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I have a Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 10th edition for sale. $75 (=$70 + $5 shipping). The book is in great condition, but I do not have the dust jacket. I used this book for the ME Machine Design exam last April. Send me an e-mail if you are interested. I would like to...

By now we have worked hundreds of problems, and have either binders or notebooks full of completed practice problems. Are the solutions to practice problems allowed in the exam room as a reference? I haven't been able to find anything that explicitly says yes or no. How about the NCEES practice...

When using f = 1/(2pi) * (g/delta)^1/2 to solve for a rotating shaft's critical frequency you can use beam equations to solve for the static deflection (delta). Is the static deflection calculated for the location of the weight or the maximum deflection of the beam? I am specifically referring...

The problem is as follows... In a cyclic operation, an A313 stainless steel wire helical spring has an outside diameter of 0.5 inch and a wire diameter of 0.08 inch with 30 active coils. The critical frequency is most nearly...? The MERM gives a straight fwd equation (eq. 52.19) for the...

To solve this problem you must calculate the torsional deflection of a square steel bar. The problem is solved using superposition, which I understand. However, when solving for the torsional deflection due to the bar/load farthest away from the wall, a length of L = 12 inch is used in the...

Has anyone used the slider-crank equations given in Mark's Handbook? The equations are given in the Rotary and Reciprocating Elements section. I was trying to use the slider velocity equation for problem 13 of 6MS machine design, and I can't get it to give the correct answer for the life of me...

Ref: Lindberg's Practice Problems, 12 ed, Ch. 52 problem 2 - Spring design. Can someone clarify why the safety factor is not used in part F when calculating the maximum shear stress? Is it because it was used in part A to calculate the wire diameter, and if the safety factor was applied again...

Hi everyone. I am a two time graduate of engineering from Western Michigan University. I completed my graduate degree about a year ago, and now I have moved on to preparing for the April 2010 mechanical PE exam. For the past 5 years, I have worked for a heavy duty truck brake manufacturer in...