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Chapter 1 Structures and Machines

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  Chapter 1, Pages 1-29 (doi:10.13031/2013.29523) in Chapter 1, pp. 1-29 . Copyright 2010 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich.
Authors:   Segerlind, Larry J.
Keywords:   The Design Criteria: The Stress-Strain Diagram: The Factor of Safety: The Database: Coordinate Systems and Member Orientation; Section Properties; Systems of Units; Significant Digits.

Introductory paragraphs: This book discusses the design of structural components as they occur in machines. It uses the computer to combine accepted analysis and design principles with a database to provide an iterative design procedure. Computer assisted machine design allows engineers to develop a prototype machine that can be refined using laboratory and field evaluations.

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