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An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

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This textbook introduces students to the field of mechanical engineering and helps them appreciate how engineers design the hardware that builds and improves society. Balancing problem-solving skills, design, engineering analysis, real-world applications, and practical technology, author Jonathan Wickert provides students with a solid foundation for future study and contributions in mechanical engineering. Overall, the presentation aims to attract students to engineering, excite them with a view of what to expect in later courses, and provide them with a useful design, problem-solving and analysis skills.

Table of Contents:
1 The mechanical engineering profession: Overview; What is Engineering?; Who are Mechanical Engineers?; Career Paths; Typical Programme of Study; Summary. 2 Problem-solving skills: Overview; Unit Systems and Conversions; Dimensional Consistency; Significant Digits; An Error of Units on the Way to Mars; Approximation in Engineering; Problem-Solving Methodologyl; Summary. 3 Machine components and tools: Overview; Rolling Element Bearings; Flexible Shaft Couplings; Gear Types and Terminology; Belt and Chain Drives; Machine Tools; Summary. 4 Forces in structures and fluids: Overview; Forces and Resultants; Moment of a Force; Equilibrium of Forces and Moments; Buoyancy, Drag, and Lift Forces in Fluids; Summary. 5 Materials and stresses: Overview; Tension and Compression; Response of Engineering Materials; Shear; Factor of Safety; Summary. 6 Thermal and energy systems: Overview; Mechanical Energy, Work, and Power; Heat as Energy in Transit; Energy Conservation and Conversion; Heat Engines and Efficiency; Case Study #1 - Internal Combustion Engines; Case Study #2 - Electrical Power Generation; Case Study #3 - Jet Engines; Summary. 7 Motion of machinery: Overview; Rotational Motion; Speed, Torque, and Power in Gearsets; Simple and Compound Geartrains; Planetary Geartrains; Engine and Compressor Mechanisms; Summary. 8 Mechanical design: Overview; High-Level Design Procedure; Case Study in Conceptual Design - Mousetrap-Powered Vehicles; Case Study in Computer-Aided Design - Non-Invasive Medical Imaging; Case Study in Mechanical Design - The Hydra-Matic Transmission; Patents in Engineering; Summary. Appendices: Greek Alphabet; Review of Mathematical Equations; Planetary Geartrain Design Equation.

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"I believe the author does an excellent job of taking his audience along at a comfortable and appropriate pace. Additionally, he does a good job of building his reader's knowledge base as he proceeds through the text. The author's communication skills are excellent." "The introductory chapter does a handsome job of explaining what Mechanical Engineering is and what Mechanical Engineers do...it draws the potential student a very accurate picture of the profession while also drawing the student more deeply into the excitement of Mechanical Engineering."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780534391324
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Nelson Engineering
  • Height: 235 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 703 gr
  • ISBN-10: 053439132X
  • Publisher Date: 06 Jun 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 187 mm


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