Structural Library
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I am a relatively new EIT, and I am expanding (starting) my structural library. I have the basic codes and some textbooks, but would appreciate any suggestions of references, books, or authors that would be a good addition to my library. Thanks in advance.






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ACI 318, ACI 530, ASCE7, AISC ASD and LRFD, NDS 2001, joist and deck catalogs, and whatever other codes are relavent for your area.
Masonry:
Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook - Amrhein
Masonry Desginer's Guide 4 - TMS
Concrete:
Design of concrete Structures - Nilson, Darwin, Dolan
Reinforced Concrete - Nawy
Wood:
Design of Wood Structures - Breyer
Steel:
AISC HSS Conncetions Manual
ASD Volume 2 Connections
Steel Structures, 2E and 4E - Salmon and Johnson
Foundation Engineering - Das
Foundation Engineering - Coduto
Finite Elements - Cook, Malkus, Plesha, Witt
Adv. Mechanics of MAterials - Boresi, Schmidt
Dynamics of Structures - Chopra
Blodgett is a good author for steel
Contact hardware manufacturers such as Hilti, Ramset and Powers and ask for their product catalogs and product technical data.
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Residential Structural Design Guide – 2000 Edition
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=1442
Wood Frame Construction Manual
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Fair Housing Act Design Manual
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Housing & Urban Development Rehabilitation Guide
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=997
Concrete Masonry Homes: Recommended Practices
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=976
Wood As An Engineering Material
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Concrete Forming: Design & Construction Guide
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US Army Corps of Engineers: Design of Pile Foundations
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US Army Corps of Engineers: Design of Sheet Pile Walls
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California Falsework Manual
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Steel Joist Institute Handbook
http://www.steeljoist.org/sjiform/
L. B. Foster Catalog (on CD): Includes substantial info on steel sheet piling.
Request free CD:
http://www.lbfoster.com/piling/technical.html
Guide to Design Criteria for Bolted and Riveted Joints, 2nd Edition
http://www.boltcouncil.org/guide1.htm
Hybrid Wood and Steel Details--Builder's Guide
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=10230
Designing With Steel Form Deck
http://www.sdi.org/whites/FORM.pdf
www.SlideRuleEra.net
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I work in the UK so my library would be somewhat alien to you. I'll pick out some themes:
I have two good geotechnical books. One provides the formulae etc. The other is a simple undergraduate text and I find it enormously useful for looking up basic stuff that I should be able to remember (but can't).
I've got two books on design of steel structures. I mostly design steel structures but I very rarely look at the books. Almost all of what I need to know is covered by the design codes and the section tables.
I have as many books, pamphlets etc. on Health and Safety as I can find room for. The UK legislation imposes criminal responsibility on me as a designer and I like to take this seriously.
The rest of my Library is composed of manufacturer literature and pamphlets which I keep because they 'might come in useful'. Mostly I don't get to use them. The manufacturer literature is mostly out of date but gives me a contact name when I need to order new information for an actual job. By the way - It is a good idea to file manufacturer literature with the job files so it is available from archive if you need it in the future! The manufacturers give this stuff away so always get two copies
I love computers and the internet but they have yet to properly replace a nice shiny catalogue!
There you are - Very few books. This is true for most engineers, even if we have the boks we don't use them.
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What I suggest as a Structural Engineer is to start by having the up-to-date version of wood, steel, and concrete codes. Find a senior engineer who is performing more mangement and get ahold of his old steel and concrete code books from the 1960's. Remember, the majority of engineering work is in refurbishment and remodeling (ie platform adding, addition of a 2nd floor to a building, plant expansions...) the old textbooks have shapes and information that is not available in modern textbooks. The US Army Corps is a gem of information.
Last bit of info, you will lean more in the first 4-5 years in consulting practice than any "university" can teach.
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If you join ASTM they'll send you a free volume every year. Get this one.
It always amazes me how little designers seem to know about the actual requirements of the steel they design with.
2. AWS D1.1, Structural Welding Code--Steel
Unfortunately they won't send you a free one every year if you join AWS, and they do publish a new one every 2 years. But you could write to them and suggest a subscription service.
3. RCSC Spec and design guide for bolted connections
both available for download from http://boltcouncil.org
4. AISC is about to come out with a new steel book, grand unified ASD/LRFD. But if you have the old green book, hang on to it. Some tables in there that went away later on I'm told, and some of the old formulas will be good for quick-n-dirty sanity check.
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HILTI catalog
A precast catalog
A masonry producer catalog
Vulcraft catalog
Steel joist catalog
Metal decking catalog
If you are a concrete person, consider the CRSI handbook.