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STRUCTURAL
STEEL
DESIGNER’S
HANDBOOK
Roger L. Brockenbrough Editor
R. L. Brockenbrough & Associates, Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Frederick S. Merritt Editor
Late Consulting Engineer, West Palm Beach, Florida
Third Edition
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Structural steel designer’s handbook / Roger L. Brockenbrough, editor,
Frederick S. Merritt, editor.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-07-008782-2
1. Building, Iron and steel. 2. Steel, Structural.
I. Brockenbrough, R. L. II. Merritt, Frederick S.
TA684.S79 1994
624.1
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Other McGraw-Hill Book Edited by Roger L. Brockenbrough
Brockenbrough & Boedecker •
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING HANDBOOK
Other McGraw-Hill Books Edited by Frederick S. Merritt
Merritt •
STANDARD HANDBOOK FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS
Merritt & Ricketts •
BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK
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Beall •

MASONRY DESIGN AND DETAILING
Breyer •
DESIGN OF WOOD STRUCTURES
Brown •
FOUNDATION BEHAVIOR AND REPAIR
Faherty & Williamson •
WOOD ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK
Gaylord & Gaylord •
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING HANDBOOK
Harris •
NOISE CONTROL IN BUILDINGS
Kubal •
WATERPROOFING THE BUILDING ENVELOPE
Newman •
STANDARD HANDBOOK OF STRUCTURAL DETAILS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Sharp •
BEHAVIOR AND DESIGN OF ALUMINUM STRUCTURES
Waddell & Dobrowolski •
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION HANDBOOK
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CONTRIBUTORS
Boring, Delbert F., P.E. Senior Director, Construction Market, American Iron and Steel
Institute, Washington, D.C. (
SECTION 6 BUILDING DESIGN CRITERIA
)
Brockenbrough, Roger L., P.E. R. L. Brockenbrough & Associates, Inc., Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania (
SECTION 1 PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURAL STEELS AND EFFECTS OF STEELMAKING AND
FABRICATION; SECTION 10 COLD-FORMED STEEL DESIGN
)

Cuoco, Daniel A., P.E. Principal, LZA Technology/Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers, New York,
New York (
SECTION 8 FLOOR AND ROOF SYSTEMS
)
Cundiff, Harry B., P.E. HBC Consulting Service Corp., Atlanta, Georgia (
SECTION 11 DESIGN
CRITERIA FOR BRIDGES
)
Geschwindner, Louis F., P.E. Professor of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania (
SECTION 4 ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL STRUCTURES
)
Haris, Ali A. K., P.E. President, Haris Enggineering, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas (
SECTION
7 DESIGN OF BUILDING MEMBERS
)
Hedgren, Arthur W. Jr., P.E. Senior Vice President, HDR Engineering, Inc., Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (
SECTION 14 ARCH BRIDGES
)
Hedefine, Alfred, P.E. Former President, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc.,
New York, New York (
SECTION 12 BEAM AND GIRDER BRIDGES
)
Kane, T., P.E. Cives Steel Company, Roswell, Georgia (
SECTION 5 CONNECTIONS
)
Kulicki, John M., P.E. President and Chief Engineer, Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Harris-
burg, Pennsylvania (
SECTION 13 TRUSS BRIDGES

)
LaBoube, R. A., P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla,
Rolla, Missouri (
SECTION 6 BUILDING DESIGN CRITERIA
)
LeRoy, David H., P.E. Vice President, Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
(
SECTION 13 TRUSS BRIDGES
)
Mertz, Dennis, P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, New-
ark, Delaware (
SECTION 11 DESIGN CRITERIA FOR BRIDGES
)
Nickerson, Robert L., P.E. Consultant-NBE, Ltd., Hempstead, Maryland (
SECTION 11 DESIGN
CRITERIA FOR BRIDGES
)
Podolny, Walter, Jr., P.E. Senior Structural Engineer Bridge Division, Office of Bridge
Technology, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washing-
ton, D. C. (
SECTION 15 CABLE-SUSPENDED BRIDGES
)
Prickett, Joseph E., P.E. Senior Associate, Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Harrisburg, Penn-
sylvania (
SECTION 13 TRUSS BRIDGES
)
xvi CONTRIBUTORS
Roeder, Charles W., P.E. Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington (
SECTION 9 LATERAL-FORCE DESIGN

)
Schflaly, Thomas, Director, Fabricating & Standards, American Institute of Steel Construc-
tion, Inc., Chicago, Illinois (
SECTION 2 FABRICATION AND ERECTION
)
Sen, Mahir, P.E. Professional Associate, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
(
SECTION 12 BEAM AND GIRDER BRIDGES
)
Swindlehurst, John, P.E. Former Senior Professional Associate, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.,
West Trenton, New Jersey (
SECTION 12 BEAM AND GIRDER BRIDGES
)
Thornton, William A., P.E. Chief Engineer, Cives Steel Company, Roswell, Georgia (
SEC-
TION 5 CONNECTIONS
)
Ziemian, Ronald D., Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Bucknell University, Lew-
isburg, Pennsylvania (
SECTION 3 GENERAL STRUCTURAL THEORY
)
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FACTORS FOR
CONVERSION TO
SI UNITS OF
MEASUREMENT
QUANTITY
TO CONVERT FROM
CUSTOMARY U.S. UNIT
TO

METRIC UNIT
MULTIPLY BY
Length inch
foot
mm
mm
25.4
304.8
Mass lb kg 0.45359
Mass/unit length plf kg/m 1.488 16
Mass/unit area psf kg/m
2
4.882 43
Mass density pcf kg/m
3
16.018 5
Force pound
kip
kip
N
N
kN
4.448 22
4448.22
4.448 22
Force/unit length klf
klf
N/mm
kN/m
14.593 9

14.593 9
Stress ksi
psi
MPa
kPa
6.894 76
6.894 76
Bending Moment foot-kips
foot-kips
N-mm
kN-m
1 355 817
1.355 817
Moment of inertia in
4
mm
4
416 231
Section modulus in
3
mm
3
16 387.064