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Introduction to Computers in Mechanical Engineering

''(c) Copyright 2013 - Oxford University Press

''International Edition ISBN: 0-8247-4249-5

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Preface

Introduction to Computers in Mechanical Engineering is a text book designed to assist students to understand how to use the computers in mechanical engineering, it also provide students with computer skills in mechanical engineering and its applications and processes. This book will help students to maximize the use of computer technology in the design, analysis and manufacture of products. It will also help students to develop ideas which can be turned into reality using computer technology and efficient design and production processes.

It will enable students to maximize the use of Process and Industrial Control System, Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture (CAD/CAM), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC), Finite-Element Modeling (FEM), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Numerical Control (NC) Machine Tools, Rapid and Virtual Prototyping, Proportional Integrated Derivative (PID), Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) and Computer Numerical Control(CNC).

This book contents including but not limited to the following: Systems Models and Analogs, including Mechanical, Fluid, Thermal, Electrical, Chemical, and Eco-Systems. Examples emphasizing Mechanical Systems, introduction to Micro-Processors and Peripherals. Use of Case Study to methods to describe the Elementary Design of Microcomputer Software and Hardware for real time online applications, Coding of Analog Information, timing of Digital Signals, interrupts, transition diagrams, Analog-Digital and Digital-Analog Conversion, Serial and Parallel Communication, practical competencies in Laboratory Practice and Projects.