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Usually ships in 10-19 business days | | | | | | The eighth edition of Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design maintains the basic approaches that have made this book the standard in machine design for over 40 years. At the same time it combines the straightforward focus on fundamentals instructors have come to expect with a modern emphasis on design and new applications. Overall coverage of basic concepts are clear and concise so that readers can easily navigate key topics. This edition includes a new case study to help illuminate the complexities of shafts and axles and a new finite elements chapter. Problem sets have been improved, with new problems added to help students progressively work through them. The book website includes ARIS, which is a homework management system that will have 90 algorithmic problems. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Richard Budynas | | Hardcover: | 1088 pages | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math | | Publication Date: | October 25, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0073312606 | | Product Length: | 9.79 inches | | Product Width: | 8.74 inches | | Product Height: | 1.59 inches | | Product Weight: | 4.71 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.1 inches | | Package Width: | 8.2 inches | | Package Height: | 1.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 4.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 13 reviews |
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25 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Might be a Good Reference Book Oct 10, 2007
By Wadeesh
As a senior ME student, I think Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design may be a good reference book, but find it is a poor text. Most topics are covered quickly and equations presented with little or no emphasis on any engineering derivation. This will frustrate engineers who enjoy knowing why the equations work. Also many of the answers found in the back of the book are simply incorrect. This inhibits the value of the problems found at the end of each chapter. The book covers a myriad of engineering topics which makes it fine to pull off the shelf to find the correct equation to use. However as a text, it lacks the engineering and mathematical depth to help one understand why the equations presented are true and why they work.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 It's ok. Reader beware Feb 17, 2009
By Jonathan Marshall
Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design is a fair reference book, as reference books go - though it is a bit pricey. This is not a text book, nor does the author state it is! The topics are quickly covered and all problems are address in SI units. To me, this is a negative. There is no engineering derivation, and for me, this is just fine. I did find that some of the questions in the back of the book are incorrect. Reader beware!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Informative, but not a stand-alone text Aug 09, 2010
By A. Bush
"mechanical engineer"
I purchased this book for my ENGM400: Mechanical Engineering Design class. I gained a lot from that class, but that was LARGELY due to a very experienced professor with excellent presentation abilities. This textbook is filled with useful information, but without a professional to explain how to use many of the concepts presented, it is nearly useless. Until you have been taught the purpose of various tables and charts, and guided through the methods of analyzing many of the problems contained inside, this book will only confuse you.
The book does provide many excellent examples, but unfortunately some of these are severely lacking in explanation, leaving you to puzzle over WHY the authors chose to solve problems the way they did; other problem types are completely missing a corresponding example and are just as confusing.
Obviously, if this textbook is a requirement for your class, reading this review won't persuade you not to buy it. To be honest, I would actually recommend buying it rather than borrowing or leasing, because once you have been instructed in its use it has a ton of helpful information and I have been using it for reference at my place of employment. However, don't expect to pick it up as something to read for knowledge without a course to accompany it.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Great Book, all you need in one book Oct 05, 2008
By Gabriel A. Atienza
The book is a most have for mechanical engineering students, it covers everything from mechanics of materials, to metallurgy, to basic design knowledge of dynamic stresses, statistics and much more. Been a student myself it's a great reference for many future curses.
Great reference guide Jan 27, 2011
By T. Lane
I bought this textbook for an upper-level undergraduate mechanical engineering class and found the concise nature of the book to be helpful for summarizing a large number of topics. I did occasionally have to refer to other textbooks for a more detailed description of topics which I didn't understand, but the text and appendices make this my go to guide when I am doing design work or homework.
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