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Now published in its second edition this book concentrates on developing comprehensive skills for the design and selection of common mechanical engineering components and machine elements. It is an ideal guide to the subject of total design for students of mechanical design and mechanical engineering.Key features of this fully revised and expanded edition:1) New chapters on casings and enclosures, springs, and fasteners2) New Information important machine elements such as sensors and actuators3) Clear explanation of the total mechanical design process through the use of text, photographs, diagrams, step-by-step procedures and case studiesMechanical Design provides descriptive and illustrative information on principles and individual components to highlight the detailed methods and calculations necessary to specify, design, or select a component. Worked examples and solutions are supplied throughout to help the reader develop these skills to be able to repeat calculation and selection processes with confidence.
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Mechanical Design
This book is dedicated to Hazel,Tabitha and Angus
Mechanical Design Second edition
Peter R. N. Childs BSc (Hons), DPhil, CEng, FIMechE, MIED, ILTM, Mem ASME University of Sussex, UK
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Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 1998 by Arnold Second edition 2004 Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder exce