Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Introduction to Some Popular Mechanical Engineering Books

If you want to do something and master a profession than you certainly need to show dedication and put effort to succeed. This holds good as far as engineering, especially mechanical engineering is concerned. Keep your mind and eyes open when you are first starting out as an engineer.

On your path to becoming a successful engineer, it will really help you to develop a habit of reading related to your chosen engineering speciality. Mechanical engineering is a very popular engineering speciality. Mechanical engineering is very specialized as well as a pretty complex engineering speciality. You have to develop the habit of reading some essential mechanical engineering boos if you want to specialize in this area. This will give you an edge over other aspirants going for this popular speciality and equip you with knowledge of main theories and concepts.


This article intends to introduce some popular mechanical engineering books to you. 'An introduction to Mechanical Engineering' by Michael Clifford and Philip Shipway comes first in our recommended list. Although the book falls in premium class and will cost you a bit, it has earned popularity by virtue of receiving good reviews and includes a great deal of useful information. The book is especially useful for first year mechanical engineering students and provides a good and detailed overview and introduction to the subject.

Second in our list is 'Mechanical Engineering: BTEC National Engineering Specialist Units' by Alan Darbyshire. This book walks you through the specialist components of mechanical engineering. The book is very good and covers topics like mechanical systems, technology and advanced mechanical principles and applications etc.

Next in the list comes a classic with as many as eight editions. The book was first published around 40 years ago. The book is 'Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design' by Richard Budynas and Keith Nisbett. This book provides mechanical engineers students with an introduction to almost all the basic concepts and much more.

The books listed above are quite general in nature and outline some of the main topics that you need to be aware of if you want to become a good mechanical engineer. However, you shouldn't restrict your reading and explore thousands of other available specialists depending on your interests. Make sure that you are fairly flexible in your approach to choose mechanical engineering books that are capable of educating you as well as feed your interest in the subject.


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