Shigley's mechanical engineering design
by Richard G. Budynas, Richard Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett · first published 2006
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Intended for students beginning the study of mechanical engineering design, this book helps students find that the text inherently directs them into familiarity with both the basics of design decisions and the standards of industrial components.
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…and I will limit to these two books.) Stephen Timoshenko's two volume Strength of Materials is a seminal work, and still relevant, on a topic that is at the core of mechanical and civil engineering. Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design deals with designing machine parts, which is in a sense an applied strength of materials topic, and the book addresses that part quite effectively, though not as comprehensively as Timoshenko's. More…
on “Ask HN: What are the best textbooks in your field of expertise?” ↗Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design and Machinery's Handbook are two classic texts on the design of various mechanical components. For ICEs we used Ferguson and Kirkpatrick when I took a graduate level ICE class. It's concise but good.…
on “Ask HN: Best resources to learn mechanical engineering?” ↗"Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design" is a great textbook if you want to learn the most you can with the fewest books about designing mechanical structures and moving parts from a strength perspective. Fluid flow/ thermo would be the other…
on “Corn Cobs: Fuel of Nightmares” ↗…out? I'm most familiar with the Machinery's Handbook. I went to a top tier school for MechE and Materials, and would recommend two intro books: Engineering Mechanics Statics by Meriam and Kriage and Shigley's Mechanical engineering Design in that order . If you fully understand the contents of these book, it probably puts you in the top 10% of mechanical engineering graduates. For a broader education, you can read Fundamentals of Heat…
on “Guerrilla guide to CNC machining, mold making, and resin casting (2015)” ↗Adding on to that, tensioning bolts using torque is convenient and inexpensive but not very accurate at all. Some data reproduced in Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design showed a +/- 30% variation in tension for properly torqued bolts, if my memory is correct. Emphasis on properly torqued: in the field threads or bolt heads might be dirty, or torque wrenches might be…
on “Smartbolts” ↗