Engineering Symbology, Prints and Drawing

The Engineering Symbology, Prints, and Drawings Handbook was developed to assist nuclear facility operating contractors in providing operators, maintenance personnel, and technical staff with the necessary fundamentals training to ensure a basic understanding of engineering prints, their use, and their function. The handbook includes information on engineering fluid drawings and prints; piping and instrument drawings; major symbols and conventions; electronic diagrams and schematics; logic circuits and diagrams; and fabrication, construction, and architectural drawings. This information will provide personnel with a foundation for reading, interpreting, and using the engineering prints and drawings that are associated with various DOE nuclear facility operations and maintenance.
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Entrepreneurship in Action

By Mary K. Coulter

Fun, contemporary, and easy to read, this book conveys the excitement and reality of entrepreneurship. Coulter focuses on the actual tasks and activities of the entrepreneur -- from researching venture feasibility, to launching the venture, to managing growth.

Includes boxed examples of real entrepreneurs in action from the U.S. and around the world. Provides FYI boxes with information about particularly interesting entrepreneurial topics and ideas. Presents ethics and social responsibility issues faced by entrepreneurs. Includes end-of-chapter video cases from the Small Business 2000 series. Features a section at the end of the text providing additional cases, business plan samples, and other materials.

The Automotive Chasis: Volume 2: System Design

By Giancarlo Genta, L. Morello

This work serves as a reference concerning the automotive chassis, i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body. It is the result of a decade of work mostly done by the FIAT group, who supplied material, together with other automotive companies, and sponsored the work. The first volume deals with the design of automotive components and the second volume treats the various aspects of the design of a vehicle as a system.

The Automotive Chasis: Volume 1: Components Design

By Dr. Lorenzo Morello,  Giancarlo Genta

The aim of the book is to be a reference book in automotive technology, as far as automotive chassis (i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body) is concerned. The book is a result of a decade of work heavily sponsored by the FIAT group (who supplied material, together with other automotive companies, and sponsored the work). The first volume deals with the design of automotive components and the second volume treats the various aspects of the design of a vehicle as a system.