Hollow Sections in Structural Applications (Electronic book text)

In the 1980s and 1990s a number of guides for the design with hollow sections have been published. These CIDECT design guides were almost totally directed at the practising engineer. This new CIDECT book, however, is particularly written for teachers and students in structural and civil engineering, explaining the important principles for the behaviour of tubular structures. Since the design of steel structures is covered in basic lectures, this new book considers only the special items related to the use of hollow sections, in particular the connections. Most attention is paid to the basic understanding, for example failure modes and analytical models. In addition to being invaluable for a specialist course on Tubular Steel Structures, parts of the book would be excellent for more introductory-level courses on steel behaviour and design. The material included is an international consensus of knowledge on the topic at the turn of the Millennium: as such it is an ideal reference book too for all structural design engineers involved in tubular structures.