Sourses For Online Books 21

Dec 4, 2001

Hi There
I am looking for some Online liberary, or somewhere that has mechanical engineering books availabe reading online or downloading.
If anyone knoow such Sites, please advise me too.
Thanks

MJCronin · Dec 18, 2001

Allen,

I would really like this too, as I am really cheap as well.... getting older and would rather save money for my golden years rather than spend it on overpriced engineering texts..

I don't think that you will find "full text excerpts" on the net

However, in my opinion, the next best thing is a "Google" search based on a narrow topic definition. Sometimes, if you know an expert's name...... you can also search on a surname... eg. Einstein relativity "special theory"

Good Luck !!!

MJC

Rich2001 · Dec 18, 2001

Allen & MJC

This guide contains links to significant Mechanical Engineering resources on the internet. The first grouping has a lot of good information.

Broader Topics

1.

http://WWW Virtual

Library Engineering:
contains general sources of engineering information, including a vendor list.

http://www.eevl.ac.uk/

http://wwwvl.html

2. EEVL:
The Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL) is a database of engineering resources and a newsgroup that can be searched or browsed.

http://www.eevl.ac.uk/

http://wwwvl.html

3. EELS:
Engineering Electronic Library, Sweden (EELS)

http://eels.lublu.se

4. Mechanical Engineering

http://icrank.com/

5. Construction Information Services:
contains sites of value to those in the A/E/C (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry.

http://ctca.unb.ca/CTCA/sources

Catalogs and Databases

1. ICE Search:
This form interface allows you to search the ICE index for engineering related links pertaining to one or more keywords. Each link (URL, name, and description) in every category of the ICE index will be searched. It may take a couple of minutes to generate results.

http://www.englib.cornell.edu/ice/search.html

2. Engineer Supply

http://engineersupply.com

3. Engineering Technical Data Reference Tables:
This page provides a listing of engineering reference data that is commonly found in reference books. Includes phyiscial properties of materials -includes Modulus of Elasticity, Modulus of Rigidity, Poisson's Ratio and Unit Weight information as well as specific data for varous material types. Data for Aluminum alloys, Beryllium Copper, Brass, Carbon Steel, Cast Iron-grey, Copper, Douglas Fir, Glass, Inconel, Lead, Magnesium, Molybdenum, Monel metal, Nickel silver, Nickel steel, Phosphor bronze, and Stainless steel is provided. Also: Analysis of Sections and Shapes - T100, Dimensions and Data for Fasteners - T200, Shear, Moment and Deflections of Beams - T300, Properties of Structural Member Shapes - T400, for a wide variety of materials and shapes.

http://Ourworld.Compuserve.com/homepages/MJVanVoorhis/techdata.htm

4. Universal Parts Center:
Commercial and government stocked parts from Industry Net.

http://www.industry.net/home/UPC

5. DesignInfo:
Searchable on-line catalog of engineering products and vendors using engineering parameters.

http://www.designinfo.com

6. Free MDS:
Free online plastic materials information source from nearly every material supplier in North America. The site also has access to plastic materials information from regions outside North America. This is provided by IDES, Inc., which also provides an online plastic materials web seach, after registration.

http://www.freemds.com

7. MatWeb:
Free online materials information resource - search for properties, find specific materials, find material by constituent elements.

http://www.matweb.com

8. Electronic Design Library:
A U Mass library for support of undergraduate design projects.

http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie/labs/mda/dlib/dlib.html

9. Mechanical Analysis:
The Mechanical Analysis Home Page is an information focal point for analysts and scientists. The page contains links to subjects such as heat transfer, stress and dynamic analysis and material properties. The page also contains a list of consultants and you with access to a broad variety of scientific and technical information and analysis software

http://www.highfiber.com/~tes/analysis.htm

10. NIST Virtual Library (NVT):
NVL provides you with access to a broad variety of scientific and technical information resources in different electronic formats, from online information to CD-ROMs to databases and electronic documents. See also the full NIST site.

http://www.nist.gov

http://www.nist.gov/welcome.html

11. Engineering Information Guide (EIG):
The EIG is maintained by the University of Strathclyde's CAD Centre and contains pointers to sites, standards, mail lists, etc. pertaining to engineering design.

http://www.cad.strath.ac.uk:/EngInfoGuide.html

12. Multi-Media Handbook for Engineering Design:
The Multi-Media Handbook for Engineering Design is a hyper-media database providing information relating to machine design. It is intended to provide a concise source of key information giving the user quick and easy access to elementary engineering design principles, design details of machine elements and specific component information.

http://www.dig.bris.ac.uk/hbook

13. University of Utah PartNet Online Catalog System:
This server offers information about the a prototype service for finding parts via the WWW.

http://part.net

14. Engineering Software Database:
This ASME-sponsored database is a fully indexed, searchable system, with descriptions of more than 6000 engineering programs. As a web based system, the database supports any number of direct URL references to your home site, email address, or other links you choose. You can add files to our public FTP site such as demonstration versions of your product, shareware files, documentation, or other files you would like associated with your software record. All files submitted to the archive, as well as the software database records, are published on CDROM for even wider distribution.

http://www.mecheng.asme.org

15. Tribology: An On-Line Information Resource:
Almost every item of machinery has moving parts, bearings, gears, slides, seals and many others. The successful operation of moving mechanical equipment is dependent on the smooth running and long life of these parts. It is research in the field of tribology that has paved the way for reliability and longevity in industrial machines. Lists: Conferences, Jobs, Journals, ImEechE Design data guides, etc.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/~mpe/tribology/tribo.html

16. Firmendatenbank:
Informationen über mehr als 135.000 deutsche Firmen in bekannter Hoppenstedt-Qualität. Basisinformationen erhalten Sie dabei bis hin zum Kurzportrait völlig kostenfrei. Alles Wissenswerte ist in unserer "Einführung" dokumentiert.

http://www.firmendatenbank.de

17. NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS):
This server is an experimental service that allows simultaneous searching of various NASA abstract and technical report services.

http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/NTRS

18. Catalog of the Engineering Case Library:
This server provides accounts of real engineering work written for use in engineering education, and is provided by the Center for Case Studies in Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. There are cases from almost all disciplines of engineering. The full text version of the catalog is also available via anonymous ftp from: alfred.carleton.ca in directory /pub/civeng/ECL/ as ASCII text or as a WordPerfect file.

http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/ECL

19. AutomationNET:
Database of Vendors, Consultants and Systems Integrators in the field of Engineering Automation under the subject Mechanical Engineering On-Line Services.

http://www.AutomationNET.com

Free Software and Information Services

1. CFX User Subroutine Archive:
Fortran subroutines for modifying default physical models in CFX.

http://bgtibm1.me.uiuc.edu/people/d-creech/cfd/subroutine

2. CyclePad:
Download a thromodynamics simulator. CyclePad enables students to construct and analyze a wide variety of thermodynamic cycles. A hypertext explanation facility provides the student with access to the chain of reasoning underlying the derivation of each value. CyclePad is currently being field-tested in undergraduate engineering classes at Northwestern University, The U.S. Naval Academy, and Oxford University.

http://www.qrg.ils.nwu.edu/projects/NSF/Cyclepad/aboutcp.htm

3. DSIFcalc:
DSIFcalc is a computer program for processing data obtained during one- or three-point bend (conventional and inverted) impact fracture tests.

http://www.tu.kielce.pl/~rokach/dsifcalc.htm

4. Mechanical Engineering Software:
PC software that may be downloaded from the EDS Forum

http://www.gamorris.co.uk/forum_mech.htm

5. Rotor Dynamics:
Rotor dynamics is a collective term for rotating machines and can be split into the sub-groups that make it up. These are rotating shafts, bearings, seals, out of balance systems, instability and condition monitoring. This site povides technical tutotials on these topics.

http://www.brad.ac.uk/research/mbdmst/rotordynamic

6. Vibration Data:
Free software and tutorials for vibration and shock analysis

http://www.vibrationdata.com

7. Windmill:
Free software to connect almost any instrument with an RS232 (COM) port to a Windows program like Excel. Includes programs to save and chart the data, and control the instrument. Applications include strain and flow measurement. Need to subscribe to free newsletter.

http://www.windmillsoft.com

8. WinPipeD:
Free software: a professional, fully-featured Windows program for pipe hydraulics in steady multiphase flow. It utilizes most industry-standard equations and correlations, packaged in an easy-to-use interface. Available for download for non-commercial use.

http://www.neosoft.com/~dshaw/winpiped.html

9. Engineering Workstations server:
Engineering Workstations is a server for document authoring at the College of Engineering University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign. It points to a wide variety of campus and engineering related information. Of special interest are the software testbeds which include online simulations of milling and drilling, fixture modeling, and cutting fluid evaluation.

http://www.cen.uiuc.edu

10. Finite Element Analysis Software:
Roger Young's private catalog of free, electronically available FE software with a pointer to a page on general FE resources, including newsgroups and listservers.

http://www.engr.usask.ca/~macphed/finite/fe_resources/fe_resources.html

11. Dynamic Simulation Software List:
Kalle Marjamaki`s list emphasizes fluid dynamics but general simulation software is listed.

http://mat

http://www.ee.tut.fi/~piche/fluidpower/softwarelist.html

Internet Mechanical Engineering Sites

1. Engineers for Engineers Information:
Links to many sites useful to the Scientist and to the Professional Engineer.

http://www.engineers4engineers.co.uk

Jobs

1. Job Search for Engineers[InterEC.NET]:
This web site specifically set up for engineers looking for a job over the Internet. It is organized into sections by engineering discipline and contains job listings from employers, direct links to the employment web sites of companies that hire engineers, links to some of the best job search databases on the Internet, newspaper-classified advertisement from across the country, salary surveys and unemployment data specific to your field of specialization, and various other resources of general interest to engineers looking for a job.

http://www.interec.net/jobsearch/mechanical.html

2. Engineering/Manufacturing Jobs:
A link to job openings for engineers and other professionals

http://www.nationjob.com/engineering

3. EngineeringJobs.Com:
Another good source of job openings. The site also features links to professional engineering societies and organizations, sources for engineering tools, and resumes of job-seeking engineers.

http://www.engineeringjobs.com

4. Engineering Job Source:
Job information for engineers in all states, but specializing in the Great Lakes region.

http://www.engineerjobs.com

5. Pro/E Job Network:
Pro/Engineer software specific - See also IDEAS Job Network

http://www.pejn.com

6. Careers In Construction Includes engineering jobs:

http://www.CareersInConstruction.com

Misc. Information and Services

1. Wankel Rotary Combustion Engines (RCE) and Vehicles:

http://www.monito.com/wankel/

2. Berkeley Lab Room:
Vibrating Beam Experiment - courseware.

http://bits.me.berkeley.edu/~beam/spr95/labroom.html

3. IndustryNET:
IndustryNET carries focused mechanical engineering industry news and many websites for companies in this line of business.

http://www.industry.net

4. Ultrasound Critical-angle Reflectometry (UCR):
New method for studying the mechanical properties of materials (the complete stiffness matrix for transv isotropic materials) from a single surface. Current application is in a clinical and a laboratory setting to investigate the structure- function relationship in bone.

http://www.swmed.edu/home_pages/ucrlab

5. Advanced Technologies for Commercial Buildings:
A building professional's guide to 60 environmentally responsible technologies and materials for use in commercial buildings. Includes plumbing, mecahnical systems for buildings.

http://www.advancedbuildings.org

6. RobotBooks.Com:
Selected Robot Books, electronics, computers, magazines, ect.

http://www.robotbooks.com

7. Philadelphia IEEE Consultants' Network:
Directory of consultants with one free day of consulting. The IEEE Consultants' Network consists of IEEE members, in private practices, who offer state-of- the-art consulting services. Some of the areas of expertise represented by our members include electronic, computer software and hardware, digital and analog design, forensics, power systems, new product development, quality systems and technology management.

http://www.ece.vill.edu/conet

8. Patent.Info:
John Moetteli offers legal advice and access to laws and design, engineering, and prototyping info on his site.

http://www.uspatentinfo.com

9. Internet Patent News Service's (IPNS):
Internet Patent News Service's (IPNS)

http://WWW Patent

Searching home page can search all US patents since 1970 using the US patents Manual of Classification.

http://metalab.unc.edu/patents/intropat.html

10. AI Webography of AI in Design:
David Brown has has developed a Webography of AI in Design set of resouces.

http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Research/aidg/AIinD-hotlist.html

Online Calculations

1. DC Gear Motor Sizing:
Precision MicroDynamics Inc. provides a CGI program/resource to help size DC gear motor systems. Users fill out a form which details the load characteristics and motor characteristics among other things. By pressing the submit button, the form processor takes over and performs the computations. A second level of analysis provides the torque-speed, torque-power, torque-efficiency and torque-current plots. These can be downloaded to your computer simply by saving the GIF that is generated.

http://pmdi.com/php2.php

2. Thermodynamic Property Calculator:
This is aforms-based CGI application to calculate the thermodynamic properties of fluids (liquid and/or vapor). Most of the equations are taken from the compilation "Thermodynamic Properties in SI" (TPSI), by W. C. Reynolds.

http://adam.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/props

3. The Expert System for Thermodynamics Free Java software and applets for thermal, radiation, and gas calculations.

http://voyager5.sdsu.edu/testcenter

4. CyberCut:
CyberCut is the gateway to a series of interactive web pages that has become on on-line CAD tool linked directly to the Integrated Manufacturing and Design Environment (IMADE), a rapid prototyping system located at the Integrated Manufacturing Lab at the University of California at Berkeley.

http://kingkong.me.berkeley.edu/cybercut

Publications

1. Mechanical Engineering:
Online Sponsored by the ASME. Back issues available.

http://www.memagazine.org/index.html

2. EESE:
Engineering E-journal SE: over 100 engineering e-journals

http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/

3. Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD):
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) publishes the JMD and this server provides information on the scope and purpose of the journal, the editorial staff, and information for authors. There is also an index to previous volumes and articles. Forms for submitting and reviewing technical papers are also provided.

http://www-jmd.engr.ucdavis.edu/jmd

4. Progressive Engineer:
This free online magazine focuses on engineering in the mid-Atlantic region. See especially the Engineering Resources.

http://www.progressiveengineer.com

5. Machine Design Online:
Design Engineering information and events.

http://www.machinedesign.com/index1.html

6. Journal of Mechanical Engineering (Strojnicky Casopis):
It is published by Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

http://www.machinedesign.com/index1.html

7. Process Pumps & Filtration On-Line:
A webzine with articles, on-line principle and fundamental catalogs, new product and technology introductions, and engineering educational and resource materials.

http://www.frontpageaccess.com/pitt

8. Carmagen Engineering Report:
Free engineering newsletter on hydrocarbon piping and storage.

http://www.carmagen.com/newslet.html

9. Windmill Software Newsletter:
Called Monitor, the newsletter includes data acquisition tips, new product releases, URLs of engineering, scientific and technology resources, and more.

http://www.windmill.co.uk/newsletter.html

World Wide Web Virtual Mechanical Engineering

1. University ME Departments:

http://cdr.stanford.edu/

http://WWW-ME/uni.html

2. Mechanical Engineering Institutes and Societies:

http://cdr.stanford.edu/

http://WWW-ME/special.html

3. Mechanical Engineering Vendor Pages:

http://cdr.stanford.edu/

http://WWW-ME/vendor.html

4. Mechanical Engineering Forums and Newsgroups:

http://cdr.stanford.edu/