The text provides explanations of the theory of operation, construction, maintenance, troubleshooting, adjustments, repair and rebuilding of all automotive components.

    The layout of the book covers the following: Laplace transforms, mathematical model

    Model of clear, scholarly exposition at graduate level with coverage of basic concepts, calculus of variations, principle of virtual work, equations of motion, relativistic mechanics, much more. First inexpensive paperbound edition. Index. Bibliography.

    Engineering Societies Monographs

    Geared toward upper-level undergraduates, this text introduces three aspects of optimal control theory: dynamic programming, Pontryagin's minimum principle, and numerical techniques for trajectory optimization.Chapters 1 and 2 focus on describing systems and evaluating their performances. Chapter 3 deals with dynamic programming. The calculus of variations and Pontryagin's minimum principle are the subjects of chapters 4 and 5, and chapter 6 examines iterative numerical techniques for finding optimal controls and trajectories. Numerous problems, intended to introduce additional topics as well as to illustrate basic concepts, appear throughout the text.

    Since publication of the third edition of Juran's classic in 1974, the entire field of quality control has undergone a series of unprecedented changes-due largely to (1) intensified competition, which has resulted in huge loses in market shares and massive exports of jobs and (2) expanded government regulation, with accompanying growth in the number of lawsuits and the size of the awards. This updated and revised new edition offers, in ready-reference form, the know-how managers need in industry today-and in the years ahead-to keep their quality competitive at minimum cost.

    In this second edition the introductory chapters have been strengthened to improve appeal to students,and new problems and material has been added on system protection.

    

    Harrison, Dean Emeritus of M.I.T.''s School of Science, writes as follows: "Basic to man''s behavior is his ability to determine, modify, and adapt to his environment. This he has been able to do in proportion to his skill at making measurements, and fundamental to all other measuring operations is his ability to determine locations in the material world. Thus the science of mechanical measurements is a fundamental one. It is this science, and the art which accompanies and informs it, with which this book is concerned."Classic text on precision engineering with over 550 photographs and engineering drawings, “Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy” has been translated into seven different languages with over 15,000 copies sold. How to attain precision in manufacturing to millionths of an inch and control such accuracies by appropriate measuring techniques is described and illustrated in this new book. Its author, Wayne R. Moore, devoted seven years to its research and writing. Acclaimed by leaders in science and industry throughout the world, the book is an invaluable source of ideas and a reference book of lasting value for everyone concerned with precision measurement and machining to ultra close tolerances. Contained in its 353 pages are over 550 photographs and engineering drawings-most of them original. Much of the information in the book has never before appeared in print. The subject matter is based in large part on the "four arts" underlying the attainment of mechanical accuracy: geometry, standards of length, dividing the circle, and roundness. A fifth section covers the techniques and applications of the Universal Measuring Machine.

    The author describes how the notion entered technology and in what forms it flourished. A case study in the intellectual history of technology, the book spans the invention of feedback control devices in all degrees of realization, from the verbally expressed idea to the industrially proved apparatus. It starts out by establishing three criteria for a precise definition of the concept "feedback" (1) the system must carry out commands and maintains the controlled variable equal to the command signal in spite of external disturbances; (2) the system operates as a closed loop with "negative feedback"; (3) the system includes a sensing element and a comparator of which at least one can be distinguished as a physically separate element.Ancient devices meeting these criteria are discussed in detail: the water clock of Ktesibios, Philon's self-regulating oil lamp, float devices by Heron, Arabic and Far Eastern inventions. These are followed by the first thermostatic ovens and incubators constructed in the seventeenth century, and steam-pressure and other regulators built in the eighteenth century, in both cases in Britain. The classical example is the governor of James Watt's steam engine. The evolution of speed regulators is traced through the nineteenth century, and the logical steps toward the developments of automation and cybernetics are discussed briefly.The author also advances an interesting theory as to why feedback devices began to appear in quantity in the second half of the eighteenth century, and why mainly in Britain. In his view this was not so much a purely technological breakthrough or the result of the new demands created by the Industrial Revolution as it was a fundamental change in man's "attitude" toward machinery and toward systems in general: the system came to be regarded as autonomous, maintaining equilibrium by mechanisms inherent in itself. In technology, such thinking led to the invention of feedback devices; in economics, to the free enterprise system of Adam Smith; in politics, to the division of powers and the system of constitutional government.Otto Mayr translated this book from his own German original.

    Its sole prerequisites are advanced calculus, theory of ordinary differential equations, and matrix analysis. Although theory is emphasized, it discusses numerous practical applications as well. 1970 edition.