Thousands of mechanical engineering formulas in your pocket and at your fingertips! This portable find-it-now reference contains thousands of indispensable formulas mechanical engineers need for day-to-day practice.

It’s all here in one compact resource – everything from HVAC to stress and vibration equations – measuring fatigue, bearings, gear design, simple mechanics, and more. Compiled by a professional engineer with many years’ experience, the Pocket Guide includes common conversions, symbols, and vital calculations data. You’ll find just what you need to solve your problems quickly, easily, and accurately. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine a world without cars and computers, or toys and televisions, or movies and microwaves. Then imagine a world without engineers. Engineering the ABC’s answers questions about now everyday things work and how engineering relates to so many parts of a child’s daily life. In an entertaining and engaging way, this book shows how engineers shape our world.

This book to be a valuable resource, not only as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Educator interested in simplifying the world of engineering to capture the attention of elementary students, but also as a college professor and a STEM advocate looking for new resources to share with adults whom, fixated on their perception of the complexity of engineering, take for granted that children are surrounded by contextually relevant examples of engineering in their daily lives. Read the rest of this entry »

The things that engineers design are everywhere, and the influence that engineers have on daily life is far out of proportion to their numbers. In this expanded version of a remarkable essay published in Science more than a decade ago, Eugene Ferguson takes a probing look at the process of engineering design, arguing that despite modern technical advances, good engineering is still as much a matter of intuition and nonverbal thinking as of equations and computation.

Ferguson, who has been successively a mechanical engineer, a technical museum curator, and a teacher of the history of technology, uses examples ranging from the development of the American axe to the collapse of the Hartford Coliseum and the performance of the Hubble space telescope to illustrate the ways in which visual thinking enriches engineering and the ways in which engineering that relies solely on technical sophistication can go wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

The book is conveniently divided into two major sections. The first, an introduction to engineering, begins with a description and breakdown of the engineering profession. Material concerning most disciplines in engineering is included in this section. Engineering design is also introduced in this section, providing an opportunity to investigate the “essence of engineering” in a holistic manner.

The second major section, processing engineering data, includes the essentials required in preparing for any engineering curriculum. It covers, for example, problem-solving procedures(including solving open-ended problems), engineering estimations, dimensions, and units (including both customary and SI units). Read the rest of this entry »

This is a revision of the famed pocket guide giving engineers, scientists, technicians, and students thousands of essential technical and mathematical formulas and hundreds of diagrams to simplify and speed their calculations.

This is a wonderful and unique little book that packs a lot of information into a pocket-sized hardbound volume. The construction of the book is of the highest quality, something that’s rare in this age of disposable, fluff-filled, high-ego publishing. It feels good and it’s very satisfying as a physical object. Definitely something you’ll keep forever or pass down to someone else. Read the rest of this entry »

Moaveni addresses all aspects of engineering applications with clarity while maintaining a good balance of textual and numerical explanations and examples at the right level of difficulty. It’s this kind of book that one can easily suggest students keep as a reference book throughout their engineering education and beyond as it provides examples of some of the most commonly used engineering figures.

A major strength of this text is that it provides an excellent introduction to key topics that are fundamental to the engineering student.

This text cuts across lines within the discipline of engineering. It cover civil topics then mechanical topics in a linear fashion. It presents a way to think about engineering as a whole and it covers a lot of important topics. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by an Android authority, this up-to-date resource shows you how to leverage the features of Android 2 to enhance existing products or create innovative new ones. Serving as a hands-on guide to building mobile apps using Android, the book walks you through a series of sample projects that introduces you to Android’s new features and techniques.

Using the explanations and examples included in these pages, you’ll acquire the foundation needed to write compelling mobile applications that use Android, along with the flexibility to quickly adapt to future enhancements.

Professional Android 2 Application Development:

• Reviews Android as a development platform and best practices for mobile development
• Provides an in-depth look at the Android application components

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Design Patterns is a modern classic in the literature of object-oriented development, offering timeless and elegant solutions to common problems in software design. It describes patterns for managing object creation, composing objects into larger structures, and coordinating control flow between objects. The book provides numerous examples where using composition rather than inheritance can improve the reusability and flexibility of code.

Note, though, that it’s not a tutorial but a catalog that you can use to find an object-oriented design pattern that’s appropriate for the needs of your particular application–a selection for virtuoso programmers who appreciate (or require) consistent, well-engineered object-oriented designs.
There are other advantages to this book is that it isolates 23 of the most common patterns and presents them in detail. You wouldn’t think that 23 patterns would be enough, but once you become adept at recognizing patterns, you’ll find that a large fraction of the patterns you use in practice are among these 23. Read the rest of this entry »

Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 10th edition is the definitive guide to the design of environmental control systems. Continuing its proud heritage, this Tenth Edition provides thorough coverage of the latest in the theory and practice of environmental control system design. This bestselling book encompasses mechanical and electrical systems for buildings of all sizes, featuring design guidelines and detailed design procedures for every topic covered and is supported by more than 2,200 illustrations – over 225 new to this edition.

Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 10th edition also includes information on acoustics, current technologies, new and emerging design trends, and updated codes and standards—and its superb illustrations, tables, and high-quality photographs provide a quick reference. Read the rest of this entry »

Photovoltaics Design and Installation Manual By Solar Energy International Producing electricity from the sun using photovoltaic (PV) systems has become a major industry worldwide. But designing, installing and maintaining such systems requires knowledge and training, and there have been few easily accessible, comprehensive guides to the subject. Now, with Photovoltaics: Design and Installation Manual, a world-class solar energy training and education provider – Solar Energy International (SEI) – has made available the critical information to successfully design, install and maintain PV systems.

The book contains an overview of photovoltaic electricity and a detailed description of PV system components, including PV modules, batteries, controllers and inverters. It also includes chapters on sizing photovoltaic systems, analyzing sites and installing PV systems, as well as detailed appendices on PV system maintenance, troubleshooting and solar insolation data for over 300 sites around the world. Read the rest of this entry »