Richard G. Budynas is professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of "Advanced Strength and Applied Stress Analysis", Second Edition (McGraw-Hill, 1998), and coauthor of "Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design", Ninth Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2010).
Ali M. Sadegh is professor of mechanical engineering and the founder and director of the Center for Advanced Engineering Design and Deve...