Subjects › Structures
Steel Design
Design of hot-rolled and built-up steel members and connections.
Topics by level
Basics
School, diploma and first-year level: the ideas in plain words.
Intermediate
Degree and exam core (GATE, ESE level).
Advanced and Design
Professional design practice.
- Industrial buildings and portal frames planned
- Steel bridges planned
- Composite construction planned
- Fire design of steel planned
Research
Frontier topics for researchers and postgraduates.
Codes and standards
| Country | Designation | Scope (our words) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | IS 2062 | Hot-rolled structural steel: grades and requirements. | current |
| India | IS 800 | General construction in steel: limit state design of steel members and connections. | current |
| India | IS 875 (Parts 1 to 5) | Design loads other than earthquake: dead, imposed, wind, snow and load combinations. | current |
| USA | AISC 360 | Specification for structural steel buildings. | current |
| USA | ASCE/SEI 7 | Minimum design loads (dead, live, wind, snow, seismic) for buildings and other structures. | current |
| UK | BS 5950 | Structural use of steelwork in building. | historical (withdrawn; replaced by Eurocode 3) |
| Europe | EN 1993 (Eurocode 3) | Design of steel structures. | current |
| Europe | EN 1994 (Eurocode 4) | Design of composite steel and concrete structures. | current |
| Australia | AS 4100 | Steel structures. | current |
| Australia | AS/NZS 1170 (series) | Structural design actions: loads and combinations. | current |
| Canada | CSA S16 | Design of steel structures. | current |
| Canada | National Building Code of Canada | Model building code, including structural loads in Part 4. | current |
Listed in a fixed country order; no standard is ranked above another. Scopes are our summaries. Buy the standards from the issuing body for exact text.
References and further reading
Standard texts, listed in no order of merit. We do not copy text, figures, tables or solved problems from any book; our explanations and examples are original.
- N. Subramanian, Design of Steel Structures, Oxford University Press, latest edition.
- C. G. Salmon, J. E. Johnson, F. A. Malhas, Steel Structures: Design and Behavior, Pearson, 5th edition.
- W. T. Segui, Steel Design, Cengage, latest edition.