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jet propulsion, 48<br />

JFETs, 182, 184<br />

job sequencing, 195<br />

junction, 214<br />

J<br />

K<br />

Karnaugh map (K-Map), 188<br />

Kelvin-Planck statement <strong>of</strong> second law, 60<br />

Kendall notation, 190<br />

ketones, 101<br />

Kirchh<strong>of</strong>f's laws, 168<br />

laminar flow, 69<br />

landfill, 150<br />

landfill cover, 150<br />

Langmuir isotherm, 161<br />

Laplace transforms, 174<br />

latitudes and departures, 139<br />

laws <strong>of</strong> probability, 15<br />

LC50, 158<br />

LD50, 158<br />

Le Chatelier's principle for chemical equilibrium, 78<br />

learning curves, 193<br />

least squares, 17, 192<br />

length:width ration, 163<br />

Lever rule, 59<br />

L'Hospital's rule (L'Hôpital's rule), 8<br />

licensee's obligation to employer and clients, 100<br />

licensee's obligation to other licensees, 100<br />

licensee's obligation to society, 99<br />

lime-soda s<strong>of</strong>tening, 164<br />

line balancing, 195<br />

line source attenuation, 150<br />

linear programming, 189<br />

linear projection, 150<br />

linear regression, 17, 192<br />

liquid metals, 69<br />

load combinations, steel, 121<br />

loading on straight spur gears, 207<br />

log growth, 150<br />

log mean temperature difference<br />

concurrent flow in tubular heat exchangers, 68<br />

countercurrent flow in tubular heat exchangers, 68<br />

logarithms, 4<br />

logic gates, 187<br />

logic operations and boolean algebra, 187<br />

lossless transmission lines, 172<br />

LRFD, steel design, 121<br />

L<br />

M<br />

magnetic fields, 167<br />

Manning's equation, 49, 137<br />

manometers, 50<br />

mass<br />

fraction, 58<br />

mass balance for secondary clarifier, 159<br />

mass transfer in dilute solutions, 73<br />

mass transfer, 73, 105<br />

material handling, 195<br />

material properties, 42<br />

matrices, 6<br />

maximum normal-stress theory, 40<br />

222<br />

maximum shear-stress theory, 40<br />

maxterm, 188<br />

maxterm list, 188<br />

mean effective pressure (mep), 213<br />

measurement uncertainty, 88<br />

mechanical<br />

efficiency, 212<br />

springs, 203<br />

Mechanisms, 77<br />

mensuration <strong>of</strong> areas and volumes, 10, 11<br />

metallic elements, 78<br />

microbial kinetics, 148<br />

minor losses in pipe fittings, contractions, and expansions, 47<br />

minterm, 188<br />

minterm list, 188<br />

miscellaneous effects factor, k e, 41<br />

Model Rules, 99<br />

modified ACRS factors, 93<br />

modified Goodman theory, 40<br />

molar volume, 78<br />

molarity<br />

solutions, 78<br />

mole fraction <strong>of</strong> a substance, 78<br />

molecular diffusion, 105<br />

moment<br />

capacity, steel beams, 122<br />

inertia transfer theorem, 25<br />

moment <strong>of</strong> inertia, 24<br />

moments (couples), 24<br />

momentum transfer, 73<br />

momentum, heat and mass transfer analogy, 73<br />

monod kinetics, 148<br />

Moody (Stanton) diagram, 54<br />

MOSFETs, 182, 184, 186<br />

moving average, 191<br />

moving blade, 49<br />

multipath pipeline problems, 49<br />

multiple server model (s > 1), 191<br />

multiple substrated limiting, 148<br />

multiplication, 6<br />

Murphree plate efficiency, 106<br />

natural (free) convection, 71<br />

NCEES Model Rules, 99<br />

N-channel junction field effect transistors (JFET's), 184<br />

Newton’s method for root extraction, 13<br />

Newton's method <strong>of</strong> minimization, 13<br />

NIOSH formula, 194<br />

nitrogen balance, 76<br />

NOAEL, 155<br />

noise pollution, 150<br />

nomenclature, 10, 56<br />

nomenclature and definitions, 92<br />

non-annual compounding, 92<br />

noncarcinogenic dose-response curve, 155<br />

non-metallic elements, 78<br />

normal depth, 137<br />

normal distribution, 16<br />

normality <strong>of</strong> solutions, 78<br />

nozzles, diffusers, 57<br />

NPN bipolar junction transistor (BJT), 183<br />

NRCS (SCS) rainfall-run<strong>of</strong>f, 135<br />

number <strong>of</strong> atoms in a cell, 82<br />

number systems and codes, 187<br />

numerical integration, 14<br />

numerical methods, 13<br />

numerical solution <strong>of</strong> ordinary differential equations, 14<br />

N

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