This edition has been thoroughly revised in accordance with the 2000 amendment to Part 1 of BS 5950 - all references have been updated and a new section on partial encasement for fire resistance has been added.
"Buildings with wide spans, such as industrial plants and warehouses, are usually built with steel. The architect must understand the specific material properties and requirements of steel as a construction material, including its static properties, which influence dimensioning …
"Buildings with wide spans, such as industrial plants and warehouses, are usually built with steel. The architect must understand the specific material properties and requirements of steel as a construction material, including its static properties, which influence dimensioning …
Gebäude mit grossen Spannweiten wie Industrie- oder Logistikbauten werden meist als Stahlbauten erstellt. Der Architekt muss für diese Bauaufgabe die spezifischen Materialeigenschaften und Erfordernisse des Baustoffs Stahl kennen, beispielsweise statische Eigenschaften, welche d…
Understanding Steel Design is based on an overall approach to understand how to design and build with steel from the perspective of its architectural applications. Steel is a material whose qualities have enormous potential for the creation of dynamic architecture. In an innovat…
Steel design is a new approach. In order to understand how to design and build with steel from the perspective of its architectural applications, hundreds of steel structures have been observed, analyzed and appraised for this book. The resulting account is informed by many year…
