Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations

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Selection of Sizes for a Continuous Beam ................. 1.

Mechanism-Method Analysis of a Rectangular

Portal Frame ......................................................... 1.

Analysis of a Rectangular Portal Frame by the

Static Method ........................................................ 1.

Theorem of Composite Mechanisms .......................... 1.

Analysis of an Unsymmetric Rectangular Portal

Frame ................................................................... 1.

Analysis of Gable Frame by Static Method ................ 1.

Theorem of Virtual Displacements ............................. 1.

Gable-Frame Analysis by Using the Mechanism

Method .................................................................. 1.

Reduction in Plastic-Moment Capacity Caused by

Axial Force ............................................................ 1.

Load and Resistance Factor Method ............................ 1.

Determining If a Given Beam Is Compact or Non-

Compact ............................................................... 1.

Determining Column Axial Shortening with a

Specified Load ...................................................... 1.

Determining the Compressive Strength of a

Welded Section ..................................................... 1.

Determining Beam Flexural Design Strength for

Minor- and Major-Axis Bending ............................ 1.

Designing Web Stiffeners for Welded Beams ............ 1.

Determining the Design Moment and Shear

Strength of a Built-up Wide-Flanged Welded

Beam Section ....................................................... 1.

Finding the Lightest Section to Support a

Specified Load ...................................................... 1.

Combined Flexure and Compression in Beam-

Columns in a Braced Frame ................................. 1.

Selection of a Concrete-Filled Steel Column .............. 1.