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Eugene A. Avallone is a consulting engineer with over 48 years active practice in industry and academia. He resides in Ardsley, New York

Theodore Baumeister IIII was affiliated with El Du Nemours Company for many years in engineering and development. Since retiring, he has worked as a computer programmer and consultant, and her lives in Newark, Delaware

THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER'S "BIBLE" FOR OVER 90 YEARS...Now Updated with Data on Nanotechnology, Electronics, Biotechnology, and More!

Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers has given generations of engineers quick access to essential information on topics ranging from mathematics, mechanics of solids and fluids, heat, fuels and furnaces, and machine elements...to power generation, materials handling, transportation, manufacturing processes, and much more. Now updated and expanded for today's engineering environment, the Eleventh Edition of this world-renowned resource contains new coverage of high-tech areas, including nanotechnology, electronics, and biotechnology.

Written by a team of over 160 experts, it provides clear, concise answers to thousands of mechanical engineering questions. Comprehensive and authoritative, the Eleventh Edition features:

• Over 1,800 pages of mechanical engineering facts, figures, standards, and practices
  
  
• 2,000 illustrations and 900 tables that clarify every important mathematical and engineering principle
  
  
• 30% new information throughout

Get Quick Access to Every Area of Mechanical Engineering:

• Mathematical Tables and Measuring Units
  
  
• Mathematics
  
  
• Mechanics of Solids and Fluids
  
  
• Heat
  
  
• Strength of Materials
  
  
• Materials of Engineering
  
  
• Fuels and Furnaces
  
  
• Machine Elements
  
  
• Power Generation
  
  
• Materials Handling
  
  
• Transportation
  
  
• Building Construction and Equipment
  
  
• Manufacturing Processes: Fans, Pumps, and Compressors
  
  
• Electrical andElectronics Engineering
  
  
• Instruments and Control
  
  
• Industrial Engineering
  
  
• The Regulatory Environment
  
  
• Refrigeration, Cryogenics, and Optics
  
  
• Emerging Technologies and Miscellany

  Eugene A. Avallone is a consulting engineer with over 50 years of active practice in industry and academia.

  Theodore Baumeister III was affiliated with E.I DuPont de Nemours & Company for many years in engineering & development. Since retirement he has been a computer programmer and consultant in Mechanical engineering.

  Ali Sadegh is Director of the Center for AEDD, at City University of New York and a Mechanical Engineer.
  
  

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The widely used reference first published in 1916 and most recently in 1987 here contains new and rewritten entries on gearing, autofacturing, HVAC, displacement pumps, vibration, computers, robotics, optics, ferrous and nonferrous materials, composites, fluid film bearings, gas turbines, incineration, industrial plants, and patents and trademarks. Arranged in such sections as mathematics, heat, strength of materials, machine elements, building construction and equipment, and power generation. The index is very detailed. Includes many diagrams, drawings, graphs, and charts, but on bibliography. Cited in BCL 3. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Chapter 1: Mathematical Tables and Measuring Units

Chapter 2: Mathematics

Chapter 3: Mechanics of Solids and Fluids

Chapter 4: Heat

Chapter 5: Strength of Materials

Chapter 6: Materials of Engineering

Chapter 7: Fuels and Furnaces

Chapter 8: Machine Elements

Chapter 9: Power Generation

Chapter 10: Materials Handling

Chapter 11: Transportation

Chapter 12: Building Construction and Equipment

Chapter 13: Manufacturing Processes

Chapter 14: Fans, Pumps, and Compressors

Chapter 15: Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Chapter 16: Instruments and Controls

Chapter 17: Industrial Engineering

Chapter 18: The Regulatory Environment

Chapter 19: Refrigeration, Cryogenics, and Optics

Chapter 20: Emerging Technologies
INDEX