1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 Structural Steel and Its Properties in Construction. - 1. 3 Applications. - 1. 4 Loads Load Factors and Load Combinations. - 2 Tension Members. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Design Criteria. - 2. 3 ASD Method. - 2. 4 LRFD Method. - 2. 5 Effective Area of Riveted and Bolted Tension Members. - 2. 6 Effective Area for Staggered Holes of Tension Members. - 2. 7 Tension Rods in Design of Purlins. - 2. 8 Limitation of Length of Tension Members on Stiffness: Slenderness Ratio. - 2. 9 Applications. - 3 Compression Members. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Derivation of Euler's Formula. - 3. 3 Design Criteria for Compression Members Under oncentric Load: ASD Method. - 3. 4 Effective Length and Slenderness Ratio. - 3. 5 Design Criteria for Compression Members Under Concentric Load: LRFD Method. - 3. 6 SI LRFD Design Criteria (Axial Compression). - 3. 7 Compression Members in Braced Frames: ASD Method. - 3. 8 Axial Compression and Bending: ASD Method. - 3. 9 Reduction in Live Loads. - 3. 10 Columns Subject to Bending and Axial Force in a Braced System: LRFD Method. - 3. 11 Design of Columns for Braced and Unbraced Frames: ASD Method. - 4 Designs of Bending Members. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Simple Bending. - 4. 3 Design of Beams and Other Flexural Members: ASD Allowable Bending Stress. - 4. 4 Deflections and Vibrations of Beams in Bending. - 4. 5 Design for Flexure: LRFD Method. - 4. 6 Use of the Load Factor Design Selection Table Zx for Shapes Used as Beams. - 4. 7 Serviceability Design Considerations and the LRFD Method. - 5 Torsion and Bending. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Torsional Stresses. - 5. 3 Plane Bending Stresses. - 5. 4 Combining Torsional and Bending Stresses. - 5. 5 Torsional End Conditions. - 5. 6 Torsional Loading and End Conditions. - 5. 7 Applications. - 6 Design of Bracings for Wind and EarthquakeForces. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 Wind Forces. - 6. 3 Wind Velocity Pressure. - 6. 4 Selection of Basic Wind Speed (mph). - 6. 5 External Pressures and Combined External and Internal Pressures. - 6. 6 Wind Pressure Profile Against Buildings. - 6. 7 Analysis of Braced Frames for Wind Forces. - 6. 8 Introduction to Seismic Design. - 6. 9 Equivalent Static Force Procedure. - 7 Connections. - 7. 1 Introduction. - 7. 2 Types of Connections. - 7. 3 Framed Beam Connection: Bolted. - 7. 4 Framed Beam Connection: Welded E70XX Electrodes for Combination with Table II and Table III Connections. - 8 Anchor Bolts and Baseplates. - 8. 1 Introduction. - 8. 2 Design of Column Baseplates. - 9 Built-Up Beams: Plate Girders. - 9. 1 Introduction. - 9. 2 Design of Plate Girders by ASD Method. - 9. 3 Approximate Method for Selection of Trial Section. - 10 Composite Construction. - 10. 1 Introduction. - 10. 2 Design Conceptualization and Assumptions. - 10. 3 Development of Section Properties. - 10. 4 Short-Cut Method for Determining Sxbc. - 10. 5 Shear Connectors. - 10. 6 Bethlehem Steel Table for Selecting Shear Connectors. - 10. 7 LRFD Method: Design Assumptions. - 10. 8 LRFD Flexural Members. - 11 Plastic Analysis and Design of Structures. - 11. 1 Introduction. - 11. 2 Bending of Beams. - 11. 3 Design of Beams: Failure Mechanism Approach. - 11. 4 Fixed End Beam. - 11. 5 Plastic Hinges: Mechanism of Failure. - 11. 6 Fixed End Beam with Multiple Concentrated Loads. - 11. 7 Continuous Beams. - 11. 8 Portal Frames. - 11. 9 Minimum Thickness (Width-Thickness Ratio). - 11. 10 Plastic Analysis of Gabled Frames. - 12 Influence of Axial Forces on Plastic Moment. - 12. 1 Introduction. - 12. 2 Influence of Axial Forces on Plastic Moment Capacity. - 13 Rigid Connections. - 13. 1 Introduction. - 13. 2 Straight Corner Connection. - 13. 3 Stiffener for a Straight Corner Connection. - 13. 4Haunched Connections. - 13. 5 Haunched Connections with Concentrated Loads. - 13. 6 Design Guides: Connections. - 14 Multistory Buildings: Plastic Design. - 14. 1 Introduction. - 14. 2 Allowable Stress vs. Plastic Design Methods. - 14. 3 Application to Multistory Buildings. Language: English