Constructional Steel Design: An International Guide

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The editors and/or Elsevier get this behemoth off to a shaky start with the first line of the foreword: "It is just over 200 years since the first major steel bridge was built over Scotland's Firth of Forth and the first all-steel building, the second Rand McNally Building, was opened in Chicago, USA." (We trust that the astute reader of SciTech Book News needs no clues.) Fortunately, the remainder of this epic account of structural steelwork fares far better, and all reputations are redeemed. The volume numbers among the authors of its 45 chapters many of the world's leading authorities on their subjects, which range from material behavior through element behavior and design, connections, composite structures, and dynamic behavior, to structural forms and practical aspects of their fabrication, erection, and inspection. With 89 tables and 1,129 illustrations. The proceedings of the Acapulco, Mexico conference, Construction Steel Design World Developments, will form a companion volume to this guide. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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