Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Any suggestions for a great Civil/Structural Engineering reference book to give a new engineer?
As a mechanical engineer I was given the Machinery's Handbook as a desk reference and it's been the most used book in my library since graduating. Can anyone suggest a similarly quintessential reference for new civil engineers?
5 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The PE Reference Book
http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Engineering-Reference-...
I found this very useful and covers pretty much everything in Civil Engineering
The Steel Manual
http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Construction-Manual-13...
but if he got his degree in Structural engineering he should have this book already since it was required at my school for structural classes.
Any ACI or ASCE book or reference manual.
Source(s): CE student - 5 years ago
One of the best books for Civil Engineering GATE is Gate Civil Engineering, by Dilip Kumar Bera, Subhrajit Das.
- 1 decade ago
I would have to say Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods and the steel construction manual are essentials but I'm not sure if they should be your first purchase. I still have both these books and I use them all the time in the office.
Ed Allen and W.F. Chen are great structural/civil authors!
- How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- ?Lv 61 decade ago
my Favorit
Eshbach's Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals
It had every thing a mad scientist would want.
My first one was printed in 1932.
I think the latest is 1995.
