Structural Steel Design: A Practice-Oriented Approach, 2nd Edition

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Structural Steel Design: A Practice-Oriented Approach, 2nd Edition

by Abi O. Aghayere, Drexel University & Jason Vigil, Consulting Engineer

For courses in Structural Steel Design and Structural Loads

Structural Steel Design: A Practice-Oriented Approach, 2e, bridges the gap between theory and practice, helping students learn the basics of steel design and how to practically apply that learning to actual steel-framed building projects.

Features

Takes a holistic approach by showing how each individual component design in a steel-framed building is incorporated into a complete building design as one would find in professional practice:

• Features realistic structural drawings and practical, real-world examples that include the use of the design aids in the AISC Manual, helping students learn how to use the AISC Manual.
• Provides comprehensive coverage of structural loads, including gravity and lateral loads, that is weaved seamlessly into the structural design process allowing for easy calculations of this somewhat complex task.
• Includes a chapter on "Practical Considerations" that provides students with a holistic design view and helps reinforce the connection between structural element/member design and building design in practice.
• Includes an introduction to floor vibration analysis and design per AISC Design Guide No. 11 as many modern buildings are more susceptible to vibration problems and most textbooks do not cover this topic.
• Other topics frequently encountered in practice but aren't covered in other texts include beam copes and their reinforcing; X-braces using tension rods/clevises/turnbuckles; stability bracing of beams and columns; and beam design for uplift loads, strengthening and rehabilitation.  

Introduces a student design project as part of the end-of-the-chapter problems to expose students to the important aspects of a real-world steel building design project:

• A student steel design project at the end of Chapter 1 is followed through with future end-of-chapter problems challenging students to design different components of the building with the concepts learned in each chapter.
• At the end of the book, students will have completed the design of an entire building helping students tie the design of different building components to the design of an entire building and reinforces a holistic building design approach.

Publisher/Edition: Prentice Hall/Pearson Education/2015/ISBN NO. 133418820/9780133418828