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adding a question and perhaps the solution. Thus, this method is expected to
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process. Someone has to write the skeleton and hopefully others will add “flesh
and skin.” In this process, chapters or sections can be added after the skeleton has
been written. It is also hoped that others will contribute to the question and answer
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who has the time to do it. Thus, the contributions to books can be done by many
who are not experts. Additionally, contributions can be made from any part of the
world by those who wish to translate the book.
It is hoped that the book will be error-free. Nevertheless, some errors are
possible and expected. Even if not complete, better discussions or better explana-
tions are all welcome to these books. These books are intended to be “continuous”
in the sense that there will be someone who will maintain and improve the book
with time (the organizer).
These books should be considered more as a project than to fit the tradi-
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not (gate keeper). Unlike a regular book, these works will have a version number
because they are alive and continuously evolving.
The undersigned of this document intends to be the organizer/author/coordinator
of the projects in the following areas:

project name progress remarks version
Die Casting alpha 0.0.3
Mechanics not started yet 0.0.0
Statics not started yet 0.0.0
Dynamics not started yet 0.0.0
Strength of Material not started yet 0.0.0
Compressible Flow early beta 0.4
Fluid Mechanics alpha 0.1
Thermodynamics early alpha 0.0.01
Heat Transfer not started yet Based on Eckert 0.0.0
Open Channel Flow not started yet 0.0.0
Two/Multi phases flow not started yet Tel-Aviv’notes 0.0.0

The meaning of the progress is as:

• The Alpha Stage is when some of the chapters are already in rough draft;
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