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MEMS and Nanotechnology have attracted significant attention in the engineering, chemistry, and biology communities. An important component of this development is experimentation with the ability to ...

Generalized Reynolds equation; thermal, turbulent, inertia, fluid compressibility, and surface roughness effects on sliding bearings; fatigue, scuffing, and wear in elastohydriodynamic contact; ...

The objective is to give students an introduction to the essential fluid mechanical concepts needed to work in some of the most contemporary areas of mechanical engineering: microfluidics, ...

Representations of the configuration and spatial motion of rigid bodies and robots based on modern screw theory. Forward, inverse, and differential kinematics. Robot dynamics, trajectory planning, and ...

Probability concepts and random variables. Failure rates and reliability testing. Wear-in, wear-out, random failures. Probabilistic treatment of loads, capacity, safety factors. Reliability of ...

Introduction to the formulation and implementation of inelastic constitutive relations for solids. Viscoelasticity, rate-independent plasticity, viscoplasticity. State variable descriptions and ...

Here is a selection of books authored by mechanical engineering faculty. Click any thumbnail to for more information.

Theory of elasticity: elastic stability, principal of minimum potential energy, Raylegh-Ritz methods. Introduction to finite element methods of stress analysis: computer implementation and use of ...

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Technological Institute 2145 Sheridan Road, Room B224, Evanston, IL 60208 ...

Technological Institute 2145 Sheridan Road, Room B224, Evanston, IL 60208 ...