Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Technology: A Problem Solving Approach

✍ Scribed by Harry L. Field, John B. Solie (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 394
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Agricultural Engineering Technology: A problem Solving Approach is an invaluable text for agriculture students at the introductory level. The third edition has been thoroughly updated and reorganized to meet the current units and standards of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).

The book aims to:

• Familiarize students with a wide range of applications of engineering principles to agriculture
• Discuss a selection of independent but related topics
• Advance students’ problem solving abilities

Each chapter lists education objects, introductory material, and example problems where appropriate. In addition problems using ISO (metric) units, are now included.

About the Authors:

Harry L. Field is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Mechanics in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Oklahoma State University.

John B. Solie is a Professor of Biomachinery in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at Oklahoma State University.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Problem Solving....Pages 1-16
Significant Figures and Standard Form....Pages 17-22
Common Units of Measure....Pages 23-35
Simple Machines....Pages 36-48
Internal Combustion Engines....Pages 49-60
Power Trains....Pages 61-79
Tractors and Power Units....Pages 80-92
Machinery Calibration....Pages 93-117
Equipment Efficiency and Capacity....Pages 118-128
Economics of Agricultural Machinery....Pages 129-151
Sound and Noise....Pages 152-158
Measuring Distance....Pages 175-195
Angles and Areas....Pages 196-203
Land Description....Pages 204-220
Differential and Profile Leveling....Pages 221-233
Weather....Pages 234-243
Water Runoff....Pages 244-252
Erosion and Erosion Control....Pages 253-265
Irrigation....Pages 266-278
Handling, Moisture Management, and Storage of Biological Products....Pages 279-285
Animal Waste Management....Pages 286-292
Insulation and Heat Flow....Pages 293-318
Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning....Pages 319-325
Selection of Structural Members....Pages 326-330
Principles of Electricity....Pages 331-339
Series and Parallel Circuits....Pages 340-346
Sizing Conductors....Pages 347-355
Electric Motors....Pages 356-389
Back Matter....

✦ Subjects

Food Science; Agriculture