Prestressed Concrete: A Fundamental Approach

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Summary: A great book for design
Review: There are seven of us (structural engineer / bridge designer) have been using this book successfully for our daily bridge design.
Our experience ranges from 20 + years to 3 + years. The clear detailed definition of each subject (theory), the recommended specifications from different organizations such as PCI, ACI, AASHTO, the step by step procedures, great example solutions and the flow charts gave us the opportunity not only to understand it well but also to be able to write it in several simple computer programs.
We have been enjoying using Dr. Nawy's book for years.

Rating:
Summary: A great book for design
Review: There are seven of us (structural engineer / bridge designer) have been using this book successfully for our daily bridge design.
Our experience ranges from 20 + years to 3 + years. The clear detailed definition of each subject (theory), the recommended specifications from different organizations such as PCI, ACI, AASHTO, the step by step procedures, great example solutions and the flow charts gave us the opportunity not only to understand it well but also to be able to write it in several simple computer programs.
We have been enjoying using Dr. Nawy's book for years.

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Summary: No Good
Review: There are several reasons not to use this book. The most important reason is that several of the example problems are solved incorrectly. These are commonly numerical mistakes, but in some cases, they are logically incorrect. This makes it extremely difficult to follow the complex theory involved in prestressed concrete. I suggest using another prestressed concrete text.

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Summary: Terrible
Review: This book is full of errors. The publisher will do great service to the engineering profession (to humanity by extension) by immediately withdrawing this book from the market. Unorganized, incoherent, almost schizophrenic.

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Summary: book for civil engineer - recommend
Review: This book is must book for civil engineer. it include everything, i think Prof Nawy to a great job with this book for civil engineering he help to understood thing that was not clear to me, i recommend to buy it.