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Steel design`s reluctant revolution

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Engineering News Record ; 223(19) 9 November 1989, 54-60(6)Publication details: 1989Subject(s): Summary: Describes a new structural steel design method, load and resistance factor design or LRFD. This method which takes a more logical approach to loads that will affect a structure than the traditional allowable stress design (ASD) has so far achieved little success in the USA .

Describes a new structural steel design method, load and resistance factor design or LRFD. This method which takes a more logical approach to loads that will affect a structure than the traditional allowable stress design (ASD) has so far achieved little success in the USA .