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Informationen zum Autor Clifford Mathews is an experienced engineer with worldwide knowledge of mechanical engineering. Klappentext A completely revised and expanded fourth edition of this best-selling pocket guide. Engineers' Data Book provides a concise and useful source of up-to-date essential information for the student or practising engineer.* Updated, expanded edition* Easy to use* Handy reference guide* Core technical data Zusammenfassung This new 2011 edition of this databook has been heavily updated and replaces the previous editions of this bestselling pocket guide, providing a concise and useful source of up-to-date essential for the student or practicing engineer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xi Preface xiii Introduction - The Role of Technical Standards xv Section 1: Engineering Careers 1 1.1 Introduction: what is an engineer? 1 1.2 A rough guide to industry breakdown 3 1.3 Training and professional development 4 1.4 Degrees of (engineering) excellence 5 1.5 Degrees and how to pass them 9 1.6 Do you have any . . . experience? 12 1.7 Final cut - job interviews 14 Section 2: Units 18 2.1 The Greek alphabet 18 2.2 Units systems 19 2.3 Units and conversions 21 2.4 Consistency of units 32 2.5 Dimensional analysis 36 2.6 Essential engineering mathematics 38 2.7 Maths and the real world? 40 Section 3: Engineering Design - Process and Principles 49 3.1 Engineering problem-solving 49 3.2 Problem types and methodologies 49 3.3 Design principles 51 3.4 The engineering design process 52 3.5 Design as a systematic activity (the 'pugh' method) 53 3.6 The innovation model 53 3.7 Creativity tools 57 3.8 The product design specification (PDS) 58 3.9 Presenting technical information 60 3.10 The anatomy of mechanical design 79 3.11 Safety in design - principles and practice 89 3.12 Design by nature - project toucan 105 Section 4: Basic Mechanical Design 110 4.1 Engineering abbreviations 110 4.2 Datums and tolerances - principles 112 4.3 Toleranced dimensions 113 4.4 General tolerances 114 4.5 Holes 115 4.6 Screw threads 116 4.7 Limits and fits 117 4.8 Surface finish 119 Section 5: Motion 122 5.1 Making sense of equilibrium 122 5.2 Motion equations 123 5.3 Newton's laws of motion 124 5.4 Simple harmonic motion (SHM) 125 5.5 Understanding acceleration 126 5.6 Dynamic balancing 126 5.7 Vibration 128 5.8 Machine vibration 129 5.9 Machinery noise 130 Section 6: Deformable Body Mechanics 133 6.1 Quick reference - mechanical notation 133 6.2 Engineering structures - so where are all the pin joints? 135 6.3 Simple stress and strain 136 6.4 Simple elastic bending 138 6.5 Slope and deflection of beams 140 6.6 Torsion 142 6.7 Thin cylinders 145 6.8 Cylindrical vessels with hemispherical ends 146 6.9 Thick cylinders 147 6.10 Buckling of struts 148 6.11 Flat circular plates 149 6.12 Stress concentration factors 151 Section 7: Material Failure 155 7.1 How materials fail 155 7.2 LEFM method 156 7.3 Multi-axis stress states 157 7.4 Fatigue 158 7.5 Factors of safety 161 7.6 United states practice 161 7.7 Ultimate jigsaw - what everything is made of 162 Section 8: Thermodynamics and Cycles 166 8.1 Quick reference: symbols - thermodynamics 166 8.2 Basic thermodynamic laws 167 8.3 Entropy 169 8.4 Enthalpy 169 8.5 Other definitions 170 8.6 Cycles 170 8.7 The steam cycle 172 8.8 Properties of steam 172 8....
