Structural Engineering Formulas - Hardcover

Mikhelson, Ilya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071439110 ISBN 13: 9780071439114

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

Synopsis

PRACTICAL, PORTABLE, AND PACKED WITH UP-TO-DATE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FORMULAS

Thoroughly revised with more than 300 new formulas,this compact yet comprehensive compilation puts essential data related to the design and analysis of engineeringstructures at your fingertips.StructuralEngineering Formulas, Second Edition covers a wide range of topics, including statics, soils, foundations, retaining structures, pipes, and tunnels, and explains the use and application of each ready-to-use formula. This time-saving reference for civil engineers is alsoinvaluable to students and those studying for licensing exams.

COVERAGE INCLUDES:
Stress and strain—methods of analysis | Properties of geometric sections | Beams--diagrams and formulas for various loading conditions | Frames--diagrams and formulas for various static loading conditions | Arches--diagrams and formulas for various loading conditions | Trusses--method of joints and method of section analysis | Plates--bending moments for various support and loading conditions | Soils | Foundations | Retaining structures | Pipes and tunnels--bending moments for various static loading conditions

About this title

About the Author

Ilya Mikhelson, Ph.D., has over 30 years' experience in design, research, and teaching design of bridges, tunnels, subway stations, and buildings. He is the author of numerous other publications, including: Precast Concrete for Underground Construction; Tunnels and Subways; and Building Structures.

From the Back Cover

This compact yet comprehensive compendium puts the structural engineering formulas most needed on the job at the user's fingertips. Practical and authoritative, Structural Engineering Formulas offers 114 formula tables with brief introductions explaining uses and applications. An affordable resource that every civil engineer and engineering student will want nearby, this handy reference features:

* Equations used in foundation and soil, retaining structure, tunnel, beam, frame, plate, pipe, and other structural design
* Tables helpful for verifying computer analyses of complex structures
* Easy-access organization
* Appendices of metric conversions, mathematical formulas, and symbols

From the Inside Flap

This compact yet comprehensive compendium puts the structural engineering formulas most needed on the job at the user's fingertips. Practical and authoritative, Structural Engineering Formulas offers 114 formula tables with brief introductions explaining uses and applications. An affordable resource that every civil engineer and engineering student will want nearby, this handy reference features:

* Equations used in foundation and soil, retaining structure, tunnel, beam, frame, plate, pipe, and other structural design
* Tables helpful for verifying computer analyses of complex structures
* Easy-access organization
* Appendices of metric conversions, mathematical formulas, and symbols

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071439110
• ISBN 13: 9780071439114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256