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Mechanical Science
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This book gives comprehensive coverage of mechanical science for HNC/HND students taking mechanical engineering courses, including all topics likely to be covered in both years of such courses, as well as for first year undergraduate courses in mechanical engineering. It features 500 problems with answers and 200 worked examples. The third edition includes a new section on power transmission and an appendix on mathematics to help students with the basic notation of calculus and solution of differential equations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Forces and equilibrium
- Chapter 2 Simple stress and strain
- Chapter 3 Beams
- Chapter 4 Deflections of beams
- Chapter 5 Struts and columns
- Chapter 6 Torsion
- Chapter 7 Strain energy
- Chapter 8 Stress and strain analysis
- Chapter 9 Cylindrical shells
- Chapter 10 Linear and angular motion
- Chapter 11 Mechanisms
- Chapter 12 Turning moment diagrams
- Chapter 13 Power transmission
- Chapter 14 Friction clutches, bearings and belt drives
- Chapter 15 Gyroscopic motion
- Chapter 16 Free vibrations
- Chapter 17 Damped and forced oscillations
- Chapter 18 Vibrations of multi-degree systems
- Chapter 19 Finite element method
- Appendix: Some mathematics help
- Answers to problems
- Index
