| Summary: | This textbook is dedicated to the memory of the third author, the late Joseph E. Shigley, Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on whose previous writings much of this edition is based. This work is also dedicated to the memory of my father, John J. Uicker, Emeritus Dean of Engineering, University of Detroit; to my mother, Elizabeth F. Uicker; and to my six children, Theresa A. Uicker, John J. Uicker III, Joseph M. Uicker, Dorothy J. Winger, Barbara A. Peterson, and Joan E. Uicker. This work is also dedicated first and foremost to my wife, Mollie В., and my son, Callum R. Pennock. The work is also dedicated to my friend and mentor Dr. An (Andy) Tzu Yang and my colleagues in the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. |