Mechatronics: The Basis for New Industrial Development - Hardcover

Acar, M.; Makra, J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1562522914 ISBN 13: 9781562522919

Publisher: Computational Mechanics, 1994

Synopsis

Mechatronics is a subject of great timeliness and relevance to modern industrial countries. It has been defined as 'the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronics and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of products and processes'. Synergy is what can prevail if the constituent parts of an overall design are chosen optimally and work together to bring out the best in each other. The resulting product may be given performance characteristics which are greater, often by orders of magnitude, than the mere sum of the parts.
The Mechatronics designer, while maintaining specialism in one or more areas, must at the same time keep continuously in contact with the whole spectrum of today's evolving technology. It is hoped that by bringing together the works of Mechatronics experts in this book, which are the proceedings of the joint British-Hungarian Conference on Mechatronics, the reader will be able to keep up to date with the essential developments in the field. The Conference canvassed interested parties to submit ideas for collaborative research projects. From the large number of replies a selection of seven key themes was made and these form the core of well-developed mature proposals for future internationally manned research programmes. These conference proceedings, reflect the seven main subject areas of Mechatronics, and present the lectures under seven main topic headings.
The book should be of interest to scientists and engineers in industry and academic research with an interest in mechanical and electronic engineering as well as the mechatronics field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Computational Mechanics
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1562522914
• ISBN 13: 9781562522919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Editor: Penny E.