1 THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSION

1.1 OVERVIEW

1.2 WHAT ISENGINEERING

1.3 WHO ARE MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

1.4 CAREER PATHS

1.5 TYPICAL PROGRAM OF STUDY

SUMMARY

SELF-STUDY AND REVIEW

PROBLEMS

REFERENCES

2 PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS

2.1 OVERVIEW

2.2 UNIT SYSTEMS AND CONVERSIONS

2.3 DIMENSIONAL CONSISTENCY

2.4 SIGNIFICANT DIGITS

2.5 AN ERROR OF UNITS ON THE WAY TO MARS

2.6 APPROXIMATION IN ENGINEERING

2.7 PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODOLOGY

SUMMARY

SELF-STUDY AND REVIEW

PROBLEMS

REFERENCES

3 MACHINE COMPONENTS AND TOOLS

3.1 OVERVIEW

3.2 ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS

3.3 FLEXIBLE SHAFT COUPLINGS

3.4 GEAR TYPES AND TERMINOLOGY

3.5 BELT AND CHAIN DRIVES

3.6 MACHINE TOOLS

SUMMARY

SELF-STUDY AND REVIEW

4 FORCES IN STRUCTURES AND FLUIDS

4.1 OVERVIEW

4.2 FORCES AND RESULTANTS

4.3 MOMENT OF A FORCE

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5 MATERIALS AND STRESSES

6 THERMAL AND ENERGY SYSTEMS

7 MOTION OF MACHINERY

8 MECHANICAL DESIGN

APPENDIX A GREEK ALPHABET

APPENDIX B REVIEW OF MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS

APPENDIX C PLANETARY GEARTRAINS

INDEX