Machine design is one of the important subjects in mechanical engineering and a thorough knowledge of the design aspects of machine elements is essential for all design engineers. Working out the design of a machine as a whole, or its components, usually involves use of several formulae, graphs,
standard tables and other relevant data. Availability of all such information in one handbook not only eliminates the unnecessary task of remembering the required formulae and equations, but also helps the design engineers to solve the problems in machine design quickly. Design Data Handbook has been prepared keeping these basics in mind. References have been made to several standard textbooks on machine design while compiling the data of this book. In the preparation of the fourth edition, most of the chapters and topics have been upgraded and improved by adding additional information on current design. Design Data Handbook is useful as a good resource for the engineering students of all the Universities in our country and also practising design engineers.
K. Mahadevan started his initial academic professional career at IISC (Tata Institute). He rose to the level of assistant professor and contributed in both undergraduate and postgraduate level teaching and research programs. Later he had a short stint at the research laboratory as senior scientist at CMERI, Durgapur. He joined KREC (NITK), Surathkal, in 1964 as Senior Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and took over the administration of KREC, Surathkal, in 1977. He has 35 years of experience in teaching, research and administration. K. Balaveera Reddy obtained his postgraduation from IIT, Kharagpur, in machine design and doctorate from IIT, Madras. Later he proved his worth as an ideal teacher in Karnataka Regional Engineering College (NITK), Surathkal. He has maintained record of accomplishments in the research fields such as design of machine elements, reliability and machinery diagnostics, torsional vibrations, and gears and gear shafts. He was Director, Department of Technical Education, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru, and Vice-Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, Belgaum.
