Download or read book Steel Designers' Handbook 8th Edition written by Branko Gorenc and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated, this eighth edition is an invaluable tool for all practicing structural, civil, and mechanical engineers as well as engineering students. Responding to changes in design and processing standards--including fabrication, welding, and coatings--this resource introduces the main concepts of designing steel structures; describes the limit states method of design; demonstrates the methods of calculating the design capacities of structural elements and connections; and illustrates the calculations by means of worked examples. Design aids and extensive references to external sources are also included.