equivalent axial load method 13th edition
equivalent axial load method 13th edition
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I am trying to follow a design example for beam columns. They select a trial size by the equivalent axial load method. I am looking in the 13th ed of aisc and I can't find any reference to this method. Was this method taken out? can someone confirm this? I will look for my lrfd 2nd ed...





RE: equivalent axial load method 13th edition
This is not as difficult today when one has so vast range of programs dimensioning precisely structures as a whole, and spreadsheets aimed to component members as well, as you can find and free at the steeltools website.
On the other hand, it can be that after much repetition work a contractor or a designer's team needs to make an appraisal of some kind of work at which they are expert; then why not use their method of predimension, since except through checks you can't either deny or confirm their approach, and they will be pleased to make a good guess as much as wanting to absorb their error, that will be theirs, and not yours.