Introduction to sixth edition
At the instigation of the Iron and Steel Federation, the late Bernard Godfrey began work in 1952 on the first edition of the Steel Designers’ Manual. As principal author he worked on the manuscript almost continuously for a period of two years. On many Friday evenings he would meet with his co-authors, Charles Gray, Lewis Kent and W.E. Mitchell to review progress and resolve outstanding technical problems. A remarkable book emerged.Within approximately 900 pages it was possible for the steel designer to find everything necessary to carry out the detailed design of most conventional steelwork. Although not intended as an analytical treatise, the book contained the best summary of methods of analysis then available.The standard solutions, influence lines and formulae for frames could be used by the ingenious designer to disentangle the analysis of the most complex structure. Information on element design was intermingled with guidance on the design of both overall structures and connections. It was a book to dip into rather than read from cover to cover. However well one thought one knew its contents, it was amazing how often a further reading would give some useful insight into current problems. Readers forgave its idiosyncrasies, especially in the order of presentation. How could anyone justify slipping a detailed treatment of angle struts between a very general discussion of space frames and an overall presentation on engineering workshop design? The book was very popular. It ran to four editions with numerous reprints in both hard and soft covers. Special versions were also produced for overseas markets. Each edition was updated by the introduction of new material from a variety of sources. However, the book gradually lost the coherence of its original authorship and it became clear in the 1980s that a more radical revision was required. After 36 very successful years it was decided to rewrite and re-order the book, while retaining its special character. This decision coincided with the formation of the Steel Construction Institute and it was given the task of co-ordinating this activity.
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I have not read Priestly MJN, Seible F, et.al.,"Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges," 1996 till now but I wish to. If someone have this book please post it. I have the first book Paulay T and Priestly MJN, "Seismic Deisgn of Reinforced Concrete and Masonry Buildings," 1992 and I have posted in the forum.
I scanned through the book but they haven't mentioned about the design philosophy i.e., why strong beam weak column principle is used for bridge design.
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Emphasizes actual structural design, not analysis, of multistory buildings for seismic resistance. Strong emphasis is placed on specific detailing requirements for construction. Fundamental design principles are presented to create buildings that respond to a wide range of potential seismic forces, which are illustrated by numerous detailed examples. The discussion includes the design of reinforced concrete ductile frames, structural walls, dual systems, reinforced masonry structures, buildings with restricted ductility and foundation walls. In addition to the examples, full design calculations are given for three prototype structures.
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Emphasizes actual structural design, not analysis, of multistory buildings for seismic resistance. Strong emphasis is placed on specific detailing requirements for construction. Fundamental design principles are presented to create buildings that respond to a wide range of potential seismic forces, which are illustrated by numerous detailed examples. The discussion includes the design of reinforced concrete ductile frames, structural walls, dual systems, reinforced masonry structures, buildings with restricted ductility and foundation walls. In addition to the examples, full design calculations are given for three prototype structures.
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PEER 2008/103 - Experimental and Computational Evaluation of Current and Innovative In-Span Hinge Details in Reinforced Concrete Box-Girder Bridges
Matias A. Hube, Khalid M. Mosalam - Report (6.5 MB)
PEER 2008/102 - Modeling of Unreinforced Masonry Infill Walls Considering In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Interaction
Stephen Kadysiewski, Khalid M. Mosalam - Report (2.6 MB)
PEER 2008/101 - Seismic Performance Objectives for Tall Buildings
William T. Holmes, Charles Kircher, William Petak, Nabih Youssef - Report (5.3 MB)
PEER 2008/08 - Toward Earthquake-Resistant Design of Concentrically Braced Steel-Frame Structures
Patxi Uriz, Stephen A. Mahin - Report (17.36 MB)
PEER 2008/07 - Using OpenSees for Performance-Based Evaluation of Bridges on Liquefiable Soils
Steven L. Kramer, Pedro Arduino, HyungSuk Shin - Report (22.7 MB)
and more (1998-2008)...
The Earthquake Engineering - Strong Motion Group is a research group of the University of Southern California, Civil Engineering Department. Its research focuses on: (i) earthquake strong ground motion for engineering applications, and (ii) earthquake response of man made structures, aiming to improvement of the seismic design procedures and earthquake risks reduction. Its research is interdisciplinary, and covers a wide range of topics, such as: earthquake source mechanism, seismic wave propagation, site and propagation path effects on strong ground motion, prediction of strong ground motion for design (peak amplitudes, duration, and spectral characteristics…), probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, strong motion recording and data processing, soil-structure interaction, structural identification and health monitoring using ambient noise and forced vibrations, effects of various realistic representations of strong ground motion on structures. The group operates the Los Angeles and Vicinity Strong Motion Network, installed in 1979/80, which has contributed valuable data for numerous engineering and seismological studies The group also maintains and develops equipment and processing methods for ambient vibration testing of full-scale structures. The group was formed in 1976 when Prof. M.D. Trifunac joined the Civil Engineering faculty.
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