- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 8th Edition edition (26 Oct 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471587036
- ISBN-13: 978-0471587033
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 4.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,587,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"I recommend this as a must have book which gives me confidence that I am being diligent with my design and drawings." (Orange Bytes, 5/2006)
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Offering a solid understanding of structural engineering for buildings, this text offers concise coverage of the fundamentals of structural mechanics as well as details of the common forms of construction in wood, steel, concrete and masonry. This revised edition includes a new section devoted to strength design, plus an explanation of the working stress method and strength design methods for reinforced concrete and steel structures. Reinstated in this edition is material on the analysis and design of trusses.
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95 of 95 people found the following review helpful
Excellent introductory book
5 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book explains the fundamentals of structural analysis (mainly statically determinate structures) and then goes on to the design fundamentals for different materials (wood, steel, concrete and masonry) followed by the design of the structural system for a building. I first used an earlier edition of this book when studying for my undergraduate degree as an introductory book before reading the course texts. The present edition maintains the "easy to understand" explanations of the earlier edition while adding new materials, expanding other sections and updating the design methods in line with the building codes. Emphasis is placed on understanding, the explanations given are very clear and there are numerous worked examples to illustrate the principles. The book is excellent for the beginner first getting used to structural analysis and design or for the practising engineer who has not touched structures for a while and wants to refresh his memory. However this book is only the first step and the undergraduate or practising engineer would do well to follow up on this with other more specialised books like Wang and Salmon's "Reinforced Concrete Design", Salmon and Johnson's "Steel structures: Design and behaviour", or Halperin and Bible's "Principles of Timber Design for Architects and Builders".
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Wrong presentation for the target audience
4 Nov 2007
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The book's title claims to be simplified engineering for architects and builders, members of the latter group often having no engineering training. As such, I expected the book to cover key structural and other building engineering issues in engineering terms in an appropriate tutorial format. Instead, the book is a collection of reference materials, distilled down. I majored in EE in college and took several semesters of static and dynamic engineering courses, and still had problems with this book because of the lack of contextual information to the presentation. This book does not at all deliver on the goal defined by its title.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A very good book for the beginner
10 April 2007
Format:Hardcover
The book explains the fundamentals of structural analysis well, mainly statically determinate structures. The book also covers design fundamentals for various materials, mainly: wood, steel, concrete and masonry.
I used an earlier version of this book many years ago, as an introductory book. The book is good for the beginner.
I used an earlier version of this book many years ago, as an introductory book. The book is good for the beginner.
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