Books in your library
Books in your library
(OP)
Folks,
I am currently looking through my library of structural engineering books and trying to compile a list of books I can't live without.
Do you have books that you use frequently or consider bibles? I would appreciate you sharing them.
Here is mine:
PCI Design Handbook
CRSI Handbook
Concrete - MacGregor / PCA Notes
Steel - Salmon&Johnson, Blodgett, Connection Notes from WA Thornton
Masonry Designers Guide
Foundation Design - Teng and Peck/Thornburn
I am currently looking through my library of structural engineering books and trying to compile a list of books I can't live without.
Do you have books that you use frequently or consider bibles? I would appreciate you sharing them.
Here is mine:
PCI Design Handbook
CRSI Handbook
Concrete - MacGregor / PCA Notes
Steel - Salmon&Johnson, Blodgett, Connection Notes from WA Thornton
Masonry Designers Guide
Foundation Design - Teng and Peck/Thornburn






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Concrete - MacGregor, PCA Notes
Wood - Breyer
Foundations - Bowles
Strength of Materials - Timoshenko
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RE: Books in your library
Strength of Materials
Plates and Shells
Elastic Stability
Theory of Elasticity
I blush to admit that I do not have a copy of Jim MacGregor's book on concrete design. I really should get one because I have tremendous respect for Jim. He is an excellent teacher and is highly respected in the engineering community. Before he wrote his textbook, he referred to "Reinforced Concrete Fundamentals" by Phil Ferguson in his concrete design classes. I found that book to be quite helpful. However, it is a little out of date, so MacGregor's text is probably a better choice now.
BA
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Reinforced Concrete by Park and Pauley
Prestressed Concrete Structures by Collins and Mitchell
Seismic design and retrofit of bridges by Priestley, Seible and Calvi
Roark's formulas
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Concrete: Ferguson, ACI Design Manual, CRSI, Design of Small Dams
Steel: AISI, AISC, Light Gage Steel Design Manual, AISC Steel Shape summary
Foundation: Bowles, Lambe, Terzaghi & Peck
Materials: Roarke
Just to name a few of mine...
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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RE: Books in your library
Concrete: "concrete structure" Warner et al, "Design of Prestressed Concrete" Gilbert, reinforced concrete mechanics MacGregor, "PCI design Handbook" PCI, "Precast concrete Handbook" NPCAA, "reinforced concrete elements" Beletich, "reinforcement detailing handbook" CIA, "standard method of detailing" Istruct, "design of tilt-up concrete wall panels" CIA, reinforced concrete- economic guide R/C, P/T ect.
Steel: "Steel designer manual" The steel construction institute, ASI-("Design of Portal Frame Buildings", Rigid and simple connection series, "Design Guide - Portal Frames Steel Sheds and Garages", "Economical Structural Steelwork" & Journals), "structural steel semi-rigid connections" Faella, semi-rigid base plate design notes, AISC design guides.
Foundation: "PRINCIPLES OF FOUNDATION ENGINEERING" Das
Materials: Roarke
Finite element: "finite element design of concrete structures" Rombach
Costing: "commercial and industrial building cost guide" Cordell
Vibration: "Design guide 14" AISC, HIVOSS for bridges
Wind: "wind loading of structures" John Holmes (and a few design guides by him)
I have a few more on each subject and a few others, but i also fill my library with journals, ACI, AIS, ACIS, CIA, ect
When in doubt, just take the next small step.
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How does one get a copy of Connection Notes from WA Thornton?
Sounds interesting.
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One my favorite little books is the Pocket Ref by Thomas Glover. If MacGyver and Cliff Clavin got together and started a religion, this would be their sacred text! Honestly, I have used it many times for obscure information and conversion factors. And you can usually find it for about $2.00 in line at Ace Hardware.
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Joel Berg
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http://140.194.76.129/publications/eng-manuals/
http://140.194.76.129/publications/index.html
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Blodgett-Design of Welded Structures
Seelye-Design
I can't believe nobody has mentioned Blogett yet. It is truly a classic.
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RE: Books in your library
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering