Cornell University Announcements Volume 8, No. 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...the design of engine parts, valve gears, governors; balancing, determination of flywheel weights; and the selection and arrangement of machinery for steam and internal combustion power plants. This work is taught by lectures which are supplemented by a drafting course. In addition, among the elective courses, the student may include courses on Boiler Design, Steam Turbines, Gas Manufacture and Transmission, Refrigeration, Heating and Ventilating, and Motor Car Construction. Option C. Structural and Plant Engineering This option is intended for those who wish instruction in the general engineering problems involved in plant construction and equipment. It is intended to develop skill in the technical side of the planning of industrial plants rather than in detail design of machinery, and also to give the student a drill in the methods of attacking problems in plant design. The first part of the course that is a special feature of this option treats of the graphics of construction as applied to standard trusses and similar structures. This is followed by instruction in the theory and practice of footings, foundations, sidewalls and such other details as confront the engineer in planning industrial works. The second part of these courses is devoted to the selection and arrangement of machinery, using the knowledge of the characteristics of machines that the student has acquired in other courses to guide him in selecting the proper units. Each student is required to make a layout of some industrial plant, such as a power house, making the skeleton outline of the buildings, selecting and locating the machinery and carrying the design to the point usually required in a good preliminary design. Among the optional hours the student may, if he desires, include the el...