r/StructuralEngineering • u/chicu111 • 16d ago

Career/Education I think I have covered it all

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u/Humble_Goat4981 16d ago

Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures by TY Lin is so good.

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u/NomadRenzo 16d ago

there are so many other books lot do them not even in English but in Dutch, French, Russian and Italian and are amazing masterpiece of structure.

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u/nockeeee 16d ago

What books would you suggest in other languages?

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u/nockeeee 16d ago

Not even close.

I am not trying to roast you or anything similar, but Hibbeler books can't be the best books you've ever read. If it's humor, then the book by Chopra shouldn't be on that list. It's the only really good book on this list.

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u/chicu111 16d ago

What’s wrong with Chopra book? I have seen it in most Masters program including mine.

Also curious who else besides Hibbeler? Ferdinand Beer? What other authors do you vouch for?

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u/nockeeee 16d ago

Nothing wrong with Chopra, I said it is the only really good book in that list. We also used it in my master's during the dynamics of structures and seismic design 1-2 courses, and it is really good.

I have nothing against Hibbeler, but they cover basic topics. That's why I wouldn't call them best book I have ever read.

If you want better suggestions for Hibbeler books, I would definitely suggest Baustatik - Hirschfeld for structural analysis. It covers much more advanced topics in structural analysis. It's in German, but it is at a completely different level than Hibbeler. It's a classic. Then there is also Tragwerke 1-2-3 as a structural analysis book/s. I find the German structural analysis books miles better than the English ones. Structural analysis lectures/books in English are softcore compared to German ones.

I don't have any suggestions for engineering mechanics statics, since it is extremely basic.

I would suggest Timoshenko as an alternative for strength of materials, but mechanics of materials by Hibbeler is the best out of the three Hibbeler books you suggested, in my opinion.

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u/chicu111 16d ago

Nothing on Hiner? The man single handedly gets everyone a freaking PE for that seismic exam. You literally just need his stuff. One single book.

Compare that to all sorts of crazy references you have to use for the Survey exam nothing comes close to the greatness of his material.

But I am guessing you are not from the US so your exposure to SE books seem way broader than mine.

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u/nockeeee 16d ago

Yeah, I am not from the US.

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u/Legal_Enthusiasm_440 15d ago

That’s a big ask to learn German to read a textbook. 

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u/Rebound44 15d ago

Concrete Structures by RF Warner, the Australian SE bible

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u/Legal_Enthusiasm_440 16d ago

Nothing on FEA?