Unified Design of Steel Structures (3rd Edition) – PDF

Unified Design of Steel Structures, 3rd edition, (PDF) is a textbook for civil and architectural engineers who want to learn about the design of steel structures for buildings. The book showcases a unified approach to teaching structural steel design and follows both LRFD and ASD approaches. AISC’s ANSI/AISC 360-16 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings governs building steel structures design. The book offers a comprehensive revision for practicing engineers transitioning from old specifications to the latest specification.

The textbook’s primary intent is to be the course material for the first steel design course of an engineering program, typically occurring in the third or fourth year. However, it can also function as secondary material for a building-oriented steel design course. All examples that depend on the LRFD and ASD provisions are exhaustively presented to prevent duplicates and facilitate learning. The textbook offers homework problems that instructors could present in both LRFD and ASD for their preferred teaching approach. Authors expect the reader to have a fundamental understanding of strength of materials and statics while offering easy access to the AISC Steel Construction Manual, 15th Edition.

Subjects covered in the textbook include tension member design, principles of limit state designs, resistance factors, safety factors, and load factors, plate girder, column, and beam design, composite member design, and bracing member design. It also offers a comprehensive coverage of connection basics like bolts, connected elements, and welds, design of light bracing connections, direct bearing connections, and shear connections. The textbook defines the basics of seismic design and addresses the design of moment connections.

The textbook also features a new Integrated Design Project and multi-chapter problems for instructors to include either as selected problems throughout the term or as a full project, including designing a four-story office building. The book also presents sample pages from the AISC Steel Construction Manual throughout the textbook to allow students to quickly reference design aids and learn how to apply the AISC Specification to structural steel buildings.