Decoding the Eurocodes

Slovenian Chamber of Engineers publishes book on structural Eurocodes

The Slovenian Chamber of Engineers (www.izs.si) has published a 1100-page book on all the structural Eurocodes, prepared by 11 authors. It is written in Slovene, so you need to know that language to benefit from its insights. The book can be ordered from here.

Professor Darko Beg is the main author and Janko Logar contributed the section on Eurocode 7.

Updated corrigendum available for 'Decoding Eurocode 7' book

Thanks to Yul Tammo of Cornwall County Council for pointing out an error in one of the worked examples in Andrew Harris's and my book 'Decoding Eurocode 7'. It affects Example 11.3 for a T-shaped gravity wall retaining wet fill. We have provided a revised calculation on the book's website www.decodingeurocode7.com.

At the same time, we have updated the book's corrigendum to include other minor typos and corrections.

If you want to take advantage of the discounted price that we are offering (£60 + p&p instead of £75 + p&p), please order your copy soon. We have already sold 175 of the 200 copies that we originally ordered from the publishers.

We have hard copy!

Our copies of our book 'Decoding Eurocode 7' by Andrew Bond and Andrew Harris have now arrived from the publisher, Taylor and Francis. In print at last!

'Decoding' book goes to the printers

Andrew Harris's and my book 'Decoding Eurocode 7', which will be published by Taylor and Francis later this month, has finally gone to the printers. We will be contacting all those people who have pre-ordered the book shortly to confirm orders and arrange payment and delivery.

Thanks for your support - we have sold more than fifty copies already of our initial allocation of 200 copies.

If you want to purchase the book at a discount from the normal publisher's price, then please do so soon (while our stocks last). The order form is available from the book's website http://www.decodingeurocode7.com.

'Decoding Eurocode 7' goes to the publisher

At long last, Andrew Harris and I have completed our book 'Decoding Eurocode 7' and have sent the manuscript to the publisher (Spon). We hope to get copies of the finished article in August.

In the meantime, I have updated the book's website with more details about its content, plus samples from some of the chapters and a pre-order form offering £15 off the publisher's price.

Please visit www.decodingeurocode7.com for more details.

'Decoding' book is on its way

It had to happen... Andrew Harris and I are finally getting around to writing a book on Eurocode 7 as we have been threatening to do for some time. We have 150 pages in the bag already and the remaining pages are coming a pace. The title of the book will be (no prizes for guessing) 'Decoding Eurocode 7'.

I plan to feature extracts from the book in this blog - with the hope that readers may provide feedback on the text and hence help us improve the quality of the book. To whet your appetite, here is the current table of contents and a sneak preview of the book's cover (all subject to change of course!).

0. Prologue
1. The Structural Eurocodes
2. Basis of structural design
3. General rules for geotechnical design
4. Ground investigation and testing
5. Ground characterization
6. Verification of strength
7. Verification of stability
8. Verification of serviceability
9. Geotechnical reports
10. Design of slopes and embankments
11. Design of spread foundations
12. Design of retaining structures
13. Design of anchorages
14. Design of pile foundations
15. Execution of geotechnical works
16. Design examples
17. Epilogue

Smith's Elements of Soil Mechanics

Blackwell Publishing has published the 8th Edition of Smith's Elements of Soil Mechanics, which includes a number of worked examples to Eurocode 7.

Topics covered include partial factors, retaining walls, shallow foundations, pile foundations, and slopes.

Further details about the book can be found on Ian Smiths' website.