Sustainable Development in Mechanical Engineering: Case Studies in Applied Mechanics

by Stephane Halle (Editor), Sylvie Nadeau (Editor), Yvan Petit (Editor)

Overview

Due to their specialized training, engineers play a crucial role in the design and development of new products and infrastructure, as well as in the creation of wealth. Consequently, engineers recognize that they have a specific responsibility in the performance of these functions to take such measures as are appropriate to safeguard the environment, health, safety and well-being of the public. This book proposes a series of fifteen practical cases, integrating knowledge from different fields of the mechanical engineering discipline, along with basic knowledge in environmental, occupational health and safety risk management. The case studies provided are descriptions of a real system, its functioning and its instructions for use. The systems selected represent a broad spectrum of mechanical engineering issues and problems, such as fluid mechanics; thermodynamics; heat transfer; heating, ventilation and cooling; vibrations; dynamics; statics; failure of materials; automatics and mecatronics; hydraulics; product design; human factors; maintenance; and rapid prototyping, to name a few. The professional objective of the examples provided is to design or improve the design of the described system. This book is essential in transferring knowledge to future engineers with respect to thehazards resulting from their work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443872591
Publisher:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Sylvie Nadeau is Director of Equipe de recherche en securite du travail (EREST) since 2005. Professor Nadeau's research and development efforts focus primarily on the management of health and safety risks, integrated risk management and the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. Expert in biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system and associate member of EREST, Yvan Petit is in charge of the imaging and orthopedics laboratory at Sacre-Coeur Hospital of Montreal. He has notably contributed to the development of surgical tools and implants. He is actively involved in bone quality assessment to prevent and repair fractures. Stephane Halle is expert in energy exchange analysis and air flow in buildings and Deputy Director of EREST. His research developments focus on ventilation strategies, on indoor air quality, tools to model the transportation, dispersion and agglomeration of nanoparticles. Francois Morency is expert in modeling and simulation of industrial problems associated to the transportation of particles and ice formation and Deputy Director of EREST. His research focus on modeling tools that enables the prediction of ice accumulation on complex geometries in the field of aeronautics and in preventing the harmful effects caused by the dispersion of nanoparticles. Louis Dufresne's field of expertise is related to fluid dynamics and in particular to the application of CFD to the study of vortical and turbulent flows. His present research activities involve the numerical simulation of atmospheric boundary layer, wake vortex dynamics and mixing dynamics. Professor Dufresne also teaches courses in fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and gas turbine propulsion.