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Clutches and Brakes: Design and Selection
Contributor(s): Orthwein, William C. (Author)
ISBN: 082474876X     ISBN-13: 9780824748760
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $332.50  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: February 2004
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Annotation: Written by a leading expert in the field, this reference conveniently gathering numerous formulas, analytical methods, and graphs for the design and selection of a wide variety of brakes and clutches in the automotive, aircraft, farming, and manufacturing industries. It simplifies calculations, explores a wide range of applications, and assists in the selection of parameters for specific design challenges. The book includes such topics as centrifugal, one-way, and detent clutches, friction drives with clutch capabilities, fluid clutches and brakes, antilock braking system, brake vibration, and SAE standards. The various design strategies are presented with the aid of numerous examples, 550 display equations, and about 200 figures.
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Mechanical
- Technology & Engineering | Machinery
- Technology & Engineering | Industrial Design - General
Dewey: 621.825
LCCN: 86006351
Series: Mechanical Engineering (Marcel Dekker)
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.38" W x 9.32" (1.29 lbs) 352 pages
 
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Conveniently gathering formulas, analytical methods, and graphs for the design and selection of a wide variety of brakes and clutches in the automotive, aircraft, farming, and manufacturing industries, Clutches and Brakes: Design and Selection, Second Edition simplifies calculations, acquaints engineers with an expansive range of application, and assists in the selection of parameters for specific design challenges.

Contains an abundance of examples, 550 display equations, and more than 200 figures for clear presentation of various design strategies

Thoroughly revised throughout, the second edition offers...

  • Additional chapters on friction drives and fluid clutches and retarders
  • An extended discussion on cone brakes and clutches
  • A simpler formulation of the torque from a centrifugal clutch
  • Updated sections on automatic braking systems
  • An analysis of variable-speed friction drives with clutch capability
  • Analytical and computer-assisted design techniques