Contenido Empirical Structural Design for Architects, Engineers and Builders

Empirical Structural Design for Architects, Engineers and Builders provides an explanation of empirical design as a practical means of making preliminary structural design decisions. The descriptive text, tables and figures assist the reader in completing a building design on the basis of proven ratios, simple rules of thumb, standard practices and acceptable minimum sizes.

Key feature of this book include:

    international appeal through the inclusion of metric and customary US units
    reduction of preliminary structural decisions to simple rules
    matching building programmes to appropriate structural types
    simplified design rules that are easy to retain and easy to look up.


Written to be accessible to all professionals in the building design and construction process, this book will be an essential read for students or practitioners who are at an early stage in their architectural or engineering careers. The book will also be valuable to participants in the building construction process, including engineers.

1  An introduction to empirical design

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2  Empirical design of arches

2.1. Introduction
2.2. Load path analysis
2.3. Empirical design of arches
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3  Empirical design of walls

3.1. Introduction
3.2. Load paths
3.3. Empirical design of walls
3.4. Conclusion
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4 .Empirical design of columns

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Load paths
4.3. Masonry piers
4.4. Reinforced concrete columns
4.5. Prestressed concrete columns
4.6. Steel columns
4.7. Wood columns
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5 Empirical design of beams

5.1. Load paths
5.2. Wood beams
5.3. Steel beams
5.4. Reinforced concrete beams
5.5. Prestressed concrete beams
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6  Empirical design of trusses


6.1. Wood trusses
6.2. Steel gable trusses
6.3. Steel parallel chord trusses
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7  Empirical design of floor and roof framing systems

7.1. Steel frames
7.2. Reinforced concrete frames
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8 Empirical design of foundations

8.1. Introduction
8.2. Types of foundations
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9 .Empirical design of connections

9.1. Introduction
9.2. Wood
9.3. Steel connections
9.4. Concrete connections
9.5. Hybrid connections
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10 Empirical lateral systems design

10.1. Loading
10.2. Empirical sizing of shear walls
10.3. Braced frames
10.4. Rigid frames
10.5. Multistorey frames
10.6. Loads normal to the surface
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11 Building structural system design

11.1. Building occupancies
11.2. Preferred structural material for various occupancies
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12 Conclusions

12.1. Range of validity of empirical design
12.2. When to consult an engineer
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Index