Bagus pak ?
Betul, bagus dalam kaca mata saya lho. Buku tentang structural engineering, dapetnya di internet. Pertama-tama saya melihat sampulnya, koq menarik. Lalu membaca siapa pengarangnya, ternyata lebih menarik lagi. Siapa itu.
Bungale S. Taranath Ph.D., S.E.
Jelas bukan orang Indonesia. Tapi bagi structural engineer yang banyak terlibat dalam perencanaan gedung tinggi maka tentu akan mengenalnya.
Saya mengenal nama tersebut dari bukunya yang pertama yang berjudul “Structural Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings” terbitan tahun 1988, yang saya copy waktu itu ketika masih di PT. Wiratman & Associates, yaitu dari bapak Steffie Tumilar yang baru saja menerima kiriman dari luar. Itu rasanya buku yang cukup comprehensif membahas gedung tinggi (waktu itu lho).
Rasanya gagah deh, punya buku yang berbobot, bener lho tebal. Apalagi foto copy-nya pakai kertas 80 gr. 🙂
Author yang bersangkutan ternyata produktif dalam menulis buku-buku tentang gedung tinggi. Coba saja di Google, yang didapat bahkan bukunya yang lebih baru. Buku versi yang saya punya perlu di Google berkali-kali, itu saja baru dapat judulnya. Covernya nggak ada.
Cover bukunya yang terbaru, adalah :
Sinopsis :
Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings: Structural Analysis and Design
by Taranath, Bungale S
912 pages
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (December 15, 2004)
Developed as a resource for practicing engineers, while simultaneously serving as a text in a formal classroom setting, “Wind and Earthquake Resistant Buildings” provides a fundamental understanding of the behavior of steel, concrete, and composite building structures.
The text format follows, in a logical manner, the typical process of designing a building, from the first step of determining design loads, to the final step of evaluating its behavior for unusual effects. This work includes a worksheet that takes the drudgery out of estimating wind response.
The book presents an in-depth review of wind effects and outlines seismic design, highlighting the dynamic behavior of buildings. It covers the design and detailing the requirements of steel, concrete, and composite buildings assigned to seismic design categories A through E.
The author explains critical code specific items and structural concepts by doing the nearly impossible feat of addressing the history, reason for existence, and intent of major design provisions of the building codes.While the scope of this book is intentionally broad, it provides enough in-depth coverage to make it useful for structural engineers in all stages of their careers.
This work: discusses the latest approaches for calculating lateral forces using the newly published ASCE 7-02 provisions; describes the static, dynamic, and time-history analysis of using seismic design provisions of ASCE 7-02, IBC 2003, NFPA 5000, AISC 341-02, ACI 318-02, FEMA 350 and 356, UBC 1997, and the Blue Book-1997; and, explores traditional and newer types of bracing systems and allows the reader to attain a fundamental understanding of their behavior.
This work also: covers the restoration of damaged or seismically vulnerable buildings with a special emphasis on seismic rehabilitation of hospitals and schools; elucidates the differences between a ‘code-sponsored design and an alternate design philosophy based on the concept of Ductility Trade-Off for Strength’; highlights earthquake hazard mitigation technologies including seismic base isolation, passive energy dissipation, and damping systems; and, provides an abundance of examples applicable to real buildings and includes just enough explanations to drive home the underlying basic principles.
Buku tersebut pasti menarik bagi seorang seorang yang mengaku diri sebagai structural engineer. Buku tersebut cukup mahal lho, di Amazon harganya $123.96, ini lho infonya.
Yang lebih hebat lagi saya menemukan versi ebooknya di internet, dan telah berhasil saya unduh. File cukup besar 25 Mb. Tapi kalau berhasil, wah bagus lho, bukan hasil scan yang kasar. Bayangkan 912 halaman. Nggak percaya langsung saja ke link berikut.
Ayo cepat, mumpung.
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