Graphical Techniques for Engineering Computations

CONTENTS -
1. SCALES -
Nature and Properties of Scales -
Methods for Constructing Scales -
Altering Moduli of Scales -
Standard Scales -
Mechanical Aspects of Scale Construction -
Exercises -
2. CALCULATING WITH SCALES -
Adjacent Scales -
Parallel Scales With Index Line -
Standard Slide Rules -
Slide Rule Routines -
Special Slide Rules -
Methods of Reproduction -
Other Forms of Special Slide Rules -
Differential Gear Rules -
Exercises -
3. GRAPH PAPERS -
Common Types of Graph Papers -
Construction of Graph Papers -
Exercises -
4. CALCULATING WITH GRAPH PAPERS -
Hyperbolic Paper -
Linear Paper -
Semilogarithmic Paper -
Logarithmic Paper -
Exercises -
5. GRAPHS -
Relationship of Graph to Table and Function -
Graphs of Regular Functions -
Interpolation and Extrapolation -
Graphs of Empirical Data -
Complex Graphs -
Condensed Graphs -
Exercises -
6. CALCULATING WITH GRAPHS -
Position Relationships -
Vertical and Horizontal Displacements -
General Distance Relationships -
Isometric Translation -
Slopes; Graphical Differentiation -
Areas; Graphical Integration -
Exercises -
7. NOMOGRAPHY -
Nomographic Methods -
Some Characteristics of Nomographs -
8. NOMOGRAPHS BY SYNTHETIC METHODS -
Synthetic Methods -
Figures With One Straight Index Line -
Figures With Two Parallel Index Lines -
Figures With Perpendicular Index Lines -
Review of Synthetic Methods -
Exercises -
9. NOMOGRAPHS WITH CARTESIAN
COORDINATES, -
Relationship of Defining Equation to Type -
Matrix Transformations -
Exercises -
10. NOMOGRAPHS WITH HYPERBOLIC
COORDINATES -
The Semihyperbolic Coordinate System -
Application to Construction of Nomographs -
11. PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTING
NOMOGRAPHS -
Nomographs With Parallel Scales -
Nomographs With Oblique Scales -
Nomographs With Curved Scales -
Exercises -
12. USE OF GENERAL HYPERBOLIC
COORDINATES -
Hyperbolic Plane Coordinates -
The V-Type Nomograph -
Fitting Nomograph to a Rectangle -
13. THREE-DIMENSIONED NOMOGRAPHS -
Three-Dimensional Hyperbolic Coordinates -
Defining Equation for Nomographs -
Applications -
14. PROPERTIES OF HYPERBOLIC COORDINATE
SYSTEMS -
Hyperbolic Plane Coordinates -
Semihyperbolic Coordinates -
Hyperbolic Solid Coordinates -
Semihyperbolic Solid Coordinates -
15. NOMOGRAPHS FROM GRAPHS AND TABLES -
Relationship of Graph to Nomograph -
Constructing Nomographs From Tables:
Symmetrical -
Constructing Nomographs From Tables:
General -
APPENDIX -
Values of x = -p/p-r- and 1 - x
INDEX -