The most irritating part about a manual is the things it leaves unsaid:  they leave you wondering whether you’ve skipped essential stuff or whether you’re undereducated. Or both.
The Nastran manuals are remarkably well written, for the most part, but the nomenclature is often simply wild. And this makes it that much harder to follow the [...]

It’s harder to dismiss a report that’s “blessed by a brand”, even years after Trevor-Roper Smith got snookered. So a report from the MIT Press (read it here) gave pause for thought.
Are small cars unsafe? The article’s catchy title seems to imply that you just can’t fight the flab – more is stronger is better [...]

Many college curricula – engineering and MBA included – include a “project“. Sometimes called a capstone project or a final-year project or an internship, it’s often mandatory both for undergraduate and post-graduate degrees. In the case of the latter, it’s often called a “Thesis” or a “Dissertation” but in many cases it doesn’t contain enough [...]

It’s a form of a picture that’s worth well more than a 1000 words for any engineering designer. Named for Prof. M.F.Ashby, this is a tool that’s less widely used than it should be.
The chart involves plotting “clouds” on a 2-axis plot, with different variables on each axis. Sounds simple, but the impact doesn’t hit [...]