Understanding electro-mechanical engineering : an introduction to mechatronics / Lawrence J. Kamm.
By: Kamm, Lawrence J [author.]
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Contributor(s): John Wiley & Sons [publisher.] | IEEE Xplore (Online service) [distributor.].
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BookSeries: IEEE Press understanding science & technology series: 3Publisher: New York : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c1996Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1995]Description: 1 PDF (xxxii, 382 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470546796.Subject(s): Mechatronics | Electromechanical devices | Steel | Strain | Strain measurement | Stress | Structural rings | Surface treatment | Surgery | Switches | Technological innovation | Telescopes | Temperature measurement | Thermal expansion | Torque | Transducers | Turning | Ultrasonic variables measurement | Valves | Vocabulary | Water pollution | Weapons | Windings | Wire | Accelerometers | Accuracy | Acoustics | Actuators | Airplanes | Art | Assembly | Atmosphere | Bibliographies | Blood | Books | Cameras | Capacitors | Carbon | Casting | Catalogs | Chemicals | Circuit breakers | Coils | Color | Companies | Computers | Conductivity | Conductors | Contactors | Contacts | Contracts | Control systems | Cooling | Copper | Corrosion | Design automation | Detectors | Digital magnetic recording | Earth | Educational institutions | Electrical engineering | Electricity | Electrodes | Electromechanical devices | Electromechanical systems | Encyclopedias | End effectors | Engineering profession | Engines | Environmental factors | Ethics | Face | Facsimile | Fading | Fasteners | Feeds | Fellows | Filling | Firing | Fixtures | Fluids | Force | Friction | Fuels | Fuses | Generators | Heart | Heating | History | Human computer interaction | Humans | IEC | Image color analysis | Indexes | Indexing | Industries | Ink | Inspection | Instruments | Iron | Joints | Keyboards | Knowledge engineering | Lead | Leg | Loudspeakers | Magnetic circuits | Magnetic cores | Magnetic heads | Magnetic levitation | Magnetic recording | Magnetic separation | Maintenance engineering | Manuals | Manufacturing | Marine vehicles | Marketing and sales | Materials | Mathematical analysis | Mathematics | Mechanical engineering | Medical diagnostic imaging | Metals | Military aircraft | Military computing | Needles | Noise | Optical switches | Organizations | Oscillators | Patents | Permanent magnet motors | Permanent magnets | Physics | Plastics | Power amplifiers | Power generation | Power transformers | Printers | Printing | Production | Production facilities | Proposals | Quality control | Relays | Reliability engineering | Resistance | Resistance heating | Resistors | Robot kinematics | Robot sensing systems | Rockets | Rotors | Satellite broadcasting | Satellites | Schedules | Seals | Sensors | Service robots | Shafts | Shape | Solids | Springs | Stator windingsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 621 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-369) and index.
List of Illustrators. Preface. About the Author. Introduction. UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Electrical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. UNDERSTANDING THE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS. Generators and Motors. Brakes and Clutches. Amplifiers. Actuators. Transducers. Controlled Motion. Contact Makers and Electrodes. Computer Components. Marking Paper. Sound. Manufacturing. Assembling and Connecting. Military Devices. Medical Devices. Consumer Devices. Passive Electrical Components. UNDERSTANDING DESIGN. The Science and the Art. How One Designs. Minimum Constraint Design. Design for Manufacturing. User-Friendly Design. Accuracy, Adjustment, and Gauging. Reliability, Defects, Abuse, Failure, and Maintenance. Barriers, Filters, Conduits, and Valves. Ecology. Money. Cost Reduction and Product Improvement. Constraints on Design. People Engineering. Getting Help. Design Parameters. Product Classes and Families. Appendix: Patent Classification. References and Bibliography. Index.
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With a focus on electromechanical systems in a variety of fields, this accessible introductory text brings you coverage of the full range of electrical mechanical devices used today. You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the design process and get valuable insights into good design practice. UNDERSTANDING ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING will be of interest to anyone in need of a non-technical, interdisciplinary introduction to the thriving field of mechatronics.
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