Hmm, the only thing that became indispensable was team work, problem solving, and critical thinking. I don't want to speak for everyone out there with a job, so this is only my limited experience. The actual techniques/equations/instructions are largely irrelevant... if you ever need them, you can look them up. Though, Peterson's Stress Concentration Factors was definitely a heavily relied upon source.

Some background on me: I worked for one of the big aircraft engine companies. The way they divvy up the work is by part; basically you become a "part owner" (as a design engineer) and are responsible for every aspect of that part from inception to end of life.

Here's some lessons I learned:

• Do your job. You get paid to do it. That means don't sit in front of the computer and browse reddit/imgur/facebook/the news while at work unless you are on your lunch break. If you are out of work, go ask for more from your boss, your co-workers, your techs... whoever. If no one gives you more work, figure out yourself what needs to be done.
  
• Remember the basics: given, find, use, solution. Always start solving every problem by figuring out what data you are given. Define what you are supposed to do to fix it. Explicitly state what you need to solve the problem. Then begin work.
  
• Spreadsheets and PowerPoint are your friend. Learn to make them easy to read/transfer (including adding comments), always write down where you got your data, always include assumptions, and make sure you note any data you are still waiting on. Keep detailed notes! (And learn version control, even of things like excel sheets)
  
• Never expect more from your team than you are willing to put in yourself. If something will take all night, you better be there all night as well.
  
• If you are on a team, do the best possible job you can. Although you are an engineer, you still have customers. Even if your team lead is a dick, put that aside. You work for the customer, not the team lead.
  
• Everyone's job on your team is essential. Treat them with the respect they deserve for performing an essential job. Alternatively, if someone's job isn't essential, why are they on your team?
  
• Avoid "meeting creep" where more and more people join your meetings... again, unless they are essential to the success of your project, they shouldn't be there. They will derail your meetings.
  
• Don't gossip.
  
• Take responsibilities for your team's actions. If everything is going well, everyone deserves praise. If something is going wrong, what is the root cause of the issue? Fix it. Never blame another team member in front of the bosses.
  
• Don't show up to meetings without an action plan. Why are you gathered? What needs to happen next? Whose work are we waiting on?
  
• Don't go over someone's head. Speak to them directly and be clear exactly what you need them to do. Tell them it is important for the success of the project. If they are simply swamped, offer to help in any way you can... and then help them. If they are not cooperative, do go over their head. You are all playing for the same team. Some people need a swift kick in the pants.
  
• Be friendly and respectful to everyone. That includes any admins, techs, janitors, co-workers, bosses. Even if they may not be friendly to you. You get paid to be a professional engineer. Act like it.
  
• Don't burn your bridges even if you have been mistreated. Your industry is likely smaller than you think and you never know who might be talking to your old bosses.
  
  Again, just my limited experience. These are lessons I was taught or behaviors I observed from the people I most respected at work.
  
  edit: Most important one! Trust but verify! Trust your team members but don't be afraid to run your own numbers.

/u/another_user_name posted this list a while back. Actual aerospace textbooks are towards the bottom but you'll need a working knowledge of the prereqs first.

Non-core/Pre-reqs:

Mathematics:

Calculus.

1-4) Calculus, Stewart -- This is a very common book and I felt it was ok, but there's mixed opinions about it. Try to get a cheap, used copy.

1-4) Calculus, A New Horizon, Anton -- This is highly valued by many people, but I haven't read it.

1-4) Essential Calculus With Applications, Silverman -- Dover book.

More discussion in this reddit thread.

Linear Algebra

3) Linear Algebra and Its Applications,Lay -- I had this one in school. I think it was decent.

3) Linear Algebra, Shilov -- Dover book.

Differential Equations

4) An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations, Coddington -- Dover book, highly reviewed on Amazon.

G) Partial Differential Equations, Evans

G) Partial Differential Equations For Scientists and Engineers, Farlow

More discussion here.

Numerical Analysis

5) Numerical Analysis, Burden and Faires

Chemistry:

1. General Chemistry, Pauling is a good, low cost choice. I'm not sure what we used in school.
   
   

   Physics:
   

   
   2-4) Physics, Cutnel -- This was highly recommended, but I've not read it.
   
   

   Programming:
   

   
   

   Introductory Programming
   

   
   Programming is becoming unavoidable as an engineering skill. I think Python is a strong introductory language that's got a lot of uses in industry.
   
   

2. Learning Python, Lutz
   
   
3. Learn Python the Hard Way, Shaw -- Gaining popularity, also free online.
   
   

   Core Curriculum:
   

   
   

   Introduction:
   

   
   

4. Introduction to Flight, Anderson
   
   

   Aerodynamics:
   

   
   

5. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fox, Pritchard McDonald
   
   
6. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Anderson
   
   
7. Theory of Wing Sections, Abbot and von Doenhoff -- Dover book, but very good for what it is.
   
   
8. Aerodynamics for Engineers, Bertin and Cummings -- Didn't use this as the text (used Anderson instead) but it's got more on stuff like Vortex Lattice Methods.
   
   
9. Modern Compressible Flow: With Historical Perspective, Anderson
   
   
10. Computational Fluid Dynamics, Anderson
    
    

    Thermodynamics, Heat transfer and Propulsion:
    

    
    

11. Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Cengel
    
    
12. Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, Hill and Peterson
    
    

    Flight Mechanics, Stability and Control
    

    
    5+) Flight Stability and Automatic Control, Nelson
    
    5+)[Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes, Second Edition](http://www.amazon.com/Performance-Stability-Dynamics-Airplanes-Education/dp/1563475839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315534435&sr=8-1, Pamadi) -- I gather this is better than Nelson
    
    

13. Airplane Aerodynamics and Performance, Roskam and Lan
    
    

    Engineering Mechanics and Structures:
    

    
    3-4) Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics, Hibbeler
    
    

14. Mechanics of Materials, Hibbeler
    
    
15. Mechanical Vibrations, Rao
    
    
16. Practical Stress Analysis for Design Engineers: Design & Analysis of Aerospace Vehicle Structures, Flabel
    
    6-8) Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Bruhn -- A good reference, never really used it as a text.
    
    
17. An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Reddy
    
    G) Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium, Malvern
    
    G) Fracture Mechanics, Anderson
    
    G) Mechanics of Composite Materials, Jones
    
    

    Electrical Engineering
    

    
    

18. Electrical Engineering Principles and Applications, Hambley
    
    

    Design and Optimization
    

    
    

19. Fundamentals of Aircraft and Airship Design, Nicolai and Carinchner
    
    
20. Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Raymer
    
    
21. Engineering Optimization: Theory and Practice, Rao
    
    

    Space Systems
    

    
    

22. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, Vallado
    
    
23. Introduction to Space Dynamics, Thomson -- Dover book
    
    
24. Orbital Mechanics, Prussing and Conway
    
    
25. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, Bate, Mueller and White
    
    
26. Space Mission Analysis and Design, Wertz and Larson

Pipeline Engineer here,

I would start by taking a look at the following books.

http://www.amazon.ca/Pipeline-Planning-Construction-Field-Manual/dp/0123838673

http://www.amazon.ca/Pipeline-Rules-Thumb-Handbook-Engineering/dp/0123876931/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405533007&sr=1-13&keywords=Pipeline

They do not cover all the topics you will run into, but they are a good start.

Are you working for the owner? Engineering company? Contractor?

On top of the recommendation for the PE review book. Grab a copy of Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. I think the first edition was written in 1934, and its still in print.

Hundreds of solutions to many types of beams, plates, pressure veseels, and misc other problems. If you are doing much FEA or stress analysis at work, this book is a must.

http://www.amazon.com/Roarks-Formulas-Stress-Strain-8th/dp/0071742476

Beam Equations for how far it will bend, and the formula stress=M*y/I.

Notice both are inversely proportional to the second moment of area (I), which for a circular tube is given by the second equation on this list.

Roark's has a far more complete list of beam scenarios, the seven in that image may not cover your use cases.

Edit: Here's a scan that was lifted from an older edition of Roark's. It should have anything you're looking for.

Mechanics of Materials (10th Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0134319656/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_yxNSAbG74PSQX

There are also a lot of good videos on YouTube if you search engineering mechanics or mechanics of materials.

Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain is the bible for such questions.

Any materials or mechanics student should own this book forever.

Can you put a bearing on the other end? That would stop it from whipping around except in the middle due self-excitation. Then as long as you're not spinning it near the natural frequency you're good. There's design guidelines for shafting--buzzword: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_speed

Edit: BTW, the more bearings you add, the higher the natural frequency (and therefore the critical speed will be). So if you put a bearing on the far end, then one in the middle, (so three bearings), you'd be better than just having the two.

I don't know what kind of wibbly-wobblies you'll get if you just fire it up quickly over the critical speed. I'm not a shafting expert; just an engineer.

Edit # 2

As an example reference, http://www.amazon.com/Formulas-Stress-Strain-Structural-Matrices/dp/0471032212 Chapter 17 extensively covers rotors.

https://www.amazon.com/Structural-Engineering-Reference-Manual-8th/dp/1591264960

Mechanics of Composites

Learn strength of materials (basic structural/mechanical engineering) and read that book. That should get you most of the way there, and there's likely a PDF/ebook of it available somewhere.

I've included Amazon links as I could find them. The three reference guides I have are:

• Mark's Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
  
• Machinery's Handbook
  
• Roark's Formulas
  
  I also think reference books for the FE and PE exams would be helpful.

Do you have any connection software? Most will design that for you.

If not, check out a detailing guide. Here's one I found quickly: Handbook of Structural Steel Connection Design and Details, Third Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1259585514/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QgV-Ab47WEEFB

the cook book

The SERM has a pretty decent introductory section.

API RP 2A, 21st edition contains foundation design guidelines. API RP 2GEO is the latest API foundation design document but is not widely adopted yet. Both are good resources if API codes are being used in your jurisdiction.

A site-specific geotechnical report should be used for any significant installation and should provide details on how to design foundations for your specific site.

This book looks like it could be useful but I haven't used it myself. I typically use a general foundation engineering book for background and the site specific geotechnical reports for more detailed information.

Further reading/research: (Not all of which I've gotten to read yet. Some of which may be quite tangentially relevant to the discussion at hand along with the books and sites I mentioned above. Consider this more a list of books pertaining to the history of technology, machining, metrology, some general science and good engineering texts.)

Dan Gelbart's Youtube Channel

Engineerguy's Youtube Channel

Nick Mueller's Youtube Channel

mrpete222/tubalcain's youtube channel

Tom Lipton (oxtools) Youtube Channel

Suburban Tool's Youtube Channel

NYCNC's Youtube Channel

Computer History Museum's Youtube Channel

History of Machine Tools, 1700-1910 by Steeds

Studies in the History of Machine Tools by Woodbury

A History of Machine Tools by Bradley

Tools for the Job: A History of Machine Tools to 1950 by The Science Museum

A History of Engineering Metrology by Hume

Tools and Machines by Barnard

The Testing of Machine Tools by Burley

Modern machine shop tools, their construction, operation and manipulation, including both hand and machine tools: a book of practical instruction by Humphrey & Dervoort

Machine-Shop Tools and Methods by Leonard

A Measure of All Things: The Story of Man and Measurement by Whitelaw

Handbook of Optical Metrology: Principles and Applications by Yoshizawa

Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon by Gray

Machine Shop Training Course Vol 1 & 2 by Jones

A Century of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, 1882-1982

Numerical Control: Making a New Technology by Reintjes

History of Strength of Materials by Timoshenko

Rust: The Longest War by Waldman

The Companion Reference Book on Dial and Test Indicators: Based on our popular website www.longislandindicator.com by Meyer

Optical Shop Testing by Malacara

Lost Moon: The Preilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Lovell and Kruger

Kelly: More Than My Share of It All by Johnson & Smith

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Rich & Janos

Unwritten Laws of Engineering by King

Advanced Machine Work by Smith

Accurate Tool Work by Goodrich

Optical Tooling, for Precise Manufacture and Alignment by Kissam

The Martian: A Novel by Weir

Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain by Young Budynas & Sadegh

Materials Selection in Mechanical Design by Ashby

Slide Rule: The Autobiography of an Engineer by Shute

Cosmos by Sagan

Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook by Smith Carol Smith wrote a number of other great books such as Engineer to Win.

Tool & Cutter Sharpening by Hall

Handbook of Machine Tool Analysis by Marinescu, Ispas & Boboc

The Intel Trinity by Malone

Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals by Thompson

A Handbook on Tool Room Grinding

Tolerance Design: A Handbook for Developing Optimal Specifications by Creveling

Inspection and Gaging by Kennedy

Precision Engineering by Evans

Procedures in Experimental Physics by Strong

Dick's Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes or How They Did it in the 1870's by Dick

Flextures: Elements of Elastic Mechanisms by Smith

Precision Engineering by Venkatesh & Izman

Metal Cutting Theory and Practice by Stephenson & Agapiou

American Lathe Builders, 1810-1910 by Cope As mentioned in the above post, Kennth Cope did a series of books on early machine tool builders. This is one of them.

Shop Theory by Henry Ford Trade Shop

Learning the lost Art of Hand Scraping: From Eight Classic Machine Shop Textbooks A small collection of articles combined in one small book. Lindsay Publications was a smallish company that would collect, reprint or combine public domain source material related to machining and sell them at reasonable prices. They retired a few years ago and sold what rights and materials they had to another company.

How Round Is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet by Bryant & Sangwin

Machining & CNC Technology by Fitzpatrick

CNC Programming Handbook by Smid

Machine Shop Practice Vol 1 & 2 by Moltrecht

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles A fantastic book with tons of free online material, labs, and courses built around it. This book could take a 6th grader interested in learning, and teach them the fundamentals from scratch to design a basic computer processor and programming a simple OS etc.

Bosch Automotive Handbook by Bosch

Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots by Biagiotti & Melchiorri

The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals by Zhu, Zienkiewicz and Taylor

Practical Treatise on Milling and Milling Machines by Brown & Sharpe

Grinding Technology by Krar & Oswold

Principles of Precision Engineering by Nakazawa & Takeguchi

Foundations of Ultra-Precision Mechanism Design by Smith

I.C.S. Reference Library, Volume 50: Working Chilled Iron, Planer Work, Shaper and Slotter Work, Drilling and Boring, Milling-Machine Work, Gear Calculations, Gear Cutting

I. C. S. Reference Library, Volume 51: Grinding, Bench, Vise, and Floor Work, Erecting, Shop Hints, Toolmaking, Gauges and Gauge Making, Dies and Die Making, Jigs and Jig Making
and many more ICS books on various engineering, technical and non-technical topics.

American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book of Machine-Shop and Drawing-Room Data, Methods and Definitions, Seventh Edition by Colvin & Stanley

Modern Metal Cutting: A Practical Handbook by Sandvik

Mechanical Behavior of Materials by Dowling

Engineering Design by Dieter and Schmidt

[Creative Design of Products and Systems by Saeed]()

English and American Tool Builders by Roe

Machine Design by Norton

Control Systems by Nise

That doesn't include some random books I've found when traveling and visiting used book stores. :)

I second Bruhn, also going to throw Roark's out there.

https://www.amazon.com/Pipeline-Rules-Thumb-Handbook-Eighth/dp/0123876931

Crane TP 410.

For a stress guy, in addition to the previously mentioned Bruhn, All three of Niu's books are worthwhile.

as well as:
Roark's

Peterson's

• "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan
  
• "Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments"
  by Martyn J. Fogg
  
• "The ethics of Terraforming" by Robert Sparrow
  
  Google will get you the rest. Enjoy!

Good suggestion regarding #1 and #2, especially #1. I use my copy of the Machinery's Handbook regularly as a lookup reference; it's invaluable.

I'd add to the list Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. If you want to have either it as a reference and/or you don't know/don't trust your math, this gives you the formula for pretty much anything you need, mechanically. I use this habitually when designing anything beyond the trivial to double check my numbers. It has generalized/normalized formulas for stress, strain, deflection, vibration ,etc for beams, plates, shells, and the like. Oh, and the newer versions have the formula modifiers for solving in both metric and imperial units. If you are doing mechanical design work, this has a place next the the Machinery's Handbook.

Cheers,

The stock answers are Roark's if it was full of equations, or Shigley's if it was full of diagrams.

Maybe Machinery Handbook, but it doesn't sound like it.

I mean this one.

Have a look at/into:

• Structural Engineer's Pocket Book: Eurocodes
  
• Roark's formulas for stress and strain

This book is what is typically used by my graduate program. A bit pricy but you can probably find it used for cheaper.

I lost my 6th version and recently bought the 8th. I don't know where you're shopping, but it's under $100 on Amazon. Even the list price is only $135. Are you looking at the gold plated collectors edition?

Most sales for technical books come from college libraries. Technical books don't actually need much 'research', unless we are talking about some bleeding edge field. Research is the domain of academic journals. Textbook publishers are notorious for making minor and unnecessary changes so they can reprint an overpriced 'New edition' every few years, even though the edition from 40 years ago may be exactly the same. Basic science, maths and engineering don't change every 2-3 years. If I were to legally buy all my college textbooks I'd have to spend an obscene amount of money. On average they cost INR 700 each for the 'Economic' Indian edition. Those without an Indian edition can cost any ridiculous amount like INR 20000.

So in that situation piracy is not lost sales because I wouldn't have been able to afford them without piracy anyway.

Thanks for the help.

I have started to just do a basic review of reinforced concrete columns and steel columns for now because it has been a few months since looking at them.

I had also thought about drawing the strain diagrams for the sections, but was unsure how the extra steel member in addition to the rebar would change the diagrams. Basically, my advisor wants me to create a program (either in Matlab or Mathcad) by the end of the semester that will calculate and draw the interaction diagrams for the columns when given the properties.

So far, my general steps that I have come up with are:

1. Determine properties of steel (Structural and Rebar) and concrete
   
2. Determine location of the centroid of the structural steel relative to the centroid of the concrete column
   
3. Solve for the stree/strain curves using a relative thickness of 1"(basically making the curves sort of stepped instead of smooth curves)
   
4. Solve for P, M
   
5. Solve for and plot interaction diagrams
   
   And my list of variables so far includes:
   
   
6. Steel Shape, size, and material obtained from AISCM
   
7. Rebar size and material (stirrup/tie sizes)
   
8. Bar spacing
   
9. Concrete (f'c, unconfined vs. confined)
   
10. Distance between centroid of steel shape and center of concrete column (both x and y directions)
    
    And I am assuming that:
    
    
11. Ec = .003
    
12. Clear Cover = 1.5"
    
    I will definitely print out that chapter as a reference. I don't currently have the money to buy that book, but I do own this book, this book, and this book and have access to everything in my university library. I'll check and see if it is there.
    

I ordered PPI's structural depth practice exam. A friend of mine who passed used it and recommended it to me.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591265533/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I recommend this book about terraforming: http://www.amazon.com/Terraforming-Engineering-Environments-Martyn-Fogg/dp/1560916095

I have not read this book, but I remember seeing it on the shelf of the science library at college. And it has a chapter about Venus!

Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments

Will be using This

Also This is a pretty rigorous book if you have time for it.

Hah, well there's a loaded tag.

I have no idea what happened to him/her, but I'm happy to have lent some input.

For the record I'm no expert, just a space nerd that reads a lot :-p

If you're curious to read more I'd recommend either Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments for nonfiction, or Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy for really well-researched and realistic science fiction.

Depends on the engineer. If you're into solid mechanics, there isn't a reason that you shouldn't own a copy of Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain.

http://www.amazon.com/Roarks-Formulas-Stress-Strain-8th/dp/0071742476/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377448154&sr=1-1&keywords=roark%27s+formulas+for+stress+and+strain

Well...how in-depth do you want to get?

https://www.amazon.com/Structural-Shear-Joints-Analyses-Properties/dp/0791802388
https://www.amazon.com/Roarks-Formulas-Stress-Strain-8th/dp/0071742476

At the most fundamental level you're talking about fatigue, fracture mechanics, and the ole S-N curves. A certain aluminum will have a given Fty but over repeated cycles, even if you never near Fty, the metal will yield/crack.

Any geometric change (cutout, fastener hole, etc) causes a stress riser. An empty hole has a stress riser of 3. All of a sudden you dump 2000lbs of load into a fastener in that hole and you're compounding the stress. So it's better to gradually load up the material.

A quick and dirty calculation for this is the "fastener spring method" or "fastener spring stiffness model". Something like that. This is the basis for a lot of FEA models.

A lot of this is from trial and error. Like the cutouts for windows used to be square (with sharp corners) until half the fuselage got ripped off during a flight. Then they started making the inner corners of cutouts rounded.

I think if you google "aircraft durability and damage tolerance" you'll find some semi-detailed info. Although a lot of this will be about crack inspection, etc. some of it will be about repair guidelines/analysis.

These days a lot of fatigue analysis is done by Finite Element Analysis.

http://www.amazon.com/Structural-Engineering-Failures-lessons-design/dp/1453745777

I have this book its pretty cheaply made but the content and explanations are good to read. Very broad.

In addition I like Historical Building Construction to have a historical understanding of how we came to where we are now

I recently got my hands on: http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Retaining-Wall-Design-10th/dp/0976836491/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459165210&sr=8-1&keywords=the+basics+of+retaining+wall+design

I find it pretty useful.

Some good reads:

http://www.amazon.com/A-First-Course-Finite-Elements/dp/0470035803/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335739361&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.com/Concepts-Applications-Element-Analysis-Edition/dp/0471356050/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335739382&sr=1-1

Roarks-Formulas for Stess and Strain

That book has endless examples of different geometry and load cases.

If you look at some existing examples, like here you'll see that they are basically a cone with a dome on the top and bottom.

Shells of Revolutions, Pressure Vessels, pipes are Chapter 13 in the Eighth Edition.

additionally check:

Stress : http://www.amazon.com/Roarks-Formulas-Stress-Strain-8th/dp/0071742476/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426174330&sr=8-1&keywords=roark%27s

Machinery: http://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Handbook-29th-Erik-Oberg/dp/083112900X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1426174665&sr=8-3&keywords=Mechanical+Engineering+Handbook

General handbook:http://www.amazon.com/Marks-Standard-Handbook-Mechanical-Engineers/dp/0071428674/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426174463&sr=8-2&keywords=Mechanical+Handbook

and this source as a list of mech. engineering formulas to calculate and plot:
http://www.fxsolver.com/browse/?cat=4&formulas=on

"structures - or why things don't fall down" .... Can't think of the author. He wrote a good materials book with a clever name too


***Edit:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Structures-Things-Dont-Penguin-Science/dp/0140136282/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269783003&sr=1-2



his other book is
>The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor

https://www.amazon.com/Statics-Mechanics-Materials-Russell-Hibbeler/dp/0134382595

I had the 3rd edition and was fine

Any introductory structural design book will cover trusses. I would suggest starting there.

I liked the Hibbler book: http://www.amazon.com/Structural-Analysis-Edition-Russell-Hibbeler/dp/013257053X

http://www.amazon.com/Oil-Gas-Pipelines-Nontechnical-Language/dp/159370058X

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0123876931/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?qid=1449196720&sr=8-9&pi=AC_SX110_SY165&keywords=Pipeline