Table of contents

INTRODUCTION

General Observations

Codes of Practice and Normalization

Basis of Design

Ultimate limit states

Serviceability limit states

Durability

Sustainability

Materials

Material specification

Mechanical properties

Toughness and through thickness properties

Fatigue properties

Corrosion resistance

Geometric Characteristics and Tolerances

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Structural Modelling, Worked Examples

Global Analysis of Steel Structures, Worked Examples

Classification of Cross Sections

DESIGN OF MEMBERS

Tension, Worked Examples

Laterally Restrained Beams, Worked Examples

Torsion, Worked Examples

Compression, Worked Examples

Laterally Unrestrained Beams, Worked Examples

Beam-Columns, Worked Examples

ELASTIC DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Simplified Methods of Analysis

Amplified sway-moment method

Sway-mode buckling length method

Worked Example

Member Stability of Non-prismatic Members and Components

Non-prismatic members

Members with intermediate restraints

General method

Worked Example

Design Example 1: Elastic Design of Braced Steel-Framed Building

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General Rules for Plastic Design

Plastic limit analysis: method of mechanisms

Code requirements for plastic analysis

Methods of Analysis

Approximate methods for pre-design

Computational analysis

2nd order effects

Worked Example

Member Stability and Buckling Resistance

General criteria for the verification of the stability of members with plastic hinges

Bracings

Verification of the stability of members with plastic hinges

Worked Examples

Design Example 2: Plastic Design of Industrial Building

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