Наземные транспортные и технологические машины = Land transport and technological machines

Содержание книги "Наземные транспортные и технологические машины "

Предисловие
Introduction. Mechanical Engineering
Text 1. Mechanical Engineering
Text 2. History of Mechanical Engineering
Text 3. Training of Mechanical EngineersAbroad
Text 4. Automation and Robotics
PART I. TRANSPORT VEHICLES
Section 1. Automobiles
Unit I. History of Cars
Text 1. The Origin of an Automobile
Text 2. The Invention of First Automobiles
Text 3. Automobile Industry in Pre-World War II Time
Text 4. Post-World War II Automobiles
Unit 2. Modern Cars
Text 1. Modern Era of Cars
Text 2. Ford Motor Company (The USA)
Text 3. Mitsubishi Company (Japan)
Text 4. Mercedes-Benz Company (Germany)
Section 2. Trucks (Lorries) and Tractors
Unit I. Light and MediumTrucks
Text 1. History of Trucks
Text 2. Trucks Classification
Text 3. Types of Trucks: Small and Light Trucks
Text 4. Types of Trucks: Medium Trucks
Unit 2. Heavy Trucks
Text 1. Types of Heavy Trucks
Text 2. Dump Trucks
Unit 3. Tractors
Text 1. Historical Development of Tractors
Text 2. Modern Tractors Technologies
PART 2. LIFTING AND EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT
Section 1. Lifting and Transport Machines
Unit 1. Cranes
Text 1. A Crane as a Machine
Text 2. Ancient Cranes
Text 3. Medieval Cranes
Text 4. The Development of Cranes since the Industrial Revolution
Text 5. Classification of Cranes
Unit 2. Fixed Cranes
Text 1. Tower Cranes and Self-Erecting Cranes
Text 2. Configuration of Gantry Cranes
Text 3. Types of Overhead Cranes
Text 4. General Characteristics of Several Fixed Cranes
Unit 3. Mobile Cranes
Text 1. Truck Mounted and Rough-Terrain Cranes
Text 2. Floating Cranes and Crawler Cranes
Text 3. Other Types of Mobile Cranes
Section 2. Earth Moving Machines and Excavators
Introduction. History of Heavy Equipment
Unit 1. Excavators
Text 1. Types of Excavators
Text 2. Hydraulic and Compact Excavators
Text 3. Cable-Operated and Dragline Excavators
Unit 2. Heavy Equipment Vehicles
Text 1. Bulldozers
Text 2. Graders and Scrapers
Text 3. Loaders
English-Russian Vocabulary
List of Literature