Ductile Design of Steel Structures - 3rd Edition
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BACK COVER DESCRIPTION
Ductile Design of Steel Structures,
Third Edition has been thoroughly updated to
address the extensive advancements made in the industry over the
past decade. The book covers steel material, cross-section,
component, and system response for applications in plastic and
seismic design and provides practical guidance on how to
incorporate these principles into structural design.
You’ll find essential coverage of new structural systems like
composite steel plate and concrete-filled walls, as well as new
ductile connections for special moment resisting frames, and
modifications in the design requirements for other structural
systems.
This third edition is filled with new and
updated content, including:
• Essential information on
concrete-filled composite steel plate walls (SpeedCore)
• A
significantly expanded chapter on buckling restrained braced
frames
• Updated knowledge recently implemented in the AISC
seismic provisions that has simplified the design of steel plate
shear walls
• Design examples that comply with requirements
in the 2022 AISC provisions
• New information on load-path
in floor/roof diaphragms, from the inertia force sources to the
lateral force resisting systems, and general information on
diaphragm design
• Information on new structural systems
being proposed, such as friction devices, scorpion-braces, and
more
Written by experts in earthquake-resistant design
who are active in the development of seismic guidelines, this is
an invaluable resource for practicing engineers and graduate
students in structural engineering.
Michel Bruneau, Ph.D., P.Eng., is a
SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil,
Structural, and Environmental Engineering at the University at
Buffalo, a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and
Emeritus Director of an NSF-funded Earthquake Engineering Center
that focused on enhancing the disaster resilience of
communities. His body of research developing engineering
strategies to enhance the resilience of infrastructure has been
instrumental to the inclusion, in national and international
standards, of specifications for multiple innovative structural
systems. He has received more than 20 awards for his work,
including an AISC Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Bruneau has
conducted numerous reconnaissance visits to disaster-stricken
areas, is a member of AISC and CSA code-writing committees, and
has served on many expert peer review panels. He has authored
more than 600 publications and is one of the most cited
researchers in structural engineering and earthquake
engineering. He is also the lead author of the 2003 seminal
paper that has formulated a concept and expression of disaster
resilience that today is at the foundation of most research on
this topic.
Chia-Ming Uang, Ph.D.,
is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of
Structural Engineering at the University of California, San
Diego (UCSD). He is a member of the AISC Committee on
Specifications and Committee on Research. Professor Uang is a
recipient of the Special Achievement Award in 2007, the T.R.
Higgins Lectureship Award in 2015, and a Lifetime Achievement
Award in 2020 from AISC. He received a Distinguished Teaching
Award from Academic Senate of UCSD in 2004 and four research
awards from American Society of Civil Engineers: Raymond C.
Reese Research Prize in 2001, Moisseiff Award in 2004 and 2014,
as well as the Best Paper Award in Computation and Analysis in
2023. Professor Uang also co-authors the textbook
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis.
Rafael Sabelli, S.E.,
is a Senior Principal and Director of Seismic Design at
Walter P Moore. Rafael has earned a Lifetime Achievement Award
and a Special Achievement Award from AISC, as well as the T.R.
Higgins Lectureship award. He is a member of the AISC Committee
on Specifications, where he is vice-chair of the Technical
Committee on the Seismic Provisions, and a member of the AISC
Committee on Manuals, where he is chair of the Seismic Design
Manual committee. He is a member of the ASCE 7 Seismic
Task Committee and the NIST Building Seismic Safety Council’s
Provisions Update Committee. Rafael was coeditor for the SEAOC
Structural/Seismic Design Manual. Rafael has written
extensively on the design and behavior of steel seismic systems.
He has published technical papers on braced frames, connection
design, and structural stability. He is a past President of the
Structural Engineers Association of California.
Hardcover: 1024 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1266013409
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Ductile Design of Steel Structures - 2nd Edition
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Thoroughly revised throughout, Ductile Design of Steel Structures, Second Edition,
reflects the latest plastic and seismic design provisions and standards from the
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Canadian Standard Association (CSA).
The book covers steel material, cross-section, component, and system response
for applications in plastic and seismic design, and provides practical guidance
on how to incorporate these principles into structural design.
Three new chapters address buckling-restrained braced frame design, steel plate shear wall design,
and hysteretic energy dissipating systems and design strategies. Eight other chapters have been
extensively revised and expanded, including a chapter presenting the basic seismic design philosophy
to determine seismic loads. Self-study problems at the end of each chapter help reinforce the concepts presented.
Written by experts in earthquake-resistant design who are active in the development of seismic guidelines,
this is an invaluable resource for students and professionals involved in earthquake engineering or other areas
related to the analysis and design of steel structures.
Michel Bruneau, P.E., P.Eng., is Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering
at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and an ASCE Fellow. He is a member of various AISC and CSA committees
developing seismic design specifications for bridges and buildings. Dr. Bruneau has conducted extensive research
on the evaluation and retrofit of existing steel structures subjected to large destructive forces.
He has authored more than 400 technical publications and has received many awards for his work.
Chia-Ming Uang, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Structural Engineering at the
University of California, San Diego. A member of the AISC’s Committee on Specification and
Committee on Research, he received the AISC Special Achievement Award in 2007.
Dr. Uang has authored numerous articles on seismic behavior and design of steel structures.
Rafael Sabelli, S.E., is a Principal and Director of Seismic Design at Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc.,
and was President of the Structural Engineers Association of California from 2009 to 2010.
He is a member of the AISC Task Committee on the Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings
and the ASCE 7 Seismic Subcommittee. Mr. Sabelli is the coauthor of AISC Design Guide 20:
Steel Plate Shear Walls as well as of numerous research papers on conventional and buckling-restrained braced frames.
Hardcover: 928 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0071623957
Errata for the 2nd Edition
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Reviews
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Sample Reviews for the 2nd Edition
"Excellent
book in advanced design topics of steel, recommended after
taking one or two courses on basic steel design."
—
Amazon.com Reviewer,
March 2015
"What
can you say, useful source of design information and especially
like the digital version"
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Amazon.com Reviewer,
December 2014
"Excellent
reference for steel design. It has historic background about
every structural system. "
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Amazon.com Reviewer,
August 2014
"这本书作为教材，深入浅出，非常适合自学！"
(you will need Google Translate for this one)
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Amazon.com Reviewer,
February 2014
" A must have for all engineers, researchers,
and students interested in developing solid background in plastic design and
seismic design of steel structures. Also a great reference book.
Emphasis on behavior and understanding, which is they key to a great career
in structural engineering. ."
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Amazon.com Reviewer, July 2013
" The book is very well written and comprehensive,
providing a single source reference for the ductile design of steel structures
especially for seismic design. Concepts of ductile design are presented from
a material and cross-section mechanics perspective and extend to member and
structural system plastic analysis. Such concepts are essential to understanding
the basis of current seismic design codes and developing next-generation seismic
structural systems. Each seismic LFRS included in the AISC seismic provisions are
discussed and clearly illustrate the behavior of the "displacement controlled
elements" from a mechanics perspective along with numerous experimental testing results."
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Amazon.com Reviewer, January 2013
"By blending a review of current research efforts
with clear design procedures, Prof Bruneau and his co-authors provide an
engineering textbook different than many others. It's more than a how-to; it's more of a here's-why.
The book offers aspiring and practicing engineers a thorough explanation of different frame
options and understanding of their behavior. It then demonstrates how best to design each
particular type of frame including design examples. At the same time, the authors make clear
that there is still research to be done to better understand the behavior of
steel structures under earthquake loads. I suspect this is one of those textbooks that
I will reference for years to come"
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Amazon.com Reviewer, November 2012
"Excellence
reference for the design of steel buildings under earthquake
loads. Has usual information on framed and braced structures but
also has a good section on steel plate shear walls. For overseas
readers many examples are in imperial units but still gives good
guidance."
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Amazon.com Reviewer, December 2011
Also of interest, some reviews from the 1st Edition.
"Recommended
for research community, and those practicing engineers who want
to know the theories behind standards and guidelines. It will
give you a good understanding of some analyses and design
concepts and fundamentals, with focus on ductile design of steel
structures in seismic zones "
—
Amazon.com Reviewer, September
2015
"It is an excellent book
for a graduate steel analysis and design course,
and could also serve as a great reference for practicing engineers."
—
Amazon.com Reviewer, March 2010
"Me parece que este texto,
ofrece de una manera clara los principales conceptos para el análisis no lineal
tanto de acero como de concreto. Texto ideal para cursos de post-grado en ingenieria estructural."
—
Amazon.com Reviewer, September 2008
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