本教材共分上下两篇,上篇为机械工程专业英语概述,主要介绍机械工程专业英语的特点、机械工程专业英语释译方法和机械工程专业英语写作;下篇为机械工程专业文献选读,共40个单元(unit),覆盖了力学、机械零件与机构、机械设计、汽车构造和工作性能、机械加工及成型技术、自动化技术及现代设计制造等内容。文献选自英文著作、教材、科技报告和专业期刊,兼顾多种体裁以及英美的不同风格。各单元之间既有一定的内在联系,又相互独立,教学时可根据不同的学时灵活选用。

前言
上篇 机械工程专业英语概述
1 机械工程专业英语的特点
1.1 机械工程专业英语的语法特点
1.2 机械工程专业英语的词汇特点
2 机械工程专业英语释译方法
2.1 英汉语言的不同
2.2 机械工程专业英语释���的标准和过程
2.3 机械工程专业英语释译方法
3 机械工程专业英语写作
3.1 机械工程专业英语科技论文的写作
3.2 摘要的写作
下篇 机械工程专业文献选读
unit 1 flexible manufacturing systems
unit 2 clutches
unit 3 ball screw and nuts
unit 4 open-loop and closed-loop servodrives
unit 5 virtual manufacturing
unit 6 gears
unit 7 dialogue-at cimt
unit 8 the automobile components
unit 9 size, bed and tailstock of engine lathe
unit 10 carriage
unit 11 thermistors
unit 12 milling, shaper, planer and grinding machines
unit 13 engine parts and operation
unit 14 industrial robots
unit 15 heat treatment of metal
unit 16 damage, fracture and failure of composite structures
unit 17 work-holding attachments for the lathe and rough turning
unit 18 car safety
unit 19 engineering tolerance
unit 20 construction of cnc machines
unit 21 sigma-delta one-bit converters
unit 22 how to write a scientific
unit 23 otto cycle and real air-fuel engine cycles
unit 24 mechatronics design
unit 25 a discussion on modem design optimization
unit 26 design process
unit 27 thermocouples
unit 28 cad/cam/capp
unit 29 transistors
unit 30 using dynamic simulation in the development of construction
unit 31 defining reliability
unit 32 introduction to manufacturing
unit 33 processing of metals: hot working
unit 34 machinability of work materials
unit 35 temperature sensors
unit 36 finding and using information in machine design
unit 37 ball and roller bearings
unit 38 about basic mechanics courses
unit 39 machine elements
unit 40 trucks and wagons
附录
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