Product Description
As the most comprehensive reference and study guide available for engineers preparing for the breadth-and-depth mechanical PE examination, the twelfth edition of the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual provides a concentrated review of the exam topics. Thousands of important equations and methods are shown and explained throughout the Reference Manual, plus hundreds of examples with detailed solutions demonstrate how to use these equations to correctly solve pr… More >>
Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 12th Edition
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I would be embarrassed to put my name on this book. The layout of the book is completely out of order, who starts an engineering review with Fluids and doesn’t cover the very basics of Statics until section 43? I understand that this is not a novel and doesn’t need to read like one, but some logical flow of material would be nice. It would also be helpful if the review problem book that goes with this manual used equations out of this manual. At least 1/4 of the problems use formulas that seem to have come out of thin air. Oh yeah, ideal gas law pv=Rt is nowhere to be found in the entire book. How this manual became the standard is beyond me. Maybe there is nothing better out there, but I’m certain that there is nothing worse. Hopefully Mark’s will get me through the exam next month.
Rating: 1 / 5
All you need for mechanical engineering design and reference is in this book.
Rating: 4 / 5
book in very good shape, it is an old edition, but so what, the concepts are the same.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book had good points and bad points.
The Good:
Excellent review content
In combination with the practice problems, this is a very good preparation tool
The Bad:
- No practice problems in the text itself.
- PPI2Pass is no longer a friendly web sight and is entirely there to make money, be prepared to spend a lot if you want to use the site content
- Book Binding was TERRIBLE. my book was literally falling apart after 8 months of use. I have college textbooks that saw far heavier use and abuse over the course of 2 years that still have all of their pages. I am currently holding my pages in with scotch tape.
- There are equivalent products available from ASME that are better constructed and about the same price. Additionally, their video exam prep course is about $100 less than PPI’s equivalent study course and is actually readily available
In hind sight, I would have opted for the ASME solution and never have gone with the PPI product.
Rating: 1 / 5
Used this for studying for the PE and during 95% of the actual test. Also useful for day-to-day work as an engineer at a power plant. The three most useful books for the PE and for routine work are Lindeburg Reference Manual, the Machinery’s Handbook and Mark’s Handbook.
Rating: 5 / 5