01-08-2011, 12:50 PM
(01-08-2011, 11:42 AM)danyjr Wrote: Very old school structural analysis book. Certainly if you want to go deep into structural analysis, it will be a very good aid, but apart from that I can't find any use of it in a day to day design office work.danyjr - I beg to differ. SKA51 very clearly stated "Although the book is old, still it is very much useful in the field of structural analysis courses and civil engineering practice and at the same time, it is nice if your personal library include such rare collection of books."
I find the book as a great addtion to the historical background. That is my first reason to disagree.
The second reason is that if an individual does not understand the foundation, whatever is built on it is just a mirage.
I rue the current trend, which probably will carry into future, of relying on the software. Software is a tool. It should not be the beginning or the end. To bring a full closure, a detailed understanding of the underlying analysis procedures is requisite.