Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, 6th Edition

Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, 6th Edition is the definitive guide to stability design criteria.   Representing nearly fifty years of cooperation between Wiley and the Structural Stability Research Council, the Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures is often described as an invaluable reference for practicing structural engineers and researchers. For generations of engineers and architects, the Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures has served as the definitive work on designing steel and aluminum structures for stability.

Under the editorship of Ronald Ziemian and written by SSRC task group members who are leading experts in structural stability theory and research, Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, 6th Edition brings this foundational work in line with current practice and research. This edition incorporates a decade of progress in the field since the previous edition, with new features including:

• Updated chapters. on beams, beam-columns, bracing, plates, box girders and curved girders. 
• Significantly revised chapters on columns, plates, composite columns and structural systems, frame stability and arches
• Fully rewritten chapters. on thin-walled (cold-formed) metal structural members, stability under seismic loading and stability analysis by finite element methods
• State-of-the-art coverage of many topics such as shear walls, concrete filled tubes, direct strength member design method, behavior of arches, direct analysis method, structural integrity and disproportionate collapse resistance and inelastic seismic performance and design recommendations for various moment-resistant and braced steel frames

Complete with over 350 illustrations plus references and technical memoranda, the Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, 6th Edition offers detailed guidance and background on design specifications, codes and standards worldwide.