Fundamentals of Engineering: Fe Exam Preparation

by Donald G. Newnan and Donald Newman

Book Overview

Fundamentals of Engineering: FE Exam Preparation provides an in-depth review of the fundamentals for the morning portion and the general afternoon portion of the FE exam. Each chapter is written by an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0793195586
• ISBN13: 9780793195589
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Length: 717 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Good review book, but use more than this one

I used this book a few years ago to pass the FE. I thought that it had good information and practice problems, but in the end I didn't feel prepared enough and ended up buying additional practice-test books. I would recommend this book, but I would also say you need 2 or 3 books like this. (or at least I did, maybe you're smarter than me!)

Good Book

Very systematic. Bought it about 7 weeks before sit for the exam. It was a little harder than the exam, though. But overall is a good book. You will pass the exam if you study it all thoroughly. Recommend

The most reasonable one in the market

Yes, the sample questions are more difficult than actual exam questions. However, this book takes you the very first beginning to make you understand all the topics. By the way, R.Lu named reviewer is absolutely wrong. Since it was corrected I am not gonna make additional comments about it. This book also is highly recommended by ASCE. Give your time, study smart, but hard. You'll be the happiest one after the exam. Good luck and the best.

Correcting R. Lu's Example

I am not reviewing this book, I am correcting the previous review which is fundamentally wrong. The example used by R. Lu to demonstrate the typical errors in this text is correct - R. Lu is wrong. Force on a submerged surface is calculated using the centroid, or center of mass - indicated as hc. This is located at the midpoint of the surface (or h/2), in this particular case at a height of 0.75 meters. The location that the resultant force is applied on that surface is the center of pressure, which for a surface that is located in the free surface, may be calculated as h/3. The centroid (center of mass) and location of applied force (center of pressure) are not the same. R. Lu should review basic fluid mechanics before making foolish and incorrect statements.