 10/32 tooth profile 10/26 trains 10/32 worm drive 10/30 Gearboxes 10/33 as noise source 15/147 Generative planning 5/15 Generators 2/15 compound-wound 2/19 direct-current 2/15 separately-excited 2/17 series-wound 2/19 shunt-wound 2/19 steam, see Steam generators Geometric mean 17/23

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Geometric series 17/11 Geometrical measurements 3/23 Geothermal energy, see Terrestrial energy Gerber's Parabolic Law (fatigue) 8/38 Germanium 7/92 Germany, health and safety standards 18/3 GFRP (glass fibre reinforced plastic) 7/99 Ghosting (gear machining) 15/126 GKN 'Ferro Die' process 16/105 4GL (language) 5/18 Gland: adjustable 15/18 adjustment 15/30 design 15/20 15/36 fitting 15/26 Gland seals 15/44 Glass ceramics 7/151 Glass fibre-reinforced plastics (GRP), bolted joints 6/18 Glass fibres 7/93 7/103 Glasses 7/147 7/150 corrosion of 7/164 Glossometer 9/115 GMAW welding, see MIG/MAG welding Gold 7/91 Goodman Law (fatigue) 8/38 Graphics, CAD/CAM 5/9 Graphics tablet 5/31 Graphite 7/150 9/69 11/13 fibres 7/93 as packing material 15/28 15/31 Grashof number (heat convection) 1/45 Gravitation 1/4 19/5 Gravitational system of units 19/3 Gravity waves 14/14

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Gray binary code 2/49 3/3 Gray (unit) 13/10 Gray-King assay test 11/13 Grease 9/21 9/56 drop point 9/6 penetration 9/6 see also Lubricants Greece, health and safety standards 18/3 Green sand casting 16/100 Greenhouse effect 11/18 11/20 Green's function (velocity potential) 14/31 Grey cast iron 7/52 Grey-body radiation 1/45 Grey-scale (computer graphics) 5/28 Grids 5/34 Griffith's (catastrophic) failure 13/5 Group Technology (GT) 5/15 Guarding, machinery 18/10 Gunmetals 7/57 Gyroscopic effects 1/7

H Hafnium 7/92 Half-life 13/3 Hard-facing materials 7/87 Hardenability, steel 7/29 Hardened steels 7/12 7/28 Hardening, surface 9/73 Hardness 7/3 Harmonic distortion, amplifiers 15/135 Harmonic mean 17/23 Haskind relations 14/31 Hastelloys 7/81

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Hazard identification 18/9 emissions 11/18 Hazen-Williams equation (water flow) 1/24 HDLC protocol 4/29 Head coefficient, pump 15/5 Head loss 1/24 Heading operation (forging) 16/29 Health & Safety at Work Act 18/4 Health physics 13/10 Health and safety: in European Community 18/3 noise effects 15/144 petroleum products 9/26 in UK 18/4 in USA 18/4 Health and Safety at Work &c. Act 1974 (HASAWA) 15/105 acoustic environment 15/146 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 18/5 18/8 boiler control Guidance Note 15/87 Maximum Exposure Limit 15/97 Occupational Exposure Standards 15/97 radiation limits 13/11 robot safety booklet 5/26 ventilation Guidance Notes 15/105 Heat conductivity, see Conductance, thermal Heat emitters 15/93 15/97 Heat engines 1/36 10/3 cycle 10/3 Heat exchangers 1/47 15/123 Heat losses/gains 15/110 building 15/91 Heat pipes 15/123 Heat recovery 15/84

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Heat transfer 1/37 boiler tube 15/81 in boilers 15/80 coefficients overall 1/41 surface 1/40 1/42 furnace 15/81 Heat treatment processes, energy survey 15/121 Heat tube 15/85 Heat units and symbols 19/9 Heat-pump system 15/123 thermochemical 12/18 Heat-resisting steels 7/42 Heaters, continuous-combustion 11/18 Heating applications, geothermal 12/28 Heating regulations, statutory 15/91 Heating systems: central plant sizing 15/93 hot-water 15/94 multiple-boilers 15/93 types 15/94 Heatserter 6/16 Heave motion: offshore on cylindrical buoys 14/23 on semi-submersible platforms 14/25 on tensioned buoyant platforms 14/26 Helical gears 10/30 Heliohydroelectric power generation 12/11 Heliostats 12/11 Helmholtz resonator 15/148 Henry (unit) 2/7 Hertz (unit) 2/9 Hexadecimal (hex) notation 3/3

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Hi-bolt 6/17 Hidden-line removal (computer graphics) 5/42 Hierarchical control 3/57 High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filter 15/113 High explosives 16/47 High spot count 9/121 High Torque Drives (HTD) 10/24 High-energy-rate fabrication operations (HERF) 16/14 16/18 16/47 energy sources 16/47 High-speed steels (HSS) 16/7 High-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steels 7/12 7/27 Highly Flammable Liquids and Liquefied Petroleum Gases Regulations 1972 15/105 Highpass filters 3/20 Holography 8/18 9/115 Holtzer method (vibrations) 1/14 Hooke coupling 10/39 Hooke's Law 8/4 8/7 Hot machining 16/10 Hot working: metal 7/17 pressing 7/153 Hot-dip coating 7/165 Hot-water heating systems 15/94 Hottel charts 1/45 Hottel-Whillier-Bliss equation (solar radiation) 12/7 Hubbing 16/29 Human engineering, see Ergonomics Human response: sound 15/140 indices 15/140 vibration 15/136 Human sensitivity graph (vibrations) 15/137 Human-machine interfaces, see Ergonomics

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Humidification 15/114 HWBHF (high water-based hydraulic fluids) 9/13 Hydraulic fluids 9/10 Hydraulic leap, see Standing wave Hydraulic mean depth 1/28 Hydraulic mean diameter 1/24 Hydraulic oils 9/11 Hydraulic seals: axial length 15/46 designs 15/36 development 15/50 failure 15/46 fluids 15/38 housings 15/36 low-friction 15/43 materials 1/32 1/34 piston 15/43 reciprocating 15/32 materials 15/32 selection 15/45 15/50 short-stroke applications 15/47 Hydraulic systems, controlling 3/68 Hydrodynamic bearing theory 9/31 Hydrodynamic loading: offshore on large bodies 14/18 on slender structures 14/17 Hydrodynamic lubrication 9/3 Hydroelectric forming 16/49 16/50 Hydroelectric power 12/3 12/12 12/19 economics 12/22 environmental issues 12/22 potential for 12/20 small-scale 12/21

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Hydroforming 16/45 Hydrogen, as fuel 12/17 Hydrogen cracking 7/161 Hydrogen degradation 7/161 Hydromec system 16/47 Hydromechanical forming 16/47 Hyper-eutectoid steel 7/23 Hyperbolic functions 17/5 Hypoid gears 10/30 Hypothesis testing 17/28 Hysteresis 2/8 instrument 3/22 Hysteresis whirl 15/125

I ICI (EPOS) polymer selection program 7/8 Ideal fluid flow 1/33 Ideal gas law 1/31 IEE Regulations, see under Institution of Electrical Engineers IEEE, see Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Ignitability 11/16 IIR (isobutyl-isoprene) 7/144 Iliums 7/81 Image construction: computer 5/32 processing 5/28 Immersed surface, pressure on 1/20 Impact testing 7/4 Impedance 2/11 Improvement Notices 18/5 Impulse 1/5 angular 1/6 In Circuit Emulation 3/61 Inclusions, casting 16/86

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Incoloys 7/81 Inconels 7/81 Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) 4/40 Inductance: mutual 2/7 self- 2/7 Induction hardening 9/73 Induction heating 15/121 Induction motors 2/26 braking 2/27 single phase 2/28 speed control 2/27 starting 2/26 Inductor 2/7 Industrial controllers 3/60 Industrial noise 15/142 Industrial vision systems 5/26 applications 5/27 Inert Atmosphere Plasma Spraying 9/82 Inertia coefficients 14/18 Influence quantities (instrumentation) 3/22 Ingot casting 7/17 Injection moulding 7/111 Input/output: computer 3/5 4/5 4/11 bus 4/13 digital and analogue 4/23 direct 4/19 transaction types 4/14 Inserts, threaded 6/20 Inspection process 6/30 7/170 7/172 Inspection Validation Centre (IVC) 13/5 Inspectors, Health & Safety 18/5

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Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 3/7 IEEE-488 interface bus 3/8 IEEE-488 standard (GPIB) 3/65 RS422 interface standard 3/7 RS423 interface standard 3/7 see also RS232 interface standard Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE): 802.5 Standard 4/31 Regulations 18/7 Instrument location, importance of 6/28 Insulation: building 15/91 15/149 electrical 2/56 sound 15/147 thermal benefits of 15/119 transparent materials 12/18 Integer series 17/12 Integrals 17/8 transformations 17/6 Integrated circuits, metals for 7/92 Integrating factor 17/16 Interactive processing 4/37 Interfacing 3/8 analogue 3/12 controller output 3/9 devices for 4/24 4/26 digital 3/8 Interference microscopy/interferometers 9/114 Internal flaws 7/171 Internal mean value theorem 17/11 International Atmosphere 1/18 International Commission for Radiation Protection (ICRP) 13/12 International Graphics Exchange Standard (IGES) 5/17 6/6

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International Lighting Vocabulary 19/12 International Standards Organization (ISO) 6/3 limits and fits 6/7 6/13 Interrupts, computer 4/14 Investment casting 16/102 Involute curve profile 10/26 Ion implantation 9/79 steel 7/35 Ion plating 9/80 Ionizing radiations 17/10 Ionizing Radiations (Sealed Sources) Regulations 1969 7/176 IRHD (International rubber hardness) scale 7/134 Irish Republic, health and safety standards 18/3 Irradiance, see Solar energy Isentropic efficiency 1/37 1/39 Isentropic processes 1/31 ISO Standards, see International Standards Organization Isoclines 17/18 method of 3/78 Isolation: electrical 2/56 double 2/57 shock 15/131 vibration 15/130 Isothermal transformation 7/24 Italy, health and safety standards 18/3 Izod cantilever testing 7/4

J J integral method 8/21 Jack-up rigs 14/3 Jackets: offshore 14/8 certification 14/33

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Jackets: (Continued) concrete 14/9 design procedures 14/32 Jacobian transformation 17/6 JCL (Job Control Language) 4/37 JEL Building, Stockport (low energy) 12/9 Jet Coat process 9/82 Joint design: adhesive 16/77 16/80 testing 16/81 16/84 engineering 16/77 16/79 Jominy curves 7/30 Joule cycle 1/37 1/39 Journal bearings: design 9/32 monitoring vibration 15/125 Joystick 5/31 Junction field effect transistor (JFET) 2/36 Just-In-Time (JIT) technique 6/30

K Kaplan turbine 12/20 Kapton 7/125 Karnaugh map 2/49 Kennedy key 10/32 Keulegan-Carpenter number 14/17 14/18 Kevlar 7/93 7/120 fibres 7/93 Keyboard 5/6 Keypad 5/6 Kinetic energy 1/5 angular 1/6 Kirchhoff’s Laws 2/3 2/8 Knife-line attack 7/47 7/157

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Knocking, spark 11/16 Knoop hardness 7/3 Kurtosis 9/120

L Labyrinth seal 15/72 Ladder logic programming 3/67 Lagging (a.c.) 2/10 2/12 Lambert's Law (radiation) 1/45 Laminar flow 1/23 1/24 sublayer 1/29 1/30 Laminates: behaviour of 8/9 8/10 composite 7/95 Lamps: efficacy of 15/120 types of 15/120 Landfill gas 12/38 Language Sensitive Editor (LSE) 4/38 Language translator 4/41 Languages: Computer, see Computer languages programming 3/61 Lantern ring 15/19 Lap windings, armature 2/17 Laplace equations (fluid flow) 1/35 17/6 17/20 Laplace transform notation 3/44 3/46 3/71 Laptop computer 4/5 Large-chip processes (metal removal) 16/3 Larson-Miller method (creep rupture) 7/4 8/25 Laser alloying 9/83 Laser cladding 9/83 Laser cutting 16/65 Laser glove 4/16

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Laser hardening 9/74 Laser transmissions 4/27 Laser welding 16/65 Latches (electronic) 2/48 Laurent's series 17/12 Lay-up (of composites) 7/95 Leaching selective 7/157 Lead, control of use of 18/6 Lead and its alloys 7/88 7/90 Leading (a.c.) 2/10 2/12 Least squares method 17/8 Legendre's equation (linear equations) 17/18 Lenz's law (induced e.m.f.) 2/6 Level measurement 3/27 Lever operation 6/28 Life-fraction rules 8/30 Light sectioning process 9/113 Light units and symbols 19/12 Light Water-cooled Reactors (LWR) 13/5 Light-pen 5/6 5/31 Lighting systems, energy survey 15/120 Lignite 11/12 Limit cycles 3/81 Limit of proportionality 7/3 Limit switches 3/67 Line voltages/currents 2/24 Linear coefficient of expansion 19/18 19/21 Linear energy transfer 13/11 Linear equations, solution of 17/15 Lip seals 15/36 on-site joining 15/57 rotary-shaft 15/50 applied pressure 15/55

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Lip seals (Continued) design 15/51 handling care 15/56 lubrication 15/53 materials 15/52 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) 5/30 Liquid fuels: coal tar 11/12 natural gas as 11/9 natural gasoline 11/9 petroleum fractions 11/9 Liquid pressure forming process 16/108 Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) 13/6 Liquid/liquid interfaces, sealing 15/53 Load angle 2/25 Load cells 3/29 8/15 Load characteristic generator 2/18 Local Area Network (LAN) 3/70 4/16 4/31 4/32 5/7 Local Authorities, health and safety enforcement 18/5 Locking compounds 16/72 Logarithmic decrement 1/11 Logic systems 2/44 sequential circuits 2/51 Logical channels, computer 4/35 Loss-lubrication systems 9/15 Lost-wax casting 16/101 Louvres 15/102 Low Pressure Plasma Spraying 9/82 Low voltage supplies 2/53 Lowpass filters 3/20 LPG, see Petroleum gases LRC (Longitudinal redundancy check) 4/28 Lubricants: additives 9/6

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Lubricants: (Continued) applications 9/7 contamination of 9/19 demulsibility 9/20 engine 9/7 for fretting limitation 9/99 gear 9/47 performance ratings 9/9 physical characteristics 9/5 rationalizing requirements 9/15 service life 9/49 solid 9/68 9/99 spray 9/23 storage of 9/25 viscosity of 9/5 Lubrication: bearings 9/35 centralized 9/25 fretting control 9/95 gearing, see Gear wheels/gearing, lubrication one-shot 9/25 and planned maintenance 9/26 principles 9/3 process fluid 9/39 rolling element bearings 9/56 and surface roughness 9/104 systems 9/15 Lubrication and maintenance, planned 9/26 Lumped capacity system 1/42 Lux (unit) 15/120 LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) 3/24

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M M-system (reference lines) 9/119 Mach number 1/32 15/5 Mach Stream process 9/82 Machine code (computer) 4/37 Machine parts: rolling 16/25 standardization of 6/3 Machine tools 9/13 16/3 control interfaces 3/15 energy survey 15/121 Machinery, vibration effects on 15/136 Machinery oils 9/7 Machining operations: costs 16/10 hot 16/10 and surface topography 9/108 Maclaurin's series 17/11 McLeod gauge 3/31 Magne particle clutches 10/47 Magnesia ceramics 7/149 Magnesium and its alloys 7/74 7/76 Magnetic alloys/materials 7/85 7/87 7/90 Magnetic circuit 2/8 Magnetic field, of a toroid 2/5 Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) 7/173 Magnetism units and symbols 19/11 Magnetomotive force 2/5 Magnox gas-cooled reactor 13/5 can development 7/9 Magslip, see Synchro Mainframe computer 4/6

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Maintenance management 9/26 preventive 15/124 Malleable iron 7/54 Mannesmann cycle 16/24 Manning equation (fluid flow) 1/28 Manometer 1/18 Manual handling, safety considerations 18/11 Manufacture, energy survey 15/120 Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP) 3/70 5/7 Maraging steels 7/12 7/45 Mari Advanced Microelectronics Ltd., QA certification 6/33 Marine energy sources 12/39 Markov process 9/122 Martempering 7/29 Martensite 7/23 Mashy state forming 16/14 16/52 Masonry, protection of 7/166 Mass 1/4 19/5 19/7 Mass flow rate 1/32 Material Design Specification 7/8 Material/manufacturing costing 7/7 Materials: choice of 7/5 Classical Procedure 7/6 7/9 Comparative Procedure 7/8 computerization 7/8 Imitative Procedure 7/7 techniques 7/6 compression packing 15/21 counterface 9/62 9/67 hydraulic seals 1/32 1/34 information sources 7/8 polymeric, for seals 15/62 requirement checklist 7/6

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Materials: (Continued) sorting 7/169 Materials control 7/168 requirement checklist 7/6 sorting 7/169 Mathematical signs and symbols 17/3 Matrix arithmetic 17/14 transformation representations 5/35 5/37 Matrix representations 5/35 Mats, isolating 15/133 Maxima/minima, calculus 17/8 Maximum continuous firing rate (MCR) 15/84 Maximum Exposure Limit (MEL) 15/97 Mean peak radius, profile 9/122 Mean slope, profile 9/121 Measurands 3/21 Measurement systems 3/21 Mechanical seals 15/59 cooling arrangements 15/65 design variants 15/62 face materials 15/60 15/62 failures 15/67 installation 15/67 performance 15/64 Mechanical ventilation, see Powered ventilation Mechanics units and symbols 19/6 Mechatronics 3/58 Median 17/23 Medical applications, nuclear 13/10 Megagram (unit) 19/7 Melamine 7/128 Melt processing 7/112 Melting points tables 19/18 19/20 19/21

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Memory (computer): addressing 4/8 4/9 management of 4/9 organization 4/7 protection 4/9 technology 4/8 virtual 4/9 Memory devices 3/5 Memory map, system 3/6 Menus, hierarchical 5/9 Mersey Barrage, proposed 12/32 Mesh analysis 2/4 Mesh connection, see Delta connection Metacentre 1/21 Metal cutting: economics 16/10 forces and power in 16/9 machines for 16/3 Metal forming 16/12 16/43 Metal matrix composites, casting 16/108 Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) 2/36 Metal rolling, see Rolling processes Metal spraying 7/165 Metal-cooled reactor 13/5 Metal-wetting 9/48 Metallic alloys and composites (for sliding bearings) 9/69 Metals: corrosion protection 7/165 fibre-reinforced 7/101 mechanical working 7/17 properties tables 19/20 Methane, reforming of 12/17 Metric Technical System (of units) 19/3 19/5 Metric units, see S.I. units

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Metrology: automated 7/169 optical 7/172 Microcomputer 4/5 graphics systems 5/27 or PLC alternative 3/66 Microfilm 6/6 Microphones 15/142 Microprocessors 2/55 3/4 control by, see Control, microprocessor-based Microscopy techniques 9/116 Microwave transmissions 4/27 MIG/MAG welding 16/60 MIL lubricant ratings 9/10 Milling processes: forces in 16/9 metal 16/4 16/6 Mindel 7/123 Mini-OTEC (ocean thermal energy) project 12/12 Minicomputer 4/6 Mitsubishi microcontrollers 3/60 Mode 17/23 Modelling techniques 5/10 geometric 5/10 schematic 5/12 for stress-analysis 8/17 Modem 4/27 Moderator, reactor 13/5 Modular design 6/3 Modulation range, boiler 15/84 Modulus of elasticity 7/3 8/3 8/4 8/7 table 19/20 Moh hardness 7/3 Mohorovicic seismic discontinuity (Moho) 12/27

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Mohr's stress circle 8/5 Moiré fringes 3/25 Molybdenum 7/91 Molybdenum disulfide 9/69 Moment of inertia 1/5 Momentum 1/5 angular 1/6 Momentum thickness 1/29 Monels 7/81 Mooney-Rivlin equation 7/136 Morison's equation (wave loading) 14/14 14/17 14/18 for slender structures 14/30 Motion, curvilinear 1/6 Motorola microcontrollers 3/60 Motors: electrical 2/15 brushless 2/30 capacitor 2/28 direct current 2/19 speed control 2/21 3/63 induction 2/26 permanent magnet 2/28 shaded-pole 2/28 stepper 2/29 3/64 synchronous 2/25 universal 2/28 Moulding, rubber 7/134 Mounts, anti-vibration 15/150 Mouse (input method) 5/6 5/31 Moving coordinate system 1/7 MOX fuel 13/5 Multi-degree of freedom systems 15/130 Multi-layer control 3/57 Multi-level control 3/57

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Multigrade oils 9/8 Multiplexing (MUX) 3/15 4/26 Multiprogramming 4/9 4/38 Mutual inductance 2/7

N Narrow band analysis, spectrum 15/128 Narrow-band process (frequency) 1/17 National Centre of Tribology 9/100 National Engineering Laboratory 12/26 National Grid system 2/30 National Instruments ‘lab window’ 3/65 National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI) 9/56 National Wind Turbine Centre 12/26 Natural gas 11/6 Natural ventilation 15/99 equipment 15/102 Navier-Stokes equation (fluid flow) 1/23 9/104 NBR (crylonitrile-butadiene) 7/144 Net energy ratio concept 12/39 Net positive suction head (NPSH) 15/9 Netherlands, health and safety standards 18/3 Nettlefolds Gold Seal fasteners 6/15 Network theorems, electrical 2/3 Networks: CAD/CAM 5/7 computer 3/70 4/16 4/23 4/30 4/31 5/7 architecture 4/36 concepts 4/34 design 4/35 types of 4/32 Neutrons 13/3 Newton's Law of Gravitation 1/4

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Newton's Laws of Motion 1/4 1/23 Newton's method of successive approximation 17/7 Ni-Resist 15/62 Nibbles 3/3 Nickel and its alloys 7/75 7/80 Nickel-silvers 7/59 Niobium 7/91 Nitriding 7/35 9/76 Nitriles 7/144 Nitrocarburizing 9/77 Nitrotec process 9/78 No-stretch conditions, rolling process 16/23 Nodal analysis 2/4 Nodal points/values 17/21 Nodular graphite (SG) iron 7/52 Noise: amplifier 2/38 control of 15/143 damage by 15/144 filtering 3/19 legislation 15/144 measurement of 15/142 nuisance by 15/143 road traffic 15/141 and surface roughness 9/106 Noise at Work Regulations 1989 15/146 18/8 Noise control engineering 15/147 reduction devices 3/20 15/147 Noise Criteria Curves 15/141 Noise indices 15/140 Noise level: background 15/145 equivalent continuous 15/141 single-event 15/141

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Noise units, Community 15/141 Noise-abatement zones 15/146 Noise-rating curves 15/141 Nomex 7/120 Non-destructive testing (NDT) 7/166 13/5 16/84 application areas 7/168 methods 7/169 choice of 7/177 techniques 7/171 Non-ferrous materials, surface treatments 9/79 Non-ferrous metals, as alloying elements 7/91 Non-linearities, accounting for 3/78 Normal distribution 17/26 Normal random process 1/16 Norton's theorem (networks) 2/4 Norwave Tapchan device 12/35 Noryl 7/122 Noskuff treatment 9/75 Notches, flow over 1/27 Notebook computer, see Laptop computer Nozzle 1/25 gas flow in 1/32 Nuclear fuel 13/4 MOX 13/5 Nuclear metals 7/91 Nuclear radiation 13/3 13/9 limits 13/11 Nuisance, definition 15/143 Null modems 4/30 Number systems 3/3 Numerically-controlled (NC) systems 5/15 direct (DNC) 5/7 5/16 Nusselt number 1/44

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Nuts: free-spinning 6/18 stiff 6/20 Nylons 7/120 Nyquist plots 3/47 3/48

O O-rings 5/32 15/36 Occupational Exposure Standards (OES) 15/97 15/103 Ocean thermal energy 12/12 Octane Number 11/17 Octave analysis 15/135 Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 15/105 Offshore developments: current 14/3 future 14/11 structure certification 14/14 14/33 Ohm (unit) 2/3 Ohm's Law 2/3 Oil: cleaning of 9/23 gear 9/47 hydraulic 9/11 mist feeds 9/25 multi-grade 9/8 reconditioning 9/26 tramp 19/15 transformer 9/20 turbine 9/20 see also Lubricants Oil exploration 14/3 Oil film whirl 9/38 15/125 Oil stores 9/25 Oldham coupling 10/39

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ON/OFF control strategy 3/49 Open channel flow 3/33 Open System Interconnection Model (OSI) 3/70 4/31 4/32 5/7 Open-channel flow 1/27 measurement 1/27 Open-circuit characteristics 2/18 Open-circuit test, transformer 2/31 Open-loop control system 3/41 Openness, surface 9/121 Operating systems: computer 4/37 common concepts 4/38 Operational amplifiers (op-amp) 2/39 3/18 Operational strain rate, metal-forming process 16/14 Operational-stress system, metal-forming process 16/13 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) 4/20 6/6 Optical components, finishes on 9/107 Optical interference 3/25 Optical properties 7/5 Optical surface-measurement methods 9/113 Orbital forging 16/31 Organic energy resources 12/36 Orifice plate 1/25 3/33 Orthotropic material 8/8 Oscillating loads, lubrication for 9/36 Oscillation, floating body 1/21 Osprey process 16/108 Otto cycle, see Constant-volume cycle Output devices, computer 4/16 Overall (RMS) levels 15/125 15/126 15/127 Overheating 15/103 15/119 Oxidation corrosion process 7/155 Oxide treatments (for hardening) 9/78

This page has been reformatted by Knovel to provide easier navigation. I/67 Index terms Links P P + I control strategy 3/74 3/77 p-n junctions 7/92 Package assembler/disassembler (PAD) 4/36 Packing, length-form 15/31 Painting, corrosion protection by 7/165 Palette, see Colour Look-Up Tables Palmgren-Miner rule (fatigue damage) 14/22 Parallel axis theorem 1/5 Parallel communication 3/7 Parceval's lemma 17/13 Parsons' turbine 10/10 10/12 Part-punching 6/17 Particle-reinforced metals 16/53 Particular integral 17/17 Parts referencing 6/4 PASCAL (language) 4/44 Pascal (unit) 19/7 Passive solar design 12/8 UK applications 12/9 use of atria 12/10 Patenting (steel) 7/49 Path control, robotic 5/20 Peak inverse voltage 2/14 Pearlite 7/21 7/23 Pearson coefficient (of skewness) 17/24 Peat 11/12 PEEK (polyether-ether ketone) composites 7/95 7/123 Pelton wheel 12/20 Pemserter 6/16 Penetrant testing 7/173 Penetration cracking 7/159 People, vibration effects on 15/136

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Period (time interval) 2/9 Periodic phenomena units and symbols 19/5 Peripheral devices 4/5 4/15 PERITUS knowledge-based system 7/9 Permanent mould casting, see die casting Permeability 2/6 Permeance 2/6 Permittivity 2/4 7/5 Permutations 17/24 Perpendicular axis theorem 1/5 Personal Certification in Non-Destructive Testing 13/5 Personal computers (PCs) 3/58 laptop 4/5 use as controllers 3/65 Personal protective equipment 18/10 legislation 18/10 Petroff equation (oil requirement) 9/46 Petroleum fractions 11/9 Petroleum gases 11/8 11/9 Petrov's Law (fluid films) 9/31 9/36 pH scale 19/12 Pharmaceutical industry, and surface topography 9/107 Phase diagram, iron-carbide 7/21 Phasor diagrams 2/11 Phenolic/resorcinolic adhesives 16/72 Phenolics 7/127 Phosphating 7/165 9/81 Photochemical processes 12/16 Photoelasticity 8/16 Photoelectrochemical cell 12/16 Photogrammetric methods 9/117 Photosynthesis 12/4 12/36 Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) 12/36

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Photovoltaic systems 12/3 energy conversion 12/14 12/15 Physical constants 19/17 Physical vapour deposition (PVD) 9/80 PID (Proportional Integral and Derivative) control 3/51 3/52 3/60 3/74 digital control algorithm 3/62 Piezoelectric transducers 11/19 Pilgering 16/30 Pipe flow: change of section losses 1/24 effect of roughness 1/24 friction losses 1/23 measurement of 1/25 pressure Design Standards 15/90 Pipe networks 1/24 Pipework distribution systems, heating 15/95 Pirani thermal conductivity instrument 3/31 Piston seals 15/43 Pilot tube 1/26 3/34 Pilot-static tube 1/26 Pitting 7/158 9/104 steel 7/42 Pixel 5/27 PL1 (Programming Language 1) 4/44 Planned lubrication maintenance (PLM) schemes 9/26 Planning Application conditions 15/146 Plant surveillance 7/169 Plasma carburizing 9/76 Plasma coating 7/165 Plasma cutting 16/63 Plasticity 8/3 8/10 collapse mechanism 8/11 Plastics 7/107 component design 7/113 7/130 7/132

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Plastics (Continued) corrosion of 7/164 protection of 7/166 Plate Inspection Steering Committee 13/5 Plate production 16/20 16/21 Plating/diffusion treatments (for hardening) 9/78 Platinum group metals 7/91 Plotters 4/19 5/6 5/30 Plugging (motor braking) 2/27 Plutonium 7/92 as fuel 13/4 isotopes 13/4 Plywood 7/106 pn junction diode 2/13 Pneumatic instruments 3/26 Pneumatic surface-measurement methods 9/113 Pneumatic systems, controlling 3/68 Pneurop Oxidation Test (POT) 9/18 Pocket computer 4/5 Poiseuille's equation (fluid flow) 1/24 Poisson distribution 17/26 Poisson's equation 17/20 Poisson's Ratio 7/3 8/3 8/7 table 19/20 Polar coordinates 1/6 Polariscope photoelastic 8/17 Polarization measurements (surface roughness) 9/116 Pole (mathematics) 17/6 Polyamide-imide 7/125 Polyamides: Aliphatic, see Nylons aromatic 7/120 Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) 7/122 Polycarbonates 7/122

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Polyester resins 7/128 Polyesters 7/122 Polyether ketones (PEK) 7/123 Polyether sulphones 7/123 Polyetherimide 7/125 Polyethylene 7/117 Polyethylene terephthalate (PETP) 7/122 Polyimide 7/125 Polymer matrices 7/93 7/94 Polymers 7/106 9/62 adhesive 16/73 classification 7/109 for coatings 7/165 Polymers - continued processing 7/111 use of 9/100 see also under specific type names Polymethyl pentene (TPX) 7/117 Polymides, thermosetting 7/128 Polyphenylene oxide, modified 7/122 Polyphenylene sulphide 7/122 Polypropylene 7/117 Polystyrene 7/117 Polysulphone 7/123 Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), see PTFE Polytropic process 1/37 Polyurethanes 7/144 as adhesives 16/72 Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), see PVC Porcelains, see Ceramics, clay-based Porous absorbers, sound 15/148 Porous metals, see Self-lubricating porous metals Portugal, health and safety standards 18/3 Positron measurements, optical 3/25

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Positive displacement machines 15/3 principles 15/6 Position annihilation technique 7/175 Post-processing systems, computer 5/16 Potential difference 2/3 Potential energy 1/5 Pour point (oil viscosity) 9/5 Powder compaction techniques 16/52 Powder forming 16/29 Power 1/5 belt-drive ratings 10/20 compact sources 13/9 electrical 2/3 Power beam welding 16/64 Power factor 2/12 Power factor correction, welding equipment 15/121 Power fasteners 6/17 Power series 17/12 Power sources, welding 16/57 16/59 Power spectral density function 9/123 Power transmission 10/15 Shafts 10/34 Power triangle 2/12 Power-correction factors 10/20 PPI (Programmable Peripheral Interface) 3/6 Prandtl numbers 1/30 1/44 15/82 Pre-ignition 11/17 Pre-production control 7/170 Precession 1/8 Precious metals 7/91 Preferred sizes, modular design 6/3 Pressure: fluid 1/18 measurement 1/18 3/29

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Pressure ratio, critical 1/32 Pressure transducer 8/16 Pressure transients 1/30 Pressure trapping (seal failure) 15/48 Pressure units 19/7 absolute 19/8 gauge 19/8 Pressure vessels: Design Standards 15/90 steels 7/26 ferritic 8/26 8/29 Pressure wave progress 1/31 Pressure-enthalpy chart, refrigeration cycles 15/115 Pressurization, heating systems 15/95 Pressurized Water-cooled Reactor (PWR) 13/5 13/9 Prestressed concrete 7/104 Preventive maintenance 15/124 predictive 15/124 Priming, boiler 15/83 Printers: computer dot matrix 4/16 5/30 high-speed 4/18 laser 4/19 5/30 letter-quality 4/17 Probabilistic quantity 1/15 Probability 17/25 distribution 1/15 17/26 density function 1/15 Process control 3/41 7/170 Process efficiency 1/36 Process laws, thermodynamic 1/37 Process planning 5/15 Product Design Exchange Specification (PDES) 5/18

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Product Design Specification 7/8 Production platforms: offshore 14/8 future 14/11 Profile parameters 9/122 Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) 3/65 in automation systems 3/65 ladder diagram 3/67 or microcomputer alternative 3/66 networking 3/69 safety procedures 3/69 Programmable Logic Devices (PLD) 2/55 Programming, numerical control 5/15 Programs, computer 4/36 Prohibition Notices 18/5 Projection welding 16/66 Proof stress 7/3 Proportional control 3/73 Prosecutions, health and safety 18/5 Protection, electrical 2/56 Proving ring 3/29 PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) 7/125 contact seals 15/43 in O-rings 15/35 as packing material 15/28 15/29 use of 9/84 9/100 for sliding bearings 9/62 9/64 9/66 9/69 Public Packet-Switched Network (PPSN) 4/36 Pulleys: belt-drive 10/18 10/20 timing 10/24 Pulse circuits 2/54 Pulse transfer function 3/72 Pulse wave 17/13

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Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) 3/10 Pulsed Video Thermography (PVT) 7/173 Pultrusion 7/95 Pumped storage systems 12/21 Pumps: centrifugal 15/9 characteristics 15/5 design principles 15/3 external gear 15/7 machine selection 15/13 metering 15/9 15/10 performance 15/14 15/18 limitations 15/8 reciprocating, seals for 15/23 Push-bench process 16/23 PV (pressure velocity) factors 9/61 9/63 PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) 7/117 Pyrolysis 7/153 Pyrometers, see Thermometers, radiation

Q Q factor (quality) 2/13 Q-factor, see Dynamic magnification factor Quacorr RP100A 7/128 Quadratic equation 17/7 Quality 6/29 Quality Assurance (QA) 13/9 surface treatments 9/87 Quality control 7/170 adhesive joints 16/84 nuclear plants 13/8 surface treatments 9/87 Quality system, health and safety, use of adhesives 16/84 Quartiles 17/23

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Quartz fibres 7/93 Quenching process 1/42 7/28 8/38

R R6 method, CEGB 8/22 Radel 7/123 Radiation: nuclear limits 13/11 units 13/10 protection from 7/176 solar-energy 12/4 thermal 1/39 1/42 1/45 Radio-toxicity 13/5 Radioactive Substances Act 1960 7/175 Radioactive Substances (Carriage by Road) GB Regulations 1940 7/176 Radioactive Substances (Road Transport Workers) GB Regulations 1970 7/176 Radioactivity 7/175 13/3 see also Radiation, nuclear Radiography 7/174 dynamic 7/175 electron 7/175 flash 7/175 legislation for 7/175 low-voltage 7/175 panoramic 7/175 real-time 7/175 Radiometry 7/175 Radiosity 1/45 Railway noise 15/142 RAM (Random Access Memory) chip 3/5 4/7 4/8 Ramp input (control system) 3/42 Rance Barrage 12/31

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Random logic 4/11 Random processes 1/15 Random variable 1/15 Randupson process 16/101 Range, series 17/23 Rank correlation coefficient 17/25 Rankine cycle 10/9 Rankine-Hugoneot relationship 1/33 RAPRA Technology 6/32 Rarefaction 1/31 Raster-scan 5/30 screen 5/5 Ray-tracing 5/42 Rayleigh number (fluid flow) 1/45 Rayleigh's method (vibrating system) 1/9 RC circuits 2/9 Reactance: capacitive 2/11 inductive 2/10 Reaction, compressor 15/4 Reaction bonding 7/153 Reaction injection moulding 7/113 Reactive power 2/12 Reactor, nuclear: control of 13/6 types of 13/5 Read-only memory (ROM) 4/7 Real time 4/38 Reciprocating piston engine, noise sources from 15/147 Recirculation, pump performance 15/11 Rectification, a.c. 2/14 2/41 Rectified sine wave 17/12 Reducing mills 16/22

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Reduction formulae, calculus 17/10 Reference spectrum 15/127 Referred values, transformer 2/31 Reflection 5/35 Refractive index 7/5 Refrigeration 15/114 solar 12/12 Refrigeration plant: air-conditioning 15/109 energy survey 15/122 Refrigerator compressors 9/19 Refuse-derived fuels 11/13 12/37 Regenerative cycle, steam 10/9 Regenerators, energy management 15/123 Registers: computer 4/8 flip-flop 2/53 Regression 17/25 Regula falsi method (successive approximation) 17/7 Reiher-Meister scale 15/137 Reinforced concrete 7/103 polymer additives 7/104 Reinforced thermoplastic materials (RTP) 7/99 Reinforcement: Elastomer composite 7/138 fibre 7/93 7/94 Relative file organization 4/39 Relative permittivity 7/5 Relays, control 3/68 Reliability, instrument 3/22 Reluctance 2/6 Remanent flux density/remanence 2/8 life assessment 8/30 Renard series 6/3

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Replicast ceramic shell casting process 16/102 Report Program Generator (RPG) 4/44 Residue (mathematical) 17/6 Resistance: electrical 2/3 measurements 3/24 Resistance welding 16/65 Resistivity, electrical 2/3 19/18 19/21 Resolution, computer graphics 5/28 5/29 Resolvent matrix 3/86 Resonance condition (electrical) 2/13 Resonant absorbers (sound) 15/148 Resource sharing, computer 4/35 Response initiate time 6/28 Reynolds number 1/23 1/44 9/5 15/5 boiler flow 15/82 Reynold's equation (hydrodynamic bearing theory) 9/31 9/104 Rheo-casting 16/106 16/108 Right-hand screw rule 2/5 Rigid column theory 1/30 Ring pattern, network 3/70 Ripple factor 2/42 RISC (reduced instruction set computer) 4/12 Rivets 6/21 RL circuits 2/9 RLC circuits 2/11 Road traffic noise 15/141 Robotics: industrial 5/16 5/19 construction 5/19 drive and control systems 3/15 5/20 5/22 geometry 5/20 programming methods 5/22 safety with 5/25

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Robotics: (Continued) selection of 5/24 uses of 5/23 Rockets 11/18 Rockwell hardness 7/3 7/4 Rockwell microcomputer 3/60 Roll-cladding 9/83 Roller bearings, see Bearings, rolling element Rolling mills 16/18 Rolling processes 7/18 16/18 flow forming 16/24 general 16/5 machine parts 16/25 mashy state 16/53 plate strip and sheet 16/20 seamless tubing 16/21 sheet roll bending 16/25 structural sections 16/21 ROM (Read Only Memory) chip 3/5 4/7 4/8 Roof extract units 15/101 Roof inlet units 15/101 Root mean square values 2/9 RotaBolt 6/17 Rotaform process 16/31 Rotameter 1/25 3/33 Rotary forging 16/29 Rotary-Compressor Oxidation Test (ROCOT) 9/18 Rotation process (mathematical) 5/35 Rotodynamic machine principles 15/3 Roughness, surface 6/14 Routh-Hurwits criterion 3/49 RS 232C interface standard 3/7 4/27 4/29 Rubber mounts 15/133 anti-vibration 15/150

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Rubbers, see Elastomers Runge-Kutta predictor/corrector procedure 17/19 Running-in phase 9/105 Rupture, see Stress rupture testing Rutile flux covering 16/56

S SAE viscosity system, see Society of Automotive Engineers Safety: by design 18/9 electrical 2/55 industrial robots 5/25 machinery 18/9 see also Health and Safety Salt bath process, see Nitrocarburizing Salter Duck 12/34 Sampled-data systems 3/56 3/63 Sampling (digital) 3/62 Sampling (mathematical) 17/28 SAN (styrene/acrilonitrile polymer) 7/117 Sand casting processes 16/93 16/100 sand handling 16/98 Sandwik cutting tool program 7/8 Saturation characteristics, amplifier 3/79 Sawtooth wave 17/13 Scaling Laws 15/6 Scaling process (graphics) 5/35 Scanner 5/6 5/30 Scanning tunnelling microscope 9/117 Scatter diagram 17/25 Scattering measurements (surface roughness) 9/115 Schaeffler Diagram 7/46 7/48 Schematic modelling 5/12 Schlerscope hardness 7/4

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Schmaltz technique, see Light sectioning process Schmidt method 1/43 Schottky circuits 2/44 Scotch-Grip fastening system 6/20 Screens, CAD/CAM 5/5 Screws, self-tapping 6/20 Scuffing 9/71 9/105 SDLC protocol 4/29 Sea waves, see Wave power Seal Compatability Index (SCI) 9/12 Sealants 16/72 Sealed heating systems 15/95 Seals 15/18 contact band width 15/42 design of 9/106 hydraulic, see Hydraulic seals multi-lip 15/23 see also Clearance seals; Mechanical seals Seam welding 16/66 Seamless tubing production 16/21 Second moment of area, see Moment of inertia Sectional boilers 15/75 Sectional properties table 19/20 Segments (graphics) 5/38 Seismic excitation 1/12 1/14 Self-induced e.m.f. 2/7 Self-lubricating porous metals 9/69 Self-tuning control 3/56 Selsyn, see Synchro Semi-conductor 2/13 diode 2/14 2/15 doped 2/13 use in solar cell 12/14

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Semi-submersible platforms 14/3 14/5 future 14/12 Separation constant (mathematical) 17/21 Separation load 10/35 Separation of variables method 17/21 Sequential control systems 3/40 Serial communication 3/7 Series (mathematical) 17/11 Servomechanisms 3/40 Severn Barrage (proposed) 12/32 12/33 Shading operation 5/42 Shaft: critical frequency 9/38 eccentricity 15/54 imbalance 15/128 surface finish 15/53 whirling 1/8 Shaft couplings 10/36 all-metal membrane 10/40 flexible ranges 10/42 torque and misalignment 10/42 types of 10/37 10/43 Shaft seals, see Lip seals, rotary-shaft Shannon's sampling theorem 3/62 Shape factor (radiation) 1/45 Shaping processes, metal 16/3 Shaw process 16/101 Shear force 1/3 Shear transformation process 5/35 Shear/Rigidity modulus table 19/20 Shearing operation, sheet metal 16/43 Sheet steel 7/26 forming 16/13 16/43 production 16/20

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Sheet steel (Continued) roll-bending 16/25 Sheet-moulding compounds (SMC) 7/99 Shell boilers 15/76 Shell-moulding techniques 16/101 Sherardizing 7/88 Shielding, nuclear 13/11 13/12 Shock isolation 15/131 Shock noise 9/106 Shock pulses 15/131 Shock waves 1/33 Shore A scale (hardness) 7/3 7/134 Shot peening 8/38 9/74 9/101 Shrinkage/contraction, casting 16/85 Shunt-wound generator 2/19 SI units 19/3 abbreviations 19/13 conversion factors 19/13 derived units 19/3 listing 19/5 magnitudes/multiples 19/3 19/4 rules for 19/4 Sialons 7/150 Siemens (unit) 2/3 Sievert (radiation unit) 13/10 Sigma Ltd Data Myte 769 system 6/33 Signal conditioning 3/18 Silicon 7/92 Silicon bronze 7/58 Silicon carbide 7/149 15/62 fibres 7/93 Silicon cell, see Solar cell Silicon nitride 7/149 Silicon-controlled rectifier, see Thyristor

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Silicone resins 7/128 Silicones 7/125 Siliconizing 9/75 Silver 7/91 Simple harmonic motion 1/10 Simplex communication 4/28 Simpson's Rule (integration) 17/11 Simulation, robot 5/22 Simulation techniques 5/22 Simultaneous equations, linear 17/14 Single-chip microcontrollers (SCMs) 3/58 3/60 Sinking mills 16/22 Sinter forging, see Powder forming Sintering 7/153 Sinusoidal input (control system) 3/42 Sizing mills 16/22 Skewness 9/120 17/24 Skin friction 9/106 Slideways, lubrication of 9/14 Sliding: friction/wear 9/4 unlubricated 9/60 performance rating 9/60 Slip amplitude 9/92 Slip frequency 9/94 Small angles approximations 17/4 Smith-Putnam windmill 12/23 Smog 11/18 Smoke ventilation 15/105 Smoothness, depth of 9/120 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), viscosity system 9/8 Software: computer 4/36

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Software: (Continued) quality maintenance 6/32 Solar cell 12/14 Solar chemistry 12/15 detoxification 12/18 photochemical processes 12/16 surfaces transformation 12/18 Solar distillation 12/12 Solar energy 12/3 flat-plate collectors 12/6 heat collectors 12/10 radiation 12/4 space heating 12/8 Solar glazing 12/17 Solar houses 12/8 direct gain system 12/8 passive system 12/8 Solar ponds 12/11 Solar refrigeration/cooling 12/12 Solar-powered engine 12/10 Soldering 16/67 Solders 7/90 Solid fuels 11/12 cokes 11/13 graphite 11/13 peat to anthracite 11/12 wastes as 11/13 wood and straw 11/12 Solid modelling 5/10 Solid solutions 7/21 Solid-state diffusion 7/163 Sommerfeld Number/Reciprocal 9/32 Sonic booms 1/33 Soot formation 11/19

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Sound intensity 15/139 Sound power 15/139 Sound pressure 15/139 Sound units and symbols 19/13 Sound-level meter 15/142 Sound-reduction index (SRI) 15/147 15/149 Space heating, energy survey 15/118 Space units 19/5 Spain, health and safety standards 18/3 Spark-ignition internal combustion engines 10/5 fuel behaviour 11/17 knocking 11/16 performance curves 10/7 timing diagrams 10/6 SPATE (Stress Pattern Analysis by Thermal Emission) 7/172 Specific heat 7/4 ratio 1/31 Table 17/20 Specific speed, pump 15/5 Specific wear rate 9/91 Speckle pattern measurements (surface roughness) 9/116 Spectral absorption coefficient 7/5 Spectral density 1/17 9/123 Specular beam 9/115 Speed control: a.c. motors 3/64 d.c. motors 2/21 3/63 electric drives 3/63 induction motors 2/27 stepper motors 3/64 Spinning, sheet metal 16/44 Spiroid gears 10/30 Spontaneous ignition temperature 11/16 Spot welding 16/65 16/66

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Sprag clutch 10/44 Sprayed coatings 9/82 Spring steels 7/12 7/49 Sprites 5/38 Spur-gear device 15/7 Sputtering process 7/165 9/80 Square wave 17/13 Squeeze casting 16/105 16/108 Squeeze seals 15/36 Squeeze-film effect 9/36 Stability: control systems 3/47 floating body 1/21 Stagnation conditions (gas flow) 1/32 Stainless steels 7/12 7/35 corrosion resistance 7/40 welding of 7/46 Stanal process 9/78 Standard deviation 1/16 Standard error of mean 17/28 Standardization, compression packing 15/27 Standardization, design 6/3 Standing wave 1/28 Stanton number (heat flow) 1/44 Star connection 2/23 Star network 4/32 Star pattern, network 3/70 Star-delta starter 2/26 State transition matrix 3/86 State variable modelling 3/76 Statically-determinate systems 1/3 Statics, rigid bodies 1/3 Stationary process 1/16

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Statutory Nuisances 15/105 Steady-flow energy equation 1/22 Steam generators 15/76 Steam heating systems 15/96 Steam plant 10/9 Steam storage 15/86 Steam turbines: impulse 10/10 impulse-reaction 10/11 lubrication 9/20 Steatites 7/147 Steel springs, isolating 15/133 Steel-making 7/12 Steels: casting 7/49 16/88 creep-resistant 8/26 8/30 fatigue resistance 8/37 heat-resisting 7/42 pressure vessel 8/26 8/29 stainless, see Stainless steels toughness of 7/44 weldability 7/45 wrought 7/11 7/12 Stefan-Boltzmann constant (energy emission) 1/42 Step input (control system) 3/42 Stepper motors 2/29 3/64 Sterilization, nuclear 13/10 Stirling engine 12/18 Stoichiometry 11/14 Storage and stock, energy survey 15/122 Strain 8/3 Strain gauges 3/23 3/29 8/12 15/134 arrangements of 8/14 principles 8/13

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Strainer 9/24 Straw, use of 12/37 Stream function 1/33 Stream lines 1/22 Stream tubes 1/22 Strength of materials 1/3 Stress 8/3 8/4 concentration 8/38 factor 8/7 distribution, under polarized light 8/17 freezing 8/18 impact 8/8 relaxation 7/137 8/23 rupture 7/4 testing 8/23 8/25 8/30 Stress corrosion cracking 7/42 7/160 Stress systems: isotropic materials 8/4 plane 8/4 Stress units 17/7 Stress waves 8/8 Stress-pattern analysis by thermal emission (SPATE) 8/19 Stretch conditions, rolling process 16/23 Stretch forming, sheet metal 16/44 Strip steel 7/26 production 16/21 Strobe input 2/48 Structural analysis techniques 14/19 Structural failure mechanisms, jacket 14/22 Structural isolation 15/133 Structural steels 7/26 sections production 16/21 Structural variability 7/171 Structure function 9/123

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Student t test (of significance) 17/29 Stuffing box 15/18 Stylus measurement instruments 9/109 Substitutions, standard calculus 17/10 Subtractor, see Amplifier, differential Sulf-BT process 9/78 Sulfmuz process 9/77 9/100 Superheaters 15/85 Superminicomputer 4/6 Superplastic forming 16/52 Superposition theorem 2/3 Supply air systems 15/101 Surface chemistry changes 9/74 Surface engineering 9/70 9/88 Surface features 9/102 9/103 9/121 Surface finishes 6/14 9/107 9/108 generation of 16/10 monitoring of 9/88 Surface flaws 7/171 Surface hardening, steel 7/31 Surface measurements, characterization of 9/117 Surface modelling 5/10 Surface mount technology 4/4 Surface replication technique 8/30 Surface tension 1/18 table of 19/20 Surface topography 9/124 effects of 9/102 measurements 9/109 characterization of 9/117 production factors 9/107 Surface treatments/coatings 9/73 9/85 9/100 Surge, compressor performance 15/12 Sursulf process 9/77

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Suspension processing 7/113 Swageform screws 6/20 Swarf disposal 16/6 Switchgear 9/20 oils for 9/20 Switching operations, thyristor 2/37 Synchro (for angle measurement) 3/26 Synchronous motors 2/25 Sysgen (system generation) 4/39 Systems Network Architecture (SNA) 4/35

T T-T-T diagrams 7/24 Tactile test, friction feel 9/112 Tandem seals 15/62 Tantalum 7/91 Tape: magnetic 4/22 streamer unit 4/22 Taptite screws 6/20 Task-to-task communications 4/35 Taylor's series 17/5 17/11 Technical and Office protocols (TOP) 5/7 Tedlar 7/125 Teflon 7/125 Tefzel 7/125 Temper embrittlement 7/44 Temperature 1/18 measurement 3/34 Temperature-limiting values 15/95 Tempering 7/29 steels 7/12 7/28 Tensile ductility 7/3 Tensile testing, parameters 7/3

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Tensioned buoyant platform 14/26 Terminal equipment 4/36 Terneplate 7/90 Terrestrial energy 12/3 12/27 applications 12/28 developments 12/29 electricity generation 12/29 hot dry rocks 12/29 resources 12/27 Terylene 7/122 Tesla (unit) 2/6 Tests of significance 17/28 Thermal efficiency 1/36 Thermal insulation, building 15/91 Thermal power 12/10 chemical energy storage 12/18 Thermal properties 7/4 Conductivity, see Conductance thermal diffusivity 7/5 expansion 3/34 7/5 resistance 1/40 1/41 Thermal storage 15/86 Thermal-fluid heating systems, high-temperature 15/96 Thermaspray adhesives 6/20 Thermistors 3/38 Thermo-couples 3/34 Thermo-elastic analysis 8/18 Thermochemical heatpump 12/18 Thermodynamics 1/35 laws of 1/36 Thermoeconomics 1/37 Thermographic techniques 7/172 Thermometers 3/34 gas/vapour 3/39

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Thermometers (Continued) radiation 3/38 resistance 3/37 Thermoplastic polymers 7/95 7/109 7/117 high-temperature 7/123 Thermosetting polymers 7/95 7/111 7/126 Thevenin's theorem (networks) 2/4 Third-generation languages (3GLs) 4/43 Thixo-casting 16/106 16/108 Thoma cavitation number 15/9 Thorium fuel 7/92 13/4 enrichment process 13/4 Threadlocking 6/19 Three Mile Island accident 13/8 Three-dimensional concepts 5/41 motion 1/7 Three-phase circuits 2/23 alternators 2/24 power in 2/24 Threshold Limit Value (TLV) 15/99 Thyristor 2/37 2/42 3/8 for speed control 2/22 TI Index (information system) 6/5 Tidal power 12/3 12/30 economics 12/33 impact of 12/32 principles 12/30 schemes 12/31 sites 12/31 Tiduram process 9/79 TIG welding 16/62 Tightly coupled computer systems 4/6 Tilting pad bearing 9/40 Time averaging, synchronous 15/129

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Time delay effect 3/49 Time sharing 4/37 Time units and symbols 19/5 Time-division multiplexing (TDM) 4/26 Time-domain analysis 3/42 Time-series modelling 9/123 Timers: computer 4/13 flip-flop circuits 2/54 PLC 3/68 programmable 3/6 Timing belt 10/23 Tin and its alloys 7/88 7/90 Tinplate 7/90 Titania ceramics 7/149 Titanites 7/149 Titanium and its alloys 7/66 Titanium nitride, use of 9/80 Tolerances 6/7 6/8 and dimensioning 6/13 and surface conditions 6/14 Tomography 7/175 Tonne (unit) 19/7 Tool steels 7/12 7/48 Tooth load 10/35 Tooth profile 10/26 Toothmeshing frequency 15/125 Topografiner 9/117 Topothesy 9/118 Torlon 7/125 Torque 1/5 power due to 1/6 work done by 1/6 Torsion equation 1/4

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TOST ‘life’ (of oil) 9/20 Total Quality Management (TQM) 6/32 Touch screen 5/32 Toughness: steel 7/44 fracture testing 8/19 Toyota Diffusion Process 9/76 TPX, see Polymethyl pentene Tracing, nuclear 13/10 Tracker ball 5/31 Tramp oil 9/15 Transaction processing 4/38 Transducers 3/23 phase imbalance 15/128 Transferred Plasma-Arc process 9/82 Transformation ratio 2/31 Transformation-hardening 9/73 Transformations, two-dimensional 5/34 Transformer 2/30 9/20 closed-circuit test 2/31 efficiency 2/32 losses 2/31 oils for 9/20 three-phase 2/32 see also Auto-transformer Transient switching conditions 2/9 Transistor 2/33 collector 2/33 use in circuits 2/35 see also Field effect transistor Transistor/Transistor Logic (TTL) 3/8 Translation, image 5/34 Transmission Control Protocol/Internal Protocol (TCP/IP) 5/7 Transmission shaft 10/34

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Transport, energy survey 15/122 Transverse rolling, see Rotary forging Trapezoidal rule 17/10 Trend limit 15/127 Trending procedure, vibration increase 15/129 Triac 2/37 Triangles: solution of 17/4 spherical 12/4 Triangular wave 17/13 Tribology, seal behaviour 15/40 Trigonometric formulae 17/3 Tritium 13/4 Trombe wall 12/8 Truth table (logical functions) 2/43 TTL circuits 2/44 Tube extrusion processes 16/35 Tube-drawing processes 16/40 16/42 Tungsten 7/91 Tungsten carbide 15/62 Turbine meter 3/31 Turbine oil 9/20 Turbines, see Gas turbines; Steam turbines; Water turbines Turbulent flow 1/23 Turndown, boiler 15/84 Turning processes: forces in 16/9 metal 16/3 Two-stroke engine 10/6

U U-value (insulation) 1/41 1/46 15/91 15/93 15/111 15/119 Udel 7/123

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Ugine-Sejournet process 16/36 Ultem 7/125 Ultimate tensile stress 7/3 Ultrasonics, use of 6/20 7/176 UNC (Unified coarse) thread 6/17 UNF (Unified fine) thread 6/17 UNIGRAPHICS 11 software 6/32 United Kingdom, health and safety standards 18/4 United States, health and safety standards 18/4 Universal constants 19/18 Universal gas constant 1/31 Universal joint 10/39 UNIX operating system 4/44 5/41 Upsetting, see Forging operations, open-die Uranium 7/92 as fuel 13/4 isotopes 13/4 Urea formaldehyde 7/128 Urethanes 7/144

V V.24 interface standard 4/29 V-belts 10/18 Vacuum evaporation coating 7/165 Vacuum measurements 3/29 3/31 Vacuum welding 16/64 Vacuum-forming process 7/113 Valency values table 19/20 Valisys software 6/32 Valve closure rates, effect of 1/30 Valve steels 7/12 7/44 Valve stem seals 15/30 Van Karmann's momentum integral 1/29

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Vapour compression cycle 15/115 Variable-amplitude loading, effect of 8/38 Variance 1/16 VAX system 4/10 4/13 4/14 4/15 5/41 Vector calculus 17/11 Vector scan 5/30 Velocity 1/5 angular 1/5 measurement 3/27 fluid 3/34 in mechanisms 1/7 Velocity diagrams 15/4 Velocity meter 1/26 open-channel 1/27 Velocity pick-ups 15/134 Velocity potential 1/34 Velocity potential lines 1/34 Vena contracta 1/24 Ventilation: Codes of Practice 15/105 legislation 15/105 Ventilation systems 15/97 commissioning 15/106 definitions 15/97 15/99 design factors 15/103 maintenance 15/106 natural 15/99 powered 15/100 running costs 15/106 Venturi flumes, see Flumes Venturi meter 1/25 Venturi throat 3/33 VIA (Versatile Interface Adaptor) 3/6

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Vibration: attenuation 15/132 definition 15/129 effects 15/136 15/138 isolation of 15/130 15/148 materials 15/133 limits 15/136 15/138 measurement of 3/28 15/133 multi-degree of freedom 1/14 random 1/15 reduction of 15/132 single-degree of freedom 1/9 and surface roughness 9/106 torsional 1/10 Vibration monitoring 15/125 analysis techniques 15/126 high-frequency range 15/126 low-frequency range 15/125 medium-frequency range 15/125 Vickers hardness 7/3 7/4 Victrex 7/123 Virtual terminals 4/35 Visco-seal 15/73 Viscosity 1/18 9/31 fuel 11/11 gear oils 9/47 hydraulic oils 9/11 of lubricants 9/5 pump, performance 15/10 Viscosity Index (VI) 9/5 9/8 9/11 improvers 9/7 Vision systems, industrial, see Industrial vision systems Visual Display Unit (VDU) 4/17 Visual indicators, locating 6/29 Vitrification 7/153

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VLSI (very-large scale integration) 2/37 3/4 4/4 VMS systems 5/41 Voltage ratio 2/13 Voltage regulation 2/32 Voltage/current relationship 2/9 Volume measurement 3/27 Volume resistivity 7/5 Vortex 1/35 Vorticity 1/22 VRC (Vertical Redundancy Check) 4/28 Vulcanization 7/133 Vulcanized rubber, storage of 15/50

W Walsh functions 9/123 Wankel engine 11/16 Ward Leonard drive 2/21 Warm air heating systems 15/96 Warm forging 16/28 Washers 6/21 Waste, solid, energy from 11/13 12/37 Waste lubricating oil 9/27 Waste storage, nuclear 13/8 Waste-heat boilers 15/84 Waste-heat recovery 15/122 Water hammer, see Pressure transients Water tube boilers 15/78 Water turbines 12/19 Water-level control, boiler 15/86 Waterside conditions 15/82 Wave forces 14/14 on large bodies 14/18 on slender structures 14/17

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Wave forms 17/12 Wave power 12/3 12/33 12/35 energy converters 12/34 principles 12/33 shore-based systems 12/35 Wave windings, armature 2/17 Wavelength: average 9/121 root mean square 9/121 Wear: data on 9/83 fretting 9/89 process identification 9/72 sliding 9/60 9/64 types 9/71 Wear equations 9/4 Wear Factor 9/4 Wear resistance 7/7 Wear-resistance surface treatments, choice of 9/85 Weber (unit) 2/5 Wedge belts, see V-belts Weeds, aquatic 12/40 Weibull function (probability) 7/152 12/24 17/28 Weight 1/3 19/5 19/7 Weight measurement 3/28 Weights and measures systems 19/8 Weirs 1/27 Weld Decay 7/47 7/159 Welding 16/54 economics 16/68 energy survey 15/121 joint types 16/55 steels for 7/45 for wear resistance 9/83

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Welding processes: consumable guide 16/59 electro-slag 16/59 electron beam 16/64 explosive 16/51 flash 16/67 flux-cored arc 16/62 friction 16/67 gas 16/63 gas-shielded metal arc. 16/60 gas-shielding tungsten arc. 16/62 gravity 16/58 laser 16/64 16/65 manual metal arc 16/55 mechanized 16/58 open-arc automatic 16/58 plasma arc 16/62 resistance 16/65 resistance butt 16/66 submerged arc 16/58 ultrasonic 6/20 vacuum 16/64 Wells turbine 12/34 12/35 Westland Helicopters Ltd. 10/26 Wheatstone bridge circuit 8/14 Whirling (of shafts) 1/10 White cast iron 7/55 White noise 1/17 Wide area network (WAN) 4/16 Wide-band process 1/17 Wiggings Teape Basingstoke headquarters, use of atrium 12/10 Winchester drive 4/21 Wind Energy Group 12/26

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Wind power 12/3 12/23 12/27 characteristics 12/23 environmental issues 12/26 potential 12/23 12/24 Wind turbine 12/25 Windchargers 12/25 Windings, transformer 2/31 Windmills 12/24 Window, solar 12/17 Windowing operation (graphics) 5/37 Windows operating system (computer) 4/5 Windscale accident 13/10 Wire-drawing 7/27 16/41 Wire-frame: drawing 5/42 modelling 5/10 WLF (Williams, Landel, Ferry) equation 7/142 Wobbe number (fuels) 11/6 Wood 7/105 protection of 7/166 resin-impregnated 7/106 Woodfuel 12/37 Woodworking Machines Regulations 1974 15/105 Work 1/5 Work transfer 1/37 Works tests: compressors 15/18 fans 15/18 pumps 15/14 Workstations 4/5 4/18 5/4 5/40 Worm drive 10/30 Worthington plot 15/5 Writing tablet 4/20 Wye connection, see Star connection

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Y Yield point 8/3 Yield Stress 7/3 Young's Modulus, see Modulus of elasticity

Z z-transform 3/56 3/70 Zalutite 7/88 Zener diodes 2/14 2/15 2/42 Zener effect 2/34 Zener voltage 2/14 Zero 17/6 Zero-order-hold device 3/56 3/71 3/72 Zinal treatment 9/79 9/84 Zinc coating 7/88 Zinc and its alloys 7/87 Zinc spraying 7/165 Zirconia ceramics 7/149 Zirconium 7/92

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