Category: Structural Steel
Civil Engineering
Unified Design of Steel Structures By Louis F. Geschwindner
Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Steel
CONTENTS Foreword………………………………………………………………..i Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………….. ii Contents……………………………………………………………….. …………iii List of Figures ………………………………………………………………………………….xiv List of Tables ………………………………………………………………..xvi 1 GENERAL…………………………………………………………………………………………..1 1.1 Scope……………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 1.2 Design Philosophy……………………………………………………………………………2 1.2.1 Aims of structural design………………………………………………………………………………………21.2.2 Design responsibility and assumptions…………………………………………………………………..21.2.3 Structural system, integrity and robustness…………………………………………………………….31.2.4 Overall stability……………………………………………………………………………………………………31.2.5 Limit state design ………………………………………………………………………………………………..31.2.6 Economy ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………31.2.7 Design working life………………………………………………………………………………………………31.3 References………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..41.4 Glossary of Terms and Definitions …………………………………………………………………………….41.4.1 General definitions ………………………………………………………………………………………………41.4.2 Structural element definitions………………………………………………………………………………..51.4.3 Structural behaviour definitions……………………………………………………………………………..61.4.4 Material behaviour definitions ……………………………………………………………………………….71.4.5 Section type definitions………………………………………………………………………………………..71.4.6 Connection definitions………………………………………………………………………………………….81.5 Major Symbols…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..82 LIMIT STATE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ………………………………………………………………………..172.1 General……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………172.1.1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………172.1.2 Simple design …………………………………………………………………………………………………..172.1.3 Continuous design …………………………………………………………………………………………….172.1.4 Semi-continuous design……………………………………………………………………………………..172.1.5 Design…