[PDF] Steel Structures Practical design studies by T.J.MacGinley

The primary function of the second version is once more to current rules, related concerns and pattern designs for a number of the main sorts of steel-framed buildings.

All buildings may be framed in several methods with several types of joints and analysed utilizing totally different strategies.

Member design for final circumstances is specified. Tasks are chosen to indicate various designs for a similar construction.
Designs are actually to adapt to restrict state concept the British metal code and the brand new Eurocode. Design rules are set out briefly and designs made to the British code solely.

Reference is made to the Eurocode in a single particular case. Many extra design calculations and checks are required for the restrict state code than for the earlier elastic code and thus not all load circumstances or detailed checks may be carried out for each design mission.

Nevertheless, additional needed design work is indicated in these circumstances. Although laptop strategies, primarily for evaluation, but additionally more and more used for member and connection design are actually the design workplace procedural norm, approximate, guide strategies are nonetheless of nice significance.

These are required primarily to acquire sections for laptop evaluation and to verify last designs.

The e-book, as within the case of the primary version, is aimed toward last yr college students, candidates on grasp diploma programs in structural engineering and younger engineers in business.

Basic information of the strategies of structural evaluation and design from a primary design course is assumed.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Steel Structures Practical Design Studies written by Professor Hassan K.Al Nageim and Professor T.J. MacGinley is published by Taylor and Francis Group.

The main purpose of the third edition remains again to present principles, relevant considerations and sample designs for some of the major types of steel-framed buildings. All buildings can be framed in different ways with different types of joints and analysed using different methods. Member design for ultimate conditions is specified. Projects are selected to show alternative designs for the same structure.

Designs are now to confirm to limit state theory according to the British steel code and the new Eurocode. Design principles are set out briefly and designs made to the British code and to the Eurocode in most cases for comparison. Many more design calculations and checks are required for the limit state code than for the previous elastic code and thus not all load cases or details checks can be carried out for every design project. However, further necessary design work is indicated in these cases.

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1. Introduction to structural design: the meaning, the purpose and the limits of structural design – general
2. Steel structures – structural engineering
3. Structural steel design
4. Preliminary design
5. Single-storey, one-way-spanning buildings
6. Single-storey, one-way-spanning pinned-base portal-plastic design to EC3
7. Multistorey buildings
8. Multistorey buildings, simple design to EC3
9. Floor systems
10. Design of simply supported composite beam to EC4
11. Tall buildings
12. Wide-span buildings
13. Sustainable steel buildings and energy saving