Mechanical Design Handbook

Mechanical Design Handbook, 2nd Ed

The purpose of the Mechanical Design Handbook has been from its inception to provide the mechanical designer the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on what is available, and how to utilize it effectively and efficiently in a single reference source. Unique to this edition, is the combination of the fundamentals of mechanical design with a systems approach, incorporating the most important mechanical subsystem components. The original editor and a contributing author, Harold A. Rothbart, is one of the most well known and respected individuals in the mechanical engineering community. From the First Edition of the Mechanical Design and Systems Handbook published over forty years ago to this Second Edition of the Mechanical Design Handbook, he has continued to assemble experts in every field of machine design—mechanisms and linkages, cams, every type of gear and gear train, springs, clutches, brakes, belts, chains, all manner of roller bearings, failure analysis, vibration, engineering materials, and classical mechanics, including stress and deformation analysis. This incredible wealth of information, which would otherwise involve searching through dozens of books and hundreds of scientific and professional papers, is organized into twenty-two distinct chapters and two appendices. This provides direct access for the designer to a specific area of interest or need.