Mechanical Engineering Systems

Index

A

Absolute zero, 4

Acceleration, 170

angular, 179

due to gravity, 177

uniform, 172–4, 177

Adiabatic process, 20, 25, 29

definition, 31

Air standard cycles, 35

Angle of static friction, 285

Angular momentum, 197

Angular motion, 179–81

Angular velocity, 179, 180

Arches, 293

Archimedes’ principle, 130–31

Architecture of compression, 293

Architecture of tension, 293, 294

Area under a curve, calculation, 26

Astronauts, dynamic forces, 186

Atmospheric pressure, 18–19

B

Bar (unit), 6

Beams, 249–50

bending moment, 250–54

bending stress, 256–9

common sections, 250

deflection, 264–9

distributed loading, 218

flexural rigidity, 266

shear force, 250–54

superposition of loads, 268

Bending moment, 250–51

diagrams, 252–4

equations, 257

Bending stress, ...