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Engineering Library — Index

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Engineering Library — Index

Engineering-substance reference across all major disciplines: mechanical, electrical/electronic, materials, control, structural, civil, chemical, biomedical, aerospace, manufacturing, software (embedded/real-time), industrial, thermal, fluids. Sister project to Robotics/ (which integrates these) and Languages/ (which catalogues their description-languages).

  • Status: scaffolding (2026-05-14). Tier 1 deep-note set pending user confirmation.
  • Library structure: mirrors Languages/ — Tier 1 deep per-topic notes + Tier 2 deferred + Tier 3 family indexes.
  • Schema: see _schema
  • Roadmap: see _roadmap

Disciplines

Each Tier 1 note tags its discipline; the index page will eventually grow to a navigation grid like:

DisciplineSubdomain examples
Mechanicalstatics, dynamics, mechanics-of-materials, machine design, fasteners, gears, bearings, lubrication
Materialsmetals, polymers, composites, ceramics, semiconductors, mat-selection
Electricalcircuit analysis, power systems, three-phase, transformers, motors, electromagnetics
Electronicsanalog, digital, semiconductors, PCB design, signal integrity, embedded
Controlclassical, state-space, digital, optimal, robust, adaptive
Structuralbeams, columns, plates, frames, concrete, steel, masonry, timber
Civilsoil mechanics, hydraulics, surveying, transportation
Chemicalmass-energy balance, reactions, separations, process control
Biomedicalbiomaterials, bioinstrumentation, imaging, tissue eng
Aerospaceaerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, orbital mechanics
Thermalthermodynamics, heat transfer, HVAC, refrigeration
Fluidsincompressible, compressible, turbomachinery, pumps
Manufacturingmachining, forming, additive, casting, joining, assembly
Software / embeddedRTOS, real-time control, firmware, FPGA
Industriallean, six-sigma, quality, reliability, ergonomics, automation

Tier 1 — Complete (45 / 45, 2026-05-14)

StatusTopicFileLinesDiscipline
✅Statics fundamentalsstatics-fundamentals400mechanical
✅Mechanics of materialsmechanics-of-materials502mechanical
✅Beam theorybeam-theory641mechanical
✅Fasteners & bolted jointsfasteners-bolts617mechanical
✅Bearingsbearings731mechanical
✅Gears & power transmissiongears-power-transmission786mechanical
✅Vibration & dynamicsvibration-dynamics438mechanical
✅Steel (engineering material)materials-steel463materials
✅Aluminum alloysmaterials-aluminum596materials
✅Engineering polymersmaterials-polymers683materials
✅Composite materialsmaterials-composites704materials
✅Engineering ceramicsmaterials-ceramics633materials
✅Materials selection (Ashby)materials-selection550materials
✅DC circuit analysiscircuit-analysis398electrical
✅AC analysis & three-phaseac-analysis-three-phase316electrical
✅Electric motorselectric-motors733electrical
✅Transformers & power systemstransformers-power-systems510electrical
✅Electromagnetics for engineerselectromagnetics-engineering585electrical
✅Semiconductor devicessemiconductor-devices524electronics
✅Operational amplifiersop-amps418electronics
✅Digital logicdigital-logic562electronics
✅Power electronicspower-electronics508electronics
✅PCB designpcb-design551electronics
✅Microcontrollers & SoCsmicrocontrollers567electronics
✅Classical controlclassical-control477control
✅State-space methodsstate-space-methods528control
✅Digital controldigital-control468control
✅Model predictive controlmpc-control438control
✅Thermodynamicsthermodynamics655thermal
✅Heat transferheat-transfer686thermal
✅HVAC fundamentalshvac-fundamentals524thermal
✅Fluid mechanicsfluid-mechanics507fluid
✅Pumps & turbomachinerypumps-turbomachinery701fluid
✅Structural analysisstructural-analysis559structural
✅Reinforced concretereinforced-concrete681structural
✅Structural steel designsteel-design547structural
✅Machining (turning/milling/grinding/EDM)machining740manufacturing
✅Joining (welding/brazing/adhesives)joining-welding609manufacturing
✅Additive manufacturingadditive-manufacturing547manufacturing
✅Casting, forging & formingcasting-forging-forming630manufacturing
✅Aerodynamicsaerodynamics515aerospace
✅Propulsion (jets + rockets)propulsion570aerospace
✅Chemical-process fundamentalschemical-process-fundamentals561chemical
✅Real-time embedded systemsrealtime-embedded534software-embedded
✅FPGA designfpga-design541electronics

🎯 Engineering Tier 1 complete: 45 / 45 deep notes, ~25,434 lines. All major disciplines covered: mechanical, materials, electrical, electronics, control, thermal, fluid, structural, manufacturing, aerospace, chemical, software-embedded. See _roadmap for Tier 2 + Tier 3 plans.

Tier 2 — Complete (40 / 40, 2026-05-15)

StatusTopicFileLinesDiscipline
✅Fracture mechanicsfracture-mechanics518mechanical
✅Fatigue analysisfatigue-analysis537mechanical
✅FEM / FEAfem-fea576mechanical
✅CFD deep divecfd-deep560fluid
✅Structural dynamics (seismic + wind)structural-dynamics593structural
✅H∞ & robust control (μ-synthesis, LMI)h-infinity-robust517control
✅Sliding-mode & nonlinear controlsliding-mode-control470control
✅Adaptive control (MRAC, L1)adaptive-control416control
✅DSP (filters, FFT, wavelets)signal-processing-dsp546electronics
✅System identificationsystem-identification491control
✅RF design (Smith chart, S-params)rf-design582electronics
✅Antenna theory & designantenna-theory528electronics
✅Photonics (lasers, fiber, detectors)photonics509electronics
✅MEMS (micromachining + sensors)mems509electronics
✅Microfluidics (lab-on-chip)microfluidics477fluid
✅Biomechanicsbiomechanics524biomedical
✅Bioinstrumentation (ECG/EEG/PPG)bioinstrumentation491biomedical
✅Soil mechanics & geotechnicalsoil-mechanics533civil
✅Transportation engineeringtransportation-engineering458civil
✅Environmental engineeringenvironmental-engineering519civil
✅Refrigeration cyclesrefrigeration-cycles382thermal
✅IC enginesic-engines474thermal
✅Gas turbinesgas-turbines510thermal
✅Spacecraft attitude controlspacecraft-attitude-control324aerospace
✅Orbital mechanicsorbital-mechanics815aerospace
✅GNC (guidance / nav / control)gnc461aerospace
✅Hypersonicshypersonics529aerospace
✅Reliability engineeringreliability-engineering558industrial
✅Ergonomics & human factorsergonomics-human-factors576industrial
✅Lean manufacturinglean-manufacturing370industrial
✅Six Sigmasix-sigma355industrial
✅Supply chain managementsupply-chain-management526industrial
✅Semiconductor processingsemiconductor-processing480electronics
✅Project management (engineering)project-management-engineering620industrial
✅Plate & shell theoryplate-shell-theory533structural
✅Hydraulics & pipe networkshydraulics-pipe-networks625fluid
✅Quality systems (ISO 9001)quality-systems-iso9001426industrial
✅Prestressed concreteprestressed-concrete509structural
✅Steel connection designsteel-connection-design425structural
✅Masonry & timber designmasonry-timber442structural
✅Magnetic sensors deepmagnetic-sensors-deep500electronics
✅MRI magnets and coils deepmri-magnets-and-coils-deep502biomedical
✅Magnetic levitation and bearingsmagnetic-levitation-and-bearings507mechanical
✅Particle accelerator magnets deepparticle-accelerator-magnets-deep513electrical
✅Building envelope deepbuilding-envelope-deep515building / facade
✅Geotechnical engineering deepgeotechnical-engineering-deep578civil / geotech
✅Water + wastewater treatment deepwater-and-wastewater-treatment-deep551civil / environmental
✅Transportation + highway engineering deeptransportation-and-highway-engineering-deep514civil / transportation
✅Structural fire engineeringstructural-fire-engineering573structural / fire

🎯 Engineering Tier 2 complete: 49 / 49 deep notes, ~24,910 lines. Full coverage of advanced disciplines: fracture/fatigue/FEM/CFD/structural-dynamics + robust/sliding-mode/adaptive control + DSP/sysID + RF/antenna/photonics/MEMS/microfluidics + biomechanics/bioinstr + soil/transportation/environmental + thermo/IC/gas-turbines + spacecraft + reliability/ergonomics/lean/six-sigma/SCM + plate-shell + hydraulics + quality + prestressed-concrete + steel connections + masonry/timber + magnetic-sensors/MRI/maglev-bearings/accelerator-magnets + building-envelope + geotech-deep + water-wastewater + transportation-deep + structural-fire.

Tier 3 — Family indexes

See _index for the encyclopedic discovery layer (steel grades, beam profiles, motor types, op-amp variants, fastener taxonomy, bearing styles, gear families, etc.).

Adjacent libraries

  • Robotics — robotics-specific engineering (kinematics, manipulator design, mobile bases, perception). Sits on top of Engineering.
  • Languages — description / specification languages for engineering (IFC, STEP, gbXML, EnergyPlus IDF, IEC 61850 SCL, etc.) are catalogued there.

How to study this library

  • Learning paths — _learn_next — “if you’ve read X, learn Y next” recommendation graph plus six named multi-step tracks (Mechanical-design engineer, Aerospace GNC engineer, Power-electronics + EV engineer, Civil-structural engineer, Biomedical-device engineer, Manufacturing / process engineer).
  • Cross-cutting comparisons — two _compare_* notes that span the library: _compare_control-strategies, _compare_materials-selection-criteria.

How to use

For a design task across disciplines:

  1. Identify the discipline and the note type (concept / material / component / process / standard).
  2. Open the appropriate Tier 1 deep note.
  3. If you need a quick survey of alternatives (“what stainless steels are there?”, “what op-amp packages?”), jump to the matching Tier 3 family index.
  4. Cross-reference into Robotics for application context if relevant.

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