AISC Manual

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AISC Manual

• AISC Specification
• Design Aids
• Catalog of most widely available structural
  shapes
• Editions 1-9 -gtASD
• Editions 10, 11, 12 -gt LRFD Edition 1, 2, 3
• Current Edition 13 incorporates ASD and LRFD

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AISC Manual

• Part 1 Dimensions and Properties
• Part 2 General Design Considerations
• Part 3 Design of Flexural members
• Part 4 Design of Compression Members
• Part 5 Design of Tension Members
• Part 6 Design of Members Subject to Combined
  Loading
• Parts 7 to 15 Connections
• Part 16 Specifications and Codes
• Part 17 Misc. Data and Mathematical Information

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AISC Specifications (PART 16 of Manual)

• Main Body
• Alphabetically organized to chapters A-M
• Major Headings labeled with chapter designation
  followed by number
• Further subdivisions are numerically labeled
• Appendices
• Appendices 1-7
• Commentary
• Background and elaboration on provisions of the
  Specification.
• Organized in the same way as the specification