Review of: What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Russel A Martino
06/23/2022
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This course was very interesting and practical. I enjoyed it and learned a lot. I will looking for more similar ones.
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Review of: What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Matthew W Bailey
10/29/2021
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Thank you. Very good course explanations and very interesting too!
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Review of: What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Steven
08/23/2021
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Great overview of drive systems. There should be a part 2 to this.
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Alan blosser
12/08/2020
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Started out very readable but got bogged down in the details, making the concepts hard to grasp. Obvious that the author has a passion for his field.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Very basic and practical review. I enjoyed the author's humor.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Philip Perkins
09/23/2020
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Very good basic overview of the material. Figure 21 fails to illustrate the geometries of the inner and outer race grooves that enable an angular thrust bearing to resist thrust loads. Need to substitute a longitudinal cross sectional view. I would like to see a course tailored specifically to automobile drive trains and linkages.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Robert Webb
03/25/2020
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This course had excellent material subject, but was poorly explained is several circumstances. It should have had more drawings and examples to clearly represent the subject matter. He knows this subject, but is a poor teacher.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Rick Clemenzi
12/24/2019
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Very good ... covers a lot of territory.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Rich Stevens
12/15/2019
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A nice little refresher, well organized and presented.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Robert Wooten
12/21/2018
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A good review of things I haven't thought about in a long time.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Marty Lohan
05/22/2018
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The material in the course is informational. However, the content does not adaquately provide enough information to answer the test questions. The course should provide more example calculations and elaborate more on pertinent concepts
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
John Fleming
12/09/2017
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This is the sort of course that one could benefit from really good illustrations, which were a little lacking in my opinion. Overall, a pretty good course.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Rob
12/06/2017
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Decent course, although a bit vague in some areas. Note that the course materials appear to say that the only distinction between an "angle" gear and a "bevel" gear is that "bevel" is the term used when the gears are the same size. It does not appear to be clear anywhere in the text that the two have "different generating cones".
Some of the questions are worded in a confusing manner, but overall, not a bad course. The writing is a bit conversational, less technical than the other courses, but interesting anyway.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
08/27/2017
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Not as clear as most of the other courses.
I could not find clear answers for all the questions.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Paul
04/20/2017
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Excellent refresher course.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
John Graves
02/26/2017
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Good course, but some of the exam questions were not evident from the material. Enjoyed learning more about a new topic.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Gregory Hosford
01/21/2017
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Although the author knows the subject well, I am of the opinion that it does presumes that the participant has a stronger Mechanical Engineering background than most CE's, EE's and ChemE's have.
Things he might want to consider revising. Figure 12 on page 17 has two curves for the 20 degree pressure angle.
On the test, I take exception to his answer for question 4. ...
I also take exception to Question 3. ...
Typo's:
Question 19 : "approzimate" should be "approximate"
Question 20, response a. "retians" should be "retains"
A portion of the review was omitted because it addressed specific test questions and answers.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
O. Geoffrey Okogbaa
01/05/2017
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Questions 2-4 are ambiguous. Not sure if they are supposed to follow from question 1 or if they are separate from the narratives for question 1.
The author should pay closer attention and at least take another look since a few people who are unrelated and at different times seem to think that there is some confusion regarding the way those problems/questions were worded. Nothing to be defensive about. In one way or another we are all learners.
This is a good material for all engineers because it touches on subjects that impact our daily lives as engineers. The materials were presented well and easy to comprehend for most engineers. However, the questions on the exam need more vetting.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Ryan McMahan
01/03/2017
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My only complaint was I felt some better clarification was needed on Q2 - Q4, helping to distinguish if you are referring to the specific scenario presented in Q1 (2nd gear) or overall output etc in any capable gear.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
ARCHIBALD PINTO
12/26/2016
Verified Buyer
Course did not get in details but skimmed the surface. Questions 2 to 4 were ambiguous as it did not specify the conditions correctly and I assumed they referred to question 1. Likewise, the question on tapered bearings had an incorrect response as a press fit of the outer raceway prevents its from spinning and retains it.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Larry Gooch
12/22/2016
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Good review and introduction. Covers basics, and provides enough background to get started in the right direction. Test requires thought and application of information presented.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Joseph Osowski
12/12/2016
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Very well written course that covers a lot of information for the topic. A good review subject.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
Stanley Robertson
11/30/2016
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This is an excellent course. Good review of a very rich and well developed area of engineering. We tend to take complex mechanisms for granted without realizing how dependent we are on some well developed technologies. The course material was very carefully written. Loved it!
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Teresa Knepper
11/29/2016
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Being a Che, mechanical things have always tended to confuse me. This course was very helpful in explaining (on my low level) how some of these mechanisms work and potential pit-falls.
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239-What Every Engineer Should Know About Drive Trains and Linkages
10/20/2016
Verified Buyer
Well written and clearly explained. A gear train loading example would help some understand what happens inside a gearbox. Also an understanding of bearing life calculations would also be a great add.
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