Engineering in Action : Mechanical engineering and Simple Machines

Snedden, Robert

Series: Engineering in Action
Notes
Mechanical engineers design and innovate machines we use every day. Learn about the jobs they do and the steps they must follow in the engineering design process. Then, create your own simple machine.
Contents
Contents : Machine World -- Energy, force, and motion -- What is a machine? -- Looking at levers -- Inventing the wheel (and other turning things) -- Compound machines -- What do we want to make? -- Searching for solutions -- Building a prototype -- Into production -- Design challenge : rocket racer -- On the engineering frontier -- So you want to be a mechanical engineer? -- learning more -- glossary -- index
Additional Info
This series connects us with the technology that surrounds us in our everyday lives. Discover the design process that engineers follow to define problems, discuss solutions, and build and test models.
Location edition Bar Code due date
Non-fiction 23476
Dewey:Physical Science
ISBN:9780778775034
pub:2013