Mechanical Engineering Principles »

John Bird, the author of over 100 textbooks on engineering and mathematical subjects, is the former Head of Applied Electronics in the Faculty of Technology at Highbury College, Portsmouth, U.K. More recently, he has combined freelance lecturing at Portsmouth University, with technical writing and Chief Examiner responsibilities for City and Guilds Telecommunication Principles and Mathematics, and examining for the International Baccalaureate Organisation. John Bird is currently a Senior Training Provider at the Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering in the Defence College of Marine and Air Engineering at H.M.S. Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire, U.K. The school, which serves the Royal Navy, is one of Europe’s largest engineering training establishments.

Born in India, Carl Ross studied Naval Architecture specializing in stress analysis of pressure vessels. He research has led to a number of advances in submarine technology. His web pages can be examined for more details on this work.visit web page for more details on his work174 papers and other publicationsIn 1959, whilst an undergraduate he bacame the University Boxing Chapion of the BritishHe has been married for over 41 years and has two grown up children.

The authors have ensured syllabus-match for the leading UK courses at this level: AVCE optional units Mechanical Engineering Principles and Further Mechanical Engineering Principles, and the new BTEC National unit: Mechanical Principles.

Preface;
Part one: Statics and strength of materials
The effects of forces on materials
Tensile testing
Forces acting at a point
Forces in structures
Simple supported beams
Bending moment and shear force diagrams
First and second moments of area
Bending of beams
Torque, Twisting of shafts;

Part two:Dynamics
Linear and angular velocity
Linear momentum and impulse
Force
mass and acceleration
Work
Energy and Power
Friction
Motion in a circle
Simple harmonic motion
Simple machines;

Part three: Heat transfer and fluid mechanics
Heat energy and transfer
Thermal expansion
Hydrostatics
Fluid flow
Ideal gas laws
The measurement of temperature
List of formulae
Index