Standard Hand Book of Civil Engineering by Gurcharan Singh

In the book, author has made every effort to incorporate all the relevant I.S.I. Publications, C.B.R.I. Publications, various P.W.D. Hand Books, Bridge Codes, Building Bye-Laws, National Building Codes, 1970, I.R.C. Recommendations and Railway Board’s dimensional Schedule for various railways. This book is completely in M.K.S. and S.I. Units.

CONTENTS: Quantities, Units and Conversion Factors * Mathematics * Building Material * Timber and Allied Products * Metallurgy * Loads on Building * Code of Building Bye-Laws * Important Elements of Building * Masonry Structures * Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering * Wire Ropes H Structural Tables and Dimensions * Mechanics of Structures * Steel Structures * Roofs * Ventilation and Air-Conditioning of Building * Building Miscellaneous * Plain Cement Concrete * Reinforced Cement Concrete * Hydraulics * Irrigation Engineering * Water Supply Engineering * Sanitary Engineering * Roads and Highway Engineering * Railways H Bridges and Culverts * Measurements, Evaluation and Estimating * Earth-quake Engineering * Plastic Theory of Ultimate Load Design * Pre-Stressed Concrete * Surveying * S.I. Units