Marks' standard handbook for mechanical engineers

Section 1: Mechanics of solids and fluids

Mechanics of solids

Friction

Mechanics of fluids

Vibration

Section 2: Heat

Thermodynamics

Thermodynamic properties of substances

Radiant heat transfer

Heat transfer by conduction and convention

Section 3: Strength of materials

Mechanical properties of materials

Mechanics of materials

Pipeline flexure stresses

Nondestructive testing

Experimental stress and strain analysis

Mechanics of composite materials

Section4: Materials of engineering

General properties of materials

Iron and steel

Iron and steel castings

Nonferrous metals and alloys; metallic specialties

Corrosion

Wood

Nonmetallic materials

Lubricants and lubrication

Plastics

Fiber composite materials

truss design

Plastic working of metals

welding and cutting

Machining processes and machine tools

Surface texture designation, production, and quality control

Ferroelectircs/piezoelectrics, multiferroics, and shape memory alloys

Section 5: Fuels and furnaces

Fuels

Industrial combustion furnaces

Municipal waste combustion

Industrial electric heating

Section 6: Machine elements

Mechanisms

Machine elements

Gearing

Fluid film bearings

Bearings with rolling contact

Packings, gaskets, and seals

Pipe, pipe fittings, and valves

Section 7: Power generation

sources of energy

steam boilers

external combustion heat engines

Steam turbines

Power plant heat exchangers

Internal combustion engines

Gas turbines

Nuclear power

Hydraulic turbines

Fracking

Second-law analysis and available

Section 8: Transportation

Automotive engineering

roadmap of vehicle electrification and hybridization

railway engineering

Marine engineering

Aeronautics

Jet propulsion and aircraft propellers

Astronautics

Pipeline transmission

Section 9: Fans, pumps, and compressors

Displacement pumps

Centrifugal pumps

compressors

High-vacuum pumps

Fans

Section 10: Instruments and controls

Instruments

Automatic controls

digital control systems

Senors and actuators

An introduction to microelectromechanical systems

Sound,noise, and ultrasonics

robotics, mechatronics, and intelligent automation

Section 11: Refrigeration, cryogenics, and optics

Mechanical refrigeration

cryogenics

optics

New refrigerants for refrigeration and air conditioning

Section 12: Applied mechanics

Introduction to the finite-element method

computer-aided design, computer-aided engineering, and variational design

Introduction to computational fluid dynamic

experimental fluid dynamics

Air-inflated fabric structures

introduction to biomechanics

Human injury tolerance and anthropometric test devices

Section 13: Engineering ethics.