Book Description
Using an exceptionally readable, applied approach to the
principles and practice of mechanical design, this text presents
the concepts, procedures, data, and decision-analysis techniques
students need to design safe, efficient, and workable machine
elements - and to effectively integrate them into total systems.
Hands-on in nature, it features an abundance of thoroughly worked
and explained examples and topic-specific and comprehensive
integrative reality-based problems and projects. The use of
spreadsheets and the latest computational tools and extensive
appendices provide realistic up-to-date data and techniques for
use in problem solutions and design projects.
Features and Benefits
NEW-Groups chapters into three major parts to better relate
chapters to one another- Principles of Design and Stress Analysis,
Design of a Mechanical Drive and Design Details and Other Machine
Elements.
NEW-Adds a chapter on Completion of the Design of a Power
Transmission (chapter 15)
NEW-Makes greater use of spreadsheets and other computational aids
- e.g., mathematical analysis software - for design analysis.
NEW-Updates references to national standards - e.g., American Gear
Manufacturers Association (AGMA) and American National Standards
Institute (ANSI).
NEW-Expands design projects and student activities- Refines the
set of 30 different design projects that together require students
to perform comprehensive designs from conceptualization through
detail design.
Synopsis
Using an exceptionally readable, applied approach to the
principles and practice of mechanical design, this text presents
the concepts, procedures, data, and decision-analysis techniques
students need to design safe, efficient, and workable machine
elements - and to effectively integrate them into total systems.
Hands-on in nature, it features an abundance of thoroughly worked
and explained examples and topic-specific and comprehensive
integrative reality-based problems and projects. The use of
spreadsheets and the latest computational tools and extensive
appendices provide realistic up-to-date data and techniques for
use in problem solutions and design projects.* NEW-Groups chapters
into three major parts to better relate chapters to one another: *
Principles of Design and Stress Analysis - introduces the concepts
of design philosophy and builds on earlier-learned principles of
strength of materials, materials science, and manufacturing
processes. * Design of a Mechanical Drive - shows how one example
of a complete mechanical design (a power transmission) can be
completed. Guides students through a series of related designs of
the various machine elements with appropriate iteration among the
designs and careful consideration for the interfaces between
elements. * Design Details and Other Machine Elements. * These
chapters can be covered in any order and selected topics can be
used in different courses at the choice of the instructor. *
NEW-Adds a chapter on Completion of the Design of a Power
Transmission(chapter 15) - emphasizing the numerous decisions that
must be made in such a design problem. * NEW-Makes greater use of
spreadsheets and other computational aids - e.g., mathematical
analysis software - for design analysis. * NEW-Updates references
to national standards - e.g., American Gear Manufacturers
Association (AGMA) and American National Standards Institute
(ANSI). * NEW-Expands design projects and student activities: *
Refines the set of 30 different design projects that together
require students to perform comprehensive designs from
conceptualization through detail design. * Each chapter starts
with The Big Picture to engage the students in discussion of the
many contexts in which the principles in that chapter are used in
real, practical design. It draws on the students own experience
and builds their knowledge of the mechanical design field. It is
based on the learning theories that students learn better when
they can relate new concepts to past experiences and when they
consider the whole before tackling the details. Can be used by
instructors to spark discussion among the students. * NEW-Expands
and carefully grades chapter-end problem sets. * Provides
comprehensive practical, reality-based problems. * Adds smaller
problems of a more focused nature to allow students to build their
skills before taking on the more comprehensive problems. *
NEW-Identifies key formulas with distinctive marginal symbols and
labels for quick reference, and highlights summaries of design
procedures with shading. * NEW-Updates all appendices. * Offers a
very clear, easy-to-understand approach to creating designs. *
Carefully explains the principles of a given topic and then shows
how those principles result in effective approaches to design or
to analyze machine elements. * Emphasizes that students must not
only understand how to design individual machine elements, but
should be able to design more comprehensive mechanical devices in
which several elements must fit together, be convenient to
manufacture and assemble, and operate reliably. * Focuses on the
importance of designing practical systems - using readily
available materials and easily implemented processes. * Contains
many example problems that are solved completely with much
discussion of the design decisions that must be made to produce a
safe, practical design. * Provides an abundance of practical,
reality-based chapter-end problem sets. * Features an extensive
set of appendices with realistic data to use in problem solutions
and design projects.
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