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well organised and illustrated.Lacking in metric info.
I find this book clear and easy to read on machiningtopics. The photographs and illustrations fit well with the text. Generally a worthwhile beginners tointermediate book for pre apprentice to 3rd year. However in future editions I would like to see ISO metric information on topics such as threads and tapers along with limits and fits. I would also like to see a change to more up to date toolposts andtool holders for the lathes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Industrial    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Machine-shop practice    4. Machine-tools    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Manufacturing technologies    9. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Still Waiting
I ordered this book about 2mths ago and still havenot recieved the book.

Bleh
I have never seen a textbook with such a sparse amount of explanation.Some of the sections are litterally a couple paragraphs, and they repeat themselves constantly.But they do a good amount of examples and have put a lot of effort into their illustrations.So, meh.

Overpriced>>No sol'n
Like the previous two reviews stated...the book is way overpriced and I had to buy a solution manual from Amazon.uk because apparently they dont sell it here??If your teacher doesn't assign homework get a previous edition because the examples and explanation are the same... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dynamics    2. Engineering - General    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Engineering Mechanics    5. Mechanics - Dynamics - General    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Dynamics & vibration    10. Mechanical engineering    11. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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a Lean approach to machinery maintenance processes
Provides the insight that as an organization leans its manufacturing processes, it must also address machinery maintenance processes or reliability suffers. It gives a good background on Lean Manufacturing and rationale for using a lean approach on maintenance processes, along with an excellent "how to" guide for implementing.

A Great "How To" Text
The book provided an interesting background and history. Once it got into the actual elements of Lean Maintenenance, the text was very comprehensive. It provided a step-by-step process for setting up a lean maintenance program -- a cook-book approach. Missed the Lean point
Good maintenance book, but it missed the point on lean by a mile.If you just what some of the lean ideas, but not how they relate to maintenance it may be for you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Engineering - Industrial    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Just-in-time systems    5. Management - General    6. Manufacturing processes    7. Production management    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Engineering: general    11. Technology / Engineering / Industrial   

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Great warehousing and material handling book
This is the best book I've ever found on material handling and warehouse storage. Though a little pricey, this book has content that makes it well worth the cost. Extensive detail on material handling and storage equipment. Also has separate chapters dedicated to small item warehouses, case-pick warehouses, and pallet warehouses.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Engineering - Industrial    5. Engineering - Mechanical    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Management    8. Materials Management    9. Physical distribution of goods    10. Production & Operations Management    11. Warehouses    12. Distribution & warehousing management    13. Management of real estate, property & plant    14. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Mechanics - Statics    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Mechanics of solids    7. Science / Statics   

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Great book
Never before has such a large array of methods and algorithmsfor blind source UsefulBook
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Subjects:  1. Adaptive Control    2. Adaptive signal processing    3. Algorithms    4. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    5. Engineering - Mechanical    6. Machine learning    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Signal Processing (Communication Engineering)    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Telecommunications    12. Waves & Wave Mechanics    13. Communications engineering / telecommunications    14. Science / Waves & Wave Mechanics    15. Signal processing   

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BEST OF THE BEST FOR TANK DESIGNING
VERY HELPFUL CONTENT FOR DESIGNING, MANAUFACTURING, TESTING AND INSTALLATION. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Energy    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Environmental aspects    5. General    6. Mechanics - General    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Standards    9. Storage tanks    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. United States    13. Industrial chemistry    14. Sanitary & municipal engineering    15. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical    16. Technology: General Issues   

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great book for those less worried about theory
This book came in very handy as a compliment to Meriam's contribution (5th edition).For those of us less technically-minded, yet required to take courses such as engineering dynamics, this book left the theory and procedural derivations to another day so that at first by practice may understanding come about.When I couldn't quite comprehend what Meriam's book said, I found my answer in this book.There are better (ahem, simpler) explanations of not only the ideas but the math as well, a major help to someone increasingly out of practice, however the appendices are weak so don't look to them for much review.Answers to odd-numbered problems are provided.Note: This book doesn't make the learning easy, it just softens the blow sufficiently. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Science/Mathematics    3. Technology    4. Technology & Industrial Arts    5. Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building    6. Mechanical engineering    7. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Science/Mathematics    3. Technology    4. Technology & Industrial Arts    5. Mechanical engineering    6. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. CAD-CAM - General    2. Cad/Cam    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Computers - General Information    6. Engineering - General    7. Engineering - Mechanical    8. Engineering Models    9. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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you can't find an alternative.
when i was a student, i used to think, like many other reviewers, that the book is extremely dry. but now as a researcher in atmospheric-oceanic dynamics, i realise that the book is useful in explaining the most essential and elementary theories behind the dynamics one can encounter in meteorology or climate dynamics.
An Underrated Text
This book, often simply referred to as "Holton", has been roundly cursed by undergraduates since it was first published. I know, because I was one of them.However, as the years went by, and as the number of classes requiring Holton as a text went by, I realized two things.First, that this book was not meant to hold your hand through all the derivations.It requires a competent instructor who can use Holton as a detailed companion to rigorous coursework.This book is NOT for the average person who wishes to study alone.The second thing is that this book was written to fill a gap.There were no similar atmospheric dynamics texts.As a consequence, it must cover a large amount of material in a rather small, college textbook-sized space.It does this well.Yes, the author's writing style is dry to the extreme, and yes, physical explanations are often lacking.However, if you have access to a competent professor, neither of these are problems.One final thought... as we call the book simply "Holton" remember that Frankenstein's monster is often called simply "Frankenstein", but we will leave comparisons to the reader - and to the author!

Paramount
Useful introduction to dynamic meteorology.Covers many fundamental concepts and concisely.It is not a good fluid dynamics book.It is developed for the atmospheric scientist.It contains an exceptional chapter on waves.Also, there are some elementary concepts related to stratospheric dynamics and general circulation that are very well-written. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dynamic meteorology    2. Earth Sciences - General    3. Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology    4. General    5. Physics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Meteorology    9. Science / Earth Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Handbooks & Manuals    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Machinery    5. Reference    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Valves    8. Mechanical engineering    9. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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An excellent book, easy to read and follow
I have to agree with the other reviewers, this book is very handy, and easy to read.It covers quite a lot of ground for a pocket manual, which is great. A classic reborn!
Audel books have been around forever, but I could never find a revision, at least not of this really well-known book for my toolbox. I had an old copy, but it was really out of date. I'm recommending this new one to all the other guys in the shop!

excellent reference source
this book contains a ton of quick references for alot of things you will use if your in the mechanical trades, or industrial maintenance. some of them are,drawing and print sysmbols,all about belts,chains,gears and couplings,seals,bearings,and pumps, rigging information and techniques,piping andallowances for elbows,couplings,unions ect,sprinkler systems, and a whole lot of other references to other things i cant list here because of time. im in industrial maintenance and i know ill use mine alot. its also very easy to read and understand. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Do-It-Yourself    2. Do-It-Yourself - General    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Machine Engineering (General)    6. Machinery    7. Mechanical Engineering (General)    8. Mechanical engineering    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Building construction & materials    12. Instruments & instrumentation engineering    13. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades   

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This is not the newest edition......
Be careful with this purchase, because, although the price
EXPENSIVE ??- THINK AGAIN !!
This is the BICYCLE REPAIR/MAINTENCE BIBLE!!!
Best bicycle repair manuals out there !!
At over 1000 pages (grease-resistant), a binding format that separates this massive book into four easy-to-handle volumes (and allows you to transfer the pages to a ring-binder, if preferred), every little detail the novice needs, all the advanced information the experienced mechanic wants, quick-find chapter dividers, and comprehensive coverage of all parts of the bike and all technologies are just some of the features that make this manual the bicycle tool you can't do without.
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Subjects:  1. Bicycles    2. Cycling - General    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Maintenance and repair    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation    9. Cycling    10. Reference works   

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Run away
I found this book difficult to read and the example problems did not help with the homework problems.I went to return this book after taking Dynamics to find out that an 8th edition is being released and the book store would only offer my $7.25 for a book I paid well over $100.00.The fact that an 8th edition is being release so soon tells me that this book is flawed and being rewritten.

Disappointed
While the theory is somehow digestible, the problems are way too difficult and out of the real world. TO THE AUTHORS:When you imagine a mechanical system to be analyzed, try to make it real, not weird. Set as unknown the parameters that cannot be measured not those that can.Please, don't distort the engineering thinking of our students.(By the way: Fig. B.1 on page 1297 shows a crankshaft not a camshaft! Your solutions to problems 16.107 and 16.108 in the Instructor's Manual do not include the normal acceleration of the clamp.Energy Conservation when applied to Prob. 16.108 gives a term in omega^2).

Good Book
I used this book for the course of Dynamics in Civil Engineering.It was the textbook of my class.The examples are basic, and show you how to use the basic principles of dynamics to solve the more challeging problems at the end of each chapter.I enjoyed a lot this book, and I recommend it to everyone. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Mechanics - Dynamics - General    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Mechanical engineering    7. Science / Dynamics   

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From an Industrial Practitioner of Process Measurement & Control
An excellent reference about PID controllers, Process Models, and Tuning Methods.
A survey on a broad topic
This book is a survey on a broad topic of PID control.
Very good and thought through!
I have used this book as a "self study", when I was working in control industry (Kongsberg and ABB) and found it very helpful.
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Subjects:  1. Control Engineering    2. PID controllers    3. Robotics    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Technology / Engineering / Industrial    7. Automatic control engineering    8. Engineering - Industrial    9. Industrial quality control    10. Process control    11. Technology   

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Heat Exchangers    5. Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics    6. Power Resources    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Engineering thermodynamics    11. Engines & power transmission    12. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Not bad as a reference
This books deals with all kinds of manipulators. It has a good amount of math but looks not enough and not easy to understand (I did not go into the math details). I think this book would be a good reference in your library where it has a good amount of advanced information about manipulators.

a branch of applied maths
For decades, physics and engineering undergraduates have used texts on classical mechanics that often contained what some students might consider to be abstruse ideas, with little everyday usage. But this book on robotics is a worthy rejoinder. It can be regarded as an advanced text in classical mechanics.
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Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Industrial Robotics    3. Robotics    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Mathematical theory of computation    7. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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Where's the useful stuff?
You could spend the rest of your life reading this book! It would be useful for any professor or A student or other intellectual studying the material in depth. But for a practicing engineer who has little available time to ponder the specifics, it would take a "lot" of effort to find material that could be put to work in this text. If you are interested in deriving the equations you need yourself, or if you're analysing a unique design, then this is the book for you. But if you are busy with standardized systems and technology, find another reference.

A Misleading Description
I was expecting more tables and equations especially for natural convection external flow.There is also very little useful information about forced convection external flow.I also would have liked to see some sample calculations to demonstrate how to use this book better.
Reference book for engineers
This is not an introductory book on heat transfer! Instead it is a thorough treatment on heat transfer in a stringent an extensive manner. This book places greater emphasis on correctness than "easy-to-understand-ness". However, if you do read it, you gain a lot compared to most introductory heat transfer books. If you are interested in forced convection heat transfer, this book gives well documented equations and charts for a great number of shapes, though mostly internal flow. This is a very serious book for serious engineers! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Heat    4. Heat Transfer    5. Mass transfer    6. Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics    7. Physics    8. Power Resources    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Transmission    13. Engineering thermodynamics    14. Engines & power transmission    15. Science / Thermodynamics   

Reviews (5)

CFD Bible
I refer to this book as my CFD bible.I first used this book approximately 19 years ago as part of a two semester course in CFD.Since that time, I have refered to this book often.
A very good book
The book is one of best books in Computational Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer area I have read. It not only covers basic knowledge but also talk a lot about advanced technique about CFD. It is very helpful for students just like me. After I bought this book by using a discount from coupons-center.com, I have used the book for one year. I also found CFD code is very helpful. If you are beginner to CFD coding or want to some free code as reference, this book has many good code examples. you can learn from the code examples and then can easily make your CFD code.

Must have
I learnt CFD on this book. Definitively I give it 5 star, unfortunately I can't give it 6. It covers all the CFD from the beginning to the advance level. You will use it as an undergraduate, graduate, PhD, post doctorate researcher. No kidding. There are some codes, the book contains all the information you need, it is easy to read, never criptic like many others. I suggest you to buy this book without any esitation if you are really wanting to learn and do CFD. There are more specific books on some arguments, say, turbulence, but none is more comprehensive and well written like this one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Engineering Fluid Mechanics    3. Fluid mechanics    4. Heat    5. Heat Transfer    6. Hydraulics    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Transmission    11. Applications of Computing    12. Engineering thermodynamics    13. Mechanics of fluids    14. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical