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Structural Library

Structural Library

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What are important books that you use in your structural profession?

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The resisant virtues of the structure that we seek depend on their form; it is through their form that they are stable, not  because of an awkward accumulation of material.  There is nothing more noble and elegant from an intellectual viewpoint than this: to resist through form.  Eladio Dieste

RE: Structural Library

I have way too many books to mention that I use occasionally.  

The ones kept on hand are generally the ones I used in school (all three of them)....

Concrete - MacGregor
Steel - Salmon and Johnson
Analysis - McCormac
Matrix Analysis - Weavor
FEA - Bathe
Str. Dynamics - Craig (also Chopra)
Seismic - Farzad Niem
Foundations - Das
Composites - Gibson (also Whitney)
Plates and Shells - Timoshenko
Stability - Timoshenko

Along with those are the ever changing code books like ASCE 7, ASD, LRFD, ACI, etc.


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RE: Structural Library

I'm always looking at Das' Foundation Engineering and Teng's Foundation Design. Constantly using AISC ASD, but strangely looking forward to 13th edition ASD/LRFD. Always reading and re-reading NAVFAC DM 7.1 and 7.2. Seems I'm looking a lot at the AASHTO Bridge Specification.

RE: Structural Library

See also thread 507-113389

RE: Structural Library

Hi mrengineer:

Quote:


See also thread 507-113389
Please help ... how do I search for the thread 507-113389?

Yogi Anand, D.Eng, P.E.
Energy Efficient Building Network LLC
ANAND Enterprises LLC
http://www.energyefficientbuild.com

RE: Structural Library

Hi mrengineer:

I got it now I had to search for "thread507-113389"
(without a space after thread). Thanks for the reference!

Yogi Anand, D.Eng, P.E.
Energy Efficient Building Network LLC
ANAND Enterprises LLC
http://www.energyefficientbuild.com

RE: Structural Library

My favorite tech books design books:

Reinforced Concrete by Park and Pauley
Prestressed Concrete Structures by Collins andc Mitchell
Steel structures by Salmon and Johnson
Design of Welded Structures by Blodgett
Prestressed Concrete Bridges by Christian Menn
Seismic design and retrofit of bridges by Priestley, Seible
and
Design of Wood structures by Breyer

RE: Structural Library

I have many that others have mentioned:
Design of Welded Structures - Blodgett
Design of Wood Structures ASD/LRFD - Breyer
Steel - Salmon and Johnson
ACI 318-05
AISC 13th edition

And some others that haven't been mentioned:
Concrete - Spiegel and Limbrunner
PCI Design Handbook
Foundations - Bowles
Structural Analysis - Hibbeler
Mechanics of Materials - Hibbeler

I also have all of my college notebooks handy and as much manufacturer-specific data as I can find (Powers, Hilit, Ohio Gratings, United Steel Deck Manual, etc....)

I am also looking for a better foundation book if anyone knows of one.  Is Das better than Bowles?

RE: Structural Library

FEMA 450 & 451(design examples)are good for seismic (and they're free!)

My old company had the five volume ACI Manual of Concrete Practice, which is great.

RE: Structural Library

Assuming you live in the North then ACI Northern California has a Library.

The Chapter's library is housed at San Jose State University in the Engineering Building, Room ENG 209.

Contact Professor Akthem Al-Manaseer at
San Jose State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1 Washington Square
San Jose, California 95192-0083
www.sjsu.edu

Link to list of publications,
http://www.aci-ncawnv.org/Image%20Files/NCAWNV_Chapter_Library.pdf

You can find more of the Universities collection on the 8th floor of the City & University shared Martin Luther King Library. This might give you a chance to look over some of the suggestion in this thread.

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