Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
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Are there any handbooks, guides or books out there that you guys think are indispensable for a Structural Engineer and its a must have.
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RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
"Practical Design of Reinforced Concrete" Russel S. Fling
very useful book.
"CRSI Design Handbook" (lots of handy tables for concrete design)
"Masonry Design and Detailing" Christine Beall (Is not a 'design' text despite the title, but still extremely useful for an engineer who works with masonry)
"Design of Wood Structures" Donald Breyer
Two other interesting works about engineering in general:
"Slide Rule" by Nevil Shute. An autobiography about a british engineer who worked on dirigibles. Sounds dull and dated but found this to be highly interesting. There are parallels in the story of dirigible developement as laid out here and any engineering enterprise.
"Structures or why things don't fall down" J.E. Gordon. Written more for the layman as intro to basic concepts of engineering and materials, but still interesting and entertaining for the professional imho.
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
"The Steel Designers Manual" published by the Steel Construction Institute;
"The Reinforced Concrete Designers Handbook" by Reynolds and Steedman;
"Foundation Design and Construction" by Tomlinson;
"The Blue Book - Steelwork Design Guide to BS 5950-1:2000 Volume 1: Section Properties & Member Capacities" published by the Steel Construction Institute;
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RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
There are a lot of good books on that list, I have personal copies of a few of them. One question though, your list contains books on steel, timber and masonry. But nothing on concrete. How come, I realise they might not be the most interesting read I the world?
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
MacGregor/Wight, "Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design" (the best concrete book I've ever encountered)
And two quick reference books I use daily:
Mikhelson, "Structural Engineering Formulas"
Sims, "Engineering Formulas"
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
Was Chas E. Reynold's Reinforced Concrete Designers Handbook ever updated?
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RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers
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I am not really sure. But I dont think so. The latest edition I am aware of is the 10th edition, which originally came out in 1988 to follow on from BS8110:1985. But Part 1 of BS8110 was updated in 1997 (Parts 2 and 3 weren't)and I don't think it was ever revised. I searched the catalogue of the British Library, if there was a newer one they should have it; but I came up empty.
It is still a useful book with many general formulae even if some of the exact detail is now slightly out of sync with the current british standard.
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RE: Indispensable Books for Structural Engineers