Read more
This book is written from the perspective of a practicing engineer with 35 years of experience now working in the academic world to pass on lessons learned over the course of a structural engineering career. It covers topics that will enable beginning structural engineers to gain an advanced understanding prior to entering the workforce.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Analysis Techniques for the Structural Engineer
Chapter 3 Building Design
Chapter 4 Bridge Design
Chapter 5 Design Ground Motions for Earthquake Engineering of Structures
Chapter 6 Problems for Solution
Appendix A: Hand Calculations for Example 2.3-1
Appendix B: Hand Calculations for Example 3.3-1
Appendix C: Hand Calculations for Example 3.5-2
Appendix D: Hand Calculations for Example 3.5-3
Appendix E: Hand Calculations for Example 4.2-1
Appendix F: Hand Calculations for Example 3.9-1
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Tim Huff has 35 years of experience as a practicing structural engineer. Dr. Huff has worked on building and bridge projects in the United States and has contributed to projects in India, Ethiopia, Brazil, the Philippines, and Haiti as a volunteer structural engineer with Engineering Ministries International. He is a faculty member of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, where he resides with his beautiful and talented wife, Monica, an artist and teacher.
Summary
This book is written from the perspective of a practicing engineer with 35 years of experience now working in the academic world to pass on lessons learned over the course of a structural engineering career. It covers topics that will enable beginning structural engineers to gain an advanced understanding prior to entering the workforce.
