Mechanical Engineering Principles

Part One: Revision of Mathematics. 1. Revisionary mathematics. Revision Test 1 Revisionary mathematics. 2. Further revisionary mathematics. Revision Test 2 Further revisionary mathematics. Part Two: Statics and Strength of Materials. 3. The effects of forces on materials. 4. Tensile testing. 5. Forces acting at a point. 6. Simply supported beams. Revision Test 3 Forces, tensile testing and beams. 7. Forces in structures. 8. Bending moment and shear force diagrams. 9. First and second moments of area. Revision Test 4 Forces in structures, bending moment and shear force diagrams, and second moments of area. 10. Bending of beams. 11. Torque. 12. Twisting of shafts. Revision Test 5 Bending of beams, torque and twisting of shafts. 13. An introduction to matrix algebra. 14. The matrix displacement method. Part Three: Dynamics. 15. Linear and angular motion. 16. Linear momentum and impulse. 17. Force, mass and acceleration. 18. Work, energy and power. Revision Test 6 Linear and angular motion, momentum and impulse, force, mass and acceleration, work, energy and power. 19. Friction. 20. Motion in a circle. 21. Simple harmonic motion. 22. Simple machines. Revision Test 7 Friction, motion in a circle, simple harmonic motion and simple machines. Part Four: Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics. 22. Heat energy and transfer. 24. Thermal expansion. Revision Test 8 Heat energy and transfer, and thermal expansion. 25. Hydrostatics. 26. Fluid flow. 27. Ideal gas laws. 28. The measurement of temperature. Revision Test 9 Hydrostatics, fluid flow, gas laws and temperature measurement. A list of formulae for mechanical engineering principles. Metric to Imperial conversions and vice versa. Greek alphabet. Glossary of terms. Answers to multiple-choice questions. Index.