Machine Design Fundamentals: A Practical Approach

by R. Bruce Hopkins, John D. Lang, John Zimmerman, et al.

Book Overview

This book draws on many areas of practical experience, and provides detailed treatment of all major topics. All topics are presented in a broad, interpreted approach common to industrial practices._ This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0135417643
• ISBN13: 9780135417645
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book

I bought a used copy of the 1983 publication of this book recently. It is excellent. Very good explanations of spur, worm, and helical gears with lots of diagrams and pictures that clearly illustrate the concepts presented. Chapters on mechanical clutches, bearings, sliding bearings, chain drives, springs, fasteners, belt drives, axles, shafts ect. The info presented is practicle and understandable. Good combination of mathmatical formulas and mechanical theory without being academic. Much of the info on gear design and theory is hard to find. Also info on stress and strain, designing for rigidity and strength. The chapters on gears alone easily justify the cost of the book. I wish more technical books were written like this one.

An excellent book

I bought a used copy of the 1983 publication of this book recently. It is excellent. Very good explanations of spur, worm, and helical gears with lots of diagrams and pictures that clearly illustrate the concepts presented. Chapters on mechanical clutches, bearings, sliding bearings, chain drives, springs, fasteners, belt drives, axles, shafts ect. The info presented is practical and understandable. Good combination of mathmatical formulas and mechanical theory without being academic. Much of the info on gear design and theory is hard to find. Also info on stress and strain, designing for rigidity and strength. The chapters on gears alone easily justify the cost of the book. I wish more technical books were written like this one.