Eighth Edition
by James Ambrose
Simplified Design of Steel Structures 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.
Features:
- Current building codes and design practices
- Industry standards
- Wealth of illustrations
- Expanded text examples
- Provides fundamental and real-world coverage of steel structures that assumes no previous experience
Contents
- Considerations for Use of Steel
- Structural Investigation and Design
- Horizontal-Span Framing Systems
- Steel Columns
- Frame Bents
- Miscellaneous Steel Components and Systems
- Horizonatal-Span Steel Trusses
- Steel Connections
- General Considerations for Building Structures
- Building Structures: Design Examples
Appendices
- Properties of Structural Sections
- Beam Design Aids
- Study Aids
- Answers to Problems in Chapters
Index
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