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Comprehensive Mechanical Engineering Coverage You Can Trust
The Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual is the most comprehensive textbook for the Mechanical PE exam. This books time-tested organization and clear explanations start with the basics to help you quickly get up to speed on common mechanical engineering concepts. Together, the 76 chapters provide an in-depth review of NCEES Mechanical PE exam topics. The extensive index contains thousands of terms, most indexed in a variety of ways, in anticipation of how youll search for them.
Features of the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual:
Topics Covered:
The Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual is the most comprehensive textbook for the Mechanical PE exam. This books time-tested organization and clear explanations start with the basics to help you quickly get up to speed on common mechanical engineering concepts. Together, the 76 chapters provide an in-depth review of NCEES Mechanical PE exam topics. The extensive index contains thousands of terms, most indexed in a variety of ways, in anticipation of how youll search for them.
Features of the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual:
- over 120 appendices containing essential support material
- over 375 clarifying example problems
- thousands of equations, figures, and tables
- industry-standard terminology and nomenclature
- equal support of U.S. customary and SI units
Topics Covered:
- Dynamics and Vibrations: Kinematics; Kinetics; Power Transmission Systems; Vibrating Systems
- Materials: Engineering Materials Properties and Testing; Thermal Treatment of Metals
- Fluids: Fluid Properties; Fluid Statics; Fluid Flow Parameters; Fluid Dynamics; Hydraulic Machines
- Power Cycles: Vapor, Combustion, and Nuclear Power Cycles; Refrigeration and Gas Compression Cycles
- HVAC: Psychrometrics; Fans, Ductwork, and Ventilation; Heating and Cooling Loads; Air Conditioning Systems
- Heat Transfer: Natural Convection; Evaporation; Condensation; Forced Convection; Radiation
- Machine Design: Basic and Advanced Machine Design; Pressure Vessels
- Thermodynamics: Inorganic Chemistry; Fuels and Combustion; Properties of Substances
- Control Systems: Modeling and Analysis of Engineering Systems
- Plant Engineering: Manufacturing Processes; Instrumentation and Measurements; Materials Handling and Processing; Fire Protection Systems; Environmental Pollutants and Remediation; Hazardous Material Storage and Disposal
- Fundamentals: Math Review; Probability; Statics; Engineering Economic Analysis
- Law and Ethics: Engineering Law; Ethics
- 36 chapters with new material, and46 chapters with revisions to existing material
- 300 new equations, and128 updated equations
- 27 new tables, and31 updated tables
- 7 new examples, and34 updated examples
- 10 new appendices, and27 updated appendices
- 35 new figures, and28 updated figures
- 1,094 new index entries, and108 updated index entires
