A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering

What is mechanical engineering? What a mechanical engineering does? How did the mechanical engineering change through ages? What is the future of mechanical engineering? This book answers these questions in a lucid manner. It also provides a brief chronological history of landmark events and answers questions such as: When was steam engine invented? Where was first CNC machine developed? When did the era of additive manufacturing start? When did the marriage of mechanical and electronics give birth to discipline of mechatronics? This book informs and create interest on mechanical engineering in the general public and particular in students. It also helps to sensitize the engineering fraternity about the historical aspects of engineering. At the same time, it provides a common sense knowledge of mechanical engineering in a handy manner.

List of contents

What is Mechanical Engineering.- Landmark Revolutionary Inventions in Mechanical Engineering.- History of Mechanics.- History of Thermodynamics.- Manufacturing.- Emergence of Production and Industrial Engineering.- History of Mechatronics.- Future of Mechanical Engineering.

Summary

What is mechanical engineering? What a mechanical engineering does? How did the mechanical engineering change through ages? What is the future of mechanical engineering? This book answers these questions in a lucid manner. It also provides a brief chronological history of landmark events and answers questions such as: When was steam engine invented? Where was first CNC machine developed? When did the era of additive manufacturing start? When did the marriage of mechanical and electronics give birth to discipline of mechatronics? This book informs and create interest on mechanical engineering in the general public and particular in students. It also helps to sensitize the engineering fraternity about the historical aspects of engineering. At the same time, it provides a common sense knowledge of mechanical engineering in a handy manner.

Product details

• Authors: J Pau Davim, J. Paulo Davim, João Paulo Davim, Uday Shanke Dixit, Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjur Hazarika, Manjuri Hazarika
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319429144
• ISBN: 978-3-31-942914-4
• No. of pages: 178
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 16 mm x 247 mm
• Weight: 452 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 178 p. 22 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Series: Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology; Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; B, History, Technology, popular science, engineering, History of Science, Job Careers in Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Careers guidance, Technology and Engineering, Popular Science in Technology, Engineering—Vocational guidance, Science, Technology and Society