Engineering: Prescribed, Recommended and Open Textbooks: Civil and Environmental Engineering

GEOL2027A: GEOLOGY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS II

1st Semester; Block 1 & 2

• Geology for engineers and environmental scientists / Kehew, Alan E. (Recommended)
• An Introduction To Geological Structures And Maps. / Bennison, George M. (Recommended)

CIVN2008: MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES I

1st & 2nd Semester; Block 1, 2, 3 & 4

• Strength of Materials and Structures / by Case, J. (Recommended)
• Mechanics of Materials / by Gere, J. (Prescribed)  
• Structural Analysis / by Coates, R.C. (Recommended)
• Mechanics of Materials /   by  Hibbeler R. C. (Recommended)

CIVN2009: MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES II

1st & 2nd Semester; Block 1 - 4

• Strength of Materials and Structures / by Case, J. (Recommended)

• Mechanics of Materials / by Gere, J. (Prescribed) 
• Structural Analysis / by Coates, R.C. (Recommended)
• Mechanics of materials /   by  Hibbeler R. C. (Recommended)

CIVN2010: NUMERICAL METHODS

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4



• Numerical Analysis / by Burden, R.L. (Recommended)
• Numerical Methods for Engineers: with software and programming applications / by Chapra, S.C.  Canale, R.P.(Recommended)
• Fundamentals of Engineering Numerical Analysis / by Moin, P. (Recommended)

CIVN2011: PROBABILITY THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4

•    Applied Statistics &Probability for Engineers /  by Montgomery D. C. (Prescribed)
•   Probability & Statistics for Engineers & Scientists /  Walpole R. E. (Recommended)
•   Stochastic Processes in Science, Engineering & finance  / by Beichelt F. (Recommended)
•  A Basic Course in Statistics /  by Clark G.M. (Contact book list coordinator)

CIVN2013: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4

• Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science / Masters G.M. (Prescribed)
• Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design / Mihelcic, James R. (Recommended)

CIVN2014; ENGINEERING COMPUTING

1st Semester; Blocks 1 & 2

• Guide to Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2013 for Scientists and Engineers / Liengme B. (Contact Book List Coordinator)

CIVN2016A: ENGINEERING ECONOMICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4

• Infrastructure Planning Hand Book. Planning, Engineering and Economics / Goodman, A. (Recommended)
• Contemporary Engineering Economics / Park, Chan S. (Recommended)
• Project management for non-profit organizations; a practical guide for managing developmental projects / Mensah F. (Recommended)

CIVN3001: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS I

1st Semester; Blocks 1 & 2

• Strength of Materials and Structures / by Case, J. (Recommended)
• Fulton's Concrete Technology / by Owen, G. (Recommended)
• Fundamentals of Concrete / by Owen, G. (Recommended)
• Concrete Petrography: a Handbook of Investigative Techniques /  by St John, D.A. (Recommended)
• Properties of Concrete / by Neville, A.M. (Recommended)

CIVN3004: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING I

1st Semester; Blocks 1 & 2

• Soil Mechanics / by Craig, R.F. (Recommended)
• Elements of Soil Mechanics / by Smith, G.N. (Recommended)

CIVN3010: STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN

1st Semester; Blocks 1 & 2

• SANS 0162-1: Code of Practice: The Structural Use of Steel, Part 1.  (Contact Booklist Coordinator) See Civil Engineering LibGuide
• SANS 0160: Basis of structural design and actions for building and industrial structures. (Contact Booklist Coordinator) See Civil Engineering LibGuide
• SAISC: South African Steel Construction Handbook, The Red Book. Latest edition. Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• SAISC eBook, EToolkit Steel Connections, student version. (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• eSteelPlatform - Beam Design, student version. (Contact Book List Coordinator)
• Design of Structural Steelwork in Southern Africa to SABS 10162 / by Mahachi, J. (Contact Book List Coordinator)

CIVN3011: REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4

• Reinforced Concrete Association Design to BS 8110 - Simply Explained / by Allen, A. (Contact Book List Coordinator)
• Reinforced Concrete Designer's Handbook / by Reynolds, C.E. (Recommended)
• Reinforced Concrete Design / by Mosley, W.H. (Recommended)
• Reinforced Concrete: Design, Theory, and Examples / by McGinley, T.J. (Recommended)
• Structural Use of Concrete. SANS 10100-1. SABS Civil Engineering LibGuide / (Prescribed)

CIVN3012: HYDROLOGY

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4

• Applied Hydrology / by Chow, Ven Te. (Prescribed)

CIVN3017: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4

• Introduction to Operations Research / by Hillier, F.S. (Recommended)
• Systems Analysis for Civil Engineers / by Ossenbruggen, P.J. (Recommended)
• Planning and Design of Engineering Systems / by Dandy, G. (Recommended)
• Engineering Optimization Theory and Practice / by Rao, S.S. (Recommended)

CIVN3024: FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS

2nd Semester; Blocks 3 & 4

• Hydraulics in Civil & Environmental Engineering / by Chadwick A.J. (Prescribed)
• Fluid mechanics for Civil Engineers /  by Webber N. B. (Recommended)
• Understanding Hydraulics /by  Hamil L. Available Online. (Recommended)
• Fluid Mechanics  / by Swaffield J.(Recommended)
• Mechanics of Fluids / by Potter M.C. (Recommended)
• Fluid Mechanics / Cengel Y. (Recommended)

CIVN3025A: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I

​1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1- 4

• Marshall and Nelson's Structures  /  by Bhatt P. (Recommended)
• Structural Analysis  by / Kassimali, A.  (Recommended)
• Structural Analysis / by  Coates, R.C. (Contact Booklist Coordinator)

CIVN3026A: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II

1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1- 4

• Marshall and Nelson's Structures  /  by Bhatt P. (Recommended)
• Structural Analysis  / by Kassimali, A.  (Recommended)
• Structural Analysis / by  Coates, R.C. (Contact Booklist Coordinator)

CIVN3027A: TRANSPORT ENGINEERING

1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1- 4

• Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis / by Mannering, F.L. (Recommended)
• Traffic and Highway Engineering / by Garber, N. J. (Recommended)
• Pavement Analysis and Design / by Huang, Y. (Recommended)

CIVN4000: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS II

1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1 - 4

• Fulton's Concrete Technology / by Owen, G. (Prescribed)
• Civil Engineering Materials / by Jackson, Neil. (Recommended)

CIVN4004: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING II

1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1- 4

• Geotechnical Engineering / by Das, B.M. (Recommended)
• Foundation  Engineering /by Das, B.J. (Recommended)
• First Course in the Finite element method / by Logan, D.L. (Recommended)
• Soil Mechanics / by Knappett J. (Recommended)
• Geotechnical Engineering Design / by Xiao, M. (Recommended)
• An Introduction To Matrix And Finite Element Methods in Civil Engineering / by Smith G. (Recommended)
• Introduction to Soil Mechanics / Be'la B (Recommended)
• Introduction to Finite Element Analysis and Design / by Kim, N. H. (Recommended)
• Elements of Soil Mechanics / by Smith G. N. (Recommended)

CIVN4005: INVESTIGATIONAL  PROJECT

1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1- 4

• Guidelines for Theses / (Contact Booklist Coordinator) (Prescribed)

CIVN4010: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING 

1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1 - 4

• Hydraulic Structures / by Novak, P. (Recommended)
• Open Channel Hydraulics / by French, R.H. (Recommended)
• Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering / by Chadwick, A.J. (Prescribed)
• Nalluri and Featherstone's Civil Engineering Hydraulics / by Martini M. (Recommended).

CIVN4014: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

1st & 2nd Semester; Blocks 1- 4

• SANS 10160-4 for steel structure. See Civil Engineering LibGuide (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• SANS 51992-1-1 concrete design code. See Civil Engineering LibGuide (Contact Booklist Coordinator)
• SANS 10160-The News South African Loading Code. See Civil Engineering LibGuide (Contact Booklist Coordinator)