PPI Core Engineering Concepts for Students and Professionals (Paperback) – A Comprehensive Reference Covering Thousands of Engineering Topics

Where was this book when I was in college?! It has just enough information that you can he effective in almost any field related to mechanical engineering.I brought only this book and a calculator to the PE exam for mechanical engineering and passed just fine on my first attempt. The only studying I did was the practice exam using this book and a couple hours to get used to the book. I have to laugh at the poor bastards that brought dollies to transport their milk crates full of books.

Este libro es excelente para repasar estudios como para regencia profesional.

I found in this reference most of what I need in my work and I used this as reference to refresh my mind about the old school staff

Good Book albeit there is need for more content on transforms and convolution theory.

Full of engineering stuff. Very thick and heavy.

Atlases of the world, also known as engineers, carry great responsibility on their shoulders to help humanity plod on in Nature. They build places for people to live in comfortably and safely; they build transportation machines to carry people from one place to another; they develop cleaning agents; they build devices for health and entertainment. They build things.This book encompasses engineering disciplines that span those shoulders of Atlas. It begins with Mathematics, the very fabric that unites all disparate engineering disciplines together. Then the book moves into Fluids that are cogs of life's dynamic. But nothing lasts forever as we learn in Thermodynamics. Knowing we still have time in this Universe, we can play with molecules and build gooey stuff in Chemistry, and then suddenly we observe living breathing things in Biology. Things perspire and constantly transfer heat as we learn in Heat Transfer. And then we try to hold things still in Statics, maybe to cross a bridge that doesn't wobble. Things break and fall apart and we try to make things stronger and better in Materials Science. Just like with molecules, we try to build machines with the materials. We make these machines move and interact in our image by studying Dynamics. We then dive into what we can't see but can observe the end result in electric circuits. As we benefit from all the cool things we create, we ask why in Physics. By now the mathematics we have to do is mind numbing and we need help from Systems Analysis too know what we want, and begin Computer Programming. As people become many, and all the toys and needs we accumulate, we ask about energy in Atomic Theory. There can't be too many cooks in the kitchen so there must be Engineering Management. Not everyone can be an engineer, you need Engineering Licensure.

The price tag is very heavy on this book, though it is indeed incredibly useful. Over two inches thick and loaded with pretty much every basic engineering formula and concept, it is a great reference tool if you are an engineer in one disciple that needs to delve into another to solve a problem. Beyond equations, there are simple, concise explanations, and diagrams depicting concepts clearly. Certainly the information you're looking for can probably be found on the web somewhere, but if you don't even know where to start, this book will help.If there were a zombie apocalypse and humanity was mostly wiped out, you could begin rebuilding our race and catch up on the history of scientific innovation to a large degree simply by finding a copy of this book.Although some parts of the book may seem outdated, it is really just because the authors are showing you one example of a concept, and it doesn't really matter that it's not the most current tech using that concept - for instance, the somewhat light Computer Programming chapter has as it's coding section a discussion of Fortran rather than Java or C++. Not many use Fortran all that much nowadays, but it's still a fine way to explain ideas such as variables, functions, and order of operations.To give you an idea of the comprehensiveness of the book, I opened it to five random pages, here are the topics:- compressive and flexural strength of various tree woods- temperature thresholds in indirect coal-fired turbines- diameter and wall thickness of standard commercial steel pipe- golf ball rebounding from a stationary plane such as a cartpath- optimizing location and layout of manufacturing facilities

When I began reading through various chapters of this book, my reaction was WOW! There is a LOT of knowledge here. The book is primarily a reference, taken down and used when one needs to brush up on a topic or quickly gain familiarity with the basics of some engineering concepts. As such it appears to be a great reference. The information in each chapter is concise, but easy to understand. Additionally there are sample problems (with solutions) for the reader to work out.Not being skilled in most of the disciplines covered in the book I am unable to comment as to the correctness or comprehensiveness of the material presented. I will say that I've been learning a lot by reading it.Being a Computer Scientist I will comment on "Topic XV: Computer Programming". The information presented seems to be reasonably complete, and sufficient for a good background primer. It's certainly not enough to get you started programming a computer, but it'll give you enough of a background that you will be able to understand, say, a conversation about fundamental computer programming topics. Read this before starting a computer programming class, and you'll be better prepared. The book is targeted at engineers, so the only computer language reviewed is FORTRAN, because this language is still extensively used for mathematical and engineering computation. This section will likely be enough to help you get the gist of some FORTRAN code, but if you're going to code in FORTRAN you'll need a book dedicated to it.The section on digital logic appears to be adequate, but I think a wider review of simplification methods (Karnaugh Maps) would strengthen it.All in all, fantastic.