Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook

Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook, Third Edition discusses the mechanical engineering skills that 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 aim of this handbook is 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.
- Provides a comprehensive treatment of machine elements, including bearings, gears, shafts, clutches, brakes, belts, chains, springs, wire rope, hydraulics, and pneumatics- Presents the design and selection of flow charts- Includes over 600 illustrations, presenting the technologies and their implementation- Covers detailed, worked examples throughout

Peter Childs, FREng, is the Professorial Lead in Engineering Design and Innovation Design Engineering. He is Professor at Large, Co-Director of the Energy Futures Lab, and was Founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. His general interests include creativity, innovation, design, fluid flow and heat transfer, energy and robotics. Prior to his current post at Imperial, he was director of the Rolls-Royce supported University Technology Centre for Aero-Thermal Systems, director of InQbate and professor at the University of Sussex. He has contributed to over 200 refereed journal and conference papers, and several books including the Handbook on Mechanical Design Engineering (Elsevier, 2013, 2019) as well as temperature measurements and rotating flow. He has been principal or co-investigator on contracts totaling over £100 million. He is Editor of the Journal of Power and Energy, Professor of Excellence at MD-H, Berlin, and Chairperson at BladeBUG Ltd and Founder Director and Chairperson at QBot Ltd.Dr Marc Masen is Reader in Tribology and Mechanical Engineering Design in theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London. He is the AcademicLead in Mechanical Engineering Design. His expertise includes the response of materials tomechanical contact and interaction, with a special focus on materials showing nonlinear and complex behaviour; such as polymers, elastomers, greases, and biologicaltissue. He designs, builds, and adapts advanced tribometers to gain new insights intothe behaviour of these materials. Within the Tribology research group, he collaboratesclosely with a range of companies, including SMEs and multinationals such as L'Oréal,Shell and SKF. He is the co-editor of the journal Biotribology and sits on the editorialboard of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J - Journal ofEngineering Tribology. He teaches on a range of modules, including MechanicalTransmissions, focusing on machine elements such as shafts, gears, bearings andcouplings.

1. Design2. Mechanics of engineering materials3. Material selection for performance4. Tribology5. Journal bearings6. Rolling element bearings7. Shafts8. Gears9. Spur and helical gear stressing10. Bevel gears11. Worm gears12. Belt and chain drives13. Clutches and brakes14. Seals15. Springs16. Fastening and power screws17. Wire rope18. Pneumatics and hydraulics19. Tolerancing and precision engineering