Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design

Mcgraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering

by Richard G. Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett

Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design is intended for students beginning the study of mechanical engineering design. Students will find that the text inherently directs them into familiarity with both the basics of design decisions and the standards of industrial components. It combines the straightforward focus on fundamentals that instructors have come to expect, with a modern emphasis on design and new applications. The ninth edition of Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design maintains the approach that has made this book the standard in machine design for nearly 50 years.

Genres: Engineering, Textbooks, Reference, Science, Nonfiction, Technical, Stem

1120 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 2005

Reviews

[Alina Mironova]

If you’re looking for your next heart-wrenching book, look no further. I’m not really a crier when I read, but this one really got me. 🥺😢

[William Maki]

Banger.

[Huy Van Tran]

This book is surprisingly good for mechanical engineers/machinists/ hobbyist makers.

It is a really thick book with tons of in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge. It even has end-of-chapter exercises for god sake!

If you are really serious about designing mechanical systems, this is a must. I wish I had read this earlier.

[Navid]

practical and detailed.

[Adwitiya (অদ্বিতীয়া)]

Ma your daughter survived Machine Design!

Probably the first and last textbook in my undergrad Mechanical Engineering journey that I would have read cover to cover. It was a journey, alright. I did put a lot of effort into this course, ngl, so hopefully it pays off.

As for the book's quality, well, it's the Mechanical Engineering bible for a reason. Still, I think it could have done well with a bit more organizing. The units and symbols are often inconsistent, and the necessary tables and charts are scattered throughout. But overall, it did a nice job of bringing together the massive amount of necessary, relevant materials in one place.

Note: We followed the Ninth Edition (SI Units) in our department.

~ 24 May 2026

[Danny Wells]

I read this when I was a student - I was able to keep ahead of the class by reading the topic ahead of time. It's a really good professional book, and has a lot of knowledge and tables that most engineering designers wont know about unless they've read this. My favourite textbook.

[Seth Topfer]

Machine design class was solid another class with a prof doing to much

[Shaghayegh Akhbari]

A very useful book for engineers!
But advanced problem solving is needed which i had some difficulty with. But the information provided is top notch!

[Samiksha]

Good

[Shruthika]

so this is supposed to be the holy grail of meche or whatever but it is mediocre at best. might have been better in like the 70's before i could just google one of 500 billion coefficients

[Yared]

Good book

[Natalia Díaz Vélez]

Claro que esto también cuenta entre los libros leídos

[Hassan Al-bahrani]

I am taking this course as it requested from my university to complete my BS degree. It is really intersting and powerful book. To whom concern with Machine Design, I suggest this book to build your knowledge in this subject.

[Matt Robertson]

Useful reference for design work. I used it all through undergrad