Structural Engineering Formulas, Second Edition

I liked it a lot.

Having worked in oil and gas world it’s very easy to see the utility of a lots of the provided material for that sector - oil and gas transmission and related enclosures and supports, petrochemical facilities and similar. Pipe stress analysis, rigid steel frame construction, etc.Few commercial or residential buildings however will ever use rigid frame construction. An occasional grocery store and warehouses. Rigid frame design gets a LOT of in-depth coverage. Probably no need to ever do a moment distribution by hand again. Lots of examples.There is enough common crossover with basic mechanics and geometric shapes and other innate properties that will come in handy - and aren’t easily found in the AISC design guide - that justifies adding it to your library even if your in the residential + commercial space of structural engineering.

It is a good reference for looking up structural design formulas.

Very good reference book! A must for my bookshelf!

Great Text for the PE and at Work!

fine

Inconsistent notation. For example, on the same page, it shows bending stress = M/S and shear stress = SV/Ib, except the two Ss aren't the same value. Again, on the same page, it shows S = I/c and SV/Ib = 3V/2A for rectangles. Great. But knowing that the shear modulus (S)=bh^2/6 and I=bh^3, SV/Ib <> 3V/2A. Why couldn't they use shear stress = QV/Ib like everyone else? Q being the static moment, not the shear modulus. In fairness, they do an example on the next page making it clear they aren't the same thing, but why use the same variable on the same page two rows apart from each other when they don't represent the same value!? It's supposed to be a quick reference guide. If you quickly looked at that page and ran with it, you'd get the wrong answer.

Compact n light, with all / most of it, necessary formulaes properly n neatly arranged. A must have book for practicing engineer..

Utile per la professione, se lo strutturista ha giá esperienza.Meno utile per gli esami dell'universitáBisogna poter vedere bene (no miopi forti)

Llego sin eventualidades,,, lo compre para un amigo

This is a great reference text for a very wide range of formulae. The book is written with formulae on one page and notes/examples on the other which I think is very useful. It makes some reference to AISC codes, however for me this book is about first principles - essentially stress analysis for many standard forms. I think this is an excellent and comprehensive resource to have on your desk and it really is very cheap for the quality and scope of the work.