Sources of Information on Engineering

Astronuc

A number of questions, particularly involving homework, often involve some basic engineering.

In the US, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE - www.nspe.org) has arranged for the publication of various reference manuals as part of the training for licensing exams. The manuals contain an overview of the particular engineering discipline, some basic theory, general information, tables and fundamental equations, and example problems.

Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual (for the PE Exam)
Michael R. Lindeburg

Civil Engineering Reference Manual (for the PE Exam)
Michael R. Lindeburg

Electrical Engineering Reference Manual (for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam)
John A. Camara, Raymond B. Yarbrough

Chemical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam
Michael R. Lindeburg

These can be found through on-line book stores.

I suspect Engineering Societies in other nations offer similar texts.

russ_watters

I'm sticky'ing this in response to a requst by Astronuc. This is a great idea (thanks, Astronuc) and something the engineering forums have been lacking. Please post links, book suggestions, etc. to resources for engineering. This should be mostly for students, but things that may be useful for professionals would be good as well. For starters...

Dictionary of Measures, Units, and Conversions

FredGarvin

In case anyone is interested, the reference book used in the FE exam is available through NCEES:

http://www.ncees.org/exams/study_materials/fe_handbook/

stjimmy

hey what type of infomation are you looking for?

brewnog

Online Materials database:

Matweb

Astronuc

I don't know how long this will be around, but it is a great on-line resource for fluid mechanics/dynamics.

Dynamical Oceanography. Part I: Fundamental Principles
http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/reid/book1/book/book.html

PerennialII

... this with emphasis to free etc. software :

... FEM based software (the first a general, really extensive collection of everything related) :

http://www.engr.usask.ca/~macphed/fi...resources.html
http://cern49.ce.uiuc.edu/cfm/warp3d.html
http://vector-space.com/newpage2.htm
http://tochnog.sourceforge.net/tnhome.html

.... a Pre & Post - processor & a compliant Navier-Stokes solver + general visualization link :

http://gid.cimne.upc.es/index.html
http://adfc.sourceforge.net/index_en.html
http://www.csc.fi/visualization/index.html

.... BEM resources :

http://www.olemiss.edu/sciencenet/benet/
http://www.boundary-element-method.co.uk/
http://www.cfg.cornell.edu/software/software.htm

.... about math libraries and software in general :

http://www.csc.fi/math_topics/Software.html

.... general "engineer - readable" approach to PDEs and numerical solving of them :

http://www.lifelong-learners.com/pde/

FredGarvin

Just to get some basics out there...

General Design:
http://www.boltscience.com/pages/info.htm
http://www2.chicago-rawhide.com/catalog_pdf.htm
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/i...tents.html#top

Machine Element Design:
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/i...tents.html#top
http://www.mrcbearingservices.com/engineeringdata.asp
http://www.utm.edu/departments/engin...ine_design.htm
http://www.co-design.co.uk/dpg/guides.htm
http://www.tapmatic.com/tech_manual/index.html

General Engineering:
Java Learning Appletes: http://www.engapplets.vt.edu/
http://www.roymech.co.uk/index3.htm

Process Control/Instrumentation:
Omega's Technical Library (EXCELLENT SOURCE!):
http://www.omega.com/techref/
http://www.pc-education.mcmaster.ca/...on/go_inst.htm

Fluids:
LMNO Engineering: http://www.lmnoeng.com/
Standard Atmosphere Calculator: http://aero.stanford.edu/StdAtm.html
Piping: http://www.pipingdesign.com/
Pumps Fundamentals: http://www.gouldspumps.com/cat_technews_0005.html

Sound/Vibration:
http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/index.htm
http://www.vibrationdata.com/tutorials.htm (EXCELLENT SOURCE!)
http://www.sandv.com/home.htm
http://www.bradford.ac.uk/research/mbdmst/rotordynamic/

Danger

Wow! Excellent thread, guys.

engware

Hi there:

For anywhere, anytime free engineering e-solutions for energy conversion systems, check out http://members.aol.com/engware.free.

An MS Excel file is attached.

Thanks,

Gordan

Attached Files

EC-Demo.zip (61.0 KB, 24 views)

Astronuc

Perhaps we need to add information on Academic programs in Engineering.

https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/

https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/


Please contribute information from your Engineering Department or School.

Purdue has a nice form showing the outline of an Mech E degree.
http://tools.ecn.purdue.edu/ME/Undergrad/

It should be comparable to other programs.

vsdguy

Hi all,

I am new on the forum and was wondering if there is a source where I can download or get engineering ebooks?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,

Vsdguy

meee

for prospective students
http://www.engineeringk12.org/students/default.htm

Astronuc

Welcome to PF, vsdguy. There may not be too many free e-books available on-line. Most engineering texts must be purchased.

In what particular engineering courses/disciplines is one interested? MIT has some open courseware. http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

One can find, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Systems Division, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Nuclear Science and Engineering. There are many course notes available in pdf format. One can also find Mathematics here and at other university sites.

PF also has Physics, Math and Science tutorials.

Astronuc

http://aiche-chicago.org/

The Chicago Section is one of the largest within the institute, with over 1,200 members.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers - http://www.aiche.org/ - national organization.

vsdguy

Thank you all,

I am specificaly interested in controls. More specificaly in control engineering. PID, AC/DC controls, automation, AC drives, Power electronics. I will check the site you provided Astronuc.
Thank you all again for sharing information.

Regards,

vsdguy

FredGarvin

I haven't had a chance to read through it yet, but here is a book on compressible flow. There do appear to be some things that need to be fixed. Consider it a work in progress:

http://www.potto.org/gasDynamics/index.html