Steel Design for Engineers and Architects

Updating its highly successful predecessor, this new edition incorporates all of the American Institute of Steel Construction's 1989 specifications. Specific AISC section numbers are cited throughout for easy referencing. Sections on highway bridge design and fatigue design, as well as many new practical examples, are among the new features in the Second Edition. Current code provisions are supplemented by new practical examples and numerous AISC design aids are presented. New equiations are also referenced wherever appplicable. With no other books currently addressing the latest edition of the AISC code this guide will find an eager audience among structural engineers, architects, and other professionals.