Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook

Mechanical engineering skills are essential to power generation, production and transportation. Machine elements such as bearings, shafts, gears, belts, chains, clutches and belts represent fundamental building blocks for a wide range of technology applications. The aims of this handbook are to present an overview of the design process and to introduce the technology and selection of specific machine elements that are fundamental to a wide range of mechanical engineering design applications. This book includes detailed worked examples for the design and application of machine elements and over 600 images, with line drawings complemented by solid model illustrations to aid understanding of the machine elements and assemblies concerned. The context for engineering and mechanical design is introduced in the first chapter, which also presents a blended design process, incorporating principles from systematic and holistic design, as well as practical project management. This chapter is followed by three chapters focusing on materials, mechanics and tribology and then fourteen chapters on specific machine elements. The handbook concludes with a chapter on tolerancing relevant to combining machine elements in practical designs.