Standard handbook for civil engineers. /

Merritt, Frederick S., ed.

Standard handbook for civil engineers. / Frederick S. Merritt, ed., M. Kent Loftin, editor, Jonathan T. Ricketts, ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c1996. - 1 v. (various paging), ill. 24 cm.

Sect 1 . Systems Design , Sect 2.Design Management , Sect 3.Specifications , Sect 4.Construction Management , Sect 5. Construction Materials ,Sect 6.Structural Theory , Sect 7.Geotechnical Engineering , Sect 8. Concrete Design and cosntruction , Sect 9.Structural Steel Design and construction , Sect 10.Gold-Formed-Steel Design and construction ,Sect 11.Wood Design and Construction , Sect 12.Surveying , Sect 13.Earthwork , Sect 14.Community and rEgional Planning 15.Building and Engineering , Sect 16. Highwayu Engineering , Sect 17.Bridge Engineering , Sect 18. Airport Engineering , Sect 19.Rail-Transportation Engineering 20.Tunnel Engineering , Sect 21. Water Resources Engineering , Sect 22.Environmentla Engineering , Coastal and Harbor Engineering ,Appendix.Factors Conversion to the Metric System (SI) of Units .

Presents the current practice in civil engineering-planning,design,and construction of buildings,bridges,tunnels,transportation facilities,and other structures required for the health,welfare,safety ,employment,and pleasure of all people anmd for environmental control and use of natural resources.Provides an extensive index of approximately 10,000 entries and detailed table of contents and separate glossaries in many sections.Empahasizes on the specialty fields of engineering ,such as building,highways,bridges,and environmental engineering.It also deals with engineering common to mentioned fieds such as system design and value engineering,design management,specifications,construction managemen,properties of construction materials,structural theory and geotechnical engineering.

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