- Hardcover: 694 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 8 edition (1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0471587036
- ISBN-13: 978-0471587033
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 4.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 953 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,484,810 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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Considered a standard in the field, this edition has been updated and expanded. Presents a minimum of fundamental structural mechanics and a digest of the basic issues regarding common forms of construction in major structural materials of wood, steel, concrete and masonry. Contains a new section on the topic of strength design, the latest information on model building codes and industry standards, a chapter on the basic nature and some detail of trusses. Includes a wealth of illustrative examples.
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Excellent introductory book, April 5 2000
By I. Chanthiran - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders (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
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Wrong presentation for the target audience, Nov 4 2007
By R. McKown - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders (Hardcover)
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.
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A very good book for the beginner, April 10 2007
By James York - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders (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.
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