Principles and Design of Mechanical Face Seals

... For those interested in Mechanical Seals, this is definitely the best reference, both practical and theoretical, that I have seen. ...
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Practical Controls: A Guide To Mechanical Systems

... I thought this book would have a bit more information than it carries....the vfd section was short and wasnt exactly correct in its information.....but it is a decent book for someone needing a basic understanding of HVAC controls and control schemes...

If you are in the HVAC or building automation field and have no understanding of controls or control schemes this is a good basic primer.

If you have some experience already in controls or commercial industrial hvac control schemes... you should pass it up.

I spent 111.00 on the book and while I wish it was more in depth I dont consider it a waste of money. I will read this book...make any notes on info Im not already aware of.... and then pass it on to one of the younger guys at work who needs some good basic information on hvac controls. ...
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics/Book and Disk

... This is a very good book for students of Civil Engineer and Architecture, good for static!! easy to understand and handle new concepts! ...
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Pump Characteristics and Applications, Second Edition (Mechanical Engineering (Marcell Dekker))

... Superlatives do not begin to describe how much this book means to me. I though I knew everything any man neeedcd to know about pumps, but boy was I wrong! I have learned all I know about pumps from this book. It has almost changed my life.

Mike Volk ...
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Automatic Control Engineering, 5th Edition (McGraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering)

... The book is clearly written. The developmental approach and lucid style of the text reinforces the readers confidence and understanding at every stage. The text is a motivator for acquiring and applying the tools of controls engineering. ...
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Mechanical Desktop 4: Applying Designer and Assembly Modules

... Very disappointed with this book. The examples are few and the explanations stopped short. Not very helpful to new users. ...
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Six-Minute Solutions for Mechanical PE Exam Machine Design Problems

... I bought several Michael Lindeburg reference guides to use as a resource to study for the mechanical PE exam. In addition, I also purchased several practice exams from several resources, including this book. Unfortunately, this book was dissapointing and did not deliver much help. There is inaccurate data given in the problems which don't match the data used by the author in solving the problem. The wording of the problems is very poor making them almost impossible to understand what you are suppose to solve for. Some of the author's solutions are riddled with technical errors and many of the solutions used are unorthodox. I strongly recommend not buying this book. ...
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An Introduction to the Mechanical Properties of Ceramics (Cambridge Solid State Science Series)

... Green gives a very thorough and comprehensive introduction to the mechanical behavior, fracture mechanism and structural characterization of ceramics. As an industrial scientist, this book has greatly helped me in understanding the origin of failure in various materials and optimizing the microstructure of the ceramic to improve its mechanical properties. Figures and photos are concise and illustrative. The comprehension exercices at the end of the book could be helpful to the student I once was. ...
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A Penny Saved: Still and Mechanical Banks

... In A Penny Saved Don Duer shares with you some of his extensive knowledge of collecting Banks. In every hobby there are people considered to be experts in their field. In bank collecting DON IS ONE OF THOSE EXPERTS. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about their hobby. ...
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Control Software for Mechanical Systems: Object-Oriented Design in a Real-Time World

... I know the professor Auslander and he's brilliant.

I bought this book to learn controls and it's not really intended for that.

It does make a very good reference book however and has some good examples. I used it in my later courses when I was programming 3-axis robots.

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Code Check: A Field Guide to Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical Codes

... This is definitely not the only reference you need but it answers a lot of questions you run into with residential construction, relatively inexpensive tool to keep in the truck under the seat. ...
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Java Programming for Engineers (Mechanical Engineering Series (Boca Raton, Fla.).)

... Most Java programming books are written assuming that the reader will be programming full time. Fair enough. But there is an important subset of readers to whom programming is only a side issue. They have other interests and duties. Not surprisingly, the typical Java book is not geared towards them. For one thing, it might assume a prior level of programming experience which they simply do not have. Plus, the book might simply be too long, and go into programming issues that are not really germane to them.

Such a description of readers neatly encompasses many engineering students. The authors have attempted to address this by providing a Java text geared explicitly towards this audience. They describe Java to the minimal extent necessary for a student to quickly be able to do useful computations. Trickier than teaching Fortran, because the object oriented nature of Java needs a little more explanation and a little more getting used to by the student.

They assume that the usual engineering computation will not require a long program. It is for the latter that Java and its OO nature are really geared to. Hence, the authors deprecate such things like interfaces, though these are mentioned. Because these are meant to aid building complex structured code.

The graphics treatment is a little cursory, frankly. A student wanting to put a GUI in front of her code should really look elsewhere for guidance. But if a student has a primarily computational task, then a simple GUI might suffice, or even just stdout. ...
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COMPUT FLUID MECH/HEAT TRANS 1/ED

... I have many books on numerical methods and most of them are hard to follow when trying to solve a real problem. This is the only book that I keep on my desk whilst discretising my equations, I am glad that I have this book. ...
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Principles & Practice of Mechanical Engineering: The Most Efficient and Authoritative Review Book for the PE License Exam (2nd Ed)

... I purchased the guide to help me study for the PE. This book is divided into several chapters, each covering a different area of mechanical engineering. The chapters were written by various contributing authors. Although some of the chapters were helpful in my studies, overall I was very disappointed with the book. There are numerous errors in the formulas and example problems which can lead to a lot of time wasted on figuring out why your answer does not agree with theirs. For example, a good deal of the text from a chapter on kinematics and dynamics of machinery came from Norton's book Design of Machinery. However, the PE review author did not copy some of the equations correctly. Fortunately, I had both books so I could find the discrepancy with a minimum of wasted time.

Another disappointment was the chapter on control systems. Most of the chapters had several example problems so that you could see how to solve them. However, the control systems had only three problems, two of which were on how to find transfer functions. The information in the chapter was difficult to follow and instead I relied on my undergraduate books.

Also disappointing was that the answers to the problems from each chapter were in a separate book. The author claims that this was done so that you could bring the review book into the exam with you. However, to the best of my knowledge, in every state you are allowed to bring any material that you wish with you to the exam.

A better option for a review book would be Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the Pe Exam : For the Pe Exam by Michael R. Lindeburg. This title is available from Amazon.com.

No mater which book you choose, in the end you need to study pretty hard to pass this exam. Good luck with your studies. ...
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System Dynamics (4th Edition)

... i like that the book is small and has a cool cover.
other than that, cant say much else



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Applied Mechanical Vibrations (Mcgraw Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering)

... I took Vibrations as an elective in my undergraduate curriculum. It was not required at that time, but the course that I took was a Senior elective/graduate course that was very difficult. I struggled to get the concepts at that time. The official textbook for the course was Thomson's "Theory of Vibrations with Applications," 2nd edition, a very difficult book for a neophyte. However, I noticed that the professor carried around a book entitled "Applied Mechanical Vibrations," by David H. Hutton. I called McGraw-Hill and they kindly sent me a copy of the book, before I even paid for it (the pre-online world). It was an excellent book, explaining the basic concepts clearly, particularly in setting up a model of a vibrations problem. It also provided a brief but effective review of solving the typical first and second order ordinary differential equations encountered in our homework problems. Without Hutton's book, I would not want to think about what my final grade might have been.

This is an excellent book for any engineering student to have in his library if he wants a book that provides the information that an undergraduate needs in a Vibrations course. Over 20 years later, I must say that the Thomson book still sucks!!! ...
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Vehicle Dynamics and Control (Mechanical Engineering Series)

... This book is really good for the engineers or students who can understand dynamics. Even for the engineers, this book helps me to understand veh. chassis control system.

I strongly recommend this book ...
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Learning Mechanical Desktop Release 5: A Process-Based Approach

... Having very limited knowledge of Mechanical Desktop was not a problem with this book. It is just what I was looking for. Someone who is quite familiar with the program might find it weak in regards to some features of the program such as feature suppression via Excel spreadsheet (barely mentioned), but for the beginnner (like myself) that's a non-issue - too many other things to learn! Well worth the money. ...
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