Product Description
Using the most up-to-date information, this book provides a practical approach to designing machine elements in the context of complete mechanical design.Covering some of the primary machine elements such as belt drives, chain drives, gears, shafts, keys, couplings, seals, and rolling contact bearings. It also covers plain surface bearings, linear motion elements, fasteners, springs, machine frames, bolted connections, welded joints, electric motors, controls, clutches, and brakes.This book is for any individual design professional for which a practical approach to mechanical design, based on sound engineering principles, is desired.

From the Publisher
This book presents the concepts, procedures, data, and decision-analysis techniques readers will need to design safe, efficient, and workable machine elements...and to effectively integrate these elements into total systems.

Product Details
Hardcover: 944 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (July 26, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130618853
ISBN-13: 978-0130618856