Mechanical category: 2199 books

Critical distance methods are extremely useful for predicting fracture and fatigue in engineering components. They also represent an important development in the theory of fracture mechanics. Despite being in use for over fifty years in some fields, there has never been a book about these methods...

Getting Started with NX 9 This chapter Introduces NX. The user interface and terminology are discussed in this chapter. •    Introduction to NX 9 •    Starting NX 9 •    User Interface •    Mouse Functions •    Edit Background •    Shortcut Keys •    NX Help Sketch...

** Assemblies** •    Starting an Assembly •    Inserting Components •    Fixing the first Component •    Inserting the Second Component •    Moving and rotating components •    Coincident Constraint •    Distance Constraint •    Angle Offset •    Parallel...

CATIA V5-6R2017 Basics introduces you to the CATIA V5 user interface, basic tools and modeling techniques. It gives users a strong foundation of CATIA V5 and covers the creation of parts, assemblies, drawings, sheetmetal parts, and complex shapes. This textbook helps you to know the use of various...

A Practical, On-the-Job HVAC Guide Applicable to residential, commercial, and industrial jobs, this essential handbook puts a wealth of real-world information at your fingertips. HVAC Troubleshooting Guide shows you how to read, interpret, and prepare schedules, mechanical plans, and electrical...

A comprehensive and dedicated guide to automotive production lines, The Automotive Body Manufacturing Systems and Processes addresses automotive body processes from the stamping operations through the final assembly activities. To begin, it discusses current metal forming practices, including stamping...

In the Standard Handbook of Plant Engineering, Second Edition, Robert C. Rosaler and 70 other industry experts take you on an exhaustive tour of the basic plant facility, plant operation equipment and the all-important maintenance function-giving you the hands-on skill and essential technical data...

This book approaches the design of active vibration control systems from the perspective of today’s ideas of computer control. It formulates the various design problems encountered in the active management of vibration as control problems and searches for the most appropriate tools to solve them....

AutoCAD MEP 2016 for Designers textbook is written with the intention of helping the readers effectively use the designing and drafting tools of AutoCAD MEP 2016. This textbook provides a simple and clear explanation of tools that are commonly used in AutoCAD MEP 2016. After reading this textbook,...

Optimization is generally a reduction operation of a definite quantity. This process naturally takes place in our environment and through our activities. For example, many natural systems evolve, in order to minimize their potential energy. Modeling these phenomena then largely relies on our capacity...

Extrude and Revolve Features This chapter teaches you to create basic 3D geometry using the Extrude and Revolve commands.   •    Extrude Features •    Revolve Features •    Datum Planes •    Additional options of the Extrude command •    View Modification commands Placed...

Sheet Metal Design This chapter covers how to create sheet metal parts and flat patterns. •    Starting a Sheet Metal part •    Sheet Metal Part Properties •    Tab •    Flange •    Closed Corner •    Contour Flange •    Hem •    Bend •    Jog •    Dimple •  ...

Additional Features and Multibody Parts This chapter covers additional commands to create complex geometry. In addition, the multibody parts are also covered. •    Rib •    Slot •    Multi-body Parts •    Emboss Body Modifying Parts This chapter explores the commands...

Colloids are ubiquitous in the food, medical, cosmetics, polymers, water purification, and pharmaceutical industries. The thermal, mechanical, and storage properties of colloids are highly dependent on their interface morphology and their rheological behavior. Numerical methods provide a convenient...