General information -- Statutory authorities and permissions -- Design data -- Structural analysis -- Timber and plywood -- Masonry -- Reinforced concrete -- Structural steel -- Composite steel and concrete -- Structural glass -- Building elements, materials, fixings and fastenings -- Sustainability -- Useful mathematics
A pocket reference guide for professional and student structural engineers, containing tables, data, facts, formulae and rules of thumb for scheme design. This new edition adds a chapter about sustainability and the changes to the British standards. The first chapter includes general information such as the metric system, imperial units and conversion factors. The other chapters refer to more specific subjects: statutory authorities and permissions; design data; basic and shortcut tools for structural analysis; geotechnics; timber and plywood; masonry; reinforced concrete; structural steel; composite steel and concrete; structural glass; building elements, materials, fixings and fastenings. A final chapter covers useful mathematics. Supersedes first edition (ISBN 0750656387)