Every topic on the exam, explained in depth: intuition, key equations, worked examples, and the traps to avoid. Organized by the NCEES FE Mechanical exam specification and cross-referenced to the FE Reference Handbook 10.6.
… exam areas
Analytic geometry, single- and multivariable calculus, differential equations and Laplace transforms, linear algebra, and numerical methods.
Probability distributions, central tendency and dispersion, confidence intervals, expected value in decisions, and regression and curve fitting.
NCEES Model Law and codes of ethics, public health, safety, and welfare, intellectual property, and societal and sustainability considerations.
Time value of money and annuities, cost types and breakdowns, and economic analyses including cost-benefit, break-even, and life cycle.
Electrical fundamentals and magnetic flux, DC circuit analysis, AC circuits with R, L, and C, and motors and generators.
Resultants and concurrent force systems, equilibrium of rigid bodies, frames and trusses, centroids and moments of inertia, and static friction.
Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, work-energy and impulse-momentum, kinematics of mechanisms, and free and forced vibrations.
Axial, bending, torsion, shear, and thermal stress and strain, shear-moment diagrams, stress transformation and Mohr's circle, deformations, buckling, and indeterminate systems.
Mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties, stress-strain behavior, ferrous and nonferrous metals and engineered materials, phase diagrams and heat treating, corrosion, and failure mechanisms.
Fluid properties and statics, energy and momentum, internal and external flow, compressible flow and normal shock, and pump, fan, and compressor performance and scaling laws.
Ideal gases and pure substances, the laws of thermodynamics, processes and component performance, power and refrigeration cycles, gas mixtures, psychrometrics, HVAC processes, and combustion.
Conduction through walls and cylinders, convection and Newton's law of cooling, radiation, transient (lumped) processes, and heat exchangers.
Sensors and transducers, signal conditioning and data acquisition, feedback control and block diagrams, dynamic system response, and measurement uncertainty.
Stress analysis of machine elements, static and fatigue failure theories, springs, pressure vessels, bearings, power screws, power transmission, and joining methods.