ICE MANUAL OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN: BUILDINGS

Part of the ICE manuals series, ICE manual of structural design is the essential reference for all structural engineers involved in the design of buildings and other structures. The manual takes a project oriented approach, covering key issues that design professionals face at the outset of a project such as sustainability, risk management and how to understand the clients needs, before going on to cover the core issues of concept design and the detailed design of structural components. ICE manual of structural design Approaches the key issues relating to design as they would arise on a typical project Provides an understanding of the key structural design issues at concept designstage Gives practical advice on designing structural components to Eurocode specifications Contents Section 1: Fundamentals Introduction Managing risk in structural engineering Core knowledge Sustainability Design for life Computational design and analysis Section 2: Concept design Key issues for buildings Typical issues for generic building types Tall buildings How buildings fail Loading Fire protection Robustness Soil-structure interaction Materials Stability Movement and tolerances Section 3: Detailed design Concrete Steel Timber Masonry Structural glass