Structural steel drafting and design 2nd edition

by David C. MacLaughlin, Hector Estrada

Practical and easy to use, this text lays a solid groundwork for beginning and intermediate students to pursue careers in architecture, construction, or civil engineering.

Structural steel drafting and design clarifies the vital interdependence between structural steel design and fabrication drawings, equipping students to work flexibly with both.

First and foremost a drafting book, Structural steel drafting and design gives an overview of structural design theory while providing numerous examples, illustrations, and real-world assignments.

Students also become acquainted with critical tables and reference material from industry-standard sources, as well as the merits of Load and Resistance Factor Design and Allowable Stress Design.

The main job of steel drafters and steel detailing is to consult the architectural and engineering drawings relating to a project, interpret what they mean,

then create their own unique drawings that relate to the steel components required.

The process and design of a steel building structure
Determining whether steel structure is suitable for the building or not.
Determining appropriate structure and arrangement.
Estimating the cross-sectional area of the structure.
Analyzing the structure.
Inspecting the technical specifications.

There are three main design approaches to steel structure creation called simple, continuous, and semi-continuous, respectively.

These designs showcase how various types of structures are created using several different design approaches, and not one single uniform design method.