What are your 'must have' reference texts?
What are your 'must have' reference texts?
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Hi,
I'm starting out in a fairly small firm, and have a few battered and bruised texts floating around the office. i'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to books, and looking at startig my very own collection.
Can people list their 'go to' textbook?
(PS, not entirely relevant, but I am from Queensland, Australia. Steel designers handbook by Gorenc is already on my list (AS4100))
Very happy for international texts, don't have to be code specific, (but prefereably SI units!!!)
I'm starting out in a fairly small firm, and have a few battered and bruised texts floating around the office. i'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to books, and looking at startig my very own collection.
Can people list their 'go to' textbook?
(PS, not entirely relevant, but I am from Queensland, Australia. Steel designers handbook by Gorenc is already on my list (AS4100))
Very happy for international texts, don't have to be code specific, (but prefereably SI units!!!)






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http://steel.org.au/bookshop/design-capacity-table...
http://steel.org.au/bookshop/design-capacity-table...
http://steel.org.au/bookshop/handbook-1-design-of-...
Also:
AS4100 Supplementary Guide
HB48 Steel structures design handbook
http://steel.org.au/bookshop/design-guide-1-boltin...
http://steel.org.au/bookshop/an-engineers-guide-to...
http://steel.org.au/bookshop/economical-structural...
http://steel.org.au/bookshop/australian-steel-deta...
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781402068072
https://www.eabooks.com.au/epages/eab.sf/en_AU/?Ob...
https://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDetails.asp?P...
https://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDetails.asp?P...
https://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDetails.asp?P...
https://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDetails.asp?P...
https://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDetails.asp?P...
Regards,
Lyle
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Maine Professional and Structural Engineer. www.fepc.us
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Steel - Salmon and Johnson (later edition is Salmon, Johnson and Malhas)
Wood - Breyer and Fridley
Soils/Foundations-
Older....
Terzaghi and Peck
Winterkorn and Fang
Sowers
Newer
Coduto
Das
Congrats on wanting to build a good library. In my opinion, it is essential to a complete practice. Don't forget to have as many code references as possible (always keep the outdated ones!!) and get copies of the standards that apply to your design and those that might be referenced in your code documents.
To build your library, you might want to set a goal of buying one book a month or some affordable interval and keep doing it. I also try to get as many electronic publications as possible....many are free....just be aware of the quality of what you might be getting.
My practice is about 70 percent forensic, so having a relatively complete library is essential. I'm currently at about 650 hard copy volumes and thousands of electronic reference documents......and that's not enough!!
Congrats again and keep it up.
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Weldments....Blodgett
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Structural and Stress Analysis by Dr T.H.G Megson