Engineering Graphics: Theoretical Foundations of Engineering Geometry for Design

Description

This professional
treatise on engineering graphics emphasizes engineering geometry as the
theoretical foundation for communication of design ideas with real world
structures and products. It considers each theoretical notion of engineering
geometry as a complex solution of direct- and inverse-problems of descriptive
geometry and each solution of basic engineering problems presented is
accompanied by construction of biunique two- and three-dimension models of
geometrical images. The book explains the universal structure of formal
algorithms of the solutions of positional, metric, and axonometric problems, as
well as the solutions of problems of construction in developing a curvilinear
surface. The book further characterizes and explains the added laws of
projective connections to facilitate construction of geometrical images in any
of eight octants. Laws of projective connections allow constructing the complex
drawing of a geometrical image in the American system of measurement and the
European system of measurement without errors and mistakes. The arrangement of
projections of a geometrical image on the complex drawing corresponds to an
arrangement of views of a product in the projective drawing for the European
system of measurement. The volume is ideal for engineers working on a range of
design projects as well as for students of civil, structural, and industrial
engineering and engineering design.