This page contains some supplementary notes, handouts, and examples for an introductory course on the design of mechanisms that I taught at BYU in the Fall of 2003 around the same time I first created Vertex42.com.

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Math Summary Sheets

You may print as many paper copies of these summary sheets as you need.

Conversion Factor Table

Conversion Factor Table

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This worksheet includes some of the most conversion factors used in Mechanical Engineering. This was one of my most-used summary sheets in college.

Integral Table and Derivative Sheet

Integral Table and Derivative Sheet

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You'll need an excellent printer and good eyes to use this summary sheet, but every engineer needs something like this.

Trigonometry Summary Sheet

Trigonometry Summary Sheet

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This summarizes pretty much everything I ever used related to trigonometry.