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Print Price: $124.99

Format:
Hardback
640 pp.
8.5" x 11"

ISBN-13:
9780195384086

Copyright Year:
2015

Imprint: OUP US


Mechanics of Machines

Second Edition

William Cleghorn and Nikolai Dechev

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.

Readership : Suitable for courses such as Kinematics and Dynamics, Kinematics of Machines, Mechanics of Machines, and Machine Dynamics

1. Introduction
2. Mechanics of Rigid Bodies and Planar Mechanisms
3. Graphical Kinematic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms
4. Analytical Kinematic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms
5. Gears
6. Gear Trains
7. Cams
8. Graphical Force Analysis of Planar Mechanisms
9. Analytical Force Analysis and Balancing of Planar Mechanisms
10. Flywheels
11. Synthesis of Mechanisms
12. Design Process for Mechanisms and Machines
13. Design Case Studies for Mechanisms and Machines
Appendix A: Supplemental Design Projects Using Working Model 2D
Appendix B: Scalars and Vectors
Appendix C: Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics
Answers to Selected Problems

Companion Website

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.

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Special Features

  • Clear, concise language that introduces the fundamentals to students and expands to advanced topics.
  • Companion website includes 2D models, virtual 3D models, and animations of mechanisms and machines.
  • Also includes an updated instructor's solutions manual to be found on the Ancillary Resource Center (ARC)
New to this Edition
  • Two additional chapters devoted to design methodology as it relates to machines and mechanisms.
  • The companion website for students features updated 2D models, 3D models, animations, and videos demonstrating key concepts.
  • Substantial increase in the exercises and end-of-chapter problems.
  • Student coupon with discount access to Working Model version 9.0.