Engineering texts-basic knowledge?
Engineering texts-basic knowledge?
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Knowlege of Aerospace structures Engineering Texts?
I would appreciate comments from the forum. Do engineers believe that to call one's self an aerospace structural engineer you should know the following basic references?
Bruhn
Roark.
If you have never heard of these texts can you still call yourself an aersopace structural engineer?
Comments appreciated.
I would appreciate comments from the forum. Do engineers believe that to call one's self an aerospace structural engineer you should know the following basic references?
Bruhn
Roark.
If you have never heard of these texts can you still call yourself an aersopace structural engineer?
Comments appreciated.





RE: Engineering texts-basic knowledge?
RE: Engineering texts-basic knowledge?
Second, in reading these forums, I get the impression that engineers are trying to accumulate knowledge through textbooks. Although I applaud this thirst for knowledge, I don't think textbooks spawn good stress engineers. Good stress engineers are those who work challenging, real world problems under the mentorship of a senior engineer. Books are available, of course. (I keep a copy of Bruhn for reference above my desk)
Any comments?
RE: Engineering texts-basic knowledge?
Which leaves me often desperatly reinventing the wheel over and over, as I have no-one to ask.
Are you really Phil Condit?
Excessive accuaracy is a sign of poor breeding. -Socrates.
RE: Engineering texts-basic knowledge?
RE: Engineering texts-basic knowledge?
One other thing, not all senior engineers are created equal. In my 24 years as direct, industry assist and/or contract at 8 different companies, I've worked with brilliant engineers and your basic dead wood (I'm in between the 2 extremes, like most senior engineers). The brilliant ones have everything stored in their heads, but are usually incapable of mentoring, because they don't have the patience to deal with someone of lesser brilliance. Obviously, the dead wood should be avoided. And those of us in the middle ground will usually resort to pulling out Bruhn, Roark, Nui, ESDU or one those binders filled with yellowed and worn photo-copied pages from company stress manuals, published papers, previous analyses, etc. and presenting whatever method might fit the situation best to some poor naive newbie, who's just arrived in industry believing that engineering is an exact science.
Good stress engineers are those who work challenging, real world problems under the mentorship of a senior engineer. Therefore, if you're stuck doing stress on real world, but unchallenging problems on your own, you are a lousy engineer. Gee I wish someone had told me that 24 years ago. I might actually be doing something more lucrative and satisfying now.