Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

Book excerpt: "An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Part 2 is the essential text for all second-year undergraduate students as well as those studying foundation degrees and HNDs. Written by an experienced team of lecturers at the internationally renowned University of Nottingham, the text provides thorough coverage of the following core engineering topics, fully updated for the second edition discussing Fluid dynamics, Thermodynamics, Solid mechanics, Control theory and techniques, Mechanical power, loads and transmissions and Structural vibration. As well as mechanical engineers, the text will be highly relevant to automotive, aeronautical or aerospace and general engineering students. All chapters include questions with Chapters 4 and 5 including enhanced, detailed solutions online as a bonus feature"--