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BOOK NOTES LINEAR GRAPHS AND ELECTRICALNETWORKS, by Sundaram Seshu and Myril B. Reed. 315 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. Reading (Mass.), Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $9.75.
this increasingly important metal are discussed by leading authorities in the field, in addition to the occurrence and extractive metallurgy of cobalt.
Introducing the theory of linear graphs to electrical engineers and demonstrating the power of these methods in solving network problems, are the aims of this text. The first five chapters are devoted to the basic theory of graphs in relation to their engineering applications. Considerable space is devoted to the matrices of a graph, and the relevant concepts are also treated in great detail. The last five chapters, which comprise the majority of the book, treat applications of graph theory. These deal with electric network theory, switching theory, communication networks, signal flow graphs, and logic. The book establishes a solid mathematical foundation for electric network theory, particularly those formulations which are applicable to digital computers, and is based upon the results of several years' research and teaching by the co-authors.
MAGNETICTAPE INSTRUMENTATION,by Gomer L. Davies. 263 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $8.50.
COBALT: CHEMISTRY,METALLURGYAND USES, edited by Roland S. Young. 424 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961. Price, $15.00. The chemist who has occasion to work with cobalt and requires accurate, up-to-date and complete information, and the chemist or metallurgist who wishes to browse through this field in the hope of adding to his general knowledge or acquiring ideas which may apply to his own sphere of work, are the ones to whom this book is directed. The latest information on the production and consumption of cobalt in all its forms, and a complete survey of the many new industrial applications of cobalt that have been developed in the past decade, are found in this text. The properties and compounds of 432
This guide to the uses of magnetic tape reproduction includes infoi'mation on techniques and equipment for reproduction of data (not voice and music), such as electrical signals or physical phenomena which can be represented by electrical signals. It is particularly useful as a new technique for scientists and engineers, for it requires no processing between recording and reproduction. The book is aimed at users of magnetic tape equipment, to give them a broader understanding of this new tool. It is not a designer's manual, but a user's one, since applications are stressed. SEPARATION PROCESSES iN PRACTICE, edited by Robert F. Chapman, 209 pages, dial grams, 5 X 7¼ in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961. Price, $4.95. The latest information on both theory and practice of the various separation processes, based on fundamental processes, is presented in this small text. The newest theories are examined and presented in the first two chapters along with a review of the fundamentals. Typical examples of both the oldest and the newest techniques employed in the separation process are discussed in the remaining chapters. Described also is some of the latest equipment now in use in the field. This work is based on a symposium, "Experiment in Industry" which was jointly sponsored by the Philadelphia-Wilmington Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the University of Pennsylvania. The
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engineer who desires to brush up on fundamentals, broaden his practical knowledge of the field, and learn of new developments will find this book of valuable assistance. MODERN FLIGHT DYNAMICS, by W. Richard Kolk. 288 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. Englewood Cliffs (N. J.), Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961. Price: $10.00 (trade); $7.50 (text). This volume represents the first in the forthcoming Space Technology Series. Its treatment is as a text and reference in the analysis of flight-vehicle design for aeronautical and astronautical engineers or for anyone engaged in the design or fabrication of airplanes and missiles. Chapter One begins with Newton's Second Law and Lagrange's Equation as alternative ways of formulating the equations of motion. The author then introduces in the second chapter direction cosines and Eulerian angles for the purpose of orientation reference. These two introductory sections are then used as tools with which the dynamics of flight vehicles are analyzed. The author also, in dealing with aerodynamic forces and moments, has not reduced equations of motion to nondimensional status for purposes of generality as do most books oll aeronautics, but has treated all motion as true and seconds as constant quantities--not varying with speed, altitude, and wing loading. For purposes of clarity and east of continuity, the text retains the "body-fixed" axis system throughout, rather than using the "velocityfixed" system in some problems. Important features include a complete analysis of the roll-coupling phenomenon, the detailed description oF manual and powered control systems for aircraft in Chapters 9 and 10, and in Chapter 12, the approximate solution for the gyroscopic motion of a spin-stabilized rocket. Many illustrative examples are used to emphasize the analyses, and in addition numerous line drawings, graphs, and tables have been included. TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT ANALYSIS, by Maurice V. Joyce and Kenneth V. Clarke. 461 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. Reading (Mass.), Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $10.75. "['he basic methods of analysis involved in the understanding and design of junction
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transistor circuitry are presented in this text. The transistor models used are restricted to a small number that are all easily interrelated. Initially, the simple low-frequency models are presented and are related to the underlying physical processes that occur in the device. Then after the reader has completely familiarized himself with these simple models the complications, such as high-frequency effects, noise, or saturation effects, are introduced. Special features of this text include a unified approach to transistor biasing problems, use of the current peak of the tunnel diode as a reference device, and an outline of the use of a minority charge density model in transistor switching and saturation calculations. New material is also included on emitter-follower transient responser, video amplifier with maximum flatness and maximum gain bandwidth products, and distributed amplifiers. The book can best be used as a reference for the circuit designer and as a senior-graduate level text. ADVANCED DESIGN IN STRUCTURALSTEEL,
by
John E. Lothers. 583 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. Englewood Cliffs (N. J.), Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961. Price:SIS.00 (trade); $11.25 (text). Practical and relatively simple solutions to the numerous complex and critical problems faced by the modern steel design engineer are provided in this volume. Up-to-the-minute data on continuous and rigid frame steel buildings and statically indeterminate trusses have been included. Wind and earthquake stresses, floor and stair design, and steel frame connections for multi-story buildings are also appraised. The author has included such topics as light gage structural steel sections, torsional buckling, allowable web sheer and tension members, hnportant information is also given regarding Lamella roofs and onestory rigid frame bents. Numerous illustrations to clarify factual material, and valuable bibliographies with sources for methods of advanced analysis have also been included. Meeting all the requirements and demands of specialists in structural engineering, this book will assist industrial concerns, technical institutes, and govermnent agencies.
this increasingly important metal are discussed by leading authorities in the field, in addition to the occurrence and extractive metallurgy of cobalt.
Introducing the theory of linear graphs to electrical engineers and demonstrating the power of these methods in solving network problems, are the aims of this text. The first five chapters are devoted to the basic theory of graphs in relation to their engineering applications. Considerable space is devoted to the matrices of a graph, and the relevant concepts are also treated in great detail. The last five chapters, which comprise the majority of the book, treat applications of graph theory. These deal with electric network theory, switching theory, communication networks, signal flow graphs, and logic. The book establishes a solid mathematical foundation for electric network theory, particularly those formulations which are applicable to digital computers, and is based upon the results of several years' research and teaching by the co-authors.
MAGNETICTAPE INSTRUMENTATION,by Gomer L. Davies. 263 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $8.50.
COBALT: CHEMISTRY,METALLURGYAND USES, edited by Roland S. Young. 424 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961. Price, $15.00. The chemist who has occasion to work with cobalt and requires accurate, up-to-date and complete information, and the chemist or metallurgist who wishes to browse through this field in the hope of adding to his general knowledge or acquiring ideas which may apply to his own sphere of work, are the ones to whom this book is directed. The latest information on the production and consumption of cobalt in all its forms, and a complete survey of the many new industrial applications of cobalt that have been developed in the past decade, are found in this text. The properties and compounds of 432
This guide to the uses of magnetic tape reproduction includes infoi'mation on techniques and equipment for reproduction of data (not voice and music), such as electrical signals or physical phenomena which can be represented by electrical signals. It is particularly useful as a new technique for scientists and engineers, for it requires no processing between recording and reproduction. The book is aimed at users of magnetic tape equipment, to give them a broader understanding of this new tool. It is not a designer's manual, but a user's one, since applications are stressed. SEPARATION PROCESSES iN PRACTICE, edited by Robert F. Chapman, 209 pages, dial grams, 5 X 7¼ in. New York, Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961. Price, $4.95. The latest information on both theory and practice of the various separation processes, based on fundamental processes, is presented in this small text. The newest theories are examined and presented in the first two chapters along with a review of the fundamentals. Typical examples of both the oldest and the newest techniques employed in the separation process are discussed in the remaining chapters. Described also is some of the latest equipment now in use in the field. This work is based on a symposium, "Experiment in Industry" which was jointly sponsored by the Philadelphia-Wilmington Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the University of Pennsylvania. The
May, I96I.]
BOOK NOTES
engineer who desires to brush up on fundamentals, broaden his practical knowledge of the field, and learn of new developments will find this book of valuable assistance. MODERN FLIGHT DYNAMICS, by W. Richard Kolk. 288 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. Englewood Cliffs (N. J.), Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961. Price: $10.00 (trade); $7.50 (text). This volume represents the first in the forthcoming Space Technology Series. Its treatment is as a text and reference in the analysis of flight-vehicle design for aeronautical and astronautical engineers or for anyone engaged in the design or fabrication of airplanes and missiles. Chapter One begins with Newton's Second Law and Lagrange's Equation as alternative ways of formulating the equations of motion. The author then introduces in the second chapter direction cosines and Eulerian angles for the purpose of orientation reference. These two introductory sections are then used as tools with which the dynamics of flight vehicles are analyzed. The author also, in dealing with aerodynamic forces and moments, has not reduced equations of motion to nondimensional status for purposes of generality as do most books oll aeronautics, but has treated all motion as true and seconds as constant quantities--not varying with speed, altitude, and wing loading. For purposes of clarity and east of continuity, the text retains the "body-fixed" axis system throughout, rather than using the "velocityfixed" system in some problems. Important features include a complete analysis of the roll-coupling phenomenon, the detailed description oF manual and powered control systems for aircraft in Chapters 9 and 10, and in Chapter 12, the approximate solution for the gyroscopic motion of a spin-stabilized rocket. Many illustrative examples are used to emphasize the analyses, and in addition numerous line drawings, graphs, and tables have been included. TRANSISTOR CIRCUIT ANALYSIS, by Maurice V. Joyce and Kenneth V. Clarke. 461 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. Reading (Mass.), Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., 1961. Price, $10.75. "['he basic methods of analysis involved in the understanding and design of junction
433
transistor circuitry are presented in this text. The transistor models used are restricted to a small number that are all easily interrelated. Initially, the simple low-frequency models are presented and are related to the underlying physical processes that occur in the device. Then after the reader has completely familiarized himself with these simple models the complications, such as high-frequency effects, noise, or saturation effects, are introduced. Special features of this text include a unified approach to transistor biasing problems, use of the current peak of the tunnel diode as a reference device, and an outline of the use of a minority charge density model in transistor switching and saturation calculations. New material is also included on emitter-follower transient responser, video amplifier with maximum flatness and maximum gain bandwidth products, and distributed amplifiers. The book can best be used as a reference for the circuit designer and as a senior-graduate level text. ADVANCED DESIGN IN STRUCTURALSTEEL,
by
John E. Lothers. 583 pages, diagrams, 6 X 9 in. Englewood Cliffs (N. J.), Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961. Price:SIS.00 (trade); $11.25 (text). Practical and relatively simple solutions to the numerous complex and critical problems faced by the modern steel design engineer are provided in this volume. Up-to-the-minute data on continuous and rigid frame steel buildings and statically indeterminate trusses have been included. Wind and earthquake stresses, floor and stair design, and steel frame connections for multi-story buildings are also appraised. The author has included such topics as light gage structural steel sections, torsional buckling, allowable web sheer and tension members, hnportant information is also given regarding Lamella roofs and onestory rigid frame bents. Numerous illustrations to clarify factual material, and valuable bibliographies with sources for methods of advanced analysis have also been included. Meeting all the requirements and demands of specialists in structural engineering, this book will assist industrial concerns, technical institutes, and govermnent agencies.