Includes index.

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

"This text is intended for students beginning the study of mechanical engineering design. The focus is on blending fundamental development of concepts with practical specification of components. Students of this text should find that it inherently directs them into familiarity with both the basis for decisions and the standards of industrial components. For this reason, as students transition to practicing engineers, they will find that this text is indispensable as a reference text"-- Provided by publisher.