Solve any mechanical engineering problem quickly and easily with the world's leading engineering handbook. Nearly 1800 pages of mechanical engineering facts, figures, standards, and practices, 2000 illustrations, and 900 tables clarifying important mathematical and engineering principle, and the collective wisdom of 160 experts help you answer any analytical, design, and application question you will ever have.

Table of Contents

CONTRIBUTORS THE EDITORS PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS Chapter 1: Mathematical Tables and Measuring Units Chapter 2: Mathematics Chapter 3: Mechanics of Solids and Fluids Chapter 4: Heat Chapter 5: Strength of Materials Chapter 6: Materials of Engineering Chapter 7: Fuels and Furnaces Chapter 8: Machine Elements Chapter 9: Power Generation Chapter 10: Materials Handling Chapter 11: Transportation Chapter 12: Building Construction and Equipment Chapter 13: Manufacturing Processes Chapter 14: Fans, Pumps, and Compressors Chapter 15: Electrical and Electronics Engineering Chapter 16: Instruments and Controls Chapter 17: Industrial Engineering Chapter 18: The Regulatory Environment Chapter 19: Refrigeration, Cryogenics, and Optics Chapter 20: Emerging Technologies INDEX

About the Author

Eugene A. Avallone is a consulting engineer with over 50 years of active practice in industry and academia. Theodore Baumeister III was affiliated with E.I DuPont de Nemours & Company for many years in engineering & development. Since retirement he has been a computer programmer and consultant in Mechanical engineering. Ali Sadegh is Director of the Center for AEDD, at City University of New York and a Mechanical Engineer.