Mechanical Technology
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Mechanical Technology

  1. 552 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Mechanical Technology

About this book

Mechanical Technology, Second Edition provides discussion of the fundamental outline of mechanical engineering principles. The book is comprised of 41 chapters that cover the major areas of mechanical technology, such as stress analysis, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. The coverage of the text includes the thermodynamic properties of substances; gyroscopic motion; and momentum of fluids. The book also covers the influence of computers in the various aspects of mechanical engineering, such as in designing and manufacturing. The text will be useful to students of mechanical engineering. Readers who want to have a better understanding of fundamental mechanical engineering will also benefit from the book.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Mechanical Technology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Chapter 1. Simple stress and strain
  7. Chapter 2. Shearing force and bending moment
  8. Chapter 3. Bending and shearing stresses
  9. Chapter 4. Torsion
  10. Chapter 5. Deflection of beams
  11. Chapter 6. Struts
  12. Chapter 7. Strain energy
  13. Chapter 8. Complex stress and strain
  14. Chapter 9. Cylinders
  15. Chapter 10. Dynamics
  16. Chapter 11. Velocity and acceleration diagrams
  17. Chapter 12. Reciprocating mechanisms
  18. Chapter 13. Turning moment diagrams
  19. Chapter 14. Balancing of rotating masses
  20. Chapter 15. Friction clutches, bearings and belt drives
  21. Chapter 16. Gyroscopic motion
  22. Chapter 17. Gear trains
  23. Chapter 18. Free vibrations
  24. Chapter 19. Transverse vibrations and whirling speeds
  25. Chapter 20. Damped and forced vibrations
  26. Chapter 21. Thermodynamic properties of substances
  27. Chapter 22. Basic engineering thermodynamics
  28. Chapter 23. The second law of thermodynamics
  29. Chapter 24. Steam plant
  30. Chapter 25. Gas turbine plant
  31. Chapter 26. Reciprocating internal combustion engines
  32. Chapter 27. Refrigerators and heat pumps
  33. Chapter 28. Reciprocating air compressors
  34. Chapter 29. Combustion
  35. Chapter 30. Plant performance
  36. Chapter 31. Heat transfer
  37. Chapter 32. Pressure and pressure measurement
  38. Chapter 33. Hydrostatics
  39. Chapter 34. Flow and flow measurement
  40. Chapter 35. Momentum of fluids
  41. Chapter 36. Viscosity
  42. Chapter 37. Real fluid flow
  43. Chapter 38. Dimensional analysis
  44. Chapter 39. Dynamic similarity
  45. Chapter 40. Turbomachinery
  46. Chapter 41. Centrifugal pumps
  47. Chapter 42. Computers in mechanical engineering
  48. Appendix A: Moments of area and Inertia
  49. Appendix B Differential equations
  50. Index