Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications (2nd Edition)

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clear narrative of concepts.......2006-12-25

Leach explains how to do serious molecular modelling. Naturally, this has to be done by computer simulations. The text is a blend of the physical principles and equations needed, and how to implement as code. For example, there is the Lennard-Jones potential for intermolecular attraction. But modelling using this often also involves a cutoff. The problem with the latter is that it can create discontinuities in both the potential and the force [which is the derivate of the former]. You can shown how to suitably modify matters to avoid these complications.

Another familiar potential is the Morse potential, used to model bond stretching. Empirical but very useful, and in general quite adequate for most simulations.

The text even has an example of modelling a high temperature superconductor. Partly to enhance the relevance of the narrative for practical applications.

Comprehensive and self-contained.......2005-07-01

In this book, Andrew Leach has done a great job in putting in almost every important concept, sundry as well as significant, from the field of computational chemistry and molecular modeling. From basic but very useful concepts like atom types, Z matrices, and force field parametrization, to advanced topics like Ewald Sums and Low Mode Monte Carlo conformational searching, Leach gives due importance to everything. The discussions on quantum mechanics in the first few chapters are moderate on the mathematics without shying away from it, and provide just the right amount of detail. Later chapters cover the whole gamut of computational techniques, from Molecular Dynamics and Molecular Mechanics, to Moelcular Similarity and QSAR. Examples that are relevant in chemistry and biology are scattered throughout the book and illustrate every key idea. There are many good books for Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling, and some are good for a few topics, others for other ones. However, if one wants to get a grip on ALL important topics in the area, I think this is the most comprehensive reference that one can look up.

An excellent overview.......2004-06-04

Good:
This book gives an excellent overview of molecular simulation techniques starting with quantum mechanics ab initio type calculations and going up through molecular dynamics and polymer simulation. It gives a good step up from your standard physical chemistry text (such as Atkins or Chang) to being able to read the literature on modern molecular modelling techniques.

Bad:
The treatment of many methods is somewhat superficial.
The book was first written in 1996 and updated in 2000 - it is starting to get a bit out of date.

Overall I would recommend this as a solid introduction and reference.

The bible.......2003-02-12

If you could choose only one book about molecular modelling - this should be it. Everything is covered, more or less thourough, from ab initio to molecular docking, algorithms, force fields, molecular dynamics, etc. It is well written, but also works well if you want to look up single key words. The book can be read by novices to molecular modelling as well as it is useful for experts. I can highly recommend it.

Review by a molecular tyro.......2002-11-20

I'd like to recommend this book from the perspective of someone who is new to the field. I have only an informal background in chemistry and biology and an undergraduate physics degree that's 20 years old. Mr. Leach works through a broad range of material, from numeric solutions to the quantum equations for a molecule to algorithms for searching through the conformational space. His descriptions have to be concise in order to fit the enormous volume of material he has to cover, yet I found that I had no trouble following along. He often takes a historical approach. I found this effective. I would find myself wandering down blind alleys when examining the early solutions, then read the later art and have a greater appreciation for the problem than if the ultimate answer were presented first. I have been able to use much of the book as a practical guide in my work.

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As customers and shareholders demand better products faster, more pressure is felt by technical professionals to develop it now and develop it right the first time. Considered the breakthrough design and inventive problem-solving approach of the past 100 years, TRIZ is a unique, algorithmic approach to problem solving that allows engineers, planners and managers to formulate the best possible solutions for technical systems problems and predict future product needs based on technology evolution and competitive advantages. Developed in Russia, the popularity of TRIZ is now spreading to Europe, the United States, and Japan, but until now no comprehensive, comprehensible treatment of the topic has been available in English. Simplified TRIZ: New Problem Solving Applications for Engineers and Manufacturing Professionals not only demystifies TRIZ, but it also shows how it can be used in new ways to enhance Six Sigma, Constraints Management, Supply Chain Management, QFD, and Taguchi methods to gain innovative and technological competitive advantages. This practical how-to guide teaches you how to solve problems creatively, and more importantly, shows you how to find and foresee the evolution of problems in the future. It provides many exercises, worksheets, and tables to further illustrate the concepts of this multinational method. Implement the same problem-solving tool that many Fortune 500 companies are already using with Simplified TRIZ.

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Simplistic description - poorly written.......2006-10-05

The method itself is extremely interesting, unfortunately the authors repeat the same examples over and over again. Very annoying. The style borders on boring. I would recommend definitely reading the book from Savransky as a much better example of TRIZ

THE textbook for basic TRIZ education.......2005-10-27

Simplified TRIZ provides the theoretical foundation for the beginner to learn the practical application of the TRIZ methodology. Domb and Rantanen present a cohesive and structured breakdown of the basic components of TRIZ: the Ideal Final Result and Ideality, Contradiction Theory, Resources, and the Patterns of Evolution. The book's importance is such that I use it as a supporting text for my basic TRIZ curriculum. The students find it easy to understand as well as demonstrative enough to teach application.

Dr. Domb's credibility (international TRIZ evangelist and editor of the TRIZ Journal, www.triz-journal.com) in the quality and innovation communities is such that this book MUST be studied if you are serious about TRIZ.

Interesting.......2005-08-02

I found the book very interesting, even if I was not able to apply it to real problems we face yet.

A brilliant model of problem solving.......2003-07-05

Using a perfect model, this books first introduces characteristics of GOOD solutions, then step by step, it describes triz problem solving tools (and strategy development tools as well) all integrated into each other.
As stated in the title, it's a simplified book so you can't find some advanced tools like su-field modeling in it.

Understanding Molecular Simulation (Computational Science Series, Vol 1)

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great book for MD basics
Old fashioned fortran, strong bias on Monte Carlo
Excellent text for beginners in simulation
Perfect for New Grad Students
A nice disappointment

Understanding Molecular Simulation (Computational Science Series, Vol 1)
Daan Frenkel , and B. Smit
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Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications explains the physics behind the "recipes" of molecular simulation for materials science. Computer simulators are continuously confronted with questions concerning the choice of a particular technique for a given application. A wide variety of tools exist, so the choice of technique requires a good understanding of the basic principles. More importantly, such understanding may greatly improve the efficiency of a simulation program. The implementation of simulation methods is illustrated in pseudocodes and their practical use in the case studies used in the text.

Since the first edition only five years ago, the simulation world has changed significantly -- current techniques have matured and new ones have appeared. This new edition deals with these new developments; in particular, there are sections on:

· Transition path sampling and diffusive barrier crossing to simulaterare events
· Dissipative particle dynamic as a course-grained simulation technique
· Novel schemes to compute the long-ranged forces
· Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian dynamics in the context constant-temperature and constant-pressure molecular dynamics simulations
· Multiple-time step algorithms as an alternative for constraints
· Defects in solids
· The pruned-enriched Rosenbluth sampling, recoil-growth, and concerted rotations for complex molecules
· Parallel tempering for glassy Hamiltonians

Examples are included that highlight current applications and the codes of case studies are available on the World Wide Web. Several new examples have been added since the first edition to illustrate recent applications. Questions are included in this new edition. No prior knowledge of computer simulation is assumed.

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great book for MD basics.......2007-05-07

I was especially delighted about the Monte Carlo methods and the free energy calculation techniques.

Old fashioned fortran, strong bias on Monte Carlo.......2006-06-19

There is a very strong bias to MC methods in the book. What they have to say about Molecular Dynamics methods is not really new, most of it is virtually copied from the classic by Allan/Tildesley, and many MD techniques which they consider "advanced" (such as cell list methods, verlet tables, etc.) are shifted to one of the many appendices. They do not talk about ghostparticles for instance or give a detailed account of parallelized algorithms which is really state-of-the art today.
The code examples for download for the exercises, contain subtle errors, are not optimized for performance (which is THE most important thing in simulation business) and worst of all, are written in Fortran. The fact that they publish Fortran code must reflect the fact that at the time they learned how to program a computer there was no C, C++, JAVA, etc. and no object orientation in sight. Nowadays, probably no expert in programming would start a scientific and readable code in fortran. Also their definition of an algorithm is simply technically wrong. The authors are very sloppy here, have obviously no training in theoretical computer science and are obviously no experts for writing optimal code.
Scientifically, as far as physics is concerned, the book is sound, they give good arguments pro and against certain methods, but when you have already worked with Allan/Tildesley or Rappaport for many years you have the eery impression that they simply repeat many arguments from these books or from other research articles (They keep citing Allan/Tildesley a lot) Those things that are not more or less copied from other sources seems to reflect their own experience in this field which seems to be strongly limited to MC methods.
Although this book is sometimes praised I cannot really recommend it. Allan/Tildesley, and in particular the book by Rappaport are superior in stlye and in particluar as code examples are concerned. With Rappaport you get working code right away in proper C (albeit in Fortran-Style C -- again, the reason for this being the fact, that all these authors of Simulation books learned programming probably in the late 70's when Fortran was state-of-the-art). I nevertheless would recommend Rappaports book instead. The authors even offer scientific workshops based on their book (and probably make a lot of money with that). One can only hope that those are better than the coding examples of the exercises. Therefore only 2 stars.

Excellent text for beginners in simulation.......2004-11-20

Its an excellent book for those who are just beginners in MC & MD simulations. everything is very clearly explained with lot of examples and some related unsolved problems. the text explores this topic indetails with advanced chapters in later sections. Good for anybody int hsi field be it in materials science, physics or related fields.

Perfect for New Grad Students.......2002-11-24

This book is how I bootstrapped my way into being a molecular simulationist. Anyone who can program in some language can get started writing simple routines for the basic MD and MC simulations.

I do Monte Carlo simulations at Princeton, and found this book to be the most helpful available for getting my research started. It is my most common reference, and is used extensively in writing background information for various research documents.

However, after you have written your first few codes, you will pass the level of this book and need to move on. I use it less now than I did my first year.

Every student in my group (Panagiotopoulos) has this book I think. And like me, they started with it, but moved on.

A nice disappointment.......2001-08-30

The title of the book is overly ambitious and falls short on its promises. The book is a good introduction to Molecular Mechanics (MM), Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) methods, with detailed descriptions of the methods used and FORTRAN (pseudo)code, covering from the basics to some middle-level and some advanced algorithms.
But it does NOT cover all the fields of Molecular Modelling, just the three mentioned (MM, MD and MC), there's no coverage of quantum mechanics methods, nor QSAR or other technologies. And, while it described the algorithms, I can't think of it going all the way through up to building applications. For this, Rapaport's makes a better job, and for a general intro to Molecular Modelling, Grant & Richards' Computational Chemistry is more comprehensive (albeit at a more superficial level). Nor does it provide much detail on the methods used in modelling biological macromolecules, an increasing application field for the methods discussed in the book.
All in all, this book fails to satisfy its cover title, it won't introduce to the whole field (just the areas of MM, MD and MC) nor does it go up to application level. But it IS a REAL GOOD introduction to the subjects covered and their basic algorithms,
with sample code, detailed descriptions and plenty of references to specialized articles, texts and resources.

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Outstanding introduction
A long expected book in molecular modeling is finally here
Beautifully written!
Never short of something exciting
Excellent book for both students and researchers

Molecular Modeling and Simulation
Tamar Schlick
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This book evolved from an interdisciplinary graduate course entitled Molecular Modeling developed at New York University. Its primary goal is to stimulate excitement for molecular modeling research while introducing readers to the wide range of biomolecular problems being solved by computational techniques and to those computational tools. The book is intended for beginning graduate students in medical schools and scientific fields such as biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science. Other scientists who wish to enter, or become familiar, with the field of biomolecular modeling and simulation may also benefit from the broad coverage of problems and approaches. The book surveys three broad areas: biomolecular structure and modeling: current problems and state of computations; molecular mechanics: force field origin, composition, and evaluation techniques; and simulation methods: geometry optimization, Monte Carlo, and molecular dynamics approaches. Appendices featuring homework assignments, reading lists, and other information useful for teaching molecular modeling complement the material in the main text. Extensive use of world wide web resources is encouraged, and additional course and text information may be found on a supplementary website. Some praise for Tamar Schlick¿s ¿Molecular Modeling and Simulation: An Interdisciplinary Guide¿:||"The interdisciplinary structural biology community has waited long for a book of this kind which provides an excellent introduction to molecular modeling.¿|¿Harold A. Scheraga, Cornell University||"A uniquely valuable introduction to the modeling of biomolecular structure and dynamics. A rigorous and up-to-date treatment of the foundations, enlivened by engaging anecdotes and historical notes.¿|¿J. Andrew McCammon, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego||"I am often asked by physicists, mathematicians and engineers to recommend a book that would be useful to get them started in computational molecular biology. I am also often approached by my colleagues in computational biology to recommend a solid textbook for a graduate course in the area. Tamar Schlick has written the book that I will be recommending to both groups. Tamar has done an amazing job in writing a book that is both suitably accessible for beginners, and suitably rigorous for experts.¿|¿J.J. Collins, Boston University

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Outstanding introduction.......2004-05-13

... not only to molecular modeling, but to some of the subtleties of DNA and protein behavior and geometry, too.

This book's focus is generally on interactions with large molecules, DNA and proteins, although it does discuss small molecules (drugs, a few dozen to a few hundred atoms) too. That means that it skips most of the quantum mechanical modeling of more advanced computational chemistry texts.

Nothing is lost, because Schlick covers her chosen topic (molecular modeling and dynamics) in such detail. She starts with a very clear discussion of the structure of large biomolecules, with emphasis on the features that need quantitative description for modeling. That covers protein structure at ever level. It also covers DNA/RNA structure in the best detail I've ever seen. The double-helix is the just the starting point. There are alternative helix forms, non-standard binding between nucleotides, and asymmetries caused by nucleotide composition. The next chapters describe the geometric model and, briefly, the forces acting between atoms.

The second half of the book gets down to the nuts and bolts of modeling. This includes numerical techniques, minimization, sampling and Monte Carlo techniques, and the start of dynamics. Schlick attacks some of the nasty points of the calculations, such as modeling of forces that act on very different time scales. As with the simpler material, the development is clear, descriptive, and free of pointless theorems. The meticulous reader should come away able to implement most or all of the techniques described. The level of presentation is consistent and approachable. I think freshman physics should be enough preparation for most students to get most of the value out of the discussion.

The book is written with clarity as a top priority. The glossary is in the front, making sure that the reader knows it's a first-class part of the text. After that, every chapter starts with a list of the mathematical symbols and variables used and a one-line description of each. These are small things, but they increase the book's readability immensely. The illustrations are generally informative enough. On the whole, though, they don't seem quite up to the level of the textual and mathematical presentations.

I needed a crash course in the mathematical techniques used for describing molecular structure and behavior. I should have read this book first - its clarity and thoroughness would have saved me a lot of time. After this one, I can now go back and reread the more complex texts with more hops of understanding. Do yourself a favor and read this one first.

A long expected book in molecular modeling is finally here.......2004-02-17

I highly recommend Professor T. Schlick's book. It is beautifully written with many examples and great illustrations. The book is truly interdisciplinary; it covers, in good depth, both the biological and mathematical aspects of computational structural biology. Most chapters start with an amenable introduction and finish with "hands-on" recommendations and future challenges. I was particularly pleased with the level of detail in each chapter (in particular those that show the reader the advantages and pitfalls of the different methods presented). My colleague Mariel Vazquez and I used this book in the design and preparation of our "Special topics in Mathematics" course at the UC Berkeley Mathematics Department during the Spring of 2003.

This upper-level undergraduate/lower-level graduate course was centered on mathematical and computational models of the three dimensional structure of DNA, and DNA topology. We found Professor T. Schlick's book very useful in our class preparation. In particular we covered chapter 5 (DNA structure) completely, sections 3 and 4 from chapter 7 (basic principles and formulation of atomic interactions in molecular mechanics), and several sections or subsections from chapters 8 and 9 (force terms used in molecular dynamics simulations). We also covered most of the material in chapter 10 (Multivariate Minimization), and gave a brief introduction to chapter 11 (Monte-Carlo techniques) and chapter 12 (Molecular Dynamics algorithms).

Chapter 5 starts with a very amenable and brief introduction that relates DNA with other biological processes and describes some of the challenges in studying DNA structure. It continues describing the basic building blocks of DNA. The author wisely spends some time defining the nomenclature for each of the atoms, angles and bonds that form these basic blocks. The following sections teach the reader what parameters are relevant for describing a DNA double helix and how they characterize the A, B and Z- forms of DNA. Illustrations in this chapter are particularly helpful.

Although our course's approach to DNA supercoiling was different that the one in the book I found particularly useful some illustrations in chapter 6 and movies (to be found in her webpage) that Prof. Schlick's group has developed over the years. In brief, chapter 6 is a study of more complex structures and behavior of DNA (such as structural role of the DNA sequence, DNA-protein interactions, and higher order organization of DNA -i.e. DNA supercoiling and histone-DNA interactions). This chapter can be a good source for short research projects (e.g. final projects).

Chapters 7, 8 and 9 describe the basic concepts in molecular mechanics. From sections 7.3 and 7.4 I found of interest how the author addresses the problem of the system size (i.e. number of interacting molecules) and some of the details that the author gives for modeling the geometry of atomic interactions. At the end of the chapter (section 7.4.3) interested readers can find some of the limitations of current approaches. Chapters 8 and 9 describe in depth the force fields and how to implement them. Chapter 9 also illustrates with clarity how to implement periodic boundary conditions and the advantages of using different lattice models.

Chapter 10 describes a number of familiar methods for energy minimization (i.e. steepest descent, conjugate gradient, etc....). We used sections 10.1 to 10.4 and section 10.5.2 (conjugate gradient). I found the Hessian patterns shown in figures 10.4 and 10.5 and the minimization trajectories shown in 10.10 very pedagogical. As in previous chapters the author finishes with practical recommendations and future challenges.

We left chapter 11 (Monte Carlo methods) for last in the course and discussed chapter 12 (molecular dynamics) first. As in previous chapters the author gives a very nice introduction (section 12.1 and 12.2) and covers the basics on simulation protocols in sections 12.3 and 12.4. Section 12.4 describes the basic integration algorithms such as leap-frog, verlet, etc... Figure 12.3 was revealing for the students as it compares the time scales in biological systems.

Chapter 11 (Monte-Carlo methods) provides a very comprehensive introduction to Monte-Carlo methods. We found particularly useful some of the subsections of random number generation and the treatment of Importance sampling and Markov chains in section 11.5.

As mentioned earlier we were particularly delighted with the amount of details given in each topic. For example chapters 7 and 8 provide all the formalism needed for the problems of molecular mechanics. In section 8.4 (bond angle potential) the author highlights the differences (both formally and by figures-see figure 8.4) between different formulations of the problem (see also figure 8.6). In Chapter 10 the author describes minimization algorithms in detail and shows some of the patterns that one observes in the Hessian associated to minimization functions of biological structures (see figs. 10.4, 10.5 and 10.11). She also makes very detailed comparisons between the different minimization methods (see figs 10. 2, 10.10). In chapter 12 she compares the different methods and initial conditions for the algorithms discussed (figs 12.3, 12.4, 12.6).

Overall we found that Prof. T. Schlick's book is very adequate for a broad spectrum of levels and very accessible to both graduate and undergraduate students interested in mathematical modeling and computational biology. It is also very well organized facilitating the option of selecting parts of the material for the classroom or for use in one's research.

Beautifully written!.......2003-08-11

As a person with no expertise in molecular modeling who wanted to learn about this field, this book is right on! I find the author's lively text to be as well-written and clear as any science textbook I have ever read. I especially enjoyed the first two chapters for their historical perspective and their practical illustrations of applications of genetics in the world today. These chapters can be understood by non-scientists, whereas the rest of the book is clearly designed for graduate students in any one of the science disciplines.

The interesting information sprinkled throughout the book, including the boxes and figures, help keep the reader stimulated and yearning for greater knowledge of this exciting field. The color graphics also complement the book nicely. Although the subject covered in the book is extremely broad, the author managed to convey the perspectives of multiple scientific disciplines (e.g., biology, chemistry, computer science, math) very well. The combination of breadth and depth in a readable style is remarkable.

Overall, I highly recommend this book to readers interested in the area.

Never short of something exciting.......2003-08-11

It contains many many exiting problems and stimulate to go through the world of art of biology and mathematics. This book can guide the way where to go when you lost in the world of biomathematics, specifically molecular modeling. It looks like a well-organized dictionary with analysis. So it is good for a beginner and also deep-thinker in computational biology field.

Excellent book for both students and researchers.......2003-08-08

This book covers state-of-arts technologies used in today's hot field: molecular modeling. The book is easy to understand and it is suitable for graduate students in both theoretic majors and experimental majors. The homeworks in the book are practical for students to learn basic molecular modeling computer skills very fast.

Dr. Schlick is an expert in this field and her group has published tons of molecular modeling research papers. Her expertise also makes this book valuable for computational scientific researchers. I highly recommend it.

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If It Were Possible, I'd Give It 4 - 1/2 Stars!

Pro/MECHANICA Tutorial Wildfire 2.0
Roger Toogood
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This book is written for first-time FEA users (in general) and MECHANICA users (in particular). After a brief introduction to finite element modeling, the tutorial introduces the major concepts behind the use of Pro/MECHANICA to perform Finite Element Analysis of parts. These include: modes of operation, element types, design studies (analysis, sensitivity studies, organization), and the major steps for setting up a model (materials, loads, constraints, analysis type), studying convergence of the solution, and viewing the results. Both 2D and 3D problems are treated. The tutorial uses a click-by-click format to show the command sequence exactly as performed by the user for a wide variety of models and design studies.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Tutorials
2. Finite Element Modeling with MECHANICA
3. Solid Models (Part 1)
4. Solid Models (Part 2)
5. Plane Stress and Plane Strain Models
6. Axisymmetric Solids and Shells
7. Shell Models
8. Beams and Frames
9. Miscellaneous Topics

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If It Were Possible, I'd Give It 4 - 1/2 Stars!.......2007-02-15

This is a very good introductory text on using Pro-E with the optional Mechanica structural and thermal (conduction) analysis package. The author, Toogood, begins with a light overview of the finite element theory (non-mathematical) and ties in the Mechanica application. He illustrates how to use the various types of analyses available in the FEA package by walking the reader through setting up a problem (pre-processing), activating the mesher and solver, and viewing the results (post-processing). The written procedures in the book are, for the most part, detailed, complete, and accurate. Mechanical, fluidic pressure, and thermal loadings are discussed and utilized. Optimization and modal analysis (determination of natural frequencies of a body) are also demonstrated. Typically, two (2) or three (3) problems are posed, pre-processed, and post-processed in some detail within each chapter. At the end of the chapter are review questions followed by a couple of problems for the reader to work on his own.

In general, this book does an excellent job of teaching the techniques of using the Mechanica application in a number of different problem scenarios. However not being a complete novice to FEA, I am unsure whether someone totally new to the field could get a sufficient understanding of the FEA background theory and limitations from this text alone. In other words, a reader might come away with the skills to setup and run an analysis, but not really understand the reasoning behind the application, the proper selection of pre-processor inputs, and finally the results. To this point, Toogood references the works of Paul Kurowski (among others) for a better understanding of the FEA technique. For those interested, Kurowski now has a book entitled, Finite Element Design for Engineers (ISBN: 0-7680-1140-X), which I found to be a useful companion to this text. If that is not enough, Toogood is available and relatively prompt and generous with assistance (through e-mail) for students with questions.

For those wondering how much modeling skill is required, the answer is not extensive. However, a basic familiarity with Pro-E is needed. Although they are mostly simple models, the reader is required to develop all models used in problems from scratch w/o much assistance from the author (though models can be downloaded from a website, according to the author). Since this book discusses only the integrated mode of operation of Mechanica w/ Pro-E, importing models made with applications other than Pro-E is not addressed and may lead to difficulties, especially for the novice user.

If I were to suggest improvements to this author they would be few, but would include providing answers to questions posed in the worked examples and at the end of chapters. In addition, it would be nice to be able to review his procedures and solutions for the reader problems at the end of the chapter (perhaps at a website). Inexplicably, the author does not include an index in the book either. This makes it tough to quickly review an individual subject or item later on. An advanced chapter or book on Mechanica would be a welcome addition.

The integrated mode of operation allows for rapid switching and similar GUI's between the solid modeler and FEA application. Nevertheless, there are a couple of gotcha's worth mentioning that plagued my work w/ Mechanica. It is relatively easy to create a solid model in Pro-E that cannot be readily or fully utilized by Mechanica. The optimization routine can fall victim to this problem. Without sufficient thought about what and how you will accomplish a task in Mechanica, some time saving techniques used in the sketching mode of Pro-E may not translate well into Mechanica either, making it impossible to select certain entities in the pre-processor. Idealizations used in certain cases won't work with this type of problem.

Finally, the user will want to double check all settings and selections in the pre-processing segment. If there is the slightest error in setting the boundary conditions (loads, constraints, and etc.), the results produced will probably not be correct for the real problem being modeled, i.e. the old "garbage in, garbage out" scenario. Always critically look at the output from the analysis. Does it make physical sense? If possible, compare some significant value from the post-processing to a quick, independent analytical check. It pays to be careful and cautious before accepting the results of any numerical analysis.

Product Design for Manufacture & Assembly Revised & Expanded (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)

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Great book
good methodology on how to re-engineer a product

Product Design for Manufacture & Assembly Revised & Expanded (Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing)
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Containing more than 300 equations and the extensive data necessary to estimate manufacturing and assembly cost during product design, benchmarking, and "should cost" analysis, this textbook gives students modern and effective tools for analyzing injection molding, sheet metalworking, die casting, powder metal processing costs, sand and investment casting, and hot forging. It includes discussions of the influence of the application of design for manufacture and assembly, material selection and economic ranking of processes, the effect of reduced assembly difficulties on product quality, the links between computer-aided design solid models and design analysis tools, and more.

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I Read this book Cover to Cover .......2006-05-08

Overview
Boothroyd and Dewhurst's Second Edition of Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly provides an accessible and reasonably thorough introductory treatment of some of the most common topics in the field of design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA). By introducing the theoretical underpinnings of DFMA in the opening chapter of the book, the authors provide context and support for the importance of the field in modern business, and draw attention to the many ancillary benefits of applying DFMA methodologies in a business environment. Subsequent chapters describe these methodologies, as well as major assembly and manufacturing processes in some detail. The authors also provide basic tools for cost analysis within the context of DFMA. On a whole, the book is a worthwhile read for novices or users of the authors' commercial software, but the content suffers at times in its dependence on that same software, and in its failure to explain or note omissions which were made in the favor of brevity.

Materials and Process Selection
The second chapter begins to elaborate in depth on some of the concepts developed in the first chapter by discussing the driving considerations in concurrent materials and fabrication process selection. While the chapter is useful in that it provides tabular references which document the compatibility of different engineering materials and processes, the chapter as a whole suffers from its methodological reliance upon the extensive databases included in commercial software which the authors market. Users of the software may find their exposition of its underlying algorithms useful, but those seeking an independent understanding of material and process selection may wish to consult other methodologies or references such as Ashby's Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, which are more user friendly, and are readily adaptable to manual application.

Design for Assembly
The third and fifth chapters of the book segue into the topic of assembly-both automatic and manual. Their treatment of assembly benefits from greater accessibility and independence from their software's methods, and the support of experimental results demonstrating the relationships which they discuss between part geometries and assembly. The general design guidelines are useful, and the empirically-derived equations are sufficient to allow the reader to perform basic analyses.

Where the third and fifth chapters focus upon the assembly of mechanical components, fourth and sixth chapters of the book focus instead upon the challenges of designing and assembling electrical boards and wiring in a product. Though modest guidelines are suggested, the material in these chapters is primarily limited to the mechanical aspects of electrical component assembly, and focuses particularly on techniques for estimating the assembly time and cost of these components. The goal of their inclusion here seems to be not as an aid for the electrical engineer, but rather as a reference and tool for the mechanical engineer charged with interfacing between the mechanical and electrical systems of a product.

Process-Specific Topics
From the seventh chapter through the fourteenth chapters, Boothroyd and Dewhurst choose to focus each chapter upon providing a thorough introduction to a particular, widely-used fabrication process. These chapters begin with an in-depth introduction to the mechanics of each process, the associated terminology, and its strengths and limitations for production applications. The materials commonly used in conjunction with each process are also covered in each section, but only superficially. The remainder of each chapter focuses upon providing basic, equation-based cost estimation techniques for each process which enable the designer to perform his or her own semi-detailed analysis of the costs associated with a particular component design. In the process of providing these tools, the authors take time to highlight particularly important and relevant relationships and design techniques which the majority of readers will find helpful.

By adhering to this general format, the process-focused chapters are in many ways the most useful in the book. For the student and educational audience seeking to develop knowledge in design for manufacturing, these chapters provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to each process. For the practicing engineer or other individual seeking to perform cost analysis, the authors' exposition of the basic algorithm and process used to estimate cost for each process is invaluable. In particular, users of the authors' software package should derive the greatest benefit from these chapters as the equations they contain represent generalized and simplified versions of those underlying the software package. Therefore, mastery of these equations will provide valuable understanding of the software's operation, and make explicit the relationships between design decisions and specific part features and the final estimated part cost.

CAD/CAM
In the fifteenth chapter, which appears in many ways as a crudely grafted addition to the volume, though it was also present in the first edition, the authors provide an interesting overview of Computer Aided Design (CAD) technologies and the underlying logic and geometric representations utilized by CAD software packages. Their discussion of the implications of each technology for the potential integration of CAD and DFMA processes through automatic extraction of desired geometric data is also interesting, but the section as a whole suffers from having been overshadowed by the rapid improvements in CAD software which have been made in the ensuing 5 years since publication.

Summary
Boothroyd and Dewhurst's newest edition of Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly serves as a useful student introduction to the basic concepts of DFMA and shows particular strength as a textbook in its introduction to the field as a whole, and in particular to its well-balanced coverage of the eight common manufacturing processes which are described in its latter chapters. The authors' decision to omit certain other common processes, including welding and brazing, and several specialized plastic molding fields including rotational and blow molding is lamentable, but is understood within the text's limited scope as an introduction to the subject. The one more substantive challenge that might be leveled against the book concerns the authors' omission of adequate detail concerning geometric characterization and classification techniques, and their omission of more advanced or complex case studies which might help to clarify their intent here. This omission is a significant barrier to the application of the book's estimation techniques to real-world problems. At some level, it is possible that this decision may have been intentional, as this detail-like others-is presumably encompassed in the more complex algorithms and procedures used in the authors' software. At times, in fact, the book seems to suffer overly much from its companion status to the authors' software package, which the authors rely upon to fill in conceptual gaps in their writing.

Electrical Engineering Student Review.......2006-02-25

While the book contains useful information, a great deal of it is available online in various places, though it is a good all inclusive reference. I think it will come in handy in the future as well as for the finer details of my Design for Manufacturability course. At times the content can be a bit dry, but that's to be expected from about any textbook.

I think that the section on B&D for Robotics is outdated and no longer "true" with todays technology. But if you're not using it for robotics reference, it seems that the material is fairly time inclusive. (Meaning that for certain types of manufacturing, the processes have remained mostly the same over time and most likely will not alter too far in the near future.)

I hope this was clear enough to help someone decide if they should use this textbook or not.

Great book.......2005-09-12

As an academician this book is easy to read but practitioners will have no diffculty in understanding the content of this book. I rate this book as a great book because of its practicality and yet it is theoretically sound.

good methodology on how to re-engineer a product.......1999-01-13

Boothroyd and Dewhurst are recognized as international experts on the re-engineering of electro-mechanical products. Their methodology and guidelines have been widely documented to make significant savings. I have used their techniques with dozens of products in many companies in North America with vast improvement. I have also taught these techniques to many, many engineers who have had the same success.

Book Description

The Platinum Edition presents the complete content of Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, Seventh Edition, in both print and electronic formats packaged together and now available at one great price. The print Handbook is the world renowned source to chemical engineering practices--covering everything from the fundamentals to details on compuer applications and control, as well as the newest advances in your field.

The accompanying CD, with its extensive graphics and fast problem-solving capabilities, is the perfect interactive complement to the text.

This exclusive set is expressively designed for engineers with the highest standards--professionals who will settle for nothing less than the outstanding, superior-quality reference tools in this Platinum Edition. Two great reference tools--available at one great price!

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*The entire text of Perry's Chemical Handbook, Seventh Edition
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*Fully searchable Adobe Acrobat format
*Hyperlinked Table of Contents and Index

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Customer Reviews:

CD is a waste of time...........2006-11-02

OK- it's Perry's! Standard Perry's... there no phenomenal extra features... the packing is fairly nice though.. BUT the CD.. I cannot get the CD to self run- I can't get it to work period!!

I would give the damn thing 10 stars.......2006-04-21

If you are a Chem-E and don't own this book then you might as well kill yourself, or switch to mechanical.

The CD doesn't replace the hardcopy.......2006-03-20

The platinum edition is perfect - CD and hardcopy. While the CD doesn't replace the hardcopy it is very handy for it's portability and the accuracy of the 'active charts'.

The book is much more user friendly than the CD and if you can only afford one or the other then I'd recommend buying the book.

It can be quite difficult to find things on the CD version and it is slower than it needs to be as it always works off the CD drive (copying the CD onto the hard drive isn't an option).

perry's chemical engineers - very good deal.......2006-02-25

great deal!
i recommend it for anyone

Convenient for labs.......2005-10-06

The hardcopy Perry's is a fun bedside table read for chemical engineers, and makes an excellent review manual. But it is bulky and heavy to lug around to labs or study rooms, and so the CD's that are part of this edition are first rate tools to load on your laptop so that Perry's tables and measurements in searchable format( the next thing to 'The Force' that there is a for chemical engineers) is aways with you. Excellent item, and fortunately Amazon had it at an attractive price. It is a bonus to also have the hard copy. Good item to have for your 3d year forward, and essential for grad students or working engineers.

Fanuc CNC Custom Macros: Programming Resources For Fanuc Custom Macros B Users

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Great for the Beginner or the expert
Good reference & tutorial

Fanuc CNC Custom Macros: Programming Resources For Fanuc Custom Macros B Users
Peter Smid
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ASIN: 0831131578

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Offers many practical do’s and don’ts while covering all the popular Fanuc control systems exclusively.
Provides the basis for exploring in great depth the extremely wide and rich
field of programming tools that macros are.
Numerous examples and sample programs are used throughout that serve as practical applications of the techniques presented and as the basis of ready-to-run macro programs.
Includes a CD containing all of the sample programs.

Customer Reviews:

Great for the Beginner or the expert.......2007-07-16

A good book for anyone doing Macro programming in the CNC profession. I it has a lot of real world examples as well as practical syntaxes and other protocols needed in todays demanding global market to help programmers, operators, and set-up personal become proficient and effective at doing their job. The book helps the aforementioned to use machine tool more for what it is designed to do.

Good reference & tutorial.......2007-03-28

This was a good book to learn how to write Fanuc macros.

Learning Mastercam Mill Step by Step: Book & CD

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Excellent for cad/cam students! 5 star cnc-book
mastercam
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good but basic
Learning Mastercam Mill Step by Step

Learning Mastercam Mill Step by Step: Book & CD
James Valentino , and Joseph Goldenberg
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Student-friendly graphical displays are emphasized in lieu of long text and definitions.
Includes an overview of the process of generating a word address program.
Examples provide step-by-step instructions with graphical displays.
Eliminates flipping between pages by featuring all explanations on the same page as the example.
Contains exercises at the end of each chapter.
Features a process plan for many machining exercises to indicate the machining operations to be performed and the tools to be used.

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Excellent for cad/cam students! 5 star cnc-book.......2006-07-18

I must agree with the other reviewers. The authors have managed to produce an excellent title that will help all of us cnc novices. The diagrams, instructions, as well as the included cd made for an excellent hands-on experience. I would strongly recommend purchasing this book from a cncbookstore. Thank you for this great manual, now I have a strong grasp of mastercam.

mastercam.......2006-03-16

easy to follow, & informative but has a few 'typos' in it--also I couldn't get the tool library to save right.

Worthwile text on Mastercam.......2006-03-16

It is very difficult to write a text suitable for tecnical
school and college undergraduate level at the same time.
The authors have accomplished this.
With this text you can begin learning to program in Mastercam
from the first chapter.
The CD included makes familarization work without the expense
of buying the full program.

good but basic.......2005-09-24

As a conplete novice I found this book very useful.I liked the note like style of the writing and found the general setup information time saving.

Learning Mastercam Mill Step by Step.......2005-09-23

This is an excellent book. It is very easy to understand but it spend 4 chapters to teach how to make a drawings, few minor mistakes but it is critical to new user (you got lost and you need read again and again to understand it was a mistake),and few exercises we can not do it because of the demo disk. I still can follow through whole book even the mistakes and/or I can not do the exercises.

Most of us use other professional cad software. I will recommend the author concentrate how to convert other CAD software, how to rotate or translate the axis, and do the measurement on the converted drawings.

I recommend you read this book first if you are new to MasterCam like me.

I am not a machinest and I learning this just to see I can produce G code for machining. I don't know which book I should read after. Any recommendation?

Reliability, Yield, and Stress Burn-In: A Unified Approach for Microelectronics Systems Manufacturing and Software Development

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Reliability, Yield, and Stress Burn-In: A Unified Approach for Microelectronics Systems Manufacturing and Software Development
Way Kuo , Wei-Ting Kary Chien , and Taeho Kim
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Reliability, Yield, and Stress Burn-In explains reliability issues in Microelectronics Systems Manufacturing and Software Development with an emphasis on evolving manufacturing technology for the semiconductor industry. Since most microelectronics components have an infant mortality period of about one year under ordinary operating conditions, and many modern systems, such as PCs, are heavily used in the first few years, the reliability problem in the infant mortality period becomes extremely important. Burn-in is an accelerated screening procedure that eliminates infant mortalities early on in the shop before shipping out the products to the customers. This book will also help readers to analyze systems that exhibit high failure rate during a long infant mortality period.
Reliability, Yield, and Stress Burn-In presents ways to systematically analyze burn-in policy at the component, sub-system, and system levels. Various statistical methods are addressed including parametric, nonparametric, and Bayesian approaches. Many case studies are introduced in combination with the developed theories. Included in the book is an introduction to software reliability.
Reliability, Yield, and Stress Burn-In will help manufacturers and system designers to understand and to design a more reliable product given constraints specified by the users and designers. An understanding of the infant mortality period will solve many reliability problems, including those faced in the semiconductor industry and software industry.

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