Category: Mechanical Engineering



Introduction to Fluid Mechanics By William S. Janna

Description The ability to understand the area of fluid mechanics is enhanced by using equations to mathematically model those phenomena encountered in everyday life. Helping those new to fluid mechanics make sense of its concepts and calculations, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Edition makes learning a visual experience by introducing the types of problems that students are likely to encounter in practice – and then presenting methods to solve them. A time-tested book that has proven useful in various fluid mechanics and turbomachinery courses, this volume assumes knowledge of calculus and physics…

Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems Second Edition By Yogesh Jaluria

Introduction Thermal systems play an increasingly symbiotic role alongside mechanical systems in varied applications spanning materials processing, energy conversion, pollution, aerospace, and automobiles. Responding to the need for a flexible, yet systematic approach to designing thermal systems across such diverse fields, Design and Optimization of Thermal Systems, Second Edition provides the hands-on guidance needed to solve practical and progressively complex design problems. This book offers a thorough examination of basic concepts and procedures for conceptual design, formulation, modeling, simulation, feasible design, and optimization. The chapters encompass traditional as well as emerging techniques,…

Machinery Vibration and Rotordynamics By John Vance, Fouad Zeidan, Brian Murphy

Introduction This book follows the first author’s book Rotordynamics of Turbomachinery in its practical approach and style. Much of the material in that book has been updated and extended with new information, new examples, and a few corrections that reflect what has been learned since then. Of particular interest and significance are the new chapters (4, 5, and 6) on bearings, seals, and computer modeling contributed by the co-authors Dr. Fouad Zeidan and Dr. Brian Murphy. Dr. Zeidan is the president of two companies that design and manufacture high-performance bearings…

HVAC Systems Design Handbook Fourth Edition By Roger W.Haines and C.Lewis Wilson

Introduction This chapter is devoted to ‘‘fundamental’’ fundamentals—certain principles which lay the foundation for what is to come. Starting with the original author’s suggested thought process for analyzing typical problems, the reader is then exposed to a buzzword of our time: value engineering. Next follows a discussion of codes and regulations, political criteria which constrain potential design solutions to the bounds of public health and welfare, and sometimes to special interest group sponsored legislation. The final sections of the chapter offer a brief review of the basic physics of heating,…

CNC Milling for Makers Basics Techniques Applications By Christian Rattat

Until fairly recently, machining has been a high-cost manufacturing technique available only to large corporations and specialist machine shops. With today’s cheaper and more powerful computers, CNC milling and 3D printing technology has become practical, affordable, and accessible to just about anyone. Tabletop CNC machines–such as the Stepcraft-2/600, which is the model featured in this book–are every hobbyist’s dream, providing the tools needed to cut and shape materials such as glass, wood, plastics, and aluminum. In CNC Milling for Makers, author Christian Rattat explains how CNC technology works and he walks…

Programming of Computer Numerically Controlled Machines Third Edition By Ken Evans

Introduction Written in simple, easy-to-understand language by skilled programmers with years of experience teaching CNC machining to the industry and informal education settings, Programming of Computer Numerically Controlled Machines provides full descriptions of many operations and programming functions and illustrates their practical applications through examples. It provides in-depth information on how to program turning and milling machines, which is applicable to almost all control systems. It keeps all theoretical explanations to a minimum throughout so that they do not distort an understanding of the programming. And because of the wide…