Simplified Design of Steel Structures

by Ambrose, James; Tripeny, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780470086315
• ISBN10: 0470086319
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-25
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

For over sixty years, a primary source for design of steel structures -- now revised and updated. Examining a wide range of steel structures, building types, and construction details, Simplified Design of Steel Structures, Eighth Edition is a reliable, easy-to-use handbook that covers all commonly used steel systems, practices, and research in the field, reinforced with examples of practical designs and general building structural systems. The Eighth Edition of this leading book in the noted Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides has been updated to conform to current building codes, design practices, and industry standards. Featuring a wealth of illustrations, expanded text examples, exercise problems, and a helpful glossary, this outstanding tool: Uses the latest American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) method of structural design. Provides fundamental and real-world coverage of steel structures that assumes no previous experience. Includes valuable study aids such as exercise problems, questions, and word lists to enhance usability.

Author Biography

James Ambrose is Editor of the Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides. He practiced as an architect in California and Illinois, and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He was professor of architecture at the University of Southern California.

Patrick Tripeny is an associate professor at the University of Utah's College of Architecture and Planning.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Eighth Edition	p. ix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Considerations for Use of Steel	p. 12
Properties of Steel	p. 12
Types of Steel Products	p. 16
Development of Structural Systems	p. 24
Connection Methods	p. 25
Data for Steel Products	p. 25
Usage Considerations for Steel Structures	p. 26
Choice and Planning of Steel Structural Systems	p. 33
Structural Investigation and Design	p. 45
Situations for Investigation and Design	p. 45
Methods of Investigation and Design	p. 50
Investigation of Columns and Beams	p. 52
Investigation of Column and Beam Frames	p. 60
Approximate Investigation of Indeterminate Structures	p. 68
Service Conditions	p. 72
Limit States Versus Service Conditions	p. 72
Resistance Factors	p. 73
Choice of Design Method	p. 73
Horizontal-Span Framing Systems	p. 75
Factors in Beam Design	p. 75
Inelastic Versus Elastic Behavior	p. 77
Nominal Moment Capacity of Steel Beams	p. 84
Design for Bending	p. 89
Design of Beams for Buckling Failure	p. 99
Shear in Steel Beams	p. 103
Deflection of Beams	p. 108
Safe Load Tables	p. 118
Manufactured Trusses for Flat Spans	p. 129
Decks with Steel Framing	p. 137
Concentrated Load Effects in Beams	p. 144
Torsional Effects	p. 148
Buckling of Beams	p. 151
Beam Bearing Plates	p. 156
Steel Columns	p. 161
Column Shapes	p. 161
Slenderness and End Conditions	p. 163
Safe Axial Loads for Steel Columns	p. 164
Design of Steel Columns	p. 170
Columns with Bending	p. 180
Column Framing and Connections	p. 188
Column Bases	p. 192
Frame Bents	p. 196
Development of Bents	p. 196
Multiunit Rigid Frames	p. 197
Three-Dimensional Frames	p. 199
Mixed Frame and Wall Systems	p. 201
Special Problems of Steel Rigid Frame Bents	p. 204
Trussed Frames	p. 207
Miscellaneous Steel Components and Systems	p. 213
Manufactured Systems	p. 213
Composite Structural Elements	p. 214
Tension Elements and Systems	p. 220
Horizontal-Span Steel Trusses	p. 234
General Considerations	p. 234
Bracing for Trusses	p. 238
Loads on Trusses	p. 239
Investigation for Internal Forces in Planar Trusses	p. 242
Design Forces for Truss Members	p. 257
Combined Actions in Truss Members	p. 260
Design Considerations for Steel Trusses	p. 260
Two-Way Trusses	p. 262
Steel Connections	p. 269
Basic Considerations	p. 269
Bolted Connections	p. 272
Design of a Bolted Connection	p. 284
Bolted Framing Connections	p. 290
Bolted Truss Connections	p. 295
Welding	p. 298
Design of Welded Connections	p. 303
Welded Steel Frames	p. 307
Control Joints: Design for Selected Behavior	p. 307
General Considerations for Building Structures	p. 312
Choice of Building Construction	p. 312
Structural Design Standards	p. 313
Loads for Structural Design	p. 314
Dead Loads	p. 315
Building Code Requirements for Structures	p. 315
Live Loads	p. 318
Lateral Loads (Wind and Earthquake)	p. 322
Load Combinations and Factors	p. 326
Determination of Design Loads	p. 326
Structural Planning	p. 328
Building Systems Integration	p. 329
Economics	p. 329
Building Structures: Design Examples	p. 332
Building One	p. 332
Building Two	p. 350
Building Three	p. 354
Building Four	p. 384
Building Five	p. 394
Building Six	p. 396
Properties of Structural Sections	p. 413
Beam Design Aids	p. 439
Study Aids	p. 445
Terms	p. 445
Questions	p. 450
Answers to Questions	p. 452
Answers to Problems in Chapters	p. 455
References	p. 459
Index	p. 461
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