Engineering books

[brents]

Forgive me for my elementary question, I get tired of being on the computer, as I rather read from a book.

On that note, Does anyone have some recomendations on some very good engineering books? I really would like to find a book that has a lot of information about thread strengths. Like screwing a cylinder in an end cap. I would like to know strengths of pullout forces. An example problem I would like answered would be, What major thread diameter and what threads per inch would be required for a given force? These are basic questions that have always haunted me..

Thanks,
brent

 

[CoryPad]

Machinery's Handbook from Industrial Press

Mechanical Engineering Design by Shigley and Mischke, from McGraw-Hill

Handbook of Bolts and Bolted Joints by Bickford and Nassar, from Dekker

VDI 2230 Systematic Calculation of high-duty bolted joints from Verein Deutscher Engenieure

Regards,

Cory

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[JStephen]

Just generic engineering books- try Timoshenko's "History of the Strength of Materials", available from Dover books. You won't learn much of use, but it makes an interesting read.

 

[strokersix]

If I had to pick just one book, my choice is Marks' Handbook. It may not directly answer your thread question but it will answer many others!

 

[GregLocock]

Kreyszig "Advanced Engineering Mathematics"

Everything else is just implementation and details

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Cheers

Greg Locock

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[savalakh]

I got lot of answers for the threads, loadind strength from

Machinary's Handbook.
Its got lot of important engineering information.