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Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam (11th Edition) 11th Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-1888577686
ISBN-10: 1888577681
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  • Series: Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual
  • Hardcover: 1416 pages
  • Publisher: Professional Publications (CA); 11th edition (May 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1888577681
  • ISBN-13: 978-1888577686
  • Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.7 x 2.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,454,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsEssential Reference for Every Engineer
By J.C. McCoy on April 9, 2014
Format: Hardcover
I just recently passed the mechanical PE exam (fluids discipline), and I thought I would share the studying strategy that seemed to work for me. The very first thing you should do is purchase this book, the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual (MERM), even if you do not plan to take the PE for several years. This is an excellent book that is useful for any mechanical engineer to have. Plus, if you begin to use it now, it will only help to make you more comfortable with it for the exam.

Begin your study about 5-6 months before the exam. At this point you should also purchase the associated Practice Problems for the MERM. Each day, read a chapter and then try to work the practice problems from that chapter. This will take you about 1-2 hours per day. The key is to not burn yourself out, so begin early and only do a set amount per day. On some days when the chapter is short, or you have extra time you could read and work problems for an extra chapter or two. Also, I decided to skip the math and statistics chapters because I felt like I still remembered the basics and there are no general math questions on the exam. So if you feel the same way, you can eliminate 12-13 chapters right off the bat. At this pace, in about 3 months you will have read the entire book (around 1500 pages) and at least attempted every single practice problem. At this point you will be in full panic mode, because you won’t feel comfortable with any of the practice problems because as I said, they are much harder than what is on the exam. Relax! The practice problems for the MERM are infinitely more complicated than what you will encounter on the exam. So do not worry too much if you don’t exactly know how to do them.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsTips to pass the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam
By Nick on January 19, 2016
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
I passed the October 2015 Mechanical Engineering PE exam (I chose to take the Mechanical Systems and Materials in the afternoon), and I would like to share with you how I prepared for the exam. I did not enroll in a course, but I used the following four resources, all purchased on Amazon:
(1) Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 13th Ed
(2) PE Exam Review for Mechanical Systems and Materials: PE Review Book for ME
(3) PE Mechanical Engineering: Mechanical Systems and Materials Practice Exam
(4) Six-Minute Solutions for Mechanical PE Exam Mechanical Systems and Materials Problems, 2nd Ed

The first of these four resources, of which this review concerns, is by far the most essential. I repeatedly used Lindeburg's Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual during the actual test. While the other three resources were helpful, and I recommend that you purchase and use them, the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual was by far the most helpful. Most of the chapters contain material that is "fair game" on the exam. You can compare what the exam covers versus the chapters in this book. You will notice that some chapters contain material that is no longer covered on the exam. I skipped these chapters.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsThings to be aware of...you may want the 11th edition
By Future PE Examinee on March 25, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Although the MERM and other PPI materials are helpful there are several things about them I wish I was aware of before purchase (Note, I probably still would have purchased them, but it would have been a more informed choice). First, I bought the 12th edition with the intent of using it alone as a reference and source of review problems. I did not want to get the 'Practice Problem Solution Manual' since I didn't think I'd need solutions too. I was dissapointed to find that after opening the MERM 12th edition the first thing I read is the practice problems are removed, causing me to buy the Practice Problem book. Since the 12th edition retailed for the same as the 11th I don't see any gain from the 12th edition. Plus there is no errata published for it yet. The MERM itself is primarily useful now as a summary to give you a sense of how to study (don't get me wrong, this is still very important). Otherwise all of the information is contained in Mark's or other handbooks. The information in the PE MERM is taken directly from the FE/EIT reference manual also sold by PPI. It is also repeated in the Civil PE review manual and I'd imagine the others. Hence PPI is mainly marketing about one book in many different configurations. This is likely what leads to the issues associated with the practice exam being in SI and English units instead of just English.
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4.0 out of 5 starsBetter than the PE 03 Class at Rensselaer in Hartford
By Dave M. on March 9, 2010
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
Lindeburg has done a great job at pulling together everything you'll see on the PE Mechanical exam. The format of the 12th edition is better than the 11th. The 11th included extra problems at the end of each chapter. Though this is helpful for studying, it clutters up the book and adds extra pages to thumb through during the exam. Edition 12 moved the problems at the end of the chapter to another book ("Practice Problems for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam" - which I also recommend).

The book isn't perfect. You will find errata. Most of it is covered in the errata sheets on ppi2pass. Take an hour to look at the errata sheet and transfer the corrections to the book.

All in all, if you read each chapter and then work the associated practice problems, you should be able to pass the exam. The nice thing about this book is the fact that it is up to date with the exam. This is not true of some of the review classes you can take. I paid $1,750 for a class at Renssalaer in Hartford. I should have just taken the money and flushed it down the drain. The class was out-dated (the teacher kept giving examples of problems he remembered from when each question was 1 hour long). He also kept teaching us subjects and then saying "You probably won't see this on the exam". Talk about a waste of time. Also, the class claimed that the Lindeburg book was the official text. It wasn't. The official text was a 3 ring binder full of the teachers barely readable (they were copies of copies of copies of copies....) notes. Anyway, enough ranting about that. If you want to take a class, make sure you talk to someone who's taken it before, and make sure it teaches out of the Lindeburg book.

Also, as soon as you start studying, buy an approved calculator.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 starsHUGE, might as well be written on stone tablets

Too big to carry around, I have both the reference manual and the practice problems, and it's a pain in the butt to carry back and forth to the library. Read more

Published 5 days ago by Chris
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

product as described

Published 28 days ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Helped me pass the PE Exam from the 1st trial.

Published 1 month ago by Mo
5.0 out of 5 starsI would recommend getting another book for practice problems as this...

A must have for the PE mechanical exam for morning and afternoon. I would recommend getting another book for practice problems as this book does not offer many good example... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Andrew Campbell
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Published 3 months ago by Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsThis book is great, well organized and the older version helped me ...

5 stars for the book and zero stars for the price, the list price for this reference is $265 from the publisher (ppi2pass. Read more

Published 3 months ago by S. Daniels
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Covers everything in mechanical engineering but does not cover any type of programming.

Published 4 months ago by Jeremy Francis
5.0 out of 5 starsYou need this. Become familiar with it. Do a lot of practice tests.

You need this. Become familiar with it. Do a lot of practice tests. Don't spend too much time on the longer, non test like problems. Passed the T/F ME in Oct 15.

Published 4 months ago by Mark
5.0 out of 5 starsA must-have resource for the PE exam

This is a must-have resource for the Mechanical PE test along with the practice problem book. There were only two questions on my exam that weren't covered in this book. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Alex Schnautz
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Buy it from the manufacturer's website so you have access to the .pdf version

Published 8 months ago by David W Thunes

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