Index

A36 24–31

A572 24–31

A992 24–31

advantage 215

AISC 20

angle 44, 46, 259–262,

arc welding 204–214

architect xv

area 32, 44–47, 56–59, 65, 137

art of engineering 22

ASD 62

aspect ratio 176, 178

assessment xv–xvi

base metal 205–206

base plate 229

beam 44, 71–105

beam estimated size 38, 40–41

beam solution 271–277

bearing 218–219, 242–243

bearing bolt 203–204

bending 71–105

bending capacity see capacity, bending

bending coefficient 83, 86

bending stress 75–78

blast 25, 32

block shear 227–228, 244–245

bolt 47, 50, 198, 202–203, 216–223, 229–237

bolt area 233–234

bolt bearing 54

bolt dimensions 231–232

bolt hole 57–58

bolt tearout 54

brace 98

braced frame 6, 46, 66, 134, 182–184

bracing 74–75, 78

buckling 130–135, 135–139, 166–167

cable 52

camber 11

cantilever 5–7

capacity 20, 22; bending 75–90, 90, 107; bolt 216–228; column 135–158, 158–159, 166–167; connector 228–229; diaphragm 180; fillet weld 225; shear 110–116, 116–117, 119–122; tension 55–62, 65

carbon equivalent 208–209

carbon steel 24–31

chain, 52, 54, 202,

channel 44, 46, 74, 257–258

code 20–24, 188

collector see drag strut

column 4, 44, 47, 129–169

combined loading 158–159

communication 9

compact 34–36

complete joint penetration weld 210–213, 224

complex 44, 173

compression 129–169, 227

configuration see structural configuration

connected element 211, 216, 227–228

connection failure 60

connections 7, 46, 201–247

connector type 202–215

construction 47–50

construction administration 10–15

construction documents 9–10

context xvi

conversion 287–289

column estimated size 38, 42–43

couple 175

crack resistance 35

critical buckling stress 137–139, 142–145

cross-sectional area see area

deflection 12, 62, 65, 70, 90–91, 94–96, 104, 117, 159–161

deformation 32, 52, 72–73, 159

demand 20, 22; bending 90; column 158–159; connector 228–229; shear 116–118; tension 62

depth 5

design development 4–9

design guides 20

design project xv–xvi

design steps: bending, 96–97; column 161; connector 238; shear 118; tension 65–66

detailing 65, 117, 180, 229–238

diaphragm 174–180, 188

direct shear 107, 110–116

discontinuities 210–211, 214

distributed load 97

door xvi

drag strut 6, 66, 175, 177

drift 65, 186–188

earthquake 25, 32, 171

eccentric 7, 112–113, 159–161

edge distance 237

effective area 58–60

effective length factor 132–135

elastic 25, 32

elastic bending strength 78

electrode 205–209

electro-slag arc welding 208–209

energy 25, 32

energy absorption 32

environmental 22

equations xv

estimated size 38, 40–43

Euler buckling 130–132

example xv–xvi; bending 97–104; column 162–169; compression connector 238–246; shear 118–127; tension 66–70

expected strength 196

fabricator 47

façade 7–10, 12–13

failure 20

failure mode 217

fastener 25, 30

fiber 75–77

field observation 49–50

field weld 47

filler metal 204–209

fillet weld 224–226

flexibility factor 176, 178

flexure see bending

floor to floor height 38–39

flux-cored arc welding 208

force 175, 238

force amplification 191

fracture toughness 35, 37

frame 4, 171–175

free body diagram 98

friction 203–204

fundamentals 17–50

gas-metal arc welding 207

geometric irregularity 190

girder 72, 87

grade 26–31

gravity load 54

gusset plate 202

headed studs 38–39, 73

high strength low alloy steel 24–31

highly ductile 192–193

history 18–20

hole 57–58, 236

hollow structural section 44, 46, 150–153, 263–266

Home Insurance Building 18–19

HSS see hollow structural section

inelastic 25, 32

initial sizing: beam 81–86, 87–90, 100; column 139–158, 165–167; shear 113–116, 119, 121, 124–125; tension 60, 62–64, 68

in-plane discontinuity 191

inspection 14, 211, 215

International Style 19

iron 18

iron worker 47

irregularities 187–191

joint design 209–211

lateral bracing 46

lateral design 170–200

lateral load 6, 55

lateral load path 173–175

lateral system 182–185

lateral torsional buckling 72–75, 78–80, 83, 86–87, 102–103

Lebow Business Building 1–16

link 54

live load 94

load 66, 68, 98–99, 123–124, 164–164

load combinations 20

load factors 20

load path 52, 54–55, 171–175, 202

local buckling 33–36, 86, 135, 135, 168

long slot 58

LRFD 20, 22, 24, 62

masonry 96

mass irregularity 190

mat foundation 4

material behavior 25, 32–37

material parameters 68, 100, 118, 124, 165

materials 24–31, 191

mechanical equipment 9

modernism 19–20

moment connection 47

moment diagram 100, 179–180

moment frame 134, 184–185

moment of inertia 44–47, 73, 91, 131, 134

moments 75–78

monumental stair 9–10

net area 57–60

neutral axis 72–73

nomograph 134

non-compact 34–36

non-sway frame 134

One Maritime Plaza 53

overwelding 209

Parthenon 171

partial joint penetration weld 210–213

p-delta 161

Philadelphia 3

pipe 44, 47, 154–157, 267–270

plan dimension 38–39

plane strain 37

plastic bending strength 78

plastic capacity 76–78

plastic section modulus 44–47, 73, 78

plug weld 224

properties see material parameters or, section properties

protected zone 194

prying 223

quality 47–50

radius of gyration 44–47, 132

Real Salt Lake stadium 38

reentrant corner 188–189

response modification 186

rivet 202–203

rope 52

rupture 33, 54, 57–62, 69, 241–242

screen wall 13

section modulus 44–47, 78

section properties xvi, 44–47, 248–270

section types 44–47

seismic 66, 68

seismic connections 196–200

seismic design 186–198

seismic load 173

seismically compact 192–195

serviceability 90–91, 94–96

shear 106–128, 216–223, 227

shear center 112–113

shear connection 230

shear diagram 179–180

shear force 116–117

shear lag 57–58, 61

shear wall 6, 171–175

shielded metal arc welding 206

shielding media 205–209

shop drawings 47

short slot 58

size effect 37

skyscraper 19–20

slender 34–36, 55, 111, 135, 137–138

slip critical bolt 203–204

soft story 190

soldier piles 10–11

spacing 237

stability 5–6, 55, 72–75, 107–110, 130–135

stability bracing 97–98

stairs 46

Steel Construction Manual 23, 44

stiffened 33–36, 109–110

strain 25, 32–33, 76–78

strain gage, 14

straw 131

strength design 20, 22, 24; see also LRFD

strength reduction factor 20, 22, 24, 62, 78, 90

stress 25, 32–33, 76–78, 90, 92–93, 108, 217

structural configuration 38–43, 187–191

structural engineer xv

structural layout 20, 66

structural steel 24–31

submerged arc welding 206–207

sway frame 134

symbols 281–286

tearout 218

temperature 7

tension 14, 51–70, 216–223, 227

tension field 107, 109–110

tent 171

tightening clearance 235

torsion 7–8, 46, 106–128, 112–113, 116, 188

torsion properties 44

torsional buckling 139

tributary width 97

true stress and strain 32–33

Truman bridge 54

truss 4–6, 11–12, 184

truss splice 230

twist 112–113

unbraced length 79–80, 162

units 278–280

unstiffened 33–36

value engineering 4

variability 22

vibration 90, 96

weak story 190

weathering steel 25–31

weld 49, 202, 204–214, 224–228, 238–239

welding symbols 210, 212–213

wide flange 44, 46, 130, 146–149, 249–256

wind 66, 68, 171

yield 25, 32, 54, 56–57, 63–64, 68–69, 78, 102, 110, 135