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 | | Design of Machine Elements (7th Edition) by Merhyle Franklin Spotts, Terry E. Shoup ISBN-10: 9780137261673 ISBN-10: 0-13-726167-5 ISBN-13: 9780137261673 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-726167-3 Paperback 1997-08-28 Prentice Hall Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Classic, comprehensive survey of machine elements and analytical design methods. It provides the tools and techniques necessary to facilitate design calculations for the most frequently encountered mechanical elements. It uses worked-out numerical examples to illustrate principles that apply to the entire mechanical design field. It also provides most mathematical derivations, and uses simple, unified notation throughout. | ||
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2-1/2 stars for a very average book (at best) I used this book for my ME courses 20+ years ago (6th edition). It was OK, i.e., very average, period. Several years into my engineering career, I purchased a used copy of Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design. My copy of Spott's text (the author must be about 118 years old by now) now gathers dust and pigeon excrement. Shigley's text is a much superior reference for machine elements and machine design applications. What saved us in undergrad was the use of the Schaum's outline, Machine Design, which has excellent examples and fills in a lot of gaps. I have also used the Schaum's outline on several projects. | ||
Blah. I'm a MET student and used the 7th edition of this book. It was horrible, a lot of mistakes. Hope you have a good instructor because you'll need it with this book. | ||
Design of Machine Elements comments This book is so terrible that, if you are enrolled in a class for which this is the required text, i suggest that you drop the class or demand another reference from your professor. During my undergraduate curriculum I used this textbook for 2 seperate college courses on machine design, and so feel qualified to say that this is by far the worst textbook I have dealt with in my whole academic career. The 8th edition is full of even more errors than the 7th edition, so much so that it is almost laughable that the author even SUPPLIES "answers" for his chapter questions. Numbers are wrong, equations are incorrect and references to tables and graphics are abhorrent. The book is notorious for, in text explanations and sample problems, referring to uncited charts and graphs that are either no longer in the book or are hundreds of pages ahead. Good luck finding them. Errors aside, the book is an incoherent sampling of approximation techniques that may be suitable for the occasional industry user but are unacceptable for somebody seeking knowledge and understanding. Please do not reward the publisher with ANY money for this book. | ||
Design of Machine Elements 8th Edition The Newer Edition of this books has many errors, too numerous to list. Most of the errors are due to the newer computer graphics the publisher used. In the 6th edition the formulas and graphics were of good quality black and white drawings and print. Now, in the 8th Edition, the publisher is using color graphics that are reproduced in the text as grey scale. It is sometimes very hard to read the drawings because they are too busy. The formulas have been redone using the computer and not enough attention was used to make sure these are correct. The authors also tried to make use of excel sheets from the CD supplied. Using Excel, in my opinion, is much better then using a custom program that you will never use again. In making such a good CD the author has taken out many of the formulas and has now made it difficult to read this book while not in front of a computer. This is not the worst text book I have seen, it does have some good points. The 7th edition is much better, and if you really would like to get a book on Machine Design use Juvinall 2nd Edition | ||
Design of Machine Elements This is one of the worst books I've ever read for the design of machine components. Not only are there hardly any sample problems, the book is filled with errors.The authors shown no sign of consistancey or process for any of the problems that are worked out. If you want to learn the design of machine components, I strongly suggest learning it from another book. | ||