Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Subject Guide

Databases

• Compendex  (comprehensive engineering index)
• Materials Science   (alternate site)
• Current Contents
• DOE Department of Energy Citations Database
• NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
• Science Citation Index  (Web of Science)
• Scirus (Search the scientific web)
• SPIN Web (ASME, ASCE, AIP, SPIE)   
• TRD: Technology Research Database

Dissertations

• MU MAE Dissertations (1990- )
• MU MAE Dissertations ( -1989)
• Dissertation Abstracts Database
• Dissertations, University of Missouri-Columbia (full-text, 1995-)
  

Reference Books

• ASTM Standards (full-text)
• Heat Transfer Textbook, 3rd edition
• MAE Style Guide (writing)
• Thomas Register

Properties

• Properties of Steam  (data from 1967 ASME steam tables)
• Steam Tables  (Pump.Net)
• Expert System for Thermodynamics 
  

Machine Tools

• Pump Engineer's Toolbox of Information  (Pump.Net)
• The Engineering Tool Box
• iCrank.com (Mechanical Engineering Portal)
• Virtual Machine Shop (machine tool technology instruction)

Journals

• ASME Journals
• Elsevier Journals - last 12 months - print subscriptions only
• Materials Science & Technology
• NDTnet  (The e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing)
  
• Information about engineering journals

About Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Discover Aerospace Engineering
• Discover Ceramic and Materials Engineering
• Discover Mechanical Engineering

Automotive Engineering

• Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
• Engine Web Pages
• Fuel Cell Today
• The Hypercar Concept

Design Engineering

• MachineDesign.com

Electrical Motors and Energy Efficiency

• Basics of Design Engineering: Motors 
• How Does a Motor Work?
• Office of Industrial Technologies: Motors
• Motor Solutions Online: Your Guide to Electric Motors Best Practice
• Premium-Efficiency Motors Initiative: Fact Sheet
• Copper Motor Rotor Project
• Piezoelectric Motor Research
• Radial Electric Motor

Energy Production

• Off-shore Wind Farms

Additional Sites

• Cooling, Heating, and Power for Buildings
  
• Material Safety Data Sheets - MSDS Search
• Material Safety Data Sheets -- multiple search sites
  
• Materials Science Handbooks (UC-Davis) 
  • Composite Materials Handbook, MIL-HDBK-17
  • Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures, MIL-HDBK 5 (rev. J)
• Robotics Institute Publications Database
• Steelmatter
• WWW Virtual Library:  Engineering 
• Japanese Materials Science and Engineering Journals

Books

• A Heat Transfer Textbook, 3rd edition
• ASM Handbook (in print)
• Ebrary

Last updated: Jan 3, 2008