The original concept behind publishing the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook was to provide a single source for all critical information needed by mechanical engineers in the diverse industries and job functions they find themselves. No single engineer can be a specialist in all areas that they are called on to work and the handbook provides a quick guide to specialized areas so that the engineer can know the basics and where to go for further reading. Kutz's handbook was positioned to provide discussion, examples, and analysis of the topics covered as opposed to the straight data, formulas and calculations provided by other handbooks.
Because of the widening breadth of subjects covered and specialization required from engineers we have divided the content beyond the single book to four separate, but related books. This first book covers Materials and Mechanical Design. Other books cover; Electronics/MEMS/Instrumentation & Control; Manufacturing & Management; and Energy & Power. Each book is sold separately or in combination with other volumes as the market requires.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface ix Vision for the Fourth Edition xi
Contributors xiii
PART 1 DESIGN 1
1. Computer-Aided Design 3
Emory W. Zimmers Jr. , Charalambos A. Marangos, Sekar Sundararajan, and Technical Staff
2. Product Design for Manufacturing and Assembly 55
Gordon Lewis
3. Design-for-Environment Processes and Tools 75
Daniel P. Fitzgerald, Thornton H. Gogoll, Linda C. Schmidt, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Peter A. Sandborn
4. Design Optimization: An Overview 97
A. Ravi Ravindran and G. V. Reklaitis
5. Total Quality Management in Mechanical System Design 125
B. S. Dhillon
6. Reliability in the Mechanical Design Process 149
B. S. Dhillon
7. Product Design and Manufacturing Processes for Sustainability 177
I. S. Jawahir, P. C. Wanigarathne, and X. Wang
8. Life-Cycle Design 207
Abigail Clarke and John K. Gershenson
9. Design for Maintainability 249
O. Geoffrey Okogbaa and Wilkistar Otieno
10. Design for Remanufacturing Processes 301
Bert Bras
11. Design for Manufacture and Assembly with Plastics 329
James A. Harvey
12. Design for Six Sigma: A Mandate for Competitiveness 341
James E. McMunigal and H. Barry Bebb
13. Engineering Applications of Virtual Reality 371
Wenjuan Zhu, Xiaobo Peng, and Ming C. Leu
14. Physical Ergonomics 417
Maury A. Nussbaum and Jaap H. van Dieë n
PART 2 INSTRUMENTATION, SYSTEMS, CONTROLS, AND MEMS 437
15. Electric Circuits 439
Albert J. Rosa
16. Measurements 565
E. L. Hixson and E. A. Ripperger
17. Signal Processing 579
John Turnbull
18. Data Acquisition and Display Systems 597
Philip C. Milliman
19. Systems Engineering: Analysis, Design, and Information Processing for Analysis and Design 625
Andrew P. Sage
20. Mathematical Models of Dynamic Physical Systems 667
K. Preston White Jr.
21. Basic Control Systems Design 747
William J. Palm III
22. General-Purpose Control Devices 805
James H. Christensen, Robert J. Kretschmann, Sujeet Chand, and Kazuhiko Yokoyama
23. Neural Networks in Feedback Control Systems 843
K. G. Vamvoudakis, F. L. Lewis, and Shuzhi Sam Ge
24. Mechatronics 895
Shane Farritor and Jeff Hawks
25. Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS): Design and Application 943
M. E. Zaghloul
Index 955
