"Mechanical Engineering Design, Third Edition strikes a balance between theory and application, and prepares students for more advanced study or professional practice. Updated throughout, it outlines basic concepts and provides the necessary theory to gain insight into mechanics with numerical methods in design. Divided into three sections, the text presents background topics, addresses failure prevention across a variety of machine elements, and...

Provides instructions for making such devices as a tin-can telegraph, crystal radio, and kaleidoscope, and suggests a variety of related experiments and other activities.

"Design of Mechanical Elements provides a basic introduction to mechanical design considerations and calculations without overwhelming students with extraneous information. Developed for readers who are encountering the topic for the first time, the book is divided into three parts: the first covers basic design techniques and concepts such as material selection, statistical considerations, tolerances, and safety factors; the second part covers the...