Steel-Quality Designations
Steel plates, shapes, sheetpiling, and bars for structural uses such as the load-carrying members in buildings, bridges, ships, and other […]
Steel plates, shapes, sheetpiling, and bars for structural uses such as the load-carrying members in buildings, bridges, ships, and other […]
Steel cables have been used for many years in bridge construction and are occasionally used in building construction for the
Compression and tension members with segments connected with lacing bars should be detailed with stay plates. Lacing and perforated cover
The following summary of elementary statics of cables applies to completely flexible and inextensible cables but includes correction for elastic stretch.
In an effort to provide a structural-steel framing system with a minimum floor-to- floor height for multistory residential construction, the staggered
Standard specifications are consensus documents sponsored by professional or trade associations to protect the public and to avoid, as much as
The design of truss bridges usually follows the specifications of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) or
Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Engineers (AASHTO), covers ordinary steel bridges, generally with spans less
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Many designers believe that steel girders, because of their lower weight per foot, should have longer spans than concrete beams for
Figure 15.25 shows the growth of maximum spans by year. It is obvious that in the 60-year period from the Golden