Resources for Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Students searching for help with statics, dynamics, or mechanics of materials should go to the Solid Mechanics page.

Resource types:

An Introduction to Finite Elasticity (Rohan Abeyaratne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
lecture notes
Continuum Mechanics (Rohan Abeyaratne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
lecture notes
Continuum mechanics, with emphasis on metals & viscoelastic materials (Bob McGinty)

Systems and Controls (2.04A, 2013) (George Barbastathis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Biomimetic Principles and Design (2.A35, 2013) (Michael Triantafyllou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Design and Manufacturing I (2.007, 2009) (OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems (2.017J, 2009) (OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Elements of Mechanical Design (2.72, 2009) (Martin Culpepper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Exploring Sea, Space, & Earth: Fundamentals of Engineering Design (2.00AJ, 2009) (Alexandra Techet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
How and Why Machines Work (2.000, 2002) (OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Principles of Naval Architecture (2.700, 2014) (OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: The Art and Science of Boat Design (2.993, 2007) (OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Combustion Modeling (ChEn 641) (David O. Lignell, Brigham Young University)
Combustion Principles (ChEn 522) (David O. Lignell, Brigham Young University)
Energy Engineering (ChEn 433) (David O. Lignell, Brigham Young University)
Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion (2.60J, 2020) (Ahmed F. Ghoniem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Fundamentals of Photovoltaics (2.627, 2013) (Tonio Buonassisi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Power Plant Engineering (Ravi Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)

Efunda: Engineering Fundamentals
There are paid subscription options, but much of the website has free access.
Introduction to Ocean Science and Engineering (2.011, 2006) (Alexandra Techet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems (ME 3401) (Cal Poly Pomona)

Additive Manufacturing (University of Cambridge)
Examination of a Manufactured Article (University of Cambridge)
materials and processes
How Products are Made (The Gale Group Inc.)
Details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products
Introduction to Production: Philosophies, Flow, and Analysis (Charles R. Standridge, Grand Valley State University)
Joining Technologies for Metals (Welding) (D. K. Dwivedi, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
Powder processing (University of Cambridge)

Introduction to Robotics (2.12, 2005) (OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Combustion (Randall Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio)
Moist Air Thermodynamics (Randall Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio)
Psychrometrics
Refrigeration (Randall Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio)
Thermal System Design (Randall Manteufel, University of Texas at San Antonio)

Dynamics and Vibration (13.013J, 2002) (OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Mechanical Vibrations, 5/e (Singiresu S. Rao, University of Miami)