عنوان

A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering

Standard Number

electronic

Title Proper

A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer International Publishing

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

XVI, 178 p. 22 illus

Text of Note

by Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim

Text of Note

What is mechanical engineering? What a mechanical engineering does? How did the mechanical engineering change through ages? What is the future of mechanical engineering? This book answers these questions in a lucid manner. It also provides a brief chronological history of landmark events and answers questions such as: When was steam engine invented? Where was first CNC machine developed? When did the era of additive manufacturing start? When did the marriage of mechanical and electronics give birth to discipline of mechatronics? This book informs and create interest on mechanical engineering in the general public and particular in students. It also helps to sensitize the engineering fraternity about the historical aspects of engineering. At the same time, it provides a common sense knowledge of mechanical engineering in a handy manner.

Entry Element

، Engineering--Vocational guidance

Entry Element

، Engineering

Entry Element

، Mechanical engineering

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AU

AU Dixit, Uday Shanker

AU Davim, J. Paulo

AU Hazarika, Manjuri