The best way to prepare for the mechanical PE exam is to solve problems--the more problems the better. Practice Problems for the Mechanical Engineering PE Exam provides you with the breadth-and-depth problem-solving practice you need to successfully prepare for the exam. Build your confidence and improve your problem-solving skills.
This book was a benefit to me, the problems and numerous and force you to apply most of the equations in the MERM. The hydraulics chapter has a disconnect with the MERM, otherwise the problems for the most part were great. They often take much more time than the actual exam problems, but this exercise gets you well prepared, as the exam will narrow in on 3 or 4 steps of problems similar to those found here. IOW, much of what you will have to derive in these problems will be spoonfed to you on the PE mechanical exam.
I recommend working all problems in this book, as well as the author's sample exam book (which also are more difficult than the real test, but not as lengthy as some of these).
I also worked the 6-minute Mechanical Systems and Materials book (recommended) and the NCEES sample exam. That's a lot altogether, but after dealing with all that, the actual exam felt comfortable going by. The PE mechanical exam was fair and at the approximate level of the NCEES sample exam. However, fighting through the problems in this book got me ready, which makes this book very easy to recommend.
I passed my ME PE on my first attempt. In preparation, I completed every problem in this book from Chapters 13-58 as well as a handful of other random problems in this book leading up to my test. I feel that this book was an invaluable preparation tool.
Yes, *some* of the problems in this book take more than 6 minutes to complete. This does not mean the book isn't valuable! The point of this book is NOT to provide simple problems that are solvable in 6 minutes. That is what the various *practice tests* are for. This book provides problems that force you to learn your MERM inside and out backward and forward. The problems presented in this book are often very similar to exam problems - just harder and a little longer. They really force you to learn every step of how to solve a problem.
For example, this book may ask you to do a pumping problem where you are required to lookup scheduled piping dimensions, calculate reynolds #s, friction factors, densities, fitting coefficients (or equivalent lengths) etc. along the way to calculating a total system head loss. On the real test, you might get the exact same type of problem but some of those items are already given to you. Thus, a 10 minute practice problem is turned into a 6 minute test problem. This is why this book is important and why the problems are about the best preparation that is out there for the Mechanical PE exam. You never know which items you will be given and which to find on the test so it's better to understand the whole concept, not JUST the most popular 6 minute versions.
Do not listen to anyone saying these problems take 30 minutes to solve. I would say on average they take anywhere from 3-15 minutes to solve depending on if it is your first time doing the problem and whether you are familiar with the topic at all.
I will say that this book is a little light on HVAC problems; however, pick up the 6 Minute Solutions HVAC book as well as work your other HVAC-depth practice problems and you will be good to go if you are HVAC like I was.
Product Details :
Paperback: 592 pages
Publisher: Professional Publications, Inc.; Twelfth Edition, New Edition edition (June 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591260507
ISBN-13: 978-1591260509
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
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