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Clutches and Brakes : Design and Selection

Title: Clutches and Brakes : Design and Selection
Author: William C Orthwein
ISBN: 082474876X / 9780824748760
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 300
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Year: 2004
Availability: Out of Stock
Special Indian Edition.

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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

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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

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Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction

Chapter 1 : Friction Materials
Chapter 2 : Band Brakes
Chapter 3 : Externally and Internally Pivoted Shoe Brakes
Chapter 4 : Linearly Acting External and Internal Drum Brakes
Chapter 5 : Dry and Wet Disk Brakes and Clutches
Chapter 6 : Cone Brakes and Clutches
Chapter 7 : Magnetic Particle, Hysteresis and Eddy-Current Brakes and Clutches
Chapter 8 : Acceleration Time and Heat Dissipation Calculations
Chapter 9 : Centrifugal,One-Way and Detent Clutches
Chapter 10 : Friction Drives with Clutch Capability
Chapter 11 : Fluid Clutches and Brakes
Chapter 12 : Antilock Braking Systems
Chapter 13 : Brake Vibration
Chapter 14 : Engineering Standards for Clutches and Brakes
Bibliography

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