Free Technology eBooks Online : Engineering (General and Civil)
Here is a list of online books about Civil Engineering in various formats available for free:
- Applications of the Calculus to Mechanics by Earle Raymond Hedrick (page images at Cornell)
- Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond (1996 edition) by Engineering, and Public Policy Committee on Science (HTML at NAP)
- Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials: Trends and Opportunities by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
- Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
- Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research, ed. by Raymond S. Nickerson (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- Engineering Employment Characteristics by National Research Council Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer (page images at NAP)
- Engineering Infrastructure Diagramming and Modeling by National Research Council Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer (page images at NAP)
- Expanding the Vision of Sensor Materials by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
- Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise by National Academy of Engineering (page images at NAP)
- Foreign and Foreign-Born Engineers in the United States: Infusing Talent, Raising Issues by National Research Council Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel (preliminary HTML at ulib.org)
- Fostering Flexibility in the Engineering Work Force by National Research Council Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel (page images at NAP)
- Hierarchical Structures in Biology as a Guide for New Materials Technology by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images at NAP)
- Hierarchical Structures in Biology as a Guide for New Materials Technology by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
- High-Performance Synthetic Fibers for Composites by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
- Human Factors Specialists’ Education and Utilization: Results of a Survey by National Research Council Committee on Human Factors (page images at NAP)
- Intermetallic Alloy Development: A Program Evaluation by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
- James Watt by Andrew Carnegie (HTML at Rochester)
- Large-Scale Structures in Acoustics and Electromagnetics: Proceedings of a Symposium by Mathematics, and Applications National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- Liquid Crystalline Polymers by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images at NAP)
- Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s: Maintaining Competitiveness in the Age of Materials by National Research Council Committee on Materials Science and Engineering (page images at NAP)
- Mathematical Research in Materials Science: Opportunities and Perspectives by Mathematics, and Applications National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences (page images at NAP)
- Plasma Processing of Materials: Scientific Opportunities and Technological Challenges by National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy (page images at NAP)
- Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson (Gutenberg text)
- Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow: Contemporary Understanding and Applications by National Research Council Committee on Fracture Characterization and Fluid Flow (page images at NAP)
- Support Organizations for the Engineering Community by National Research Council Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer (page images at NAP)
- The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, with an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great Britain by Samuel Smiles (Gutenberg text)
- The New Engineering Research Centers: Purposes, Goals, and Expectations by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (preliminary HTML at ulib.org)