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Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-101138076945

ISBN-139781138076945

eBay Product ID (ePID)237720884

Product Key Features

Number of Pages384 Pages

Publication NameDesign Engineer's Handbook

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectMechanical, Industrial Design / General, Civil / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering

AuthorKeith L. Richards

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal621

Table Of ContentBeams. Torsion of Solid Sections. Design and Analysis of Lugs and Shear Pins. Mechanical Fasteners. Limits and Fits. Thick Cylinders. Compound Cylinders. The Design and Analysis of Helical Compression Springs Manufactured from Round Wire. Introduction to Analytical Stress Analysis and the Use of the Mohr Circle. Introduction to Experimental Stress Analysis. Introduction to Fatigue and Fracture. Introduction to Geared Systems. Introduction to Cams and Followers.

SynopsisStudent design engineers often require a "cookbook" approach to solving certain problems in mechanical engineering. With this focus on providing simplified information that is easy to retrieve, retired mechanical design engineer Keith L. Richards has written Design Engineer's Handbook . This book conveys the author's insights from his decades of experience in fields ranging from machine tools to aerospace. Sharing the vast knowledge and experience that has served him well in his own career, this book is specifically aimed at the student design engineer who has left full- or part-time academic studies and requires a handy reference handbook to use in practice. Full of material often left out of many academic references, this book includes important in-depth coverage of key topics, such as: Effects of fatigue and fracture in catastrophic failures Lugs and shear pins Helical compression springs Thick-walled or compound cylinders Cam and follower design Beams and torsion Limits and fits and gear systems Use of Mohr's circle in both analytical and experimental stress analysis This guide has been written not to replace established primary reference books but to provide a secondary handbook that gives student designers additional guidance. Helping readers determine the most efficiently designed and cost-effective solutions to a variety of engineering problems, this book offers a wealth of tables, graphs, and detailed design examples that will benefit new mechanical engineers from all walks., This handbook covers basic subjects that mechanical engineers will meet in their careers as well as the analysis of important machine elements, including shafts, lugs, and shear pins together with mechanical fasteners such as bolts. Emphasizing the use of hand calculations rather than dedicated software enables engineers and engineering students to understand the reasoning behind a particular approach, so that a solution can be readily obtained in the absence of a computer. The chapters cover the general problems that engineers encounter during their work--similar to the problems the writer had to solve in his early career--and provide detailed solutions to such problems.