Approach method
Functions and mechanical components - Introduction

Over and above the functions and components studied in this treatise, a product-oriented method of analysis, study and presentation is developed, providing an original technological vision close to industrial concerns:

• an approach that goes from the whole to the particular (from the global to the local), in order to explain the interactions between elements and maintain product control. It should be noted that the elements of mechanical systems are deformable. Both large and small displacements play a part in the overall behavior of systems;

• a methodology that takes into account interactions with non-mechanical elements (e.g. mechatronic integration) and the system's impact on the outside world (in particular safety and environmental impact);

• a reasonable presentation of the...