1. Buildings of Earth and Straw
: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw Bale Architecture
by Bruce King, Ann Edminster (Editor)
Amazon.com
Chelsea Green's The Rammed Earth House and The
Straw Bale House chronicle the possibilities and realities of straw bale and
rammed earth construction. Buildings of Earth and Straw fills in the gaps for
professional builders, contractors, engineers, inspectors, lenders, and
architectural students. It...
2. Structures : Or, Why Things
Don't Fall Down
by J. E. Gordon(Editor)
A reviewer, January 16, 1999
Excellent layman's overview or engineer's
refresher
I first read both Structures and Gordon's other
book, The New Science of Strong Materials, in the early '80's. I have read them
several times since, and am constantly trying to find them because I keep giving
them away to people. When I read Gordon's explanations of the history and
present state of...
3. Civil Engineering Sample
Examination (Engineering Licensing Exam and Reference Series)
by Michael R. Lindeburg
4. Why Buildings Stand Up : The
Strength of Architecture
by Mario G. Salvadori
Louise Dana, December 21, 1999
Parts you slog through, parts you gobble
Salvadori clearly explains, with the invaluable
aid of lots of little pictures, how and why buildings stand up. There are
chapters on cathedrals, the Eiffel Tower, the Hagia Sophia, bridges, domes, and
so forth. The chapter on wind is particularly fascinating--I found out a lot of
things I'd had no...
5. Design of Wood Structures:
Allowable Stress Design, 4/e
by Donald E. Breyer, et al
Book Description
This classic text on wood design, incorporates the
1997 National Design Specifications for Wood Construction (NDS) being released
later this year by the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA),
including the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC) and the latest information on
loading criteria and...
6. Building the Empire State
by Carol Willis(Editor), et al
Book Description
A rediscovered 1930s notebook charts the
construction of the Empire State Building. Constructed in eleven months, the
1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to
1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day;
no comparable building...
7. Works in Progress
by Alvin Rosenbaum, et al
From Book News, Inc. , January 1, 1995
A photographic chronicle of landmark buildings and
projects under construction from the 1860s onward, from the Washington Monument
to the Channel Tunnel. Rosenbaum, head of the Historic American Engineering
Record, draws on news accounts, architects' records, and other archival sources
to describe...
8. Simplified Engineering for
Architects and Builders (Parker-Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides)
by Harry Parker, James E. Ambrose
From Book News, Inc. , January 1, 1994
The latest edition of a classic that was first
published in 1938. Pragmatically focused with respect to the concerns of the
designers and constructors of buildings, the volume presents a minimum of
fundamental structural mechanics and a digest of the basic issues regarding
common forms of...
9. Finite Element Modeling for
Stress Analysis
by Robert Cook
Book Description
Oriented toward those who will use finite elements
(FE) rather than toward theoreticians and computer programmers. Emphasizes the
behavior of FE and how to use the FE method successfully. Includes several
examples of FE analysiseach one features a critique of the accuracy of the
solutions....
10. Seismic Design of Buildings
and Bridges: For Civil and Structural Engineers
by Alan Williams, Alan' 'Williams
From Book News, Inc. , April 1, 1996
A text for civil and structural engineers
preparing for the Special Civil Engineer Exam, the National Structural Engineer
Exam, and the Structural Engineer Exam, based on the 1994 Uniform Building Code
and the latest AASHTO, AISC, and SEAOC standards. Sections on general seismic
principles; static...
11. 246 Solved Structural
Engineering Problems
by C. Dale Buckner
12. Peterson's Stress
Concentration Factors, 2nd Edition
by Walter D. Pilkey, et al
Book News, Inc.
Establishes a system of data classification for
all of the applications of stress and strain analysis and expedites their
synthesis into CAD applications, presenting stress concentration factors both
graphically and with formulas. This second edition employs computer-generated
art to portray...
13. Structural Engineering
Handbook
by Edwin H., Jr Gaylord(Editor), et al
From Book News, Inc.
Thirty-two articles address such subjects as
second-order analysis of structures, reinforced-earth walls, soil mechanics,
thin-shell concrete structures, suspension roofs, and buried conduits. The
discussion of bridges addresses the topics of horizontal curving, earthquake
resistant design, and...
14. Steel Detailing in CAD
Format/Book and Disks
by Kamel A. Zayat, Kamal Zayat
From Book News, Inc. , June 1, 1995
A book/disk set for structural engineers,
architects, designers, contractors, and specifiers. It provides a comprehensive
and self- contained library of steel connection details. Each detail is provided
on a single 8.5x11" page. Each page contains the drawing itself, a
description of the...
15. Structural Engineer
Registration: Problems and Solutions
by Alan Williams
Book Description
Registered Structural Engineer-California
A comprehensive guide and reference to assist
civil engineers preparing for the Structural Engineer examination. Five hundred
twenty three pages of problems with complete step-by-step solutions covering
General Structural Principles and Seismic Design;... Read more
16. Architecture Exam Review
Ballasts Guide
by David Kent A.I.A. Ballast
17.Concepts and Applications of
Finite Element Analysis
by Robert D. Cook, et al
From Book News, Inc. , May 1, 1989
The second edition (1981) is listed in BCL3. Cook,
Malkus and Plesha (all engineering mechanics, U. of Wisconsin, Madison) take a
structural mechanical approach to finite element analysis. Contains over 750
problems, introduces matrix methods early on, and includes Fortran algorithms
for...
18. Theory of Matrix Structural
Analysis
by J. S. Przemieniecki
19. Water Treatment Plant
Design
by American Society of Civil Engineers, American
Water Works Association
From Book News, Inc. , March 1, 1990
Revises and updates the practical guide to the
modernization of existing facilities and the design of new ones. Details all
phases of design and operation, examines specific treatment processes as well as
new developments, and reviews EPA water quality standards. For civil engineers.
Acidic paper....
20. Mechanics of Materials
by R. C. Hibbeler
Book News, Inc.
The new edition of a textbook (first, 1991)
covering the theory and application of the fundamental principles of mechanics
of materials features some rewriting, some design changes, (including the
introduction of color photographs), the addition of an exam review with partial
solutions, and ample...
21. Pavement Analysis And
Design
by Yang H. Huang
From Book News, Inc. , August 1, 1993
A textbook based on the author's course for
seniors and graduate students at the U. of Kentucky. The content is limited to
the structural analysis and design of highway pavements and covers essentially
the mechanistic-empirical design procedures rather than the purely empirical
methods. Two original...
22. Structural Details Manual
by David R. Williams
From Book News, Inc.
Provides structural engineers, architects,
contractors, and professionals who are only occasionally engaged in building
design and construction, with samples of contract drawings for commercial
construction projects that illustrate the necessary structural details. Explains
what should be shown and...
23. Structures
by Daniel L. Schodek
From Book News, Inc.
A text exploring the role of analytical techniques
in the design of structures in a building context, covering material discussed
not only in specialized engineering curricula but also that covered in
architecture courses. Part I introduces fundamental concepts of analysis and
design, and Part II...
24. Building Structures, 2nd
Edition
by James E. Ambrose
From Book News, Inc. , June 1, 1993
Revised edition of a comprehensive source for
study of the general topic of building structures, primarily intended to serve
as a resource for courses on the topic in architecture schools and as a review
for candidates for the examination of architectural registration. Presentations
range from...
25.Shaping Structures : Statics
by Waclaw Zalewski, Edward Allen
From Book News, Inc.
An engineer and an architect team up to present a
synthesis of the creative and technical aspects of statics, explicate its
principles, describe its application to the task of finding good form for
structures. They use both numerical and graphical approaches to demonstrate the
steps for finding form
