Structural Steel Design: International Edition

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Table of Contents:
1.      Introduction to Structural Steel Design.             1.1  Advantages of Steel as a Structural Material             1.2  Disadvantages of Steel as a Structural Material             1.3  Early uses of Iron and Steel             1.4  Steel Sections             1.5  Metric Units             1.6  Cold-Formed Light-Gage Steel Shapes             1.7  Steel-Strain Relationships in Structural Steel             1.8  Modern Structural Steels             1.9  Uses of High-Strength Steel             1.10 Measurement of Toughness             1.11 Jumbo Sections             1.12 Lamellar Tearing             1.13 Furnishing of Structural Steel             1.14 The Work of the Structural Designer             1.15 Responsibilities of the Structural Designer             1.16 Economical Design of Steel Members             1.17 Failure of Structures             1.18 Handling and Shipping Structural Steel             1.19 Calculation Accuracy             1.20 Computers and Structural Design    2. Specifications, Loads, and Methods of Design.     2.1 Specifications and Building Codes       2.2 Loads       2.3 Dead Loads       2.4 Live Loads       2.5 Environmental Loads       2.6 Loads and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Design (ASD)       2.7 Normal Strengths       2.8 Two Methods for Doing the Same Thing       2.9 Shading       2.10 Computation of Loads for LRFD and ASD       2.11 Computing Combined Loads with LRFD Expressions       2.12 Computing Combined Loads with ASD Expressions       2.13 Discussion of Sizes of Load Factors and Safety Factors       2.14 Author’s Comment       2.15 Problems  3. Analysis of Tension Members.      3.1 Introduction      3.2 Nominal Strengths of Tension      3.3 Net Areas      3.4 Effect of Staggered Holes      3.5 Effective Net Areas      3.6 Connecting Elements for Tension Members      3.7 Block Shear      3.8 Problems  4. Design of Tension Members.      4.1 Selection of Sections      4.2 Built-Up Tension Members      4.3 Rods and Bars      4.4 Pin-Connected Members      4.5 Designs for Fatigue Loads      4.6 Problems  5. Introduction to Axially Loaded Compression Members.      5.1 General      5.2 Residual      5.3 Sections used for columns      5.4 Development of Column Formulas      5.5 The Euler Formula      5.6 End Restraint and Effective Length of Columns      5.7 Stiffened and Unstiffened Elements      5.8 Long, Short, and Intermediate      5.9 Column Formulas      5.10 Maximum Slenderness Ratios      5.11 Example Problems      5.12 Problems  6. Design of Axially Loaded Tension Members.      6.1 Introduction      6.2 AISC Design Tables      6.3 Column Splices      6.4 Built-Up Columns      6.5 Built- Up Columns with Components in Contact with each other      6.6 Connection Requirements for Built-Up Columns Whose Components are in                 Contact with Each other      6.7 Built-Up Columns with Components not in Contact with Each Other      6.8 Introductory Remarks Concerning Flexural-Torsional Buckling of Compression            Members      6.9 Single-Angle Compression Members      6.10 Sections Containing Slender Elements      6.11 Problems  7. Design of Axially Loaded Compression Members Continued.      7.1 Further Discussion of Effective Lengths      7.2 Frames Meeting Alignment Chart Assumptions      7.3 Frames not meeting Alignments Chart Assumptions      7.4 Stiffness-Reduction Factors      7.5 Columns Leaning on Each Other for In-Plane Design      7.6 Base Plates for Concentrically Loaded Columns      7.7 Problems  8. Introduction to Beams.      8.1 Types of Beans      8.2 Sections used as Beams      8.3 Bending Stresses      8.4 Plastic Hinges      8.5 Elastic Design      8.6 The Plastic Modulus      8.7 Theory of Plastic Analysis      8.8 The Collapse Mechanism      8.9 The virtual-Work Method      8.10 Location of Plastic Hinge for Uniform Loadings      8.11 Continuous Beams      8.12 Building Frames      8.13 Problems  9. Design of Beams for Moments.     9.1 Introduction     9.2 Yielding Behavior-Full Plastic Moment, Zone 1     9.3 Design of Beams, Zone 1     9.4 Lateral Support of Beams     9.5 Introduction to Inelastic Buckling, Zone 2     9.6 Moments Capacities, Zone 2     9.7 Elastic Buckling Zone 3     9.8 Design Charts     9.9 Noncompact Sections     9.10 Problems 10. Design of Beams–Miscellaneous Topics. (Shear, Deflection, ect.)       10.1 Design of Continuous Beams       10.2 Shear       10.3 Deflections       10.4 Webs and Flanges with Concentrated Loads       10.5 Unsymmetrical Bending       10.6 Design of Purlins       10.7 The Shear Center       10.8 Beam-Bearing Plates       10.9 Problems          11. Bending and Axial Force.       11.1 Occurrence       11.2 Members Subject to Bending and Axial Tension       11.3 First-Order and Second-Order Moments for Members Subject               To Axial Compression and bending       11.4 Magnification Factors       11.5 Moment Modification or C Factors       11.6 Review of beam-Columns in braced Frames       11.7 Design of Beam-Columns —Braced or Unbraced       11.8 Review of Beam-Columns in Unbraced Frames       11.9 Problems 12. Bolted Connections.       12.1 Introduction       12.2 Types of Bolts       12.3 History of High-Strength Bolts       12.4 Advantages of High-Strength Bolts       12.5 Sung Tight, Pretensioned, and Slip-Critical Bolts       12.6 Methods for Fully Pretensioning High-Strength Bolts       12.7 Slip-Resistant Connections and Bearing-Type Connections       12.8 Mixed Joints       12.9 Sizes of Bolt Holes       12.10 Load Transfer and types of Joints       12.11 Failure of Bolted Joints       12.12 Spacing and Edge Distance of Bolts       12.13 Bearing-Type Connections-Loads passing through Center of Gravity of                 Connections       12.14 Slip-Critical Connections-Loads Passing Through Center of Gravity of                 Connections       12.15 Problems   13. Eccentrically Loaded Bolted Connections and Historical Notes on Rivets.       13.1 Bolts Subject to Eccentric Shear       13.2 Bolts Subject to Shear and Tension (Bearing Type Connections)       13.3 Bolts Subject to Shear and Tension (Slip-Critical Connections)       13.4 Tension Loads on Bolted Joints       13.5 Prying Action       13.6 Historical Notes on Rivets       13.7 Types of rivets       13.8 Strength of Riveted Connections-Rivets in Shear and Bearing       13.9 Problems 14. Welded Connections.       14.1 General       14.2 Advantages of Welding       14.3 American Welding Society       14.4 Types of Welding       14.5 Prequalified Welding       14.6 Welding Inspection       14.7 Classification of Welding       14.8 Welding Symbols       14.9 Groove Welds       14.10 Fillet Welds       14.11 Strength of Welds       14.12 AISC Requirements       14.13 Design of Simple Fillet Welds       14.14 Design of Connections for Members with Both Longitudinal and Transverse                Fillet Welds       14.15 Some Miscellaneous Comments       14.16 Design of Fillet Welds for Truss Members       14.17 Plug and Slot Welds       14.18 Shear and Torsion       14.19 Shear and Bending       14.20 Full-Penetration and Partial-Penetration Groove Welds       14.21 Problems 15. Building Connections.      15.1 Selection of Type of Fastener      15.2 Types of Beam Connections      15.3 Standard Bolted Beam Connections      15.4 AISC Manual Standard Connection Tables      15.5 Designs of Standard Bolted Framed Connections      15.6 Designs of Standard Welded Framed Connections      15.7 Single-Plate or Shear Tab Framing Connections      15.8 End-Plate Shear Connections      15.9 Designs of Welded Seated Beam Connections      15.10 Stiffened Seated Bean Connections      15.11 Design Of moments Resisting FR Moment Connections      15.12 Column Web Stiffeners      15.13 Problems      16. Composite Beams.       16.1 Composite Construction       16.2 Advantages of Composite Construction       16.3 Discussion of Shoring       16.4 Effective Flange Widths       16.5 Shear Transfer       16.6 Partially Composite Beams       16.7 Strength of Shear Connectors       16.8 Number, Spacing, and Cover Requirements for Shear Connectors       16.9 Moment Capacity of Composite Sections       16.10 Deflections       16.11 Design of Composite Sections       16.12 Continuous Composite Sections       16.13 Design of Concrete-Encased Sections       16.14 Problems 17. Composite Columns.       17.1 Introduction       17.2 Advantages of Composite Construction       17.3 Disadvantages of Composite Columns       17.4 Lateral Bracing       17.5 Specifications for Composite Columns       17.6 Axial Design Strengths of Composite Columns       17.7 Shear Strength of Composite Columns       17.8 LRFD Tables       17.9 Loads Transfer at Footings and Other Connections       17.10 Tensile Strength of Composite Columns       17.11 Axial Load and Bending       17.12 Problem 18. Cover-Plated Beams and Built-Up Girders       18.1 Cover-Plated Beams       18.2 Built-Up Girders       18.3 Built-Up Girder Proportions       18.4 Tension Field Action       18.5 Design of Stiffeners       18.6 Problems 19. Design of Steel Buildings.      19.1 Introduction to Low-Rise Buildings      19.2 Types of Steel Frames Used for Buildings      19.3 Common Types of Floor Construction      19.4 Concrete Slabs on Open-Web Steel Joists      19.5 One-Way and Two-Way Reinforced Concrete Slabs      19.6 Composite Floors      19.7 Concrete-Pan Floors      19.8 Steel- Decking Floors      19.9 Flat Slabs      19.10 Precast Concrete Floors      19.11 Types of Roof Construction      19.12 Exterior Walls and Interior Partitions      19.13 Fireproofing of Structural Steel      19.14 Introduction to High-Rise Buildings      19.15 Discussion of Lateral Forces      19.16 Type of Lateral Bracing      19.17 Analysis of buildings with Diagonal Wind Bracing for Lateral Forces      19.18 Moment-Resisting Joints      19.19 Design of Buildings for Gravity Loads      19.20 Selection of Members Appendix A. Derivation of the Euler Formula. Appendix B.  Slender Compression Elements. Appendix C.  Flexural-Torsion Buckling of Compression Members. Appendix D.  Moment-Resisting Column Base Plates. Appendix E.  Ponding. Glossary. Index.