Hi! Welcome to SIRBY ENGINEERING, where all things engineering are technical but fun. Our first book, the AB Structures Engineering book, is out now.

What this book is about

AB Structures Engineering is one of the professional courses under the Agricultural and Biosystems (AB) Engineering degree program.

AB Structures Engineering deals with the structural aspects of an agricultural building/structure such as: sizing of beams and columns using concrete, steel, or wood materials; analysis of various structural loads; and many other structural topics.

Why this book

This book was birthed out as a necessity to have an available textbook with regard to the structural aspects of an agricultural building. It is designed to cover the fundamental topics in a span of one semester. Strictly, structural courses are lengthy and rigorous, yet exciting at the same time. So, in order to be able to tackle many topics in a given time span, the book uses an "analysis approach" instead of a "design approach." In other words, the calculation for the strength of the member is determined when the member sizes are already given. And the computed strength is then compared with the loadings. By using this approach, it shortens the study time without compromising rigor.

Moreover, this book is designed to make the subject more visual as opposed to "more mathematical" by providing full illustrations, as in "illustrations in every page" to enhance understanding. By doing this, it is therefore necessary to deviate from conventional layout as you can see from the pages inside.

This textbook is to be used along with the NSCP 2015, PAES/BAFS and ASEP Steel Handbook 2004. Cross reference is sometimes provided in brackets. You will notice that Code/Standard requirements were paraphrased. This also doesn't cover all the Code requirements. Therefore, this textbook must not be understood or considered as complete. But, rather an avenue in establishing the fundamental concepts of the course.

May this book be a blessing to you as you journey in your divine calling to be an engineer.