Transmission

Castellated beams over Sports Line/Microwave

Complex in U.K. Dr. N. Subramanian Towers
 Liquid Retaining
Structures
Beijing National Stadium also known as
Bird's Nest, 2008
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 Commercial Building in Gaithersburg,
Sears Tower, MD, USA
Chicago
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Domestic Airport
Chhatrapati Shivaji Domestic Airport
Chennai Domestic Airport
Stainless steel double-layer grid roof
at Hissar, Haryana Space Needle,
Seattle
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 IS 800-1956
 IS 800-1962 (First Revision)
 IS 800 – 1984 (Second Revision)
 All the above three based on WSM
 In the 1984 version –Section 9 – Plastic Design
 IS 800-2007 (Third Revision)
 Based on LSM-Section 11-WSM

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 1. Materials, Structures & Specifications
 2. The Basis of Structural Design
 3. Loading & Load Combinations
 4. Methods of Structural Analysis
 5. Bolted Connections
 6. Welded Connections
 7. Design of Tension Members
 8. Plastic & Local Buckling Behaviour
 9. Design of Compression Members
 10. Design of Beams
 11. Design of Plate Girders
 12. Design of Gantry Girders

Chapters 10 & 11 by Dr. S. Seetharaman, former

Scientist, SERC
 13. Design of Beam-Columns
 14. Design of Moment Resistant Connections
 15. Design of Base Plates and Caps
 16. Design of Roof Trusses and Industrial
Buildings
 17. Seismic Resistant Design
 18. Design Principles for Steel Enabling
Structures
Chapter 18 by Vivek G. Abhyankar , Sr. Manager,
(Designs), AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd.
 A. Properties of Structural Steel Sections
 B. Load due to Tsunami
 C. Properties of Soils
 D. B.M., S.F. & Deflection of Beams & Frames
 E. Computer Programs
 F. Design Aids
 G. Important Formulae
 H. Conversion Factors
40-story Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansa City,
Missouri, USA-opened in July 1, 1980.

The 4th and 2nd floor walkways hung one above

the other and the third floor walkway hung offset
to one side. These walkways all connected to
steel trusses that hung from the atrium ceiling.

July 17th 1981- During a party 4th floor walkway

failed and fell on the lower walkway- both
crashing into the floor killing 114 people and
injuring 185. The third floor walkway was not
involved in the collapse.

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32 mm dia Tension Rods- 3 cross-beams with C
Channels-suspended by steel rods retained by nuts
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 Large number of Figures, Tables, & Examples
 Comparison with other codes, wherever
necessary
 Each Chapter has a number of References for
further study
 Design Aids in the form of Tables for Instant
Design
 Index