Mechanical Technology
3rd Edition
Published in February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-7506-3886-9 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive text on mechanical technology for students of mechanical engineering. Coverage is provided of stress analysis, dynamics, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. This edition has an expanded section on heat transfer.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1075 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-3886-9 (9780750638869)
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Content
Simple stress and strain; shearing force and bending moment; bending and shearing stresses; torsion; deflection of beams; struts; strain energy; complex stress and strain; cylinder; dynamics; velocity and acceleration diagrams; reciprocating mechanisms; turning moment diagrams; balancing of rotating masses; friction clutches; bearing and belt drivers; gyroscopic motion; gear trains; free vibration; transverse vibration and whirling speeds; damped and forced vibrations; thermodynamic properties of substances; basic engineering thermodynamics; second law of thermodynamics; steam plant; gas turbine plant; reciprocating internal combustion engines; refrigerators and heat pumps; reciprocating air compressors; combustion; plant performance; heat transfer; pressure and pressure measurement; hydrostatics; flow and flow measurement; momentum of fluids; viscosity; real fluid flow; dimensional analysis; dynamic similarity,; turbomachinery; centrifugal pumps. Appendices: moments of area and inertia; differential equations.