Applied Mechanics for Engineers

Applied Mechanics for Engineers

The Commonwealth and International Library: Mechanical Engineering Division

1st Edition - January 1, 1966

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  • Author: C. B. Smith
  • eBook ISBN: 9781483158235

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Applied Mechanics for Engineers, Volume 1 provides an introduction to mechanics applied to engineering. The worked examples correspond to the first year of the Ordinary National Certificate in Engineering, which are supported with theories discussed in this book. The calculations in this text have all been made with the assistance of a slide rule and it is recommended that the reader acquire a slide rule to make full use of this publication. The topics covered include forces and moments; beams, shear force, and bending moment diagrams; velocity and acceleration; friction; and work, power, and energy. The gas laws; vapors, steam-engine, and boiler; and internal combustion engines are also deliberated in this text. This volume is valuable to engineering students, as well as researchers conducting work on applied mechanics.

Table of Contents


  • Preface

    1 Forces and Moments

    Force

    Characteristics of a Force

    Vector

    Bow's Notation

    Types of Forces

    Moment

    Couple

    Resultant Force

    Component Force

    Equilibrium of Forces

    Resultant Forces

    Simple Frameworks

    Exercises

    2 Beams, Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams

    Beam

    Support Reactions

    Simply Supported Beam with Point Loads

    Simply Supported Beam with Uniformly Distributed Load

    Cantilever Beam

    Shear Force

    Shear Force Diagram

    Bending Moment

    Sign Convention

    Bending Moment Diagram

    Maximum Bending Moment

    Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams by Graphical Construction

    Scales

    Exercises

    3 Stress and Strain

    Stress

    Shear Stress

    Direct Strain

    Modulus of Elasticity—Hooke's Law

    Determination of the Modulus of Elasticity E

    Shear Strain

    Modulus of Rigidity G

    Behavior beyond the Elastic Limit in Tension

    Yield Point

    Proof Stress

    Standard Tensile Stress

    Stress-Strain Curves

    Factor of Safety

    Exercises

    4 Velocity and Acceleration

    Velocity

    Acceleration

    Velocity-Time Graphs

    Newton's Laws of Motion

    Units

    Impact—Conservation of Momentum

    Exercises

    5 Friction

    Laws of Friction

    Lubricated Surfaces

    Angle of Friction

    Friction on Inclined Plane

    Friction in a Square Thread

    Ball and Roller Bearings

    Exercises

    6 Work, Power and Energy

    Work

    Power

    Energy

    Exercises

    7 Machines

    Machines

    Law of the Machine

    Mechanical Advantage

    Velocity Ratio

    Efficiency

    Overhauling

    Typical Machines

    Exercises

    8 Heat

    Atoms and Molecules

    Effect of Heat

    Heat Units

    Joule's Equivalent

    Specific Heat

    Water Equivalent

    Expansion

    Effect of Expansion

    Fuel and Combustion

    Combustion: Chemical Equation

    Calorific Value

    Higher and Lower Calorific Value

    Types of Fuel

    Calorimeters

    Exercises

    9 Gas Laws

    Gas Pressure

    Absolute Pressure

    Pressure Gauges

    Absolute Temperature—Charles's Law

    Characteristic Equation of a Gas—Combination of Boyle's Law and Charles's Law

    Standard Conditions

    Specific Heat of a Gas

    Exercises

    10 Vapors. Steam-Engine and Boiler

    Properties of Steam

    Enthalpy of Steam

    Dry Saturated Steam

    Wet Steam

    Superheated Steam 189

    Boiler

    Evaporative Capacity

    Equivalent Evaporation

    Boiler Efficiency

    Steam-Engine

    Indicator Gear

    Indicated Horse Power

    Brake Horse Power

    Dynamometers

    Efficiency

    Exercises

    11 Internal Combustion Engines

    Four-Stroke Cycle

    Two-Stroke Cycle

    Indicated Horse Power

    Farnborough Indicator

    Cathode-Ray Indicator

    Brake Horse Power

    Brake Mean Effective Pressure

    Brake Thermal Efficiency

    Exercises

    Tables

    Logarithms to Base 10

    Antilogarithms to Base 10

    Natural Sines

    Natural Cosines

    Natural Tangents

    Abbreviated Steam Table

    Index

Product details

  • No. of pages: 242
  • Language: English
  • Copyright: © Pergamon 1966
  • Published: January 1, 1966
  • Imprint: Pergamon
  • eBook ISBN: 9781483158235

About the Author

C. B. Smith

About the Editors

N. Hiller

G. E. Walker

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