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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Study the design of steel building structures per the 2005 unified specification, ANSI/AISC 360-05 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings with this key resource. Author Louis F. Geschwindner first builds the foundation for steel design and then explores the various member types in more detail. He provides guidance for those new to the field as well as an excellent review for practicing engineers looking to learn the provisions of the unified specification and to convert their practice from the old specifications to the new one. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Louis F. Geschwindner | | Hardcover: | 460 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | August 06, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0471475580 | | Product Length: | 8.33 inches | | Product Width: | 0.97 inches | | Product Height: | 10.14 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.99 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.1 inches | | Package Width: | 8.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 5 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Too Thin Nov 30, 2007
By TP
"TP"
This book is well written and is up-to-date with the AISC 13th edition Manual. The explanations given are clear and concise. However the book is too thin to cover the breadth of Steel Design. More topics need to be addressed and each topic needs to be presented with a lot more depth.
In summary, a better title for this book could have been "Unified Steel Design for Dummies".
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Great for work reference or SE studying of AISC 13th ed. Feb 27, 2010
By K. Wheaton
I purchased this book to help me study for the SE exam. You need to know the AISC 13th edition backwards and forwards for that exam and I liked the idea that Geschwindner helped write AISC 13th, who better to explain it? The book is not very long, which was a bonus for me as I can't invest the time studying a complete college text. I found this book very useful for my studying. I haven't taken a steel class since grad school, and wanted to become very familiar with the 13th edition. I recommend this book to anyone who is trying to become well versed with the new manual. I found the section on steel connection design especially helpful. I just wish that Geschwindner spent more time teaching you how to use the AISC manual tables. He describes the "long way" to do design, which is very helpful to for general understanding of a problem, but for the purpose of my everyday design I want to know the quickest way to reach a solution. I often rely on the manual tables and had to teach that to myself using the manual commentaries. But all in all, this book was a great deal for the amount of content it offered(I bought it used). I would definitely recommend it to engineers in practice who want to become versed in the 13th edition.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Do Not Judge a Book by How Thick it Is Jun 02, 2009
By S. J. KURTZ
While I agree with previous reviewers that this book is physically thin, I disagree with the assertion that it is thin on content. This book covers more topics than the Segui book, yet its presentation is simpler and clearer than the Salmon and Johnson book (which is an excellent book, but one that can overwhelm undergraduates).
In my opinion, this book is what an undergraduate student needs: a broad set of topics, good explanation of concepts and applications, and clear presentation. Students need clear direction and this book provides it.
The fact that the book is physically thin is owed to the simple fact that it is published on 8x10 paper in 10 point font; if the publisher had wanted the book to be 50% thicker (like the Segui book), this could have been accomplished by using smaller paper, larger font, and more white space.
The bottom line is this: do not reject this book because it is thin.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great Examples Feb 22, 2010
By JK
Book really laid out example problems and stepped you through them. Didn't get to really dig into it, professor didn't use it as much as promised. Thought is was a really good step-by-step solution book.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 This is not a good book Nov 25, 2008
By C. Rood
"Structures Engineer"
I purchased this book for my undergraduate course of Structural Design for Steel. Using it as a reference with the 5th edition of the AISCM I found it trouble and bought a different book to use as a reference. If you are a structural engineer or student don't even waste your money. Look for a different book. I also have to agree with other reviewers that this book is way to thin to cover the topic of steel design
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