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ADVANCED COMPUTER-AIDED FIXTURE DESIGN |
- Yiming (Kevin) Rong, and Samuel Huang,
424 pages, publication date: MAY-2005, USD 89.95
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-594751-0
ISBN-10: 0-12-594751-8
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
Fixtures--the component or assembly that holds a part undergoing machining--must be designed to fit the shape of that part and the type of machining being done. This book discusses the fundamentals of Computer-Aided Fixture Design (CAFD) techniques and covers fixture planning, fixture design (both modular and dedicated fixtures), fixture design verifications, and the overall integration with CAD/CAM. The book shows how CAFD may lead to a significant reduction of product and process development time and production cost, and how CAFD can increase quality assurance through simulation and science-based technical specification and cost estimation in business quoting, especially in current supplier-based manufacturing. It also provides case study examples. |
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ENGINEERING TRIBOLOGY |
– Gwidon Stachowiak, and A W Batchelor,
832 pages, SEP-2005, USD 89.95
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-7836-0
ISBN-10: 0-7506-7836-4
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
As with the previous edition, the third edition of Engineering Tribology provides a thorough understanding of friction and wear using technologies such as lubrication and special materials. Tribology is a complex topic with its own terminology and specialized concepts, yet is vitally important throughout all engineering disciplines, including mechanical design, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics and biomedical engineering. This edition includes updated material on the hydrodynamic aspects of tribology as well as new advances in the field of biotribology, with a focus throughout on the engineering applications of tribology. New to this edition are end-of-chapter problems and an accompanying solutions manual, increasing the book?s value as a textbook. The book offers an extensive range if illustrations which communicate the basic concepts of tribology in engineering better than text alone. All chapters include an extensive list of references and citations to facilitate further in-depth research and thorough navigation through particular subjects covered in each chapter.
Excellent book for Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical/materials engineering, involved in the design of gears, bearings, or wear-resistant components. Professional engineers involved with fluid mechanics, lubrication, biomedical technology and other related areas.
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SMART LEADERSHIP: INSIGHTS FOR CEOs |
– Gita Piramal and Jennifer Netarwala
Pages : 207, 2005, Pernuin Books, INR 325
ISBN : 0670058327
For corporate leaders, the challenge is to find new ways of doing things. Smart Leadership: Insights for CEOs presents twelve CEOs who have done just that and set new benchmarks for growth and performance in their respective industry in the process. More outstandingly, whether it is Kumar Mangalam Birla, N.R. Narayana Murthy, Rahul Bajaj or K.V. Kamath, they have shown how such growth can be sustained, year after year, even as the business environment becomes, in the words of one CEO, ferociously competitive, rapidly changing and fluid.
In this compact but insightful book, Gita Piramal and Jennifer Netarwala draw insights from these CEOs, heading companies as diverse as Lijjat papad to Tata Consultancy Services, on how they accomplished their goals in such a competitive environment and what others can learn from them. They come up with lessons on some of the core aspects of leadership: decision-making. |
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