Alan Darbyshire's best-selling text book provides five-star high quality content to a potential audience of 13,000 engineering students. It explains the most popular specialist units of the Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Operations & Maintenance Engineering pathways of the new 2010 BTEC National Engineering syllabus. This challenging textbook also features contributions from specialist lecturers, ensuring that no stone is left unturned. Two extra new downloadable chapters will also be available: Principles and Applications of Fluid Mechanics and Principles and Applications of Thermodynamics. Written by an experienced lecturer with over 30 years' experience in the industry. Lively student activities dotted throughout the book including end of chapter questions and key points aiding student development. Up to date with the new course specifications for 2010.