Overview
- Provides questions and answers at the end of each chapter
- Captures all aspects of modern mechanical engineering
- Useful reference for beginners in the field
Part of the book series: Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology (MFMT)
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About this book
This textbook fosters information exchange and discussion on all aspects of introductory matters of modern mechanical engineering from a number of perspectives including: mechanical engineering as a profession, materials and manufacturing processes, machining and machine tools, tribology and surface engineering, solid mechanics, applied and computational mechanics, mechanical design, mechatronics and robotics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, renewable energies, biomechanics, nanoengineering and nanomechanics. At the end of each chapter, a list of 10 questions (and answers) is provided.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Materials, Design and Manufacturing
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Thermal Engineering
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Robotics and Automation
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Advanced Machining
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
J. Paulo Davim is Eur Ing and Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with a MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of theUniversity of Aveiro. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. Recently, he has also interest in Management/Industrial Engineering and Higher Education for Sustainability/Engineering Education. He has received several scientific awards. He is the Editor in Chief of several international journals, Guest Editor of journals, books Editor, book Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Editors: J. Paulo Davim
Series Title: Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78488-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78487-8Published: 14 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08711-1Published: 24 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78488-5Published: 28 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2195-0911
Series E-ISSN: 2195-092X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 373
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations, 129 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing