Structural Steel Design, 6th edition
- Jack C. McCormac
- , Stephen F. Csernak
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For undergraduate courses in Steel Design.
Piquing student interest in structural steel design
The best-selling textbook Structural Steel Design addresses the fundamentals of structural steel design for students pursuing careers in engineering and construction. Presented in an easy-to-read, student-friendly style, the 6th Edition conforms to the latest specifications of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and AISC Steel Construction Manual. While the material is prepared for an introductory junior or senior course, the last several chapters may be used for a graduate class. The material is best suited to students with a basic understanding of the mechanics of materials and structural analysis.
Published by Pearson (July 14th 2021) - Copyright © 2018
ISBN-13: 9780137518340
Subject: Civil Engineering
Category: Steel
Table of Contents
- 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 Stress—Strain Relationships in Structural Steel
- 1.8 Modern Structural Steels
- 1.9 Uses of High-Strength Steels
- 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 Steel Design
- 1.21 Problems for Solution
- 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 Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Strength Design (ASD)
- 2.7 Nominal Strengths
- 2.8 Shading
- 2.9 Computation of Loads for LRFD and ASD
- 2.10 Computing Combined Loads with LRFD Expressions
- 2.11 Computing Combined Loads with ASD Expressions
- 2.12 Two Methods of Obtaining an Acceptable Level of Safety
- 2.13 Discussion of Sizes of Load Factors and Safety Factors
- 2.14 Author’s Comment
- 2.15 Examples with Video Solution
- 2.16 Problems for Solution
- Analysis of Tension Members
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Nominal Strengths of Tension Members
- 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 Examples with Video Solution
- 3.9 Problems for Solution
- 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 Design for Fatigue Loads
- 4.6 Examples with Video Solution
- 4.7 Problems for Solution
- Introduction to Axially Loaded Compression Members
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Residual Stresses
- 5.3 Sections Used for Columns
- 5.4 Development of Column Formulas
- 5.5 The Euler Formula
- 5.6 End Restraint and Effective Lengths of Columns
- 5.7 Stiffened and Unstiffened Elements
- 5.8 Long, Short, and Intermediate Columns
- 5.9 Column Formulas
- 5.10 Maximum Slenderness Ratios
- 5.11 Example Problems
- 5.12 Examples with Video Solution
- 5.13 Problems for Solution
- Design of Axially Loaded Compression 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 Single-Angle Compression Members
- 6.9 Sections Containing Slender Elements
- 6.10 Flexural-Torsional Buckling of Compression Members
- 6.11 Examples with Video Solution
- 6.12 Problems for Solution
- Design of Axially Loaded Compression Members (Continued) and Column Base Plates
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Further Discussion of Effective Lengths
- 7.3 Frames Meeting Alignment Chart Assumptions
- 7.4 Frames Not Meeting Alignment Chart Assumptions As to Joint Rotations
- 7.5 Stiffness-Reduction Factors
- 7.6 Columns Leaning on Each Other for In-Plane Design
- 7.7 Base Plates for Concentrically Loaded Columns
- 7.8 Examples with Video Solution
- 7.9 Problems for Solution
- Introduction to Beams
- 8.1 Types of Beams
- 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 Examples with Video Solution
- 8.14 Problems for Solution
- 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 Moment Capacities, Zone 2
- 9.7 Elastic Buckling, Zone 3
- 9.8 Design Charts
- 9.9 Noncompact Sections
- 9.10 Examples with Video Solution
- 9.11 Problems for Solution
- Design of Beams–Miscellaneous Topics (Shear, Deflection, etc.)
- 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 Lateral Bracing at Member Ends Supported on Base Plates
- 10.10 Examples with Video Solution
- 10.11 Problems for Solution
- 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 Direct Analysis Method (DAM)
- 11.5 Effective Length Method (ELM)
- 11.6 Approximate Second-Order Analysis
- 11.7 Beam—Columns in Braced Frames
- 11.8 Beam—Columns in Unbraced Frames
- 11.9 Design of Beam—Columns–Braced or Unbraced
- 11.10 Examples with Video Solution
- 11.11 Problems for Solution
- 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 Snug-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 Distances 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 Examples with Video Solution
- 12.16 Problems for Solution
- Eccentrically Loaded Bolted Connections and Historical Notes on Rivets
- 13.1 Bolts Subjected to Eccentric Shear
- 13.2 Bolts Subjected to Shear and Tension (Bearing-Type Connections)
- 13.3 Bolts Subjected 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 Examples with Video Solution
- 13.10 Problems for Solution
- 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 Welds
- 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 Examples with Video Solution
- 14.22 Problems for Solution
- 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 Designs of Stiffened Seated Beam Connections
- 15.11 Designs of Moment-Resisting FR Moment Connections
- 15.12 Column Web Stiffeners
- 15.13 Problems for Solution
- 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 for Solution
- Composite Columns
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Advantages of Composite Columns
- 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 and ASD Tables
- 17.9 Load Transfer at Footings and Other Connections
- 17.10 Tensile Strength of Composite Columns
- 17.11 Axial Load and Bending
- 17.12 Problems for Solution
- 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 Flexural Strength
- 18.5 Tension Field Action
- 18.6 Design of Stiffeners
- 18.7 Problems for Solution
- 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 Floor Deck
- 19.9 Flat Slab Floors
- 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 Types 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-Torsional Buckling of Compression Members
Appendix D Moment-Resisting Column Base Plates
Appendix E Ponding
Glossary
INDEX
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