The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modelling, Measurement and Control

Citation

Rigelsford, J. (2004), "The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modelling, Measurement and Control", Assembly Automation, Vol. 24 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2004.03324aae.001

The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modelling, Measurement and Control

The Mechanical Systems Design Handbook: Modelling, Measurement and Control

Keywords: Modelling, Mechanical engineering

Osita D.I. Nwokah and Yildirim HurmuzluCRC Press2002839 pp.ISBN 0-8493-8596-2£91.00 (hardcover)

“The Mechanical Systems Design Hardbook: Modelling, Measurement and Control” is an immense reference text providing a practical overview of the design of mechanical systems.

The book comprises four sections containing 28 chapters. Each section is edited by an expert in that area. Section 1, Manufacturing, presents ten chapters addressing important aspects of manufacturing system design. The first three chapters discuss Manufacturing Systems and Their Design Principles; Computer-Aided Process Planning for Machining; and Discrete Event Control of Manufacturing Systems. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss Machine Tool Dynamics and Vibration, and Machine Tool Monitoring and Control, respectively. Process Monitoring and Control of Machining Operations is the focus of chapter 6, while Forming Processes: Monitoring and Control, and Assembly and Welding Processes and Their Monitoring and Control are presented in chapters 7 and 8. The remaining two chapters in this section address the Control of Polymer Processing, and Precision Manufacturing.

Section II, Vibration Control, comprises six chapters including Active Damping of Large Trusses, Semi-Active Suspension Systems, and Active Vibration Absorption and Delayed Feedback Tuning. Chapters 15 and 16 discuss Vibration Suppression Utilizing Piezoelectric Networks and Vibration Reduction in the Boundary Control Method.

An Introduction to the Mechanics of Tensegrity Structures, and The Dynamics of Class 1 Shell Tensegrity Structures, combine to make up Section III, Dynamics and Control of Aerospace Systems.

The final section of the book concentrates on Robotics. Chapters 19-21 address Robot Kinematics, Robot Dynamics, and Actuators and Computer-Aided Design of Robots, respectively. The following two chapters discuss the Control of Robots, and Control of Robotic Systems in Contact Tasks, while chapter 24 presents Intelligent Soft-Computing Techniques in Robotics. Teleoperation and Telerobotics, Mobile Robotic Systems, and Humanoid Robotics are the focus of chapters 25-27. The final chapter of the book discusses the Present State and Future Trends in Mechanical Systems Design for Robot Application.

This book will be of immense use to engineers and scientists working in the industry and to students and researchers who wish to apply mechanical system design theory to practical problems. The wide range of material included in this reference text will satisfy the tastes of most readers – from those who seek a mathematical-based approach to systems design, to those who wish to gain a broader understanding of the subject.