MECHANICS OF MACHINES, Third Edition while emphasising the industrial relevance of the subject matter, dispenses with conventional inaccurate graphical methods used in Mechanics of Machinery and presents a general vector approach for both plane and space dynamic problems. NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION:?Length of vee belts and their selection?Commercial balancing machines, merits and demerits?Dynamics of diesel-electric locomotives and their merits over steam locomotives Table Of Contents: Preface to the Third Edition / Preface to the First Edition / Definitions / Kinematics of Rigid Bodies / Dynamics of Rigid Links / Cam Dynamics / Theory of Gears / Power Transmission / Governors / Turning Moment Diagrams and Flywheel / Balancing / References / Appendix / Points to be remembered / Objective Type Questions / Computer Programs / Solutions / Index. Audience Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students in Mechanical Engineering Special Features:?Efficiency of all types of gears and guidelines for the choice of transmission?Involute gear geometry and non-standard gears?Field balancing of rotors?User-friendly computer programs?Hints to solutions to most problems?Elegant vector approach to dynamic analysis?Challenging problems in epicyclic gear trains?Significance of speed of operation in machines.