These range from devices as simple as toys to cars—and even to large pieces of manufacturing. Dudley’s Handbook of Practical Gear Design and Manufacture lays out the essentials of gear design ...

Different design approaches, techniques, and architectures are widely used for synchronous sequential machines. In particular, the micro-programmed machine approach offers important features such ...

Cracks found in machine and structural components raise two questions: Will the crack cause an immediate failure, and if not, how long until the crack grows large enough for failure? To address ...