Table of Contents

PART 1 BASICS 1 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design 2 Materials 3 Load and Stress Analysis 4 Deflection and Stiffness PART 2 FAILURE PREVENTION 5 Failure Resulting from Static Loading 6 Fatigue Failure Resulting from Variable Loading PART 3 DESIGN OF MECHANICAL ELEMENTS 7 Shafts and Shaft Components 8 Screws, Fasteners, and the Design of Nonpermanent Joints 9 Welding, Bonding, and the Design of Permanent Joints 10 Mechanical Springs 11 Rolling-Contact Bearings 12 Lubrication and Journal Bearings 13 Gears-General 14 Spur and Helical Gears 15 Bevel and Worm Gears 16 Clutches, Brakes, Couplings, and Flywheels 17 Flexible Mechanical Elements 18 Power Transmission Case Study PART 4 SPECIAL TOPICS 19 Finite-Element Analysis 20 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

About the Author

RICHARD G. BUDYNAS is Professor Emeritus of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has more than 50 years experience in teaching and practicing mechanical engineering design. He is the author of a McGraw-Hill textbook, Advanced Strength and Applied Stress Analysis, Second Edition; and coauthor of a McGraw-Hill reference book, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, Eighth Edition. He was awarded the BME of Union College, MSME of the University of Rochester, and the PhD of the University of Massachusetts. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New York. J. KEITH NISBETT is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He has more than 30 years of experience with using and teaching from this classic textbook. As demonstrated by a steady stream of teaching awards, including the Governor's Award for Teaching Excellence, he is devoted to finding ways of communicating concepts to the students. He was awarded the BS, MS, and PhD of the University of Texas at Arlington.