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The engines of our ingenuity [[electronic resource] ] : an engineer looks at technology and culture / / John H. Lienhard
| The engines of our ingenuity [[electronic resource] ] : an engineer looks at technology and culture / / John H. Lienhard |
| Autore | Lienhard John H. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p. ) : 45 halftones & 23 line illus |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects
Creative ability in technology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-756548-4
9786610840816 1-280-84081-1 0-19-803103-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453184903321 |
Lienhard John H. <1930->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The engines of our ingenuity [[electronic resource] ] : an engineer looks at technology and culture / / John H. Lienhard
| The engines of our ingenuity [[electronic resource] ] : an engineer looks at technology and culture / / John H. Lienhard |
| Autore | Lienhard John H. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p. ) : 45 halftones & 23 line illus |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects
Creative ability in technology |
| ISBN |
0-19-756548-4
9786610840816 1-280-84081-1 0-19-803103-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782339903321 |
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Lienhard John H. <1930->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The engines of our ingenuity : an engineer looks at technology and culture / / John H. Lienhard
| The engines of our ingenuity : an engineer looks at technology and culture / / John H. Lienhard |
| Autore | Lienhard John H. <1930-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p. ) : 45 halftones & 23 line illus |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Technology - Social aspects
Creative ability in technology |
| ISBN |
0-19-756548-4
9786610840816 1-280-84081-1 0-19-803103-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Mirrored by Our Machines -- 2 God, the Master Craftsman -- 3 Looking Inside the Inventive Mind -- 4 The Common Place -- 5 Science Marries into the Family -- 6 Industrial Revolution -- 7 Inventing America -- 8 Taking Flight -- 9 Attitudes and Technological Change -- 10 War and Other Ways to Kill People -- 11 Major Landmarks -- 12 Systems, Design, and Production -- 13 Heroic Materialism -- 14 Who Got There First -- 15 Ever-Present Dangers -- 16 Technology and Literature -- 17 Being There -- Correlation of the Text with the Radio Program -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910954325203321 |
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Lienhard John H. <1930->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A Heat Transfer Textbook / / John H. Lienhard
| A Heat Transfer Textbook / / John H. Lienhard |
| Autore | Lienhard John H. <1930-> |
| Edizione | [4th edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 621.4022 |
| Collana | Dover Civil and Mechanical Engineering |
| Soggetto topico |
Heat - Transmission
Mechanical Engineering Engineering & Applied Sciences Mechanical Engineering - General |
| ISBN |
9780486318370
0486318370 9781628700732 1628700734 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; I The General Problem of Heat Exchange; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Heat transfer; 1.2 Relation of heat transfer to thermodynamics; 1.3 Modes of heat transfer; 1.4 A look ahead; 1.5 Problems; Problems; References; 2 Heat conduction concepts, thermal resistance, and the overall heat transfer coefficient; 2.1 The heat diffusion equation; 2.2 Solutions of the heat diffusion equation; 2.3 Thermal resistance and the electrical analogy; 2.4 Overall heat transfer coefficient, U; 2.5 Summary; Problems; References; 3 Heat exchanger design
3.1 Function and configuration of heat exchangers3.2 Evaluation of the mean temperature difference in a heat exchanger; 3.3 Heat exchanger effectiveness; 3.4 Heat exchanger design; Problems; References; II Analysis of Heat Conduction; 4 Analysis of heat conduction and some steady one-dimensional problems; 4.1 The well-posed problem; 4.2 The general solution; 4.3 Dimensional analysis; 4.4 An illustration of dimensional analysis in a complex steady conduction problem; 4.5 Fin design; Problems; References; 5 Transient and multidimensional heat conduction; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Lumped-capacity solutions5.3 Transient conduction in a one-dimensional slab; 5.4 Temperature-response charts; 5.5 One-term solutions; 5.6 Transient heat conduction to a semi-infinite region; 5.7 Steady multidimensional heat conduction; 5.8 Transient multidimensional heat conduction; Problems; References; III Convective Heat Transfer; 6 Laminar and turbulent boundary layers; 6.1 Some introductory ideas; 6.2 Laminar incompressible boundary layer on a flat surface; 6.3 The energy equation; 6.4 The Prandtl number and the boundary layer thicknesses 6.5 Heat transfer coefficient for laminar, incompressible flow over a flat surface6.6 The Reynolds analogy; 6.7 Turbulent boundary layers; 6.8 Heat transfer in turbulent boundary layers; Problems; References; 7 Forced convection in a variety of configurations; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Heat transfer to and from laminar flows in pipes; 7.3 Turbulent pipe flow; 7.4 Heat transfer surface viewed as a heat exchanger; 7.5 Heat transfer coefficients for noncircular ducts; 7.6 Heat transfer during cross flow over cylinders; 7.7 Other configurations; Problems; References 8 Natural convection in single-phase fluids and during film condensation8.1 Scope; 8.2 The nature of the problems of film condensation and of natural convection; 8.3 Laminar natural convection on a vertical isothermal surface; 8.4 Natural convection in other situations; 8.5 Film condensation; Problems; References; 9 Heat transfer in boiling and other phase-change configurations; 9.1 Nukiyama's experiment and the pool boiling curve; 9.2 Nucleate boiling; 9.3 Peak pool boiling heat flux; 9.4 Film boiling; 9.5 Minimum heat flux; 9.6 Transition boiling and system influences 9.7 Forced convection boiling in tubes |
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Lienhard John H. <1930->
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| Newburyport, : Dover Publications, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How invention begins [[electronic resource] ] : echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines / / John H. Lienhard
| How invention begins [[electronic resource] ] : echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines / / John H. Lienhard |
| Autore | Lienhard John H. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 609 |
| Soggetto topico | Inventions - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-84651-8
0-19-804172-1 1-4294-2054-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Priority and apriority. Ötzi and silent beginnings -- The unrelenting presence of priority -- I built my airplane before the Wright brothers did -- Steam and speed. Inventing steam: "Alles was Odem hat" -- From steam to steam engine -- From steam engine to thermodynamics -- Inventing speed -- Inventive motivation and exponential change -- Writing and showing. Inventing Gutenberg -- From Gutenberg to a newly literate world: gestation to cradle to maturation -- Inventing means for illustrating reality -- Fast presses, cheap books, and ghosts of old readers -- Views through a wider lens. Inventing education: the great equalizer -- The arc of invention: finding finished forms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452116703321 |
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Lienhard John H. <1930->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How invention begins [[electronic resource] ] : echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines / / John H. Lienhard
| How invention begins [[electronic resource] ] : echoes of old voices in the rise of new machines / / John H. Lienhard |
| Autore | Lienhard John H. <1930-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina | 609 |
| Soggetto topico | Inventions - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-988556-7
1-280-84651-8 0-19-804172-1 1-4294-2054-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Priority and apriority. Ötzi and silent beginnings -- The unrelenting presence of priority -- I built my airplane before the Wright brothers did -- Steam and speed. Inventing steam: "Alles was Odem hat" -- From steam to steam engine -- From steam engine to thermodynamics -- Inventing speed -- Inventive motivation and exponential change -- Writing and showing. Inventing Gutenberg -- From Gutenberg to a newly literate world: gestation to cradle to maturation -- Inventing means for illustrating reality -- Fast presses, cheap books, and ghosts of old readers -- Views through a wider lens. Inventing education: the great equalizer -- The arc of invention: finding finished forms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777793203321 |
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Lienhard John H. <1930->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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