Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, Sixth Edition

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1116
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The definitive guide to stability design criteria, fully updated and incorporating current research

Representing nearly fifty years of cooperation between Wiley and the Structural Stability Research Council, the Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures is often described as an invaluable reference for practicing structural engineers and researchers. For generations of engineers and architects, the Guide has served as the definitive work on designing steel and aluminum structures for stability. Under the editorship of Ronald Ziemian and written by SSRC task group members who are leading experts in structural stability theory and research, this Sixth Edition brings this foundational work in line with current practice and research.

The Sixth Edition incorporates a decade of progress in the field since the previous edition, with new features including:

• Updated chapters on beams, beam-columns, bracing, plates, box girders, and curved girders. Significantly revised chapters on columns, plates, composite columns and structural systems, frame stability, and arches

• Fully rewritten chapters on thin-walled (cold-formed) metal structural members, stability under seismic loading, and stability analysis by finite element methods

• State-of-the-art coverage of many topics such as shear walls, concrete filled tubes, direct strength member design method, behavior of arches, direct analysis method, structural integrity and disproportionate collapse resistance, and inelastic seismic performance and design recommendations for various moment-resistant and braced steel frames

Complete with over 350 illustrations, plus references and technical memoranda, the Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, Sixth Edition offers detailed guidance and background on design specifications, codes, and standards worldwide.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–11):
Chapter 2 Stability Theory (pages 12–22):
Chapter 3 Centrally Loaded Columns (pages 23–127):
Chapter 4 Plates (pages 128–204):
Chapter 5 Beams (pages 205–256):
Chapter 6 Plate Girders (pages 257–320):
Chapter 7 Box Girders (pages 321–370):
Chapter 8 Beam?Columns (pages 371–412):
Chapter 9 Horizontally Curved Steel Girders (pages 413–455):
Chapter 10 Composite Columns and Structural Systems (pages 456–492):
Chapter 11 Stability of Angle Members (pages 493–530):
Chapter 12 Bracing (pages 531–555):
Chapter 13 Thin?Walled Metal Construction (pages 556–625):
Chapter 14 Circular Tubes and Shells (pages 626–677):
Chapter 15 Members with Elastic Lateral Restraints (pages 678–691):
Chapter 16 Frame Stability (pages 692–761):
Chapter 17 Arches (pages 762–806):
Chapter 18 Doubly Curved Shells and Shell?Like Structures (pages 807–823):
Chapter 19 Stability under Seismic Loading (pages 824–932):
Chapter 20 Stability Analysis by the Finite Element Method (pages 933–958):