The book consist of nine chapters starting with an over view of steel structures covering brief history and present use of steel structures with properties of structural steel followed by welded and riveted connections design of steel beams design of tension and compression members of a truss design steel columns including built up columns and their basis. Reversal of stresses in the members of truss on account of wind/earthquake loads has been covered in the last chapter. Solved examples have been provided in each chapter in a graded manner.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Harbhajan Singh
Col. (Retd) Prof Harbhajan Singh has over 34 years of experience out of which he has spent 15 years in execution of Civil Engineering works in M.E.S., Border Roads and Army units; 9 years as Structure design consultant of Civil Engineering Projects; and 10 years in teaching Structure Systems and deign to students of Architecture and Planning. He has done M. Tech (Structures) from I.I.T. Bombay with distinction and by virtue of Professional Training and experience he has been permitted by Institution of Engineers (India) to use the tile of “Chartered Engineer (India)â€. He is working as Prof of Structures in Chitkara School of Planning and Architecture. He is a registered and Approved Structural designer with Chandigarh Administration. He is also teaching Structure subjects in Chandigarh College of Architecture as a visiting faculty.
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