Publisher's Synopsis
Encyclopaedia of Engineering Mechanics Statics and Dynamics provides a solid foundation of mechanics principles, and discusses extensive variety of engaging problems related to engineering design. Engineering mechanics is the application of mechanics to solve problems involving common engineering elements. The book Principles of Engineering Mechanics provides the basis for a stimulating and rewarding one-term course for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students specializing in mechanics, engineering science, engineering physics, applied mathematics, materials science, and mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineering. First chapter focuses on cosmic dark energy density from classical mechanics and seemingly redundant Riemannian finitely many tensor components of Einstein's general relativity. Second chapter highlights on rotational oscillation effect on flow characteristics of a circular cylinder at low Reynolds number. Third chapter gives an approach on aerodynamic brake for formula cars. In fourth chapter, the main objective is to identify the parameters of motors, which includes a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor and an induction motor. The motor systems are dynamically formulated by the mechanical and electrical equations. Fifth chapter deals with the theoretic simulation of a drill bit whirling under conditions of its contact interaction with the bore-hole bottom rock plane. Sixth chapter emphasizes on dry friction with various frictions laws. Seventh chapter presents a novel design for a knee disarticulation prosthesis. In this design, three hydraulic cylinders form the supporting structure and provide the damping effect at the same time. A numerical study on boundary layer flow behavior, heat and mass transfer characteristics of a nanofluid over an exponentially stretching sheet in a porous medium is presented in eighth chapter. Ninth chapter presents a hands-on project-based mechanical engineering design module focusing on sustainability. An automated assembly system is studied in tenth chapter and a new method is proposed in eleventh chapter to calculate the ultimate capacity of the pile from pile load test data. In twelfth chapter, two control torques which stabilize asymptotically the rotational motion of an axi-symmetric rigid body are obtained only in terms of the orientation parameters.
