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AISC Design Guide 3: Serviceability Design Considerations for Steel Buildings, 2003 Edition

AISC Design Guide 3: Serviceability Design Considerations for Steel Buildings, 2003 Edition
Item #: 330-8033-03
Author: AISC
Publisher: AISC
Manufacturer Item #: 803-03
Format: Paperback
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Follow the design considerations set forth in AISC Design Guide 3
This updated Design Guide includes serviceability design criteria for all building types, including tall buildings. Covered topics include deflection, vibration, and drift as they relate to cladding, roofing, skylights, interior partitions, equipment, and motion perception.

AISC Design Guide 3: Serviceability Design Considerations for Steel Buildings, 2003 Edition - Table of Contents:

  • Introduction
    • Serviceability Requirements in the AISC Specification
    • Storage/Warehouses
    • Manufacturing
    • Heavy Industrial/Mill Buildings
    • Mercantile/Shopping Malls
    • Health Care and Laboratory Facilities
    • Educational
    • Office Buildings
    • Parking Structures
    • Residential/Apartments/Hotels
    • Assembly/Arenas
    • Seismic Applications
  • Design Considerations Relative to Roofing
    • Ponding Stability
    • Roofing
    • Membrane Roofs
    • Metal Roofs
  • Design Considerations Relative to Skylights
  • Design Considerations Relative to Cladding, Frame Deformation, and Drift
    • Cladding-Structure Interaction
    • Foundation-Supported Cladding for Gravity Loads
    • Frame-Supported Cladding at Columns
    • Frame-Supported Cladding for Gravity Loads Along Spandrels
    • Special Considerations for Tall Buildings
  • Design Considerations Relative to Interior Partitions and Ceilings
    • Support Deflection
    • Flat and Level Floors
    • Specifying Camber and Camber Tolerances
    • Maintaining Floor Elevation
  • Design Considerations Relative to Vibration/Acceleration
    • Human Response to Vibration
    • Machines and Vibration
    • Tall Building Acceleration-Motion Perception
  • Design Considerations Relative to Equipment
    • Elevators
    • Conveyors
    • Cranes
    • Mechanical Equipment
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Summary of Serviceability Considerations
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