A Beginner's Guide to Structural Engineering

by T. Bart Quimby, P.E., Ph.D., F.ASCE

This website contains text material to help the structural engineering student learn the principles of the profession.  The site will eventually contain the author's collected notes and ideas from 20 years of teaching undergraduate and graduate structural engineering courses as well as continued practice in the profession since 1981. 
The material presented here is free to be used for educational purposes.  The work is copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the author. The author reserves the sole right to profit from this material.  It may be printed, copied, stored electronically, or otherwise distributed as long as proper credit is given to the author and there is no charge to anyone for the material.  While we try to be as accurate as possible, there is no warranty that the material here is accurate or correct.  Use the information provided here at your own risk.
Real structures or parts of structures and typical engineering drawings are used in these works as much as possible so that the student can transition into the practice of structural engineering with a minimum of challenge.