How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch 4/E Author: Mike Shea ISBN-13: 9780071782715 Pub Date: APRIL 2012 Price: $ 29.95 AUD $ 38.00 NZD Edition: 4 Previous ISBN: 9780071387002 Subject: Technology & Engineering - Acoustics & Sound Trim Height: 24 cm Trim Width: 19 cm Pages: 480 Format: Softcover INTRODUCTION New edition of the one-of-a-kind bestselling guide to recording studio design and construction      Fully updated to cover the latest technologies and equipment Provides full plans for building a sound studio to fit any size room or budget All designs have been built, tested, and acoustically adjusted for optimal sound Explains how every acoustic instrument produces and propagates sound—helps readers get the best quality from every session Coupons and special discount offers from audio manufacturers DESCRIPTION Full plans for constructing a sound studio to fit any size room or budget— fully updated to cover the latest technologies and equipment How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch, Fourth Edition provides detailed plans for constructing real-world recording studios, all built, tested, and acoustically adjusted for optimal sound. Learn how to construct everything from the ground up, including the floor, ceilings, walls, and equipment; what materials to use; and how to test the finished structure for frequency response and reverberation time. Mathematical processes are discussed, but without confusing technical aspects. No detail is left out, as coverage includes silencing HVAC duct work, doors, electrical wiring, and lighting. How to Build a Small Budget Recording Studio from Scratch  Explains how literally every acoustic instrument produces and propagates sound, to get the utmost quality from every session       Shows how to test acoustic materials Explains what you can expect in terms of frequency response and reverberation time for their finished room Teaches how to read acoustic specifications Discusses how to combine one-room recording studios as both the control room and the studio with optimum results Features a section on using pre-manufactured acoustic materials and panels designed to help make any room suitable for recording purposes Includes information, ads, and coupons from acoustic manufacturers Comprehensive coverage: Acoustics; Reverb; Standards; Test; Size; Shape; Elements Common to All Studios; Audiovisual Budget Recording Studio; Studio Built in a Residence; Small Studio for Instruction and Campus Radio; Small Ad Studio for A/Vs and Radio Jingles; Multitrack in a Two-Car Garage; Building a Studio from Scratch for Radio Production; Studios for a Commercial Radio Station; One Control Room for Two Studios; A Video Mini-Studio; A Video and Multitrack Studio; A Screening Facility for Film and Video; Multiple Studios; Modern; Pre-Manufactured Acoustics; Assemble/Renovate/Recondition/Enhance; Acoustic Products and Remedies; New Acoustic Panels; New Acoustic Developments; Importance of Checking Specs; Diffusion Confusion; Bits and Pieces of Acoustic Lore; Dual Room Functions; Control Room Monitors; How Music Instruments Produce and Propagate Sound; Resonance; Note Duration; Attack; Wolf Tones; Impedance; Sound Radiation; Sound Transmission; Radiators and Resonators; Some Specific Sound Producing Mechanisms; Tines; Rods; and Tongues; Strings and Tubes; Reeds and Brass; Bows; Hollow Bodied Instruments; Drums; Tambourines; Microphone Placement ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mike Shea has been involved in professional audio since the 1960s when he opened his own recording studio in Massachusetts. He relocated to New York in the 1970s and began a successful independent contracting career building rehearsal and recording studios. Shea taught graduate courses at the Institute of Audio Research, served as technical editor of International Musician and editor of Recording World magazines and has written extensively about all aspects of professional audio. Interior Designer's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for the Design of Interiors Author: John Patten (Pat) Guthrie ISBN-13: 9780071782067 Pub Date: FEBRUARY 2012 Price: $ 72.00 AUD $ 89.00 NZD Edition: 3 Previous ISBN: 9780071439268 Subject: Architecture - Interior Design / General Trim Height: 21 cm Trim Width: 13 cm Pages: 560 Format: Softcover DESCRIPTION Your up-to-date, on-the-job quick reference Fully revised throughout, Interior Designer's Portable Handbook, Third Edition, helps you create workable, on-the-spot design solutions by putting the latest codes, standards, specifications, costs, and materials data at your fingertips. This convenient pocket guide now includes information on green/sustainable components and technologies. Perfect for in-the-field estimating as well as licensing exam prep, this indispensable, time-saving tool helps you with everyday design challenges. Inside, you'll find:       Coverage of the entire process, from initial planning and estimating through design, construction, and installation Quick access to the current International Building Code (IBC) Materials and specifications checklists that make interior design decisions fast and easy CSI MasterFormat organization that follows the job step by step Updated unit costs for furnishings, fixtures, finishes, and other interior components and systems Examples and design details illustrating key techniques and procedures Includes details on: Site furnishings * Concrete finishes * Masonry * Metals * Wood * Thermal and moisture protection * Doors, windows, and glass * Finishes * Specialties * Equipment * Interior furnishings Assemblies * Conveying systems * Mechanical * Lighting and electrical ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Patten (Pat) Guthrie, AIA, retired, was principal of John Pat Guthrie Architects, Inc. He was a licensed architect in 13 states and is the author of McGraw-Hill’s Cross Check: Integrating Building Systems and Working Drawings and The Architect’s Portable Handbook. Energy Systems Engineering Evaluation and Implementation 2/E Author: Francis Vanek, Louis Albright, Largus Angenent ISBN-13: 9780071787789 Pub Date: APRIL 2012 Price: $ 113.00 AUD $ 141.00 NZD Edition: 2 Previous ISBN: 9780071495936 Subject: Technology & Engineering - Power Resources / General Trim Height: 24 cm Trim Width: 19 cm Pages: 656 Format: Hardcover DESCRIPTION Fully updated to cover the latest energy systems and technologies, this in-depth guide emphasizes a portfolio approach in which a range of energy options are employed Energy Systems Engineering Evaluation and Implementation, Second Edition presents a clear, wellorganized, and technically useful look at the timely and many-faceted problem and challenge of developing and maintaining energy systems in a fast-changing world. The theme of the book is that an understanding of the three major primary energy sources – renewable, fossil, and nuclear – placed on a common footing and set in comparable terms can both help you understand individual technologies and the competitive context in which these sources exist today. Treatment of each technological area starts with information about ecological, social, and economic context. The book then uses the basic science and engineering knowledge common to most upper-level engineering and science undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals to quantitatively evaluate the function, capacity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of the technology in question. New to this Edition:      New technologies: new chapter on bio-energy; updated information on solar, wind, and alternative transportation energy New tools: updates to cost-benefit case studies; probabilistic treatment of energy problems; and the technology penetration curve Updated tables and figures to reflect the latest information on demand and cost Expanded collection of ancillary materials: homework and exam problems, slideshows, and other materials Bonus digital chapter: End-Use Energy Efficiency Comprehensive coverage: Systems Tools for Energy Systems; Economic Tools for Energy Systems; Climate Change & Climate Modeling; Fossil Fuel Resources; Stationary Combustion Technologies; Carbon Sequestration; Nuclear Energy; The Solar Resource; Solar Photovoltaic Technologies; Active Solar Thermal Applications; Passive Solar Thermal Applications; Wind Energy Systems; Bio-energy Resources & Systems; Transportation Energy Technologies; Systems Perspective on Transportation Energy; LCR and CF Data for Passive Solar Design; Numerical Answers to Select Problems; List of Key Conversion Factors ABOUT THE AUTHOR Francis M. Vanek, Ph.D., is a lecturer and research assistant in the Departments of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Systems Engineering Program at Cornell University, where he specializes in energy efficiency, alternative energy, and energy for transportation. He is also a consultant with Taitem Engineering in Ithaca. Louis D. Albright, Ph.D., is a professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Largus T. Angenent, Ph.D., is associate professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, Director of the Agricultural Waste Management Lab, and Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future. He specializes in converting organic biomass and waste materials into bio-energy, specific energy carrying products such as methane, carboxylates, and n-butanol. Dr. Angenent also works in the areas of biosensors and bio-aerosols. Quality Improvement Through Planned Experimentation 3/E Author: Ronald Moen, Thomas Nolan, Lloyd Provost ISBN-13: 9780071759663 Pub Date: APRIL 2012 Price: $ 149.00 AUD $ 186.00 NZD Edition: 3 Previous ISBN: 9780079137814 Subject: Technology & Engineering - Quality Control Trim Height: 23 cm Trim Width: 16 cm Pages: 512 Format: Hardcover DESCRIPTION A fully revised guide to experimental design for analytic studies, updated with new case studies and coverage of the latest software Quality Improvement Through Planned Experimentation, Third Edition offers in-depth coverage of implementing planned experimentation to make improvements. The Third Edition is thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate new information and case studies on the service and biomedical industries. In addition, a major improvement is the upgrade of the “Study It” now offered on an affiliated website. The methods of analysis for data from analytic studies that are used in this book are unique and are not available in any other software. The statistical methods covered in this book are powerful aids to engineers, technicians, designers, and quality managers who are charged with improving their businesses. The late W. Edwards Deming, who led the sweeping quality revolution in the U.S. in the 20th century, said that this book “breaks new ground in prediction based on data from comparisons of two or more methods, treatments, tests, and experiments.” The work of Deming, Box, Taguchi, and other pioneers in quality served as a foundation for everything in this book. Quality Improvement Through Planned Experimentation, Third Edition         Discusses the PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) cycle, and how to repeat it sequentially for continuous improvement of processes and products Includes case studies from a manufacturing plant, service, and healthcare operation, as these are areas where quality and planned experimentation are being used most Contains exercises at the end of each chapter so you can implement what you’ve learned Featuers a companion website with software to help you design and analyze experiments, planning forms, graphical plots, and all data files by page number for examples used throughout the book Co-written by three winners of the Deming Medal, awarded by the American Society for Quality Provides a system for experimental design that is accessible to managers, designers, engineers, scientists, and technicians in all industries Focuses on analytic studies, the appropriate framework for quality improvement projects Uses almost exclusively graphical methods for analysis of data from studies Complete coverage: Improvement of Quality; Building Knowledge, the Scientific Method; Model for Improvement; Using the PDSA Cycle to Test a Change; Principles for Design and Analysis of Planned Experiments; Types of Planned Experiments; Principles for Designing Analytic Studies; Tools for Experimentation; Form for Documentation; Analysis of Data from Analytic Studies; Experiments with One Factor; General Approach to 1 Factor Experiments; Using Control Chart for a 1 Factor Experiment; Example of a One Factor Design; Paired Comparison Experiments; Randomized Block Designs; Incomplete Block Designs; Experiments w/ More Than 1 Factor; Introduction to Factorial Designs; Design of Factorial Experiments; Analysis of Factorial Experiments; Reducing Size of Experiments; Introduction to Fractional Factorial Designs; Fractional Factorial Designs Moderate; Fractional Factorial Designs Low; Blocking in Factorial Designs; Evaluating Sources of Variation; Rational Subgrouping with Control Charts; Nested Design to Study Variation; A Three Factor Nested Experiment; Planning/Analyzing with Nested Factors; More than Three Factors in a Nested Design; A Study with Nested and Crossed Factors; Calculating Variance Components; Calculating Summary Statistics; Case Study: Sequential Experiment; Improving a Mill Process; Time Series Designs; Designs for Studying Changes over time; Use of Shewhart Control Charts; Case Study – Sequential Experimentation Using Time Series; Experiments with More than 2 Levels and Special Applications; Factorial Designs with More Than 2 Levels; Augmenting Factorial Designs with Center Points; Three level Factorial Designs; Special applications (Interchangeable Parts, Mixtures, Evolutionary Operation); Experimental Design for Complex Systems; Applications in the Biomedical Field Case Study; New Product Design; Phase 0: Generate Ideas; Phase 1: Develop Concepts, Define Product; Phase 2: Test; Phase 3: Implement; Case Study ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ronald D. Moen is a statistician, consultant, and teacher to industry, government, healthcare, and education. He is a member of Associates in Process Improvement (API, 1984) and Adjunct Lecturer in the Physics and Engineering Science Department at the University of Michigan-Flint (1995-2005). Moen’s experiences of over 30 years include General Motors Corporation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He served as a Deming helper at 70 of his four-day seminars (1983-1993) and is a senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Moen is coauthor of Improving Quality through Planned Experimentation, Second Edition and Quality Improvement through Planned Experimentation (both McGraw-Hill), He is the 2002 recipient of the Deming Medal. Thomas W. Nolan, Ph.D., is a statistician, author, consultant, and member of Associates in Process Improvement, a consulting firm specializing in the improvement of quality and productivity. He is also a Senior Fellow and member of the executive team of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Dr. Nolan is the author of three books on improving quality and productivity and has published articles in a variety of peer-reviewed journals. In 2000, he was the recipient of the Deming Medal awarded by the American Society for Quality. Lloyd P. Provost works as an advisor to organizations, helping them make improvements in their products and services and increase their capacity to continually learn and improve. In his work with leaders of organizations, Lloyd uses the Associates in Process Improvement (API) Quality as a Business Strategy template for alignment and focusing of improvement. He is the author of several papers relating to quality and measurement and coauthor of Quality Improvement Through Planned Experimentation, Second Edition (McGraw-Hill). He was the year 2003 recipient of the Deming Medal awarded by the American Society for Quality. Structural Design of Low-Rise Building in Cold-Formed Steel, Reinforced Masonry, and Structural Timber Author: J. R. Ubejd Mujagic ISBN-13: 9780071767927 Pub Date: MARCH 2012 Price: $ 149.00 AUD $ 186.00 NZD Edition: 1 Previous ISBN: Subject: Technology & Engineering - Civil / General Trim Height: 24 cm Trim Width: 19 cm Pages: 448 Format: Hardcover DESCRIPTION A concise, practical guide to structural design using steel, masonry, and timber Structural Design of Low-Rise Building in Cold-Formed Steel Reinforced Masonry, and Structural Timber authoritatively covers the primary aspects of structural design of low-rise buildings in the most common materials—cold-formed steel, reinforced masonry, and structural timber. Cold-formed steel was recently added to the NCEES (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) structural exams, and this book also serves as a complete Professional Engineer/Structural Engineer exam study guide. Structural Design of Low-Rise Building in Cold-Formed Steel Reinforced Masonry, and Structural Timber      Discusses concepts associated with day-to-day design Covers Steel Joist Institute (SJI) open-web joist systems Includes the most recent changes in fundamental code requirements pertaining to structural timber, reinforced masonry, and cold-formed steel Addresses loading requirements for low-rise buildings Presents the most important code changes pertaining to IBC-based design of structural masonry, cold-formed steel, and structural timber/wood ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.R. Ubejd Mujagic is an associate at Uzan & Chase Engineers LLC. He has vast experience in the design of metal building systems and low- and high-rise conventional buildings. Mujagic specializes in non-linear analyses and behavior of tall buildings, complex structures and thin-plate buckling, reliability of structures, and design of industrial and other low-rise buildings. He is a member of the ASCE Committee on Methods of Design and is a past member of various MBMA (Metal Building Manufacturers Association) technical and steering committees. Bridge Engineering 3/E Author: Jim Zhao, Demetrios Tonias ISBN-13: 9780071752497 Pub Date: APRIL 2012 Price: $ 149.00 AUD $ 186.00 NZD Edition: 3 Previous ISBN: 9780071459037 Subject: Technology & Engineering - Civil / General Trim Height: 28 cm Trim Width: 22 cm Pages: 544 Format: Hardcover DESCRIPTION This thoroughly revised, definitive guide addresses efficient and cost effective engineering design, rehabilitation, inspection, and repair of existing bridges. Bridge Engineering, Third Edition discusses recent highway bridge design code changes in the United States. Continuing the style and essential content of the previous editions, this revision replaces dated material with new codes and focuses on Load Resistant Factor Design (LRFD). Rehabilitation, inspection, and design remain key requirements to keep bridge systems safe and functional--these are fully covered in this book. This updated volume addresses the state of art of bridge engineering, highlights major concerns, and offers explanations and solved examples for day-to-day design issues. The book is ideal as both a textbook and a reference for the needs of the bridge and highway engineering community. New to This Edition        The latest analytical and design techniques, using Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Includes the most recent AASHTO LRFD design methods Design examples and tips used as side bars throughout Introduces new bridge design and existing bridge load rating Uses both SI and US units Covers the latest design techniques and repair methods, including available specialized software Discusses new materials and maintenance methods Complete coverage: The Structure; Use and Functionality; Origin of the Modern Highway Bridge; Bridge Designers and Their Projects; The Bridge Engineering Lexicon ; Project Inception; Project Funding; Types of Design Standards; Site Inspection; Site Survey; Physical Testing; The Inspection Team; As-Built Plans and Other recorded Data; The Superstructure; Superstructure Types; Deck Types; Wearing Surface Types; Deck Joint Types Design Loads; Design Methods; Internal Forces; Concrete Deck Slabs; Composite Steel Members; Plate Girders; Continuous Beams; Protecting Steel Superstructures; Load Rating; Pre-stressed Concrete; Pre-stressed Concrete Maintenance; Substructure; Abutments; Piers; Bearings; Implementation and Management; The Highway; Contract Documents; Bridge Management Systems ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jim J. Zhao, P.E., is Chief Bridge Engineer with Nolan Associates, Inc., where he is in charge of bridge design and overall project management. He is experienced in design, teaching, and research in structural engineering and serves on the ASCE-ACI joint committees on Concrete Bridge Design and on Prestressed Concrete Design. Mr. Zhao is also the president of the Structural Engineering Institute, ASCE Maryland Chapter. He is the author of two books on bridge design and one on risk management. Demetrius Tonias, P.E., is an award-winning author of numerous works on civil and transportation engineering. As a member of the Adjunct Engineering Faculty of Union College, he taught a variety of courses, including Bridge and Highway Engineering, Infrastructure Management Systems, and refresher courses for the E.I.T. and PE professional licensing examinations. Mr. Tonias is an accomplished software developer with extensive experience in the development of civil engineering computer applications.