Applied Mathematics

for Safety Professionals

Tips, Tools, and Techniques to Solve
Everyday Problems

Glenn Young, CSP

Editor

American Society of Safety Engineers

Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
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FOREWORD v

PREFACE vii

ABOUT THE EDITOR ix

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS x

1 ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY 1

Matt a Vasquez and Bob Zinn

2 TRIGONOMETRY 41
Glenn Young

3 CALCULUS 67
Marta Vasquez and Bob Zinn

4 PHYSICS 97
Marta Vasquez and Bob Zinn

5 MECHANICS 149
Karen Morton

6 ELECTRICITY 191
Glenn Young

7 CHEMISTRY 221
Marta Vasquez and Bob Zinn
8 HYDROSTATICS AND HYDRAULICS
John Thomas Watkins and Andrew Rodgers

9 VENTILATION

Wayne LaCombe and Ronald Williams

10 RADIATION
Marta Vasquez and Bob Zinn

11 NOISE

Wayne LaCombe and Andrew Rodgers

12 THERMAL STRESS

Wayne LaCombe and Andrew Rodgers

13 ERGONOMICS
Glenn Young

14 ENGINEERING ECONOMY
Glenn Young

15 STATISTICS
Karen Morton

16 PROBABILITY
Karen Morton

APPENDICES

INDEX