Product Description

Indispensable portable reference for all practicing civil engineers and students

Now you can get a single compilation of all essential civil engineering formulas and equations in one easy-to-use portable reference. More than three-quarters of the material in Tyler Hicks¿ Civil Engineering Formulas Pocket Guide is in the form of formulas, tables, and graphs, presented in SI and USCS formats. Each chapter, offering collections of problems and calculations, gives you quick reference to a well-defined topic:

Conversion Factors for Civil Engineering Practice
Beam Formulas
Column Formulas
Piles and Piling Formulas
Concrete Formulas
Timber Engineering Formulas
Surveying Formulas
Soil and Earthwork Formulas
Building and Structures Formulas
Bridge and Suspension-Cable Formulas
Highway and Road Formulas
Hydraulics and Waterworks Formulas

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #308661 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 350 pages

From the Back Cover
INSTANT FINGERTIP ACCESS TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING FORMULAS YOU NEED!

This job-simplifying pocket reference contains all the essential formulas and equations civil engineers need for a wide variety of design applications--covering everything from structural analysis to soil mechanics!

Popular author and hands-on expert Tyler G. Hicks makes it easier than ever for civil engineers to find the right formulas, covering essential subjects such as:
* Wood
* Concrete
* Steel Applied to Highways, Bridges, Buildings, Tunnels, etc.
* And Much, Much More!

Knowing exactly what you need to get even the most perplexing job done, Tyler Hicks provides a no-fluff approach--this resource is composed of 80% data and 20% text--and all material is presented in USCS and SI units for maximum convenience.

Each chapter in CIVIL ENGINEERING FORMULAS is a quick refernece to a well-defined topic, containing a collection of problems with calculation design schemes, formulas, tables, and graphics. In short, everything needed to assure that you find the answer you're searching for in sixty seconds or less!

This handy reference belongs in the pocket of every civil engineer as well as every mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineer. If you want speedy solutions and trouble-free civil engineering calculations, your search ends here!

About the Author
Tyler G. Hicks, PE (Rockville Center, NY) is a consulting engineer and a successful engineering book author. He has worked in plant designing and operation in a variety of industries, taught at several engineering schools, and lectured both in the United States and abroad. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cooper Union School of Engineering in New York.

Customer Reviews

One to miss
O.k. - so you're a fresh faced post grad student who has just landed the job of his/her dreams as a graduate engineer. You want to try and create a good impression and blow everyone away at your new office with your astounding knowledge of your subject - So you buy a book of engineering formulas believing that it will be incredibly useful and before too long you'll be chartered and receiving design awards.

There are probably hundreds of books that would perform this task admirably - unfortunately this is not one of them.

I've been working as an engineer in the South of England for a while now and I can honestly say that I haven't had the patience to use this book more than twice, and the reason for this is two-fold:

(1) The formulas/Data and notation appear to be geared towards the American market - not the British - which means spending ages working out what is useable and what isn't - before which needing an enigma machine to de-code the notation.

(2) The layout of the book is not logical or particularly nice.

Verdict: A British edition SHOULD have been produced for British engineers. My advice would be to avoid this one!

ONLY BUY IF AMERICAN!!
My husband had asked for the structural engineers pocket book by Fiona Cobb as a stocking filler for Christmas so I immediatley went onto Amazon to purchase it (which by the way is apparently fantastic and well worth the money). As i went ahead with my purchase it pointed out that 'the perfect partner' for this book was Civil Engineer Formulas. Brilliant I thought I'll get him this aswell. I wish I hadn't bothered wasting my money. My husband starting reading the book and soon realised that it was mainly aimed at the Americans and was pretty useless for a man who worked in Yorkshire!