Most of the end of chapter Problems for Solution for Chapters 2 through 11 have been revised. In Chapter 11 of the textbook, both the Direct Analysis Method and the Effective Length Method are presented for the analysis and design of beam-columns.This is to address the fact that the presentation of the Direct Analysis Method was moved from an appendix to Chapter C of the new AISC Specification while the Effective Length Method moved from Chapter C to Appendix 7.Ħ. A more comprehensive discussion of the DM is reserved for Chapter 11 of the text.ĥ. In Chapter 7 of the textbook, the Effective Length Method (ELM) is still used, though a brief introduction to the Direct Analysis Method (DM) has been added. The AISC Specification provides several methods to deal with stability analysis and the design of beam-columns.
For compression, sections are now classified as non-slender element or slender element sections.Ĥ. The classification of compression sections for local buckling defined in Chapter 5 of the textbook has been revised to the new definition given in Section B4.1 of the new AISC Specification. The load factors and load combinations defined in Chapter 2 of the textbook and used throughout the book in example problems and end of chapter problems for solution have been revised to meet those given in the ASCE 7-10 and Part 2 of the AISC Steel Construction Manual.ģ. End of chapter Problems for Solution have been added for Chapter 1 of the textbook.Ģ.
Several changes to the text were made to the textbook in this edition:ġ.
#Aisc 14th edition table 14.2 update
The authors major objective in preparing this new edition was to update the text to conform to both the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 2010 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings and the 14th edition of the AISC Steel Construction Manual published in 2011. This text is presented using an easy-to-read, student-friendly style.The book is carefully designed so that an instructor can easily teach LRFD or ASD (material exclusively pertaining to ASD is shaded). Both Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Stress Design (ASD) methods of designing steel structures are presented throughout the book.For undergraduate courses in Steel Design.