Examines the fundamentals and practice of both the design and operation of face seals, ranging from washing machines to rocket engine turbopumps.

Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery is the leading turbomachinery book due to its balanced coverage of theory and application.

With contributions by experts from around the world, the Handbook of Condition Monitoring provides comprehensive coverage of the four main techniques used in condition monitoring.

Introduces simple machines, including screws, levers, wedges, and pulleys, describes how each makes everyday life easier, and provides activities demonstrating these machines in action.

Best practices, mistakes, victories, and essential steps for success.

It is this broad coverage of the developments in materials and processes affects our daily lives that makes Industrial Plastics an outstanding resource for students and professionals alike.

This is the second volume of a series of edited books whose aim is to collect c- tributed papers within a framework that can serve as a collection of persons in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science).

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This textbook offers broad coverage of the subject of power electronics.

This book offers outstanding coverage of mechanisms and machines, including important information on how to classify and analyze their motions, how to synthesize or design them, and how to determine their performance when operated as real ...