Structural Steel Design Using the LRFD Method

The material is presented in a clear, reader-friendly style. This best-selling text has been fully updated to conform to the latest American Manual of Steel Construction. Both Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Stress Design (ASD) are now covered and calculations are worked out side-by-side to allow for easy identification of the different methods. Use of SI units as an addition to the primary use of Inch-Pound units. New coverage of Lateral Torsional Bending and Hollow Structural Sections. For steel design students and professionals.

Structural Steel Design, 3/e provides an introduction to structural steel design. It is primarily intended for a three-credit course for junior or senior undergraduates in civil engineering, building science, architectural engineering, or architecture. The material is presented in an easy-to-read student-friendly style.

Key Features of the Third Edition:

• Updated to conform to the 2999 Load and Resistance Factor (LRFD) Design Specification and to the third edition of the LKFD Manual of Steel Construction
• Includes approximately 500 homework problems. These have been revised, expanded, and updated from the previous edition.
• INSTEP32 computer software included. Helps students electronically solve many of ,the design problems presented in the text
• A new chapter entitled "Design of Steel Building Systems" has been added. As a part of this chapter, the nationally used commercial software package SAP2000 is introduced and used. A student version of the software is included with the textbook.