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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | The definitive reference for design and construction-in an updated edition!
Entering its seventh decade as the industry leader, Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders remains the reference of choice for designers and constructors. This new Tenth Edition is thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest practices in the design of structures.
Long considered a standard in the field, this bestseller provides a clear, accessible presentation of the engineering information that is essential for architects and builders. Offering a concise, highly readable introduction to the investigation and design of ordinary structures for buildings-including information on structural analysis, materials, and systems-this thoroughly updated Tenth Edition includes:
* A new focus on Load and Resistance Factor Design Method (LRFD) for steel and concrete structures
* The latest building and material codes
* A wealth of exercise problems and illustrative examples
* Essential formulas for the solution of structural problems
* More than 200 descriptive illustrations
* Simple solutions to everyday problems architects and builders encounter
* Coverage of wood, steel, concrete, and masonry structures
* A new companion Web site packed with learning resources
An unparalleled resource for students and professionals in architecture, construction, and civil engineering, Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders, Tenth Edition boils structural engineering down to its essentials and provides the simple design solutions that are used for the vast majority of buildings. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | James Ambrose | | Hardcover: | 656 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | December 16, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0471676071 | | Product Width: | 144.5 centimeters | | Product Height: | 220.0 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 1.9 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.6 inches | | Package Width: | 5.7 inches | | Package Height: | 1.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 16 reviews |
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95 of 95 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent introductory book Apr 05, 2000
By I. Chanthiran
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".
16 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Wrong presentation for the target audience Nov 04, 2007
By R. McKown
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.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
A very good book for the beginner Apr 10, 2007
By James York
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.
14 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Overrated - This book is "broken" Oct 13, 2007
By Charles Karl
"Chuck"
GOOD: The book does an excellent job presenting steel concepts and is adequate in concrete.
POOR: As an instructor for structures courses for architects, this book is simply disastrous. The wood section, also, is incomplete. Errors run rampant through the book's text, examples, and problem solutions through the book. Even within the same edition, book answers can vary book to book. Furthermore, current methods are mixed with the old leading to an incorrect presentation of the subject matter. In short, this book falls far short of the reputation which preceded it.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Simplified Engineering gone wrong! Jan 21, 2011
By Matthew T. Cothern
Simplified Engineering for Architects and Engineers is a great book at first glance but once you actually start to go through the problems that they have at the end of each chapter, there are so many errors! We used this book in one of our classes and our class found an average of 2 errors every week. If you don't know exactly what you are doing for each problem then you will have a hard time figuring out how to actually figure things out! I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
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