Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25439 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Leather Bound
• 2190 pages

Customer Reviews

AISC Steel "Bible" - A Must Have for Any Civil-Structural Engineer
I have been a longtime user of the AISC 9th edition, which is the "green steel bible", used it for 15 years. Please note the color of the book's cover, which I gave it such a name! However, since steel technology has changed so over the course of these years, I finally decided to purchase the 13th edition of the "black steel bible", please note the color of this book's cover, which I gave it such a name! What I like most about the 13th edition of the AISC "steel bible" is the flexibility in using both Allowable Stress Design (ASD) versus Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) as well as new terminology and illustrative descriptions of steel connections (bolted and welded connection types). They serve to improve the methods by which steel structures are supposed to be designed. Some of the other books like the one I ordered had a CD-ROM included, mine did not. For now, I'm not cringing on having purchased a "used" steel bible without a CD-ROM, I'll just by the CD-ROM itself later, right out of AISC; namely www.aisc.com The seller could have also said that it was "mint condition" though it has been used a handful of times, granted that there are no highlight marks, excessive pencil scribbling, or pages missing. Love the new look and feel, but my only problem is, what the heck should I do with the old green steel bible which I still have in mint condition?

Steel Manual
It's so neat! Very helpful in class. Watch out for errors in the text though... there's a reason it has a disclaimer in the front...

Updated reference guide, answers most questions
This update of the well known reference guide for commercial steel construction, answers many questions associated with new specs and proceedures in the industry. JR Boyles Atlantic Bolt, Inc.