So many free resources are available for computer science students and I am jealous. Therefore, I started making this list for mechanical engineering students. This section contains some overview resources, rules and regulations, and advice.
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- Patents
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I got inspiration from the countless awesome lists in github.
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- MIT Online Textbooks
- edX
- InTech, Open Acess book publisher
- ASME The Unwritten Laws of Engineering, by K.J. King and J.G. Skakoon (1944)
- A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
UNC.edu - How to be a Star Engineer, by R.E. Kelley
- How Complex Systems Fail, by R.I. Cook (Rev.D)
- How to Be a Good Graduate Student, by M. desJardins
- The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering, by S. Mahajan (2014)
MITPressISBN: 9780262526548
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN, knowledge maps with selectable links
- AIRCRAFT & MISSILE DESIGN, knowledge maps with selectable links
- STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, knowledge maps with selectable links
- VIBRATION & FATIGUE, knowledge maps with selectable links
- MatWeb, database of material properties
- MatBase, database of material properties
- McMaster-Carr, components supplier with 3D models and drawings
- Traceparts online, CAD parts library
- 3D Cad Browser, 3D models
- GrabCAD, models' library and tutorials
- Thingiverse, CAD parts, especially for 3D printing
- Direct Industry, online catalogs
- Desmos, online graphing calculator
- EngineeringPaper.xyz, engineering calculator with units support, plotting, and equation solving
- fxSolver, solver for engineering and scientific equations
- MechaniCalc, mechanical calculator with extensive documentation
- WolframAlpha
- Linkage, quick prototyping of linkage mechanism
- LyX, document processor based on LaTeX
- SumatraPDF, lightweight pdf reader
- Pandoc, a universal document converter
- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- eFunda, engineering fundamentals
- Ryerson Stock List for structural profiles
- How Stuff Works articles explaining how everyday things work
- Google Scholar Classic Papers
- 507 Mechanical Movements, animated movements
- Animated Engines, animated engines
- thang010146, 2100+ animated mechanisms (downloadable)
youtube - DMG Lib, Digital Mechanism and Gear Library
- KMODDL, collection of mechanism and machines
Cornell.edu - Engineering ToolBox
- Thermopedia
- Wolverine Industries
- Omega Engineering
- Electrical Training
- NASA Technical Report Server
- Engineering StackExchange
- iMechanica
- Eng-Tips Forums
- Physics Forums
- IEEE Spectrum
- ScarbsTech, everything technical in F1
- GlobalSpec
- Hackaday
- Plastics Engineering Blog
- 3D CAD World
- Engineers Rule, blog on SolidWork
- AirShaper, blog on Aerodynamics
- Calculus, by G. Strang. Direct download
MIT.edu - Online Mathematics Textbooks, list of free books cured by G. Cain
- Essentials of Linear Algebra, by 3Blue1Brown
youtube - Introduction to Tensor Analysis, by H.D. Block. Out of print
Cornell.edu - The Matrix Cookbook, by K.B. Petersen, M.S. Pedersen (2012)
DTU.dk - Fundamentals of Linear Algebra and Optimization, by J. Gallier and J. Quaintance (2017)
UPenn.edu
- Numerical Analysis for Engineering, by D.W. Harder and R. Khoury
UWaterloo.ca - Numerical Recipes in C, by W.H. Press, B.P. Flannery, S.A. Teukolsky and W.T. Vetterly (1992) Free for personal use
- Numerical Methods for PDEs, by Qiqi Wang
MIT.eduyoutube - Math, Numerics, & Programming (for Mechanical Engineers), M. Yano, J.D. Penn, G. Konidaris and A.T Patera (2013) Draft v2.1
MIT.edu - Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems, by Y. Saad (2003)
UMN.edu - Fundamental Numerical Methods and Data Analysis, by G.W. Collins (1990)
Harvard.edu - A Pragmatic Introduction to Signal Processing, by T.C. O'Haver (2018)
UMD.edu
- Free programming books
github - Project Euler, math/programming problems archives
- Programming Notes for Professionals, books compiled from StackOverflow Documentation
goalkicker - Rosetta Code, implementations of common algorithms in many programmming languages
- The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List
stackoverflow - EbookFoundation #C++
github
- NumFOCUS: numfocus.com/sponsored-projects #python
- A Byte of Python, by C.H. Swaroop (2013) [Free Copy/Hard Copy]
- Dive into Python 3
- Learn X in Y minutes, where X=Python
- Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, a great book for getting a handle on writing python scripts
- EbookFoundation #Python
github - fast.ai: Book, Courses, Python library, nbdev
- GreenTeaPress: Think Python, Think Stats, Think Complexity, Modeling and Simulation in Python - Free books as Jupyter notebooks on GitHub
- Python Data Science Handbook - "introduces the core libraries essential for working with data in Python: particularly IPython, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-Learn, and related packages"
- kaggle.com/learn - Python, Machine Learning, AI, Reinforcement Learning as Jupyter Notebooks (kaggle/docker-python)
- awesome-python-in-education#jupyter
- jupyter/jupyter/wiki: A Gallery of Interesting Jupyter Notebooks
- conda-forge/miniforge#mambaforge - Install conda and mamba.
mamba install -ydefaults to ~=conda install -c conda-forge -y
- Learning Julia, official learning resources
- Learn X in Y minutes, where X=Julia
- EbookFoundation #Julia
github
- VBA Notes for Professinals
goalkicker
- Awesome MATLAB List, by @mikecroucher
github - Learn X in Y minutes, where X=MATLAB
- MATLAB Toolbox tutorials
- Control Tutorials for MATLAB and Simulink
- A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB
BCcampus.ca - Stuart’s MATLAB Videos (Blog)
MathWorks.com - EbookFoundation #MATLAB
github
- Intro to R for data science
edX Microsoft - EbookFoundation #R
github
- WikiBooks: LaTeX (PDF)
wikibooks - LaTeX Notes for Professionals
goalkicker - Learn LaTeX in 30 min
sharelatex - EbookFoundation #LaTeX
github
- Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, by L.E. Malvern (1969) Out of Copyright
Archive.org - Many lecture notes links available from iMechanica (2007)
- Applied Mechanics of Solids, by A.F. Bower (2012) [Amazon] ISBN: 978-1439802472
- Continuum Mechanics, by B. McGinty (2012)
- Introduction to Continuum Mechanics for Engineers, by R.M. Bowen (1989)
Tamu.edu
- Theory of Plates and Shells by S. Timoshenko and S. Woinowsky-Krieger (1959)
Archive.orgISBN: 978-0070647794
- Mechanical Metallurgy, by G.E. Dieter (1961)
Archive.org - Applied Strength of Materials for Engineering Technology, by B. Dupen (2017)
IPFW.edu - Mechanics of Materials, by J.M. Gere and B.J. Goodno (2012)
AmazonISBN: 978-1111577735 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials, by N.E. Dowling (2012)
AmazonISBN: 978-0131395060 - Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, by W.C. Young and R.G. Budynas (2001)
AmazonISBN: 978-0070725423 - Strength of Materials
- Beam Stress and Deflection
- Column Buckling
- The Engineering of Structures Around Us
edX Dartmouth - Elements of Structures
edX MIT - Mechanical Properties of Materials
- Mechanics of Materials, by M. Vable (2009)
MTU.edu - Mechanical Properties of Materials, by D. Roylance (2008) [Direct]
MIT.edu
- The Mathematical Theory of Plasticity, by R. Hill (1950)
Archive.org - Computational Methods for Plasticity, by E.A. de Souza Neto, D. Peric & D.R.J. Owen
AmazonISBN: 978-0470694527
- Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, by R.G.Budynas and J.K. Nisbett (2014)
AmazonISBN: 978-0073398204 - Introduction to Mechanisms, by Yi Zhang with S. Finger, S. Behrens.
CMU.edu - Mechanisms/Machines, by L. Teel (1972)
Archive.org - U of Minessota 'YouTube'
- [NPTEL IIT Kgp Mechanisms and Robot Kinematics] (https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_me18) 'NPTEL'
- MIT Fundamentals of Design 'MIT'
- NPTEL- Kinematics of Machines 'Courseware'
- Middle East TU Mechanisms 'Courseware'
- Kinematic Models for Design Digital Library (KMODDL) by Cornell U
- Mechanism Design: v. 1: Analysis and Synthesis by Arthur G. Erdman, George N. Sandor, Sridhar Kota
AmazonISBN: 978-0130408723 - Mechanism Design: v. 2: Analysis and Synthesis by Arthur G. Erdman, George N. Sandor, Sridhar Kota
AmazonISBN: 978-0130408723 - Design of Machinery by Robert L Norton
AmazonISBN: 978-0071236713 - Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook by by Nicholas Paul Chironis, Neil Sclater
AmazonISBN: 978-0070113565
- Modern Control Engineering, by K. Ogata (2009)
AmazonISBN: 978-0136156734 - Automatic Control Systems, by F. Golnaraghi and B.C. Kuo (2017)
AmazonISBN: 978-1259643835 - Control Systems Engineering, by N.S. Nise (2015)
AmazonISBN: 978-1118170519 - Linear Robust Control, by M. Green and D.J.N. Limebeer (1994)
AmazonISBN: 978-0131022782 - Essentials of Robust Control, by K. Zhou with J.C. Doyle (1997)
AmazonISBN: 978-0135258330 - Feedback Control Theory, by J.C. Doyle, B.A. Francis and A.R. Tannenbaum (2009)
AmazonISBN: 978-0486469331 - Feedback Systems by K.J. Åström and R. Murray (2011)
CalTech.edu - Classical Control Theory, by Brian Douglas
youtube - Control Systems
wikibooks - System Design for Uncertainty, by F.S. Hover & M.S. Triantafyllou (2009)
MIT.edu
- Awesome Robotics List, by @Kiloreux
github - A Mathematical Introduction to Robotic Manipulation
Caltech.edu
- NASA's Introductory Thermodynamics Notes
NASA - MIT OpenCourseWare: Thermodynamics & Kinematics Lecture Series
MIT.edu - Wikibooks: Engineering Thermodynamics
Wikibooks - Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, by M.J. Moran & H.N. Shapiro.
AmazonISBN: 978-0471274711 - Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, by Y.A. Cengel & M.A. Boles.
AmazonISBN: 978-0073398174
- MIT OpenCourseWare: Introduction to Heat Transfer
MIT.edu - A Heat Transfer Textbook, by J.H. Lienhard IV and J.H. Lienhard V (2017)
MIT.edu - Wikibooks: Heat Transfer
Wikibooks - Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer , by F.P. Incropera & D.P. DeWitt.
AmazonISBN: 978-0471386506
- NASA's Basic Fluid Mechanics Notes
NASA - MIT OpenCourseWare: Fluid Dynamics
MIT.edu - Wikibooks: Fluid Mechanics
Wikibooks - Thermophysical properties of water and steam: International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam
- Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, by B.R. Munson, D.R. Young & T.H. Okiishi.
AmazonISBN: 978-0471442509
- NASA's Compressible Fluids/Aerodynamics Notes
NASA - Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective, by J.D. Anderson.
AmazonISBN: 978-0072424430
- Fundamentals of Manufacturing Processes
edX MIT - A.J. Hart's Presentations
slideshare - Building Prototypes, by D. Gelbart
youtube - Fabrication Labs, Labs available globally
- Shape Interrogation for CAD and Manufacturing, by N.M. Patrikalakis, T. Maekawa & W. Cho (2009).
MIT.edu(Amazon) ISBN: 978-3540424543 - Geometric and Solid Modeling, by C.M. Hoffman (1992) Out of Print
Purdue.edu - Computer Aided Geometric Design, by T.W. Sederberg (2006)
BYU.edu - Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Modeling by J. Gallier (1999) Out of Print
UPenn.eduISBN: 978-1558605992 - Geometric Modeling: A First Course, by A. Requicha (1996) Draft
USC.edu - Computer Aided Design in Mechanical Engineering Slides
ULiege.be
- Vertanux1, Training Guides: Creo, Solidworks, NX, Inventor, Rhino3d.
- vertanux1's channel
youtube
- vertanux1's channel
- Resilient Modeling Strategy (RMS)
- A Resilient Modeling Strategy, by R. Gebhard (Slides)
Siemens- RMS Presentation
youtube
- RMS Presentation
- Learn RMS
- A Resilient Modeling Strategy, by R. Gebhard (Slides)
- Horizontal Modeling
- Horizontally structured CAD/CAM modeling-vertical to horizontal conversion [US 7472044 B2]
patent - Product/Process Design using Horizontally Structured Modeling, by Delphi Automotive
dezignstuff.com - Going Horizontal (The failed promise of parametric CAD, part 4)
3dcadworld.com
- Horizontally structured CAD/CAM modeling-vertical to horizontal conversion [US 7472044 B2]
- Mechanics of Sheet Metal Forming, by Z. Marciniak, J.L. Duncan and S.J. Hu (2002)
AmazonISBN: 978-0750653008 - MDLPostech Mechanical Properties of Steel
youtube - SheetMetal.me
- Polymer Processing
UMich.edu - BASF Snap-Fit Design Manual
- Bayer Snap-Fit Joints for Plastics
- Living Hinges Design Guide
MIT.edu - Bayer Part and Mold Design Guide
- DuPont General Design Principles for Engineering Polymers
- Bayer Reaction Injection Molding (PolyUrethanes), Part and Mold Design Guide
- 3D Hubs Knowledge Base
- Finite Element Procedures, by K.J. Bathe (2014)
MIT.eduISBN: 978-0979004957 - Introduction to the Finite Element Method, by C.S. Jog
- Introduction to Finite Element Methods
Colorado.edu - FINITE ELEMENT MODELING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT , (NASA FEMCI book)
- Meshing of complex geometrical domains
stackexchange - What Is a Good Linear Finite Element? by J.R. Shewchuk (2002)
Berkeley.edu - How Can I learn Finite Element Analysis?
simscale - Why CAD Surface Geometry is Inexact
pointwise
- deal.II (C++ library)
- FEniCS Project (C++ and Python library)
- List of FE packages
wikipedia
- awesome-CAE
github
Student/Free version: Available for anyone with limited capability and usage for learning purpose. This is a video explaining how to download and install ANSYS Student Release 17.2 from Ansys How To official channel
- EdX MOOC A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering Simulations
- University of Alberta - ANSYS Tutorials
- Cornell University- ANSYS Tutorials
- Ansys Support Resources
Student/Free version: Available, 1000 nodes limit.
Student/Free version: Not available but a student license can be obtained for less than $150 AFAIK.
Comsol was known as FEMLAB before and is a academic spin-off from Stanford University. Comsol integrated multiphysics simulation capability for the first time in a commercial package and is pretty popular in many unconventional industry.
Student/Free version: Not available.
Hyperworks is a complete commercial suite of Preprocessing, Solving, and Postprocessing tools for FEA by Altair Engineering. The flagship product is Hypermesh - a meshing software widely popular in CAE industry only challenged by ANSA, a new entrant from Beta CAE Systems. Hyperworks includes many software for different purposes though the mostly used ones are Optistruct and Radioss solvers besides Hypermesh.
Student/Free version: Available only for students with limited capability.
- HyperMesh | Pre processing | 2D | 3D | Meshing | ANSYS | Tutorial |
- HyperMesh & Optistruct Solved Tutorials AOC-2016 Contest
- Optistruct for Optimization AOC-2016 Contest
- Optistruct by Anil Kumar
- Hyperworks Optistruct Tutorials by Manuel Ramsaier
- HyperWorks Tips & Tricks by Altair
- Hypermesh basics by Apoorv Bapat
- Hypermesh Tutorial by TheScientifica
- Hypermesh Tutorials Collections by Fazle ahad
- SAEINDIA BAJA 2016 Online Training Session
- Dynamic Analysis of Roll Cage
- SUPRA SAE India 2016 Pre-virtual online Training Session
- Formula Student India Online Training Series
- BAJA Student India Online Training Series
- Altair HyperWorks Online Training series - Meshing, Analysis & Post-processing
Website: https://www.simscale.com/
Cloud based FEA/CFD
- MoldFlow Insight Fundamentals (47min)
- Moldflow Insight Quick Start Webinar
- MoldFlow Summit Recordings (2018-2024)
- MoldFlow Insight Forum
- MoldFlow Insight Knowledge Base
- MoldFlow Insight - Official Talks
- MoldFlow Insight Validation Reports
- Moldflow training videos to build simulation knowledge and understanding.
- YT Channel - MoldFlow Videos
- YT Playlist - Moldflow Monday Training Content
- YT Playlist - Getting Started with Moldflow Training
- YT Playlist - Autodesk Moldflow
- Learning ROS for Robotics Programming
- Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming
- Learning Robotics Using Python
- ROS Robotics By Example
- "ROS on conda-forge" by @wolfv
Website: https://www.3ds.com/products-services/catia/
Student Edition until Nov. 26th. Promo code:
CATIA4FREE17
Formely known as Unigraphics.
Website: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en/products/nx/
Student Edition: N/A
- NX Resources
Siemens
Formerly known as Pro/ENGINEER.
Website: https://www.ptc.com/
Student Edition: https://www.ptc.com/en/academic-program/products/free-software
Website: https://www.solidworks.com/
Student Edition: request (60 Days)
- Solidworks Resources
Solidworks
Website: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/it/products/solid-edge/
Student Edition: request (45 Days)
- Solid Edge Resources
Siemens
Website: https://www.onshape.com/
Cloud Based CAD
Website: https://www.freecadweb.org/
Geometric Kernel OpenCASCADE
- A FreeCAD manual
GitBook - CadQuery Plugin for FreeCAD, python based language for building parametric models [Wiki]
Website: http://www.openscad.org/
Script based modeller
Geometric Kernel OpenCSG + CGAL
Website: http://brlcad.org/
- /r/AskEngineers: Non-school Q&A
- /r/CAD: Computer Aided Design
- /r/CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics
- /r/Engineering: About all things related to engineering
- /r/EngineeringStudents: For wee engineerlings
- /r/FEA: Finite Element Analysis
- /r/FluidMechanics
- /r/CivilEngineering: Civil Engineering
- /r/Manufacturing: Manufacturing Industry
- /r/Materials: Materials Engineering
- /r/MechanicalEngineering: Mechanical Engineering
Misc
- /r/EngineeringPorn: porn for engineers (safe for work)
- /r/Mechanical_gifs: perfect loops of mechanical things
- /r/SpecializedTools
- /r/MachinePorn
- /r/ToolPorn
- /r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn
Other
- /r/Aerospace: Aerospace Engineering
- /r/AskElectronics: CE/EE Q&A
- /r/AskScience: No-nonsense science Q&A
- /r/BioEngineering: Biological
- /r/Biology
- /r/Biotech: Biotechnology
- /r/ChemE: Chemical Engineering
- /r/Chemistry
- /r/Coding
- /r/ComputerScience
- /r/Construction: Construction
- /r/CSBooks: Computer Science
- /r/ECE: General EE & CE discussion
- /r/ECEComponentExchange: Parts swap
- /r/EE: Electrical Engineering
- /r/EEBooks: Electrical Engineering
- /r/Electronics
- /r/Lectures
- /r/Math
- /r/MathBooks: Mathematics
- /r/Physics
- /r/PhysicsBooks: Physics
- /r/Programming
- /r/Science
- DOAJ, Directory of Open Acess Journals
- SCIRP, Modern Mechanical Engineering
- SAGE journals, Advances in Mechanical Engineering
- The Royal Society
- Robocup Virtual Robot Competitions | RoboCup 2017
- Robocup Soccer
- Robocup Rescue
- Robocup Home
- Robocup Industrial
- Robocup Junior
- FIRST Robotics Competition
- Wearable Robotics Innovation Competition at WearRAcon 17 by Wearable Robotics Association
- To be added
- GrabCAD Challenge, product design challenges
- Fusion360 Monthly Challenge
Autodesk Community Philippines- Video Playlist
Youtube
- Video Playlist
- Model Mania Challenge
SOLIDWORKS World - Reddit CAD Challenge (Inactive)
/r/CAD- Archived version
Github
- Archived version
Qualifying examinations are a kind of certification to engineers - PE in USA, GATE in India
Note: If you're from another country than USA or India, feel free to add a section relavant to your country's professional certification or equivalent examination. If you're not sure how to do that in Github, send me an email
A PE license is probably the most useful certification that a mechanical engineer can obtain. A PE license is only actually a requirement if you want to provide services directly to the public, but it is still a good thing to have regardless. It is a sign to employers and clients that you are a competent engineer, and the act of studying for the exam will sharpen your skills. This examination is organized by NCEES - National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
Official Practice of Engineering(PE) License Examination Website
- Michael R. Lindeburg - Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam
AmazonISBN: 978-1591264149 - Michael R. Lindeburg - Mechanical PE Practice Examination
AmazonISBN: 978-1591264170 - Michael R. Lindeburg - Practice Problems for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam
AmazonISBN: 978-1591264156 - NCEES - PE Mechanical Engineering: Machine Design and Materials Practice Exam
Amazon
GATE or Graduate Aptitute Test in Engineering is a qualifying examination conducted by a consortium of Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. Even though the official reason to conduct GATE is for post-graduate admissions only, PSUs and Govt. research entities often recruit students on the basis of GATE score.
- GATE 2015 Topper Interview: Ravi Shankar Mishra AIR 1 in CSE Although this interview is from a CSE topper, who happens to be a mechanical engineer by education, it shows the power of strategy in clearing an examination like GATE.
These companies recruit engineering and management trainees using GATE score as qualifier. They are ordered alphabeticallly. Not all of them recruit every year which is indicated by Y/N
An exhaustive list is available here - List of 40+ PSUs Recruitment Through GATE 2017