Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- The Editors -- Preface to the Twelfth Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Symbols and Abbreviations -- Section 1. Mechanics of Solids and Fluids -- 1.1 Mechanics of Solids -- 1.2 Friction -- 1.3 Mechanics of Fluids -- 1.4 Vibration -- Section 2. Heat -- 2.1 Thermodynamics -- 2.2 Thermodynamic Properties of Substances -- 2.3 Radiant Heat Transfer -- 2.4 Heat Transfer by Conduction and Convection -- Section 3. Strength of Materials -- 3.1 Mechanical Properties of Materials -- 3.2 Mechanics of Materials -- 3.3 Pipeline Flexure Stresses -- 3.4 Nondestructive Testing -- 3.5 Experimental Stress and Strain Analysis -- 3.6 Mechanics of Composite Materials -- Section 4. Materials of Engineering -- 4.1 General Properties of Materials -- 4.2 Iron and Steel -- 4.3 Iron and Steel Castings -- 4.4 Nonferrous Metals and Alloys; Metallic Specialties -- 4.5 Corrosion -- 4.6 Wood -- 4.7 Nonmetallic Materials -- 4.8 Lubricants and Lubrication -- 4.9 Plastics -- 4.10 Fiber Composite Materials -- 4.11 Truss Design -- 4.12 Plastic Working of Metals -- 4.13 Welding and Cutting -- 4.14 Machining Processes and Machine Tools -- 4.15 Surface Texture Designation, Production, and Quality Control -- 4.16 Ferroelectrics/Piezoelectrics, Multiferroics, and Shape Memory Alloys -- Section 5. Fuels and Furnaces -- 5.1 Fuels -- 5.2 Industrial Combustion Furnaces -- 5.3 Municipal Waste Combustion -- 5.4 Electric Heating -- Section 6. Machine Elements -- 6.1 Mechanisms -- 6.2 Machine Elements -- 6.3 Gearing -- 6.4 Fluid Film Bearings -- 6.5 Bearings with Rolling Contact -- 6.6 Packings, Gaskets, and Seals -- 6.7 Pipe, Pipe Fittings, and Valves -- Section 7. Power Generation -- 7.1 Sources of Energy -- 7.2 Steam Boilers -- 7.3 External Combustion Heat Engines -- 7.4 Steam Turbines -- 7.5 Power Plant Heat Exchangers -- 7.6 Internal Combustion Engines -- 7.7 Gas Turbines -- 7.8 Nuclear Power -- 7.9 Hydraulic Turbines -- 7.10 Fracking -- 7.11 Second-Law Analysis and Available Energy -- Section 8. Transportation -- 8.1 Automotive Engineering -- 8.2 Roadmap of Vehicle Electrification and Hybridization -- 8.3 Railway Engineering -- 8.4 Marine Engineering -- 8.5 Aeronautics -- 8.6 Jet Propulsion and Aircraft Propellers -- 8.7 Astronautics -- 8.8 Pipeline Transmission -- Section 9. Fans, Pumps, and Compressors -- 9.1 Displacement Pumps -- 9.2 Centrifugal Pumps -- 9.3 Compressors -- 9.4 High-Vacuum Pumps -- 9.5 Fans -- Section 10. Instruments and Controls -- 10.1 Instruments -- 10.2 Automatic Controls -- 10.3 Digital Control Systems -- 10.4 Sensors and Actuators -- 10.5 An Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) -- 10.6 Sound, Noise, and Ultrasonics -- 10.7 Robotics, Mechatronics, and Intelligent Automation -- Section 11. Refrigeration, Cryogenics, and Optics -- 11.1 Mechanical Refrigeration -- 11.2 Cryogenics -- 11.3 Optics -- 11.4 New Refrigerants for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning -- Section 12. Applied Mechanics -- 12.1 Introduction to the Finite-Element Method -- 12.2 Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Engineering, and Variational Design -- 12.3 Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics -- 12.4 Experimental Fluid Dynamics -- 12.5 Air-Inflated Fabric Structures -- 12.6 Introduction to Biomechanics -- 12.7 Human Injury Tolerance and Anthropometric Test Devices -- Section 13. Engineering Ethics -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Coverage of the topics most critical to today's mechanical engineer. Featuring contributions from more than 160 global experts, Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Twelfth Edition, offers instant access to a wealth of practical information on every essential aspect of mechanical engineering. It provides clear, concise answers to thousands of mechanical engineering questions.

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