Skip to content

    Mechanical Engineering Textbooks

    Filters

    Read more about Basics of Fluid Mechanics - ver. 0.6.9.a

    Basics of Fluid Mechanics - ver. 0.6.9.a

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Bar-Meir

    Publisher: Potto Project

    License: Free Documentation License (GNU)

    The topic of fluid mechanics is common to several disciplines: mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and civil engineering. In fact, it is also related to disciplines like industrial engineering, and electrical engineering. While the emphasis is somewhat different in this book, the common material is presented and hopefully can be used by all. One can only admire the wonderful advances done by the previous geniuses who work in this field. In this book it is hoped to insert, what and when a certain model is suitable than other models.

    (9 reviews)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Fundamentals of Compressible Flow Mechanics

    Fundamentals of Compressible Flow Mechanics

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Bar-Meir

    Publisher: Potto Project

    License: Free Documentation License (GNU)

    This book deals with an introduction to the flow of compressible substances (gases). The main difference between compressible flow and almost incompressible flow is not the fact that compressibility has to be considered. Rather, the difference is in two phenomena that do not exist in incompressible flow. The first phenomenon is the very sharp discontinuity (jump) in the flow in properties. The second phenomenon is the choking of the flow. Choking is when downstream variations don't effect the flow. Though choking occurs in certain pipe flows in astronomy, there also are situations of choking in general (external) flow.

    (2 reviews)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Manufacturing Processes 4-5

    Manufacturing Processes 4-5

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Virasak

    Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

    License: CC BY

    This textbook provides an introduction to the important area of manufacturing processes. This text will explain the hows, whys, and whens of various machining operations, set-ups, and procedures. Throughout this text, you will learn how machine tools operate, and when to use one particular machine instead of another. It is organized for students who plan to enter the manufacturing technology field and for those who wish to develop the skills, techniques, and knowledge essential for advancement in this occupational cluster. The organization and contents of this text focus primarily on theory and practice. The machining processes and technology sections in this textbook cover such machine tools as surface grinders, bandsaws, drill presses, milling machines, and the engine lathe. Additionally, the importance of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) in the operation of the most machine tools is explained, and its role in automated manufacturing is explored thoroughly.

    (3 reviews)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Interpretation of Metal Fab Drawings

    Interpretation of Metal Fab Drawings

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Moran

    Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

    License: CC BY

    Interpreting metal fab drawings is a course that introduces the principles of interpretation and application of industrial fabrication drawings. Basic principles and techniques of metal fabrication are introduced by planning and construction of fixtures used in fabrication from drawings. Basic tools and equipment for layout fitting of welded fabrications are utilized. Covers the use and application of the AWS welding symbols. This course will utilize blueprints and welding symbols and will apply them in classroom and in shop as practical assignments.

    No ratings

    (0 reviews)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Basic Blueprint Reading

    Basic Blueprint Reading

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Costin

    Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

    License: CC BY

    This is an entry level blueprint reading book written for the first year welding student. The book will be used in the first term of a two year welding program to familiarize the student to sketching and reading blueprints.

    (1 review)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Stability of Ships and Other Bodies - ver 0.7.0

    Stability of Ships and Other Bodies - ver 0.7.0

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Bar-Meir

    Publisher: Potto Project

    License: Free Documentation License (GNU)

    This book, Stability of Ships and Other Bodies, describes the fundamentals when and why floating bodies are stable. In addition, it describes steps that transforms un–stable bodies to stable. This book is designed to replace all the other books and inseminate that recent developed technology and advances. The material in standard books is so entrenched, old, and outdated material that one can be only amazed. For example, concept like potential stability is not discussed or even mentioned in any of all the books that this author review.

    No ratings

    (0 reviews)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance - 3rd edition

    Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance - 3rd edition

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Marchman III

    Publisher: Virginia Tech Libraries

    License: CC BY

    Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance, 3rd edition is a college undergraduate-level introduction to aircraft aerodynamics and performance. This text is designed for a course in Aircraft Performance that is taught before the students have had any course in fluid mechanics, fluid dynamics, or aerodynamics. The text is meant to provide the essential information from these types of courses that is needed for teaching basic subsonic aircraft performance, and it is assumed that the students will learn the full story of aerodynamics in other, later courses. The text assumes that the students will have had a university level Physics sequence in which they will have been introduced to the most fundamental concepts of statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, and basic conservation laws that are needed to understand the coverage that follows. It is also assumed that students will have completed first year university level calculus sequence plus a course in multi-variable calculus. Separate courses in engineering statics and dynamics are helpful but not necessary. Any student who takes a course using this text after completing courses in aerodynamics or fluid dynamics should find the chapters of this book covering those subjects an interesting review of the material.

    No ratings

    (0 reviews)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Introduction to Communication Systems: An Interactive Approach Using the Wolfram Language

    Introduction to Communication Systems: An Interactive Approach Using the Wolfram Language

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Frost

    Publisher: University of Kansas Libraries

    License: CC BY-NC

    This ebook provides a unique pedagogical approach to teaching the fundamentals of communication systems using interactive graphics and in-line questions. The material opens with describing the transformation of bits into digital baseband waveforms. Double-sideband suppressed carrier modulation and quadrature modulation then provide the foundation for the discussions of Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK), Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), M-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (M-QAM), M-ary Phase Shift Keying (MPSK), and the basic theory of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Traditional analog modulation systems are also described. Systems trade-offs, including link budgets, are emphasized. Interactive graphics allow the students to engage with and visualize communication systems concepts. Interactivity and in-line review questions enables students to rapidly examine system tradeoffs and design alternatives. The topics covered build upon each other culminating with an introduction to the implementation of OFDM transmitters and receivers, the ubiquitous technology used in WiFi, 4G and 5G communication systems.

    (1 review)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Engineering Statics: Open and Interactive

    Engineering Statics: Open and Interactive

    Copyright Year:

    Contributors: Baker and Haynes

    Publisher: Daniel Baker and William Haynes

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    Engineering Statics is a free, open-source textbook appropriate for anyone who wishes to learn more about vectors, forces, moments, static equilibrium, and the properties of shapes. Specifically, it has been written to be the textbook for Engineering Mechanics: Statics, the first course in the Engineering Mechanics series offered in most university-level engineering programs.

    (8 reviews)

    READ MORE

    Read more about Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

    Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

    Copyright Year:

    Contributor: Liburdy

    Publisher: Oregon State University

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    This book is meant to be a second course in fluid mechanics that stresses applications dealing with external potential flows and intermediate viscous flows. Students are expected to have some background in some of the fundamental concepts of the definition of a fluid, hydrostatics, use of control volume conservation principles, initial exposure to the Navier-Stokes equations, and some elements of flow kinematics, such as streamlines and vorticity. It is not meant to be an in-depth study of potential flow or viscous flow, but is meant to expose students to additional analysis techniques for both of these categories of flows. We will see applications to aerodynamics, with analysis methods able to determine forces on arbitrary bodies. We will also examine some of the exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations based on classical fluid mechanics. Finally we will explore the complexities of turbulent flows and how for boundary layer flows one can predict drag forces. This compilation is drafted from notes used in the course Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, offered to seniors and first year graduate students who have a background in mechanical engineering or a closely related area.

    (2 reviews)

    READ MORE