Chelapati for Structural Depth

[bridgewoman7]

I've seen the rave reviews for Chelapati's workbooks & manuals for geotech...but can anyone give any feedback on the structural series? Are the manuals or the workbooks a better buy? :w00t:

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

bridgewoman --

I borrowed copies of the workbooks for geotech, environmental, transporation, and water resources depth and thought they were excellent. I did not have the oppurtunity to view the structural depth workbooks, but noted that they are a bit more complicated because they break them down into two different volumes: Volume 1 (Structural Analysis and Concrete Design) and Volume 2 (Steel Design LRFD, Timber Design, and Masonry Design). If you go to http://www.pedp.com and look under the Workbooks link on the left-hand side, you can view the Table of Contents for each volume to get an idea of what is covered.

As with any code driven publication, I would be most concerned to make sure that problems are up-to-date with relevant codes. Other than that, you can peruse the TOC and try to determine the relative strengths of each text.

JR

 

[bridgewoman7]

Thanks for the info, JR.

I'm trying to get everything in line to start studying for Oct exam. After looking at all the references & study materials, I'm leaning more towards Geotech PM. Eek!