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Science for Motor Vehicle Engineers
- 1st Edition - December 1, 1995
- Author: Peter Twigg
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 4 0 - 6 4 5 2 7 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 8 6 8 - 5
The primary aim of this book is to provide the necessary scientific principles for NVQ students specialising in motor vehicle engineering at levels 2 and 3. Unlike many other… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe primary aim of this book is to provide the necessary scientific principles for NVQ students specialising in motor vehicle engineering at levels 2 and 3. Unlike many other engineering science texts, it emphasises the topics most useful to vehicle engineers, and includes numerous real-life examples, with questions directly related to cars, motor cycles and commercial vehicles.
- Theory and questions all set in an automotive context
- Theory followed by worked examples and graded questions to aid learning
- Up-to-date with current technology
Students taking NVQ level 3 in motor vehicle engineering. Also those taking a GNVQ advanced course in engineering.
Part 1: Introduction - SI systems * Exam questions * Part 2: Mechanics - Mass, density and volume * Force * Friction * Moments * Stress and Strain * Frameworks * Bending * Torsion * Motion * Centripetal and centrifugal action * Simple harmonic motion * Energy * Part 3: Thermofluids - Introduction * Pressure * Heat * Gas laws * S F E E * Fluids * Part 4: Systems - System modelling * Instrumentation * Tools and equipment * Part 5: Chemistry - Electrochemistry * Materials * Part 6: Basic Electricity * Index.
- No. of pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 1995
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9780340645277
- eBook ISBN: 9780080928685
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Peter Twigg
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Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland