Front Cover; Mechanical Engineer's Reference Book; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PART 1: UNITS, SYMBOLS AND CONSTANTS; CHAPTER 1. METRICATION; THE SYSTÈME INTERNATIONAL D'UNITES; SI QUANTITIES AND UNITS; APPLICATION OF UNITS; CONVERSION TABLES; IMPLEMENTATION OF SI IN ENGINEERING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 2. SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 3. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTANTS; PART 2: THEORY AND DESIGN DATA; CHAPTER 4. ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS AND HEAT TRANSFER; BASIC CONCEPTS; PROPERTY DATA; COMBUSTION; POWER PLANT CYCLE ANALYSIS; COMPRESSORS AND REFRIGERATORS

THE MEASUREMENT OF POWERTHE MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE; THE MEASUREMENT OF COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW RATE; COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW IN DUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT EXCHANGERS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 5. FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROSTATICS; STEADY INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW; FLUID FLOW IN PIPES; MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT OF INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW RATE; PRINCIPLES OF SIMILARITY AND MODEL TESTS; PUMPS FOR INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; TURBINES FOR INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 6. MECHANICS; STATICS; DYNAMICS; LINEAR AND ANGULAR MOTION IN TWO DIMENSIONS; BALANCING; VIBRATIONS

CONTROL SYSTEMSBIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 7. STEAM TABLES IN SI UNITS; CHAPTER 8. SPRING DESIGN; INTRODUCTION; TYPES OF SPRINGS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; MATERIALS FOR HELICAL SPRINGS; ALLOWABLE STRESSES IN HELICAL SPRINGS; THE DESIGN OF HELICAL COMPRESSION SPRINGS OF CIRCULAR SECTION MATERIAL; THE DESIGN OF HELICAL COMPRESSION SPRINGS OF SQUARE AND RECTANGULAR SECTION MATERIAL; THE BUCKLING OF LONG HELICAL COMPRESSION SPRINGS OF CIRCULAR, SQUARE AND RECTANGULAR SECTION; THE DESIGN OF HELICAL TENSION SPRINGS OF CIRCULAR SECTION MATERIAL; HELICAL TORSION SPRINGS

THE DESIGN OF CONICAL DISC SPRINGS (OR BELLEVILLE WASHERS)SINGLE LEAF SPRINGS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; PART 3: DRAWING OFFICE PRACTICE AND METROLOGY; CHAPTER 9. ENGINEERING DRAWING PRACTICE; INTRODUCTION; DRAWING SHEET SIZES; DRAWING FORMAT; DRAWING SCALES; PROJECTIONS; DIMENSIONING; TOLERANCING; AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRICAL TOLERANCING; INDICATION OF SURFACE TEXTURE; ABBREVIATIONS FOR USE ON DRAWINGS; SIMPLIFIED DRAFTING; GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND DIAGRAMS; CHAPTER 10. LIMITS AND FITS; PART 4: SCREW THREADS, THREADED FASTENERS AND STANDARD SIZES OF MATERIALS

CHAPTER 11. SCREW THREADS AND FASTENERSSCREW THREADS; ISO METRIC SCREW THREADS; ISO INCH (UNIFIED) SCREW THREADS; ISO MINIATURE SCREW THREADS. METRIC SERIES; DIMENSIONAL COMPARISONS; PIPE THREADS FOR GAS LIST TUBES AND SCREWED FITTINGS WHERE PRESSURE TIGHT JOINTS ARE MADE ON THE THREADS; PIPE THREADS WHERE PRESSURE TIGHT JOINTS ARE NOT MADE ON THE THREADS-METRIC UNITS; THREADED FASTENERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BOLTS, SCREWS, STUDS AND NUTS-METRIC DESIGNATION; ISO METRIC PRECISION HEXAGON HEAD BOLTS, SCREWS AND NUTS; ISO METRIC BLACK HEXAGON BOLTS, SCREWS AND NUTS