Structural Steel Design, 6th edition

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 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
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 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
3. 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
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 Design for Fatigue Loads
   • 4.6 Examples with Video Solution
   • 4.7 Problems for Solution
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
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 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
10. 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
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 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
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 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
13. 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
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 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
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 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
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 for Solution
17. 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
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 Flexural Strength
    • 18.5 Tension Field Action
    • 18.6 Design of Stiffeners
    • 18.7 Problems for Solution
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 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