A resource on vibration that imparts a deep physical as well as mathematical understanding is critical to the student of engineer who first encounters the subject or to the professional who needs greater insight. Books with an overly mathematical focus can leave you without a grasp of the underlying physics and mechanics. Those that attempt to be reader-friendly often oversimplify the mathemati…
1 Introduction 1 2 First Order Differential Equations 44 3 Systems of Two First Order Equations 123 4 Second Order Linear Equations 214 5 The Laplace Transform 309 6 Systems of First Order Linear Equations 394 7 Nonlinear Differential Equations and Stability 476 8 Series Solutions of Second Order Linear Equations 541 9 Partial Differential Equations an…
A practical handbook on standard foundry practice, including hand and machine molding; Cast iron, malleable iron, steel,and brass castings; Foundry management; etc. Molding practice 1 Molding equipment 3 Tools 9 Molding processes 18 Typical molding problems 31 Core work 46 Duplicating castings 66 Dry sand work 89 Loam molding 94 Casting operations 109 Steel work…
Chapters 1 through 4 cover the general steps necessary to provide economical and efficient tooling for today’s expanding and competitive manufacturing industry. These steps include predesign analysis, locating, supporting, clamping, positions, and the design of bodies for workholding devices. Chapter 5 is a new chapter dealing with tooling for Numerical Control (NC). Chapter 6 is also n…