( 6 reviews )
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Posted: Mar 31 2009
I use this book as a supplement for a Machine Design Class. The book is easy to understand and there are equations presented there that are not in my textbook.
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Posted: Jan 22 2009
If you see this book look like a recently review, but is false. The book is an older edition with ligh blue covers and obsolete methods of solve problems, some problems have graphical solution per example. I will not recoment to buy it; is out of time, is from 1961, you really, do not have a use for it. Per example, for fatigue the best theory is Modified Godman Line.
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( 4 of 5 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 8 2006
The sciences underlying machine design are college-level mathematics (trigonometry, calculus, ODE) and physics, with emphasis on kinematics, statics, dynamics, strength of materials, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics. Thus machine design is really a kind of capstone course for mechanical engineers. This book is primarily useful as a source of clear examples of various aspects of machine design with completely worked out solutions plus additional solved and unsolved problems to help you get through a class in machine design or to help you review if you haven't touched the subject in a while. It could never stand alone as a tutorial in this subject due to the broad amount of background material. The author takes note of this by providing a mechanics review quiz for the student at the beginning of the outline. It is suggested if the student does not score over 90% that he/she should review the necessary background material before attempting to proceed. The outline then manages to touch on every aspect of machine design in a detailed fashion. The book concludes with a chapter of suggested projects, because after all, the goal of a machine designer is not to design and analyze gears, bearings, and brakes, but to take this knowledge and design an entire mechanical system. The first few projects cue you with questions a designer would need to ask himself/herself, but later projects just give the problem statement and allow the reader to construct the project as he/she sees fit. Among the projects are a water level automatic control, one man passenger elevator, and a lawn mower. Some of the names of these projects really show the book's age, but they are still worthwhile exercises that test the student's knowledge of machine design. It is a very old book, but the laws of physics haven't changed in 30 years, so it is still a useful Schaum's outline. I highly recommend it.
