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Mechanical Engineering Design

Mechanical Engineering Design

Editor: DOTTIE CHURCHILL
 
  • Year: 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Price: US $ 290.00

Product development and innovation are important industry drivers. Engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing, and evaluation. The automotive industry, aerospace and transportation industries, power generation, refineries, insurance industries, building services, railway systems design, consumer goods design and manufacturing, and management consultancies all use mechanical engineering design. This specialisation combines studies in advanced materials and production with cutting-edge computer-aided engineering technology. Functions, safety, dependability, manufacturability, weight, size, wear, maintenance, and liability are some of the fundamental design criteria proposed in mechanical design procedures.



 This book is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concepts in field of mechanical engineering design. It adopts multidisciplinary approach in addressing both basic and applied aspects of this field. It deals with materials in mechanical engineering, casting materials, load and stress analysis. This is a comprehensive research guide that describes both the key new techniques and more established methods. Every chapter discusses the merits and limitations of the various approaches and then provides selected tried-and-tested protocols. It also describes deflection, failure prevention, designs of mechanical elements, design of permanent joints, and finite element analysis. Different approaches, evaluations, and methodologies on the subject have been included in this book. For all those who are interested in engineering design, this book can prove to be an essential guide. 



Preface


1. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design


1. Introduction


2. Duties of Mechanical Engineers


3. Sub disciplines of Mechanical Engineering


4. What do mechanical engineers do?


5. What careers are there in mechanical engineering?


6. Future of Mechanical Engineering


7. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design


8. Phases and Interactions of the Design Process


9. Interaction design activities


10. Design tools and Resources


11. The Design Engineers’ Professional Responsibilities


Conclusion


References


2. Materials in Mechanical Engineering


1. Introduction


2. Materials strength and stiffness


3. The Statistical Significance of Material Properties


Conclusion


References


3. Casting Materials and Other Processes


1. Introduction


2. Casting Materials


3. Sand Casting


4. Parts of a Sand Casting Mold


5. Process cycle of Sand Casting


6. Shell Molding


7. Investment casting


8. Powder Metallurgy Process


9. Hot and cold working processes


Conclusion


References


4. Load and Stress Analysis


1. Introduction


2. Equilibrium and Free-Body Diagram


3. Shear and Bending Moment in Beams


4. Singularity Functions


5. Stress


6. Cartesian Stress Components


7. Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress


8. General Three-Dimensional Stress


9. Elastic Strain


10. Uniformly Distributed Stress


11. Normal Stresses for Beams in bending


12. Shear Stresses for Beams in Bending


Conclusion


References


5. Deflection and Stiffness


1. Introduction


2. Spring rates


3. Tension, Compression and Torsion


4. Methods of Determination Of Slope And Deflection


5. Compression Members-General


6. Angle Struts


7. Column Buckling


Conclusion


References


6. Failure Prevention


1. Introduction


2. Failures Resulting from Static Loading


Conclusion


References


7. Designs of Mechanical Elements


1. Introduction


2. Basics of Mechanical Design


Conclusion


References


8. Other Mechanical Elements


1. Introduction


2. Conical and Volute Spring


Conclusion


References


9. Welding, Bonding, and the Design of Permanent Joints


1. Introduction


2. Welding Symbols


3. Near Member


4. References and General Notes


5. Location of Weld Symbols


6. Fillet welds


7. Introduction to Weld Joints


Conclusion


References


10. Finite Element Analysis


1. Introduction


2. Advantages of the Finite Element Method


3. Application of FEM


Conclusion


References


Index

Dottie Churchill is a Faculty Member at Institute of Technology, Munich. She has received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Science, Nottingham. Her topics of interest are in the mechanics of solids, fatigue fracture mechanics, mechanical engineering design and finite element analysis. Churchill has produced numerous writing, which include scholarly articles, journal papers and books in the field of industrial design and engineering. She has been the recipient of two awards for her research work in these fields.