Modern Methods of Education, Research and Design Used in Mechanical Engineering

The book substantially offers the latest progresses about the important topics of the «Mechanical Engineering» to readers. It includes studies prepared using state-of-art methodologies by professional researchers of the following titles: power transmission system, manufacturing processes and system analysis, thermo-fluid systems, simulations and computer applications, and new approaches in mechanical engineering education and organization systems. Cover 1 Mechanical Engineering 2 © 3 Contents 5 Preface 9 Part 1 Power Transmission Systems 12 Chapter 1 Mechanical Transmissions Parameter Modelling 14 Chapter 2 Gearbox Simulation Models with Gear and Bearing Faults 28 Chapter 3 Split Torque Gearboxes: Requirements, Performance and Applications 66 Chapter 4 On the Modelling of Spur and Helical Gear Dynamic Behaviour 86 Chapter 5 The Role of the Gearbox in an Automatic Machine 118 Chapter 6 Electrical Drives for Crane Application 142 Part 2 Manufacturing Processes and System Analysis 168 Chapter 7 Anisotropic Mechanical Properties of ABS Parts Fabricated by Fused Deposition Modelling 170 Chapter 8 Design and Evaluation of Self-Expanding Stents Suitable for Diverse Clinical Manifestation Based on Mechanical Engineering 192 Chapter 9 Spin and Spin Recovery 220 Chapter 10 Surface Welding as a Way of Railway Maintenance 244 Chapter 11 Study on Thixotropic Plastic Forming of Magnesium Matrix Composites 264 Chapter 12 Development of a Winding Mechanism for Amorphous Ribbon Used in Transformer Cores 288 Chapter 13 Free Vibration Analysis of Centrifugally Stiffened Non Uniform Timoshenko Beams 302 Chapter 14 Vibration-Based Diagnostics of Steam Turbines 326 Chapter 15 On the Mechanical Compliance of Technical Systems 352 Part 3 Thermo-Fluid Systems 364 Chapter 16 Waste Heat Recycling for Fuel Reforming 366 Chapter 17 Steam Turbines Under Abnormal Frequency Conditions in Distributed Generation Systems 392 Chapter 18 Aeronautical Engineering 412 Chapter 19 Numerical Modeling of Wet Steam Flow in Steam Turbine Channel 454 Chapter 20 Experimental Study on Generation of Single Cavitation Bubble Collapse Behavior by a High Speed Camera Record 474 Chapter 21 Noise Reduction in Butterfly Valve Cavitation by Semicircular Fins and Visualization of Cavitation Flow 494 Part 4 Simulations and Computer Applications 512 Chapter 22 Computer Simulation of Involute Tooth Generation 514 Chapter 23 Applications of Computer Vision in Micro/Nano Observation 538 Chapter 24 Advanced Free Form Manufacturing by Computer Aided Systems - Cax 566 Part 5 New Approaches for Mechanical Engineering Education and Organization Systems 598 Chapter 25 Modern Methods of Education, Research and Design Used in Mechanical Engineering 600 Chapter 26 Mechanical Engineering Education: Preschool to Graduate School 626 Chapter 27 Use of Discounted Cash Flow Methods for Evaluation of Engineering Projects 642 Chapter 28 Configuration Logic of Standard Business Processes for Inter-Company Order Management 658