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Technology & Engineering Engineering (general)

Mechanics of Machines

by (author) William Cleghorn & Nikolai Dechev

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2014
Category
Engineering (General)
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780195384086
    Publish Date
    Aug 2014
    List Price
    $124.99

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Description

Mechanics of Machines is designed for undergraduate courses in kinematics and dynamics of machines. It covers the basic concepts of gears, gear trains, the mechanics of rigid bodies, and graphical and analytical kinematic analyses of planar mechanisms. In addition, the text describes a procedure for designing disc cam mechanisms, discusses graphical and analytical force analyses and balancing of planar mechanisms, and illustrates common methods for the synthesis of mechanisms. Each chapter concludes with a selection of problems of varying length and difficulty. SI Units and US Customary Units are employed. An appendix presents twenty-six design projects based on practical, real-world engineering situations. These may be ideally solved using Working Model software.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

William L. Cleghorn is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Nikolai Dechev is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria.