Downloadable Documents:-

0001. [Hong Kong] Code of Practice for Dead and Imposed Loads 2011  Amendments (26 August 2016)   Corrigendum (7 March 2014)

0002. Code of Practice for Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2004

         Explanatory Materials to the Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2004

0003. [Hong Kong] Code of Practice for Demolition of Buildings 2004  Amendment (September 2016)

0005. Guide to Structural Design – General Information

0006. Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2019

0007. Aim of Structural Design - IStructE

0008. Basic Structural Concepts (for non-engineers)

0009. text – Structural Engineering Formulas

0010. text – Structural Engineer’s Pocket Book

0011. text – Introduction to Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity

0012. text – Wind Resistant Design of Bridges in Japan

0013. text – Dynamics of Structures

0015. text – Modern Structural Analysis – Modelling Process and Guidance - MacLeod

0016. text – Structural Analysis – a Unified Classical and Matrix Approach – Neville and Brown

0017 Strutures – Highways and Railways Design Manual, 2013 edition. HKSAR Highways Department

0018 Structural Analysis - Kassimali

0019 Basic Structural Analysis, 3rd ed. - Reddy

 

Youtube Videos:-

0001. Beams: Bending Moment and Shear Diagrams

0002. Calculate if a Column Can Support a Load

0003. Charpy Impact Test

0004. Rockwell Hardness Test

0005. Tensile Test

 

Useful Weblinks:-

0001. Computers & Structures Inc. (USA Berkeley) - Home of SAP2000, ETABS, SAFE, and etc. - to request evaluation software and to watch tutorials

SAFE – Watch & Learn videos

SAP2000 – Watch & Learn videos

ETABS – Watch & Learn videos

 

0002. Oasys - a subsidary of ARUP, developing structural and geotechnical software

0003. SPACE GASS - structural engineering software -> you can get a 30-day free trial

0005. MathLab - software package that helps to do maths -> you can get a 30-day free trial

0006. Mathematica - another maths software package -> you can get a 15-day free trial

 

Reference Documents:-

0001. Rocks: Physical Properties

0002. Geotechnical Engineering Measurement Units and Numeric Prefixes

0003. US Customary and SI Units Conversion Table

0004. Beam Moment, Shear, Deflection Diagrams:

         1) simply supported beam (with UDL load)

         2) simply supported beam (with symmetic triangular load)

         3) simply supported beam (with mid-span point load)

         4) cantilever beam (with UDL load)

         5) cantilever beam (with point load at free end) 

         6) vertical cantilever (with triangular load) 

0004. Geometical Properties of Common Plane Sections, e.g. Moments of Inertia, Section Moduli

0005. Arbitrary Section: Calculations of Second Moment of Inertia and Section Moduli

0007. Statistics Compendium

0008. Airport Pavement Design and Evaluation (Advisory Circular by Federal Aviation Administration of the US Department of Transportation)

0009. Typical Values of Some Materials' Coefficients of Static Friction and Moduli of Elasticity

0010. Typical Values of Poisson's Ratios, and Relationship between Shear and Elastic Moduli

0011. Torsional Shear Stress, and Combined Axial and Bending Stresses

0012. Column Critical Buckling Load: Effective Length Concept

0013. Useful Notes from Taranath

0014. Polar Moments of Inertia of Common Sections

 

Reference Books:-

0001. Fundamentals of Structural Engineering

Authors: Jerome J. Connor and Susan Faraji.  

Published by Springer

ISBN 978-1-4614-3261-6

 

0002. Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings - Structural Analysis and Design

Author: Bungale S. Taranath PhD, SE.

Published by CRC Press

ISBN 0-8247-5934-6

 

0003. Probability and Statistics for Engineers 3rd edition

Author: Scheaffer and McClave.

Published by Thomson Information / Publishing Group

ISBN 0-534-92184-1

 

0004. Civil Engineering Practical Notes A-Z   

Author: Vincent T.H. Chu

Published by HK Centre for Research & Professional Development 

ISBN 978-988-99028-1-0   Lib Call no.: STE R 624 CHU