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, Pearson
BTEC National
Engineering
Student Book
Andrew Buckenham
Gareth Thomson
Natalie Grifiths
Steve Singleton
Alan Serplus
Mike Ryan
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, Contents
Introductioniv
1 Engineering Principles Andrew Buckenham 1
2 Delivery of Engineering Processes Safely
as a Team Andrew Buckenham
73
3 Engineering Product Design and
Manufacture Gareth Thomson
109
4 Applied Commercial and Quality Principles
in Engineering N atalie Griffiths
169
5 A Specialist Engineering Project Steve Singleton 189
6 Microcontroller Systems for Engineers Alan Serplus 219
7 Calculus to Solve Engineering Problems Mike Ryan 287
8 Further Engineering Mathematics Mike Ryan 325
10 Computer-Aided Design in Engineering Natalie Griffiths 359
19 Electronic Devices and Circuits Mike Ryan 383
25 Mechanical Behaviour of Metallic Materials Andrew Buckenham 419
Glossary467
Index472
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