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wckirby



Joined: 10 Dec 2005
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Location: New Orleans

PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:44 pm    Post subject: Helpful Engineering Stuff Reply with quote

The mission statement does have a second part (helping engineering in New Orleans). Along that thread, I've got a few things to post that I've learned as a freshly-minted engineer.

Here are a few things every engineer (or at least all ME's) should have in their library:


Lindeberg's PE Reference Book - Great for both preparinig for the PE and for daily reference. Lindeberg also makes a good one for the FE Exam. The 10th edition is still pretty up to date and can be found for next to nothing.
(ME):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591260493/qid=1152667720/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/103-6931824-6258222?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Crane Technical Paper 410- You aren't an ME without Crane.
http://www.tp410.com/tp410.htm

Surface Operations- Find this used. It's a good primer to the oil industry.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0884158217/ref=pd_qpt_gw_1/103-6931824-6258222?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

The Prize - Great, non-numbers oriented primer to the oil industry. Won the Pulitzer.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671799320?v=glance

Pocket Ref- Incredible amount of information in a tiny package. Keep it with you when you evacuate. Has everything from Alloys to Welding and everything in between. Must have.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1885071337/103-6931824-6258222?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155

What went wrong? - If there's any possibility that a project you are working on could turn into a SUPERFUND site, you should read this to inspire you not to screw up.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0750677090/103-6931824-6258222?v=glance&n=283155

The Storm (Ivor Van Heerden)- The definitive Katrina account, as far as the facts are concerned. Incredible. Must read.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0670037818?v=glance

Other Useful Books:
Cameron Hydraulic Data
Pressure Vessel Handbook

Good Websites:
www.govliquidation.com - If you have to do any procurement, you can occasionally find real steals here. Cool site to browse, too.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/ - Convert everything

http://www.american.edu/TED/class/all.htm - List of case studies of disasters. You have to sort through things, but it's worth reading.

* Try to get a hold of a good, complete Pipe Spec. It'll come in handy. Shell's "Schedule Q" is good, but it's hard to get a hold of.


I'll add more in a little while.
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