Steel Structures: Behavior and LRFD (McGraw-Hill Civil Engineering) by Sriramulu Vinnakota
This textbook integrates both design considerations of steel structures as well as the behavior on which the design specifications are based.
Steel Structures:
Behavior and LRFD is unique in that it has five introductory chapters: an Introduction to motivate student interest by showing and discussing actual steel projects; Chapter 2 presents a discussion of steels as a structural material; Chapter 3 provides a broad introduction to structures; Chapter 4 discusses loads acting on structures per ASCE Standards 7; and Chapter 5 explains calculations for simple examples. The other unique feature is thorough coverage of connections. Connections are the most important and least understood components of steel structures. The most recent editions of the American Institute of Steel Construction's Load and Resistance Factor Design Specifications (3e, 1999) and the LRFD Manual (3e, 2001) are used and extensively referenced in the Vinnakota text, and these documents are based on the behavior of steel. Therefore covering the interaction of design and behavior in one textbook is a unique approach. Designers must understand structural behavior as an integral part of the design process, and chapters 1 to 5 thoroughly cover this material. As Ramulu Vinnakota notes, "The heart and soul of design are the ability to conceive a structure that will behave as desired, and intuition regarding different framing options."
The balance of the chapters covers the elements that make up a steel building structure: members and connections. In each chapter, discussion of theory and behavior of the member under various combinations of loads it must resist is followed by a discussion of design applications.
ISBN: 0072366141 Format: BB 928 pages Pub Date: 2005-01-26 Copyright: 2006 Edition:1
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| Description | By: Vinnakota, Ramulu S This textbook integrates both design considerations of steel structures as well as the behavior on which the design specifications are based. Steel Structures: Behavior and LRFD is unique in that it has five introductory chapters: an Introduction to motivate student interest by showing and discussing actual steel projects; Chapter 2 presents a discussion of steels as a structural material; Chapter 3 provides a broad introduction to structures; Chapter 4 discusses loads acting on structures per ASCE Standards 7; and Chapter 5 explains calculations for simple examples. The other unique feature is thorough coverage of connections. Connections are the most important and least understood components of steel structures. The most recent editions of the American Institute of Steel Construction's Load and Resistance Factor Design Specifications (3e, 1999) and the LRFD Manual (3e, 2001) are used and extensively referenced in the Vinnakota text, and these documents are based on the behavior of steel. Therefore covering the interaction of design and behavior in one textbook is a unique approach. Designers must understand structural behavior as an integral part of the design process, and chapters 1 to 5 thoroughly cover this material. As Ramulu Vinnakota notes, "The heart and soul of design are the ability to conceive a structure that will behave as desired, and intuition regarding different framing options." The balance of the chapters covers the elements that make up a steel building structure: members and connections. In each chapter, discussion of theory and behavior of the member under various combinations of loads it must resist is followed by a discussion of design applications. ISBN: 0072366141 Format: BB 928 pages Pub Date: 2005-01-26 Copyright: 2006 Edition:1 |
