Analysis and Design of Machine Elements

Preface

This book Analysis and Design of Machine Elements has been written for courses on mechanical design, a compulsory course for students majoring in mechanical engineering. Since safety has become an increasing concern nowadays, the book presents the subject in an up‐to‐date manner with a strong emphasis on failure analysis and prevention‐based machine element design. It aims to provide students with basic concepts, principles and philosophy in analysing, selecting and designing safe, efficient and workable machine elements, and to expose them to the detailed design methods, skills and tools necessary to convert concepts into practical devices.

The aim is achieved by introducing design methodology and fundamentals including strength analysis, failure theory, as well as material selection and heat treatments in Part I, followed by 12 self‐contained chapters on the application of fundamentals to the design of specific machine elements in Part II, covering threaded fasteners and joints, keys, splines, belts, chains, gears, worm gearings, shafts, contact rolling bearings and sliding bearings, couplings and clutches, springs and so on. For clarity and pedagogy, each of the self‐contained chapters is organized in an almost consistent style, that is:

The Introduction provides a brief description of applications, characteristics and structures of the specific machine elements.

Working Condition Analysis includes kinematic, dynamic, force, stress and failure analyses of machine ...