**Preface XIII**

	- **Part 2 Manufacturing Processes and System Analysis 157**

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Contents VII

Chapter 21 **Noise Reduction in Butterfly Valve Cavitation by** 

**Part 4 Simulations and Computer Applications 501** 

Chapter 22 **Computer Simulation of Involute Tooth Generation 203** 

**Vision in Micro/Nano Observation 527**  Yangjie Wei, Chengdong Wu and Zaili Dong

Adriano Fagali De Souza and Sabrina Bodziak

**Part 5 New Approaches for Mechanical** 

Chapter 26 **Mechanical Engineering Education:** 

Chapter 27 **Use of Discounted Cash Flow Methods**

Chapter 28 **Configuration Logic of Standard Business**

Carsten Schmidt and Stefan Cuber

Igor Pšunder

Chapter 25 **Modern Methods of Education, Research** 

**Preschool to Graduate School 615** 

**for Evaluation of Engineering Projects 631** 

Kazuhiko Ogawa

Cuneyt Fetvaci

Chapter 23 **Applications of Computer** 

Chapter 24 **Advanced Free Form** 

**Semicircular Fins and Visualization of Cavitation Flow 483** 

**Manufacturing by Computer Aided Systems – Cax 555**

**Engineering Education and Organization Systems 587** 

Emily M. Hunt, Pamela Lockwood-Cooke and Michelle L. Pantoya

**Processes for Inter-Company Order Management 647** 

**and Design Used in Mechanical Engineering 589** Borza Sorin-Ioan, Brindasu Paul Dan and Beju Livia Dana

Chapter 20 **Experimental Study on Generation of Single Cavitation Bubble Collapse Behavior by a High Speed Camera Record 463**  Sheng-Hsueh Yang, Shenq-Yuh Jaw and Keh-Chia Yeh



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Chapter 9 **Spin and Spin Recovery 209**

Chapter 11 **Study on Thixotropic Plastic**

Chapter 12 **Development of a Winding Mechanism** 

Chapter 13 **Free Vibration Analysis of Centrifugally** 

Diana V. Bambill, Daniel H. Felix, Raúl E. Rossi and Alejandro R. Ratazzi

Lena Zentner and Valter Böhm

Chapter 16 **Waste Heat Recycling for Fuel Reforming 355** Rong-Fang Horng and Ming-Pin Lai

Chapter 17 **Steam Turbines Under Abnormal Frequency** 

Časlav Mitrović, Aleksandar Bengin, Nebojša Petrović and Jovan Janković

Fabrício A. M. Moura, José R. Camacho, Geraldo C. Guimarães and Marcelo L. R. Chaves

**Steam Flow in Steam Turbine Channel 443** 

**Behavior by a High Speed Camera Record 463** Sheng-Hsueh Yang, Shenq-Yuh Jaw and Keh-Chia Yeh

**of Single Cavitation Bubble Collapse** 

Hasril Hasini, Mohd. Zamri Yusoff and Norhazwani Abd. Malek

**Part 3 Thermo-Fluid Systems 353**

Chapter 18 **Aeronautical Engineering 401** 

Chapter 19 **Numerical Modeling of Wet** 

Chapter 20 **Experimental Study on Generation** 

Hong Yan

Tomasz Gałka

Dragan Cvetković, Duško Radaković, Časlav Mitrović and Aleksandar Bengin

Chapter 10 **Surface Welding as a Way of Railway Maintenance 233**  Olivera Popovic and Radica Prokic-Cvetkovic

**Forming of Magnesium Matrix Composites 253** 

**Stiffened Non Uniform Timoshenko Beams 291**

Chapter 14 **Vibration-Based Diagnostics of Steam Turbines 315** 

Chapter 15 **On the Mechanical Compliance of Technical Systems 341**

**Conditions in Distributed Generation Systems 381** 

**for Amorphous Ribbon Used in Transformer Cores 277**  Marcelo Ruben Pagnola and Rodrigo Ezequiel Katabian

	- **Part 5 New Approaches for Mechanical Engineering Education and Organization Systems 587**

Preface

Mechanical engineering is one of the largest engineering disciplines that present tangible solutions for whole humanity's prosperity and the quality of life. Rapidly increasing demands have been increasing its importance more and more. The many areas within the scope of mechanical engineering include transportation, power generation, energy conversion, machine design, manufacturing and automation, the control of system. The purpose of the *Mechanical Engineering* book is to present to the engineers in industrial areas and to the academic environments the state-of-to-art

information on the most important topics of modern mechanical engineering.

This Mechanical Engineering book is organized into the following five parts:

V New Approaches in Mechanical Engineering Education and Organization

The first part of this book starts with a collection of articles on the power transmission systems. This section introduces modeling of transmission parameter, the performance and simulation, and dynamics analysis of gearboxes. Section two collects articles about the manufacturing processes and system analysis such as welding, plastic forming, investigation of mechanical properties, and vibration analysis. The third section presents the studies related to thermo-fluid science and it includes topics such as fuel reforming, steam turbines used distributed power production, numerical modeling of wet steam flow, collapse behavior of cavitation bubble, and visualization of cavitation flow. The subsequent fourth part provides a platform to share knowledge about the simulation and computer applications in mechanical engineering. Lastly, section five is a collection of articles that investigate modern education methods and engineering

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of the authors for their contributions. The successful completion of the book *Mechanical Engineering* has been

I Power Transmission Systems

III Thermo-Fluid Systems

projects in mechanical engineering.

Systems

II Manufacturing Processes and System Analysis

IV Simulations and Computer Applications
