An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

Wickert, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 053439132X / ISBN 13: 9780534391324

Published by Thomson, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
• Publisher: Thomson
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 053439132X
• ISBN 13: 9780534391324
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering

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Synopsis

This textbook introduces students to the exciting field of mechanical engineering and helps them appreciate how engineers design the hardware that builds and improves society. Balancing problem-solving skills, design, engineering analysis, real-world applications, and practical technology, author Jonathan Wickert provides students with a solid foundation for future study and contributions in mechanical engineering. By emphasizing six key elements of mechanical engineering in Chapters 3 through 8, Wickert helps students see both the "forest" of mechanical engineering and some important "trees" along the way. Overall, the lively presentation attracts students to engineering, excites them with a view of what to expect in later courses, and provides them with a useful design, problem-solving, and analysis skills.

About the Author

After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, Dr. Jonathan Wickert was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge, and then joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in 1990. Among his courses is "Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering," a large freshman course that he developed for majors and non-majors. This course includes lectures, a computer-aided design and manufacturing project, and a team design project. Dr. Wickert has received awards in recognition of his teaching and research from the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the American Society for Engineering Education, and he is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Wickert's research focuses on applied mechanics and the vibration of mechanical systems. The research philosophy combines physical modeling, analysis, computation, and measurement with a view towards understanding fundamental phenomena in the dynamics of engineered systems. Results of the research are applied to tape and disk drives used for computer and video data storage, manufacturing machines and equipment, automotive brakes, and rotating machinery. Theoretical topics that are investigated include discretization methods, gyroscopic systems, and perturbation techniques used in the treatment of non-linear vibration. In the Dynamic Systems Laboratory, Professor Wickert's group develops specialized test stands and measurement techniques. Capabilities include high-bandwidth vibration measurement through laser interferometry, optical diagnostics, experimental modal analysis, and time domain, state space, and spectral measurements of dynamic response.