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A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering

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Authors:
  1. Uday Shanker Dixit

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India

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  2. Manjuri Hazarika

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India

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  3. J. Paulo Davim

    1. Department Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro - Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

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  • Although there are some books on the History of Engineering, there is hardly a book presenting the history of mechanical engineering from the ancient period till today
  • Salient features of mechanical engineering and its historical development
  • Provides a vision for the future of mechanical engineering for educators
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology (MFMT)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. What Is Mechanical Engineering?

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 1-14

  3. Landmark Revolutionary Inventions in Mechanical Engineering

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 15-46

  4. History of Mechanics

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 47-72

  5. History of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 73-97

  6. Manufacturing Through Ages

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 99-125

  7. Emergence of Production and Industrial Engineering

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 127-146

  8. History of Mechatronics

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 147-164

  9. Future of Mechanical Engineering

    • Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
    Pages 165-173

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 175-178
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India

    Uday Shanker Dixit

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India

    Manjuri Hazarika

  • Department Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro - Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

    J. Paulo Davim

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