Table of Contents

1.    Introduction to Steel Structures                                                                   

2.    Design Methods, Load Combinations, and Gravity Loads                        

3.    Lateral Loads and Systems in Steel Buildings                                                         

4.    Tension Members                                                                                         

5.    Compression Members                                                                                

6.    Non-Composite Beams                                                                                 

7.    Composite Beams                                                                                         

8.    Beam—Columns                                                                                             

9.    Connections —Bolts                                                                                       

10.    Connections -Welds  

11.    Moment Connections           

12.    Floor Vibrations                                                                                                        

13.    Built-Up Girders (Plate Girders)                                                                                          

14.    Practical Design Considerations in the Design of SteelBuilding

Appendix

About the Author

Abi Aghayere, Ph.D., PE is a professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology and co-author of two other textbooks in the field of structural engineering. He is the winner of RIT’s Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2004-05, and a 2003 Best Paper Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. He has over twenty years experience in the analysis and design of a wide variety of building structures in Canada and the United States.

Jason Vigil, PE is a structural engineering consultant in Rochester, NY and is an adjunct professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology.  He is also the co-author of Structural Wood Design: A Practice Oriented Approach.