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Mechanical Engineering Vibrations
JuEun Lee · California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
Welcome to Vibrations by Prof. J. Lee. This book introduces core principles of vibrations in mechanical systems. Topics include: 1) Degrees of freedom; 2) Translational and torsional systems; 3) Free, forced, damped, and undamped vibrations; 4) Solution procedures; 5) Discrete and continuous models; 6) Modal analysis. Video lectures: youtube.com/@MECHProfLee
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Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Joshua P. Steimel · Cal Poly Humboldt
In the contents: Chapter 4: Materials Science and Engineering · Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Discipline
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Mechanical Engineering Capstone
Joshua Steimel · Cal Poly Humboldt
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Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design
Jacqulyn Baughman · Iowa State University · 2023
A collection of readings and exercises aligned with the course, ME 270, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Design, at Iowa State University. This course provides an overview of mechanical engineering design with applications to thermal and mechanical systems, and an introduction to current design practices used in industry.
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System Design for Uncertainty
Franz S. Hover & Michael S. Triantafyllou · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This text covers the design, construction, and testing of field robotic systems, through team projects with each student responsible for a specific subsystem. Projects focus on electronics, instrumentation, and machine elements. Design for operation in uncertain conditions is a focus point, with ocean waves and marine structures as a central theme. Topics include basic statistics, linear systems, Fourier transforms, random processes, spectra, ethics in engineering practice, and extreme events.
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Engineering Mechanics - Statics
Elisabeth Osgood, Gayla Cameron, and Emma Christensen · LibreTexts
Introduction to engineering mechanics: statics, for those who love to learn. Concepts include: particles and rigid body equilibrium equations, distributed loads, shear and moment diagrams, trusses, method of joints and sections, & inertia.
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Engineering Statics: Open and Interactive
Daniel W. Baker and William Haynes · Colorado State University and Massachusetts Maritime Academy
This book’s content should prepare you for subsequent classes covering Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials. At its core, Engineering Statics provides the tools to solve static equilibrium problems for rigid bodies. The additional topics of resolving internal loads in rigid bodies and computing area moments of inertia are also included as stepping stones for later courses.
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Introductory Dynamics
Peter G. Steeneken · Delft University of Technology
In the contents: 02: Notation Math and Engineering Basics
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Introduction to Linear Time-Invariant Dynamic Systems for Students of Engineering
William L. Hallauer Jr. · Virginia Tech
In the contents: 1.04: A Short Discussion of Engineering Models · 1.07: Some notes regarding good engineering graphical practice with reference to Figure 1.6.1 · 03: Mechanical Units Low-Order Mechanical Systems and Simple Transient Responses of First Order Systems
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Modern Optics Project Laboratory
David Dunmeyer · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This text covers a wide range of topics, including: polarization properties of light, reflection and refraction, coherence and interference, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, holography, imaging and transforming properties of lenses, spatial filtering, two-lens coherent optical processor, optical properties of materials, lasers, electro-optic, acousto-optic and liquid-crystal light modulators, optical detectors, optical waveguides and fiber-optic communication systems.
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Introduction to Electric Power Systems
James Kirtley · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This text is an introductory subject in the field of electric power systems and electrical to mechanical energy conversion. Electric power has become increasingly important as a way of transmitting and transforming energy in industrial, military and transportation uses. Electric power systems are also at the heart of alternative energy systems, including wind and solar electric, geothermal and small scale hydroelectric generation.
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Introduction to Autonomous Robots
Nikolaus Correll · University of Colorado at Boulder
This book covers principles of robot motion, forward and inverse kinematics of robotic arms and simple wheeled platforms, perception, error propagation, localization and simultaneous localization and mapping.
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Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials
René Alderliesten · Delft University of Technology
This book provides an introduction to the discipline of aerospace structures and materials and includes all relevant aspects of this discipline within a single monograph. These aspects range from materials, manufacturing and processing techniques, to structures, design principles and structural performance, including aspects like durability and safety.
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Structural Mechanics
Tomasz Wierzbicki · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This text covers the fundamental concepts of structural mechanics with applications to marine, civil, and mechanical structures. Topics include analysis of small deflections of beams, moderately large deflections of beams, columns, cables, and shafts; elastic and plastic buckling of columns, thin walled sections and plates; exact and approximate methods; energy methods; principle of virtual work; introduction to failure analysis of structures.
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Operational Amplifiers: Theory and Practice
James K. Roberge · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Feedback control is an important technique that is used in many modern electronic and electromechanical systems. The successful inclusion of this technique improves performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness of many designs. In this series of lectures we introduce the analytical concepts that underlie classical feedback system design. The application of these concepts is illustrated by a variety of experiments and demonstration systems to reinforce the value of the analytic methods.
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Mechanical Behavior of Material
Joshua P. Steimel · California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
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Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics
Claire Yu Yan · University of British Columbia, Okanagan
The book is most suitable for a one-term, introductory engineering thermodynamics course at the undergraduate level. It may also be used for self-learning of fundamental concepts of classical thermodynamics.
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Mechanics of Materials
David Roylance · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Overview of mechanical properties of ceramics, metals, and polymers, emphasizing the role of processing and microstructure in controlling these properties. Basic topics in mechanics of materials including: continuum stress and strain, truss forces, torsion of a circular shaft and beam bending. Design of engineering structures from a materials point of view.
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Mechanics Map
Jacob Moore et al. · Pennsylvania State University Mont Alto
In the contents: 05: Engineering Structures
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A Guide to MATLAB
Austin Bray & Reza Montazami · LibreTexts
This textbook provides an introduction to the MATLAB programming language for first-year mechanical engineering students enrolled in ME 160. Designed to follow the content taught in class, this book provides a supplement to in-class learning that is presented at a level that is understandable to a student with no experience coding before coming to Iowa State University.