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The new edition of this well-known book provides a series of practical design studies of a range of steel structures. It is extensively revised and contains numerous worked examples, including comparative designs for many structures.

Steel Structures

T. Macginley “Steel Structures”
Spon Press | 1998-04-02 | ISBN: 0419179305 | 254 pages | PDF | 4,9 MB

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The design of structural steel members has developed over the past century from a simple approach involving a few basic properties of steel and elementary mathematics to a more sophisticated treatment demanding a thorough knowledge of structural and material behavior.

Design and Behavior (4th Edition)

Steel Structures: Design and Behavior (4th Edition)
Publisher: Prentice Hall | Pages: 1024 | 1997-01-17 | ISBN: 0673997863 | PDF | 35 MB

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The plastic analysis method has been used extensively by engineers for designing steel structures. Simpler structures can be analyzed using the basic virtual work formulation, but more complex frames are evaluated with specialist computer software. This new book sets out a method for carrying out plastic analysis of complex structures without the need for specialist tools.

The book provides an introduction to the use of linear programming techniques for plastic analysis. This powerful and advanced method for plastic analysis is important in an automated computational environment, in particular for non-linear structural analysis.

A detailed comparison between the design codes for the United States and Australia and the emerging European Eurocodes enables practising engineers to understand the issues involved in plastic design procedures and the limitations imposed by this design method.

• Covers latest research in plastic analysis and analytical tools
•  Introduces new successive approximation method for calculating collapse loads
• Programming guide for using spreadsheet tools for plastic analysis

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The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3

The fully revised fourth edition of this successful textbook fills a void which will arise when British designers start using the European steel code EC3 instead of the current steel code BS5950. The principal feature of the new edition is the discussion of the behaviour of steel structures and the criteria used in design according to the British version of EC3. Thus it serves to bridge the gap which too often occurs when attention is concentrated on methods of analysis and the sizing of structural components. Because emphasis is placed on the development of an understanding of behaviour, many analytical details are either omitted in favour of more descriptive explanations, or are relegated to appendices. The many worked examples both illustrate the behaviour of steel structures and exemplify details of the design process. “The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3″ is a key text for senior undergraduate and graduate students, and an essential reference tool for practising structural engineers in the UK and other countries.

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