Pump Handbook
Pump Handbook
Summary
Provides practical data and know-how on the design, application, specification, purchase, operation, troublshooting, and maintenance of pumps of various types. This title is a useful working tool for engineers in a variety of industries - all those who are pump specialists, in addition to those who need to acquaint themselves with pump technology.
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Pump Handbook by Igor Karassik
A major revision of McGraw-Hill's classic handbook that provides practical data and know-how on the design, application, specification, purchase, operation, troublshooting, and maintenance of pumps of every type. It is an essential working tool for engineers in a wide variety of industries all those who are pump specialists, in addition to those who need to acquaint themselves with pump technology. Contributed to by over 75 distinguished professionals and specialists in each and every area of practical pump technology.Joseph Messina is a pump technology consultant. Former principal staff engineer at Public Service Electric and Gas in New Jersey, he has contributed many articles to technical journals on pump-related subjects. Paul Cooper was involved in pump hydraulics and cavitation research and development for the Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Company for 22 years, having directed the company's R&D for the 14 years prior to retiring in 1999. This was preceded by 18 years as a hydraulic designer of centrifugal pumps and inducers for TRW Inc. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering, respectively, from Drexel University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He received ASME's Fluid Machinery Design Award (1991), the Henry R. Worthington Medal (1993) and is a Fellow of the ASME. He is the author of many technical papers and holds several patents on pumps.
Charles Heald is former chief engineer with Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Company and a member of the API 610 pump specification committee. Currently a consultant, he is the author of Cameron Hydraulic Data Book, a technical resource published by Ingersoll-Rand.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780070340329 |
| ISBN 10 | 0070340323 |
| Title | Pump Handbook |
| Author | Igor Karassik |
| Series | Harvard Business Review Book Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Mcgraw-Hill Professional |
| Year published | 2000-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 1765 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |