TY - BOOK AU - Brockenbrough,R.L. AU - Merritt,Frederick S. TI - Structural steel designer's handbook SN - 9780071666664 : AV - TA684 .S79 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill KW - Building, Iron and steel KW - Steel, Structural N1 - Includes index; Properties of structural steels and effects of steelmaking and fabrication; Roger L. Brockenbrough --; Fabrication and erection; Thomas Schlafly --; Connections; Larry S. Muir,; William A. Thornton --; Building codes, loads, and fire protection; Nestor R. Iwankiw --; Criteria for building design; Roger L. Brockenbrough --; Design of building members; Ali A. K. Haris,; Kaise Haris --; Floor and roof systems; Daniel A. Cuoco --; Lateral-force design; Charles W. Roeder --; Cold-formed steel design; Roger L. Brockenbrough,; R. A. Laboube --; Highway bridge design criteria; Dennis R. Mertz --; Railroad bridge design criteria; John f. Unsworth --; Beam and girder bridges; Mahir Sen,; Alfred Hedefine,; John Swindleehurst --; Truss bridges; John M. Kulicki,; Betsy M. Reiner --; Arch bridges; Kenneth J. Wright,; Matthew A. Bunner --; Cable-suspended bridges; Walter Podolny,; David Goodyear N2 - Fully updated with the most recent design codes, standards, and specifications, Structural Steel Designer's Handbook, Fifth Edition, provides a convenient, single source of the latest information essential to the practical design of steel structures. This comprehensive volume begins by covering the properties of structural steel and the fundamentals of fabrication and erection. Modern structural design methods applicable to buildings and other structures, such as roof systems and various types of bridges, are presented. Details on the design of members--beams, columns, and tension components--and of bolted and welded connections are also covered. Featuring contributions from renowned engineering experts, this is an invaluable working tool for structural steel designers. -- Publishers description ER -