Choice of Books needed 2

[donegalforever]

I am a recent graduate engineer & in need of some books to help me. The subjects I need are:<br>
Gear design (involute type)<br>
Material Properties<br>
Stress & deflection of a material due to an external load etc..<br>
Any other recommendations would be appreciated.

 

[VibrationSpecialist]

Check AGMA first

 

[JEFF1]

Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the P. E. Exam by Michael Lindeberg is a good general purpose handbook that has a section on gear design. I think it's reasonably good, but is only a small portion of the book. You may want to see if you can find it in a college library and just look at the part you need (chapter 57).<br>
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[rcubed]

The Principle of Naval Engineering (PNE) does have in on gear design.

 

[Motorhead]

A very good general purpose book that I like is "Mechanical Design Handbook" by Harold A. Rothbart, Publisher McGraw-Hill. It cover a wide variety of mechanical concepts and applications. What I like best though is a fair amount of theory is presented so if equations need to be slightly altered for your situation, you can. It also provides a very detailed biblio at the end of each chapter which is a nice resource if you need to dig deeper into a subject.<br>
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I just checked amazon.com and it is available. Good Luck!

 

[Carmagen]

Roark's "Formulas for Stress and Strain" (McGraw Hill)is always a great first place to look for general equations for beams, plates, and shells.

 

[morreale]

There's a good selection of basic books at

http://www.icrank.com

 

[MikeVV]

Marks handbook for Mechanical Engineers has all of the items you listed. Published by McGraw-Hill. The Machinery Handbook has all the gear information that you could ever want &lt;grin&gt;. Check Stanford University's mechanical engineering website too. Useful engineering reference dta can be found at:<br>

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

 

[Clair]

For gear information, I suggest 'Gear Handbook', by Darle Dudley, McGraw-Hill.

 

[drmar]

I vote equally for Mark's and Lindeberg's books. I use them regularly.

 

[Anthonyr]

I recommend the following:<br>
Mechanical Engineering Design by Shigley for a general reference of Machine Design. This will cover general stress and strain, machine elements (gears, shafts, etc.).<br>
Gear Handbook by Dudley (as Clair suggested) is great for advanced gear design and analysis.<br>