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Title: Mechanical Engineering Design by Joseph E. Shigley, Charles R. Mischke, Richard G Budynas, Joseph Shigley, Charles Mischke, Richard Budynas ISBN: 0-07-292193-5 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $146.65 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A reference
Comment: As a Mechanical Engineer that's been out of college for a few years, I find that I turn to this book on a weekly, or at least monthly, basis. My version is the 5th addition (the old grey cover of most past editions).
As people have noted, you don't learn from this book. If you want more in-depth looks at statics, dynamics, etc - you'll still go back to your core textbooks. But, for example, if you want a formula to figure out the torque required for given loads transmitted by feed screws, you'll turn here.
This book isn't Marks' handbook - but then again, it's easier to flip to a page for a subject and not wade through all of Marks' 1200 pages. It also isn't the Machinery's Handbook - giving you oodles of charts for different materials, fasteners, and what not. But it's a great bridge between the core textbooks and the very heavy (and tiny print) handbooks.
There isn't an ME in my company that I haven't seen a version of this on his shelf. Almost all of them have it heavily tabbed. And as one said when he opened mine (which wasn't quite as broken in), "my copy usually falls open to the right page".
I would highly recommend any of the version's of Mr. Shigley's book in whichever edition (all the names after Shigley keep changing). But I don't think I need to - as every ME will have to buy this his senior year.
Rating: 1
Summary: Awful book
Comment: This is quite possibly the worst text book that I have ever used. I am a student at RIT the college at which Budynas teaches, hence we use this book. This book is not very clear at all. It uses equations in examples and never references where they come from. It doesn't explain how to do hardly anything worth a darn. In a few of the chapters it references tables and charts that don't exist. The tables in the back of the book are half-way done and dont give all the necessary information. I do not like this book one bit and hope that it will be edited many times over because there where many things missed in editing this time around
Rating: 5
Summary: Good machine design book for engineers
Comment: I won't repeat the whole table of contents here, but the book covers most aspects of machine design-deflection, strength, fatigue, materials selection, bearings, screws, joining methods, and gears. However, cam design is not covered. There is some very useful information basic failure analysis. I think the book does a good job of cross referencing material in different sections of this book and other books by Shigley and Mischke. The book also provides some rules of thumb that can be useful if the engineer doesn't have much experience in a particular area. The section on weld strength is very useful for machine design. The math may be a little strong for non-engineers. In summary, this is a useful book for both mechanical engineering students and practicing mechanical engineers.
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Title: Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 5th Edition by Frank P. Incropera, David P. DeWitt ISBN: 0471386502 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 09 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $133.95 |
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Title: Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain by Warren C. Young, Richard Budynas ISBN: 007072542X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 13 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $89.50 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics by Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, Theodore H. Okiishi ISBN: 047144250X Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 29 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $115.95 |
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Title: Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers by Eugene A. Avallone, Theodore, III Baumeister ISBN: 0070049971 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
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Title: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by Robert W. Fox, Alan T. McDonald, Philip J. Pritchard ISBN: 0471202312 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 11 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $115.95 |
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