AISC 13th Manual

[Lutfi]

I just received my two copies of the AISC 13th manual. It has impressive cover adorned with gold text. it contains LRFD and ASD in one volume. It also has a CD ROM full of goodies such as shapes data base and design examples volume.

It also has load tables for steel checkered plates for various spans!! I think this is a welcome addition.

I am still going through it so I can become familiar with the layout.

Over all, I want to applaud AISC for a job well done. The manual is not cheap if you are not AISC member ($350.00). But the way I think about it is that I am buying two volumes!


Regards,
Lutfi

 

[JAE]

Lutfi - I've had mine for about a month - scanned through it and it looks impressive. I'll just be curious to see how many errata there are...usually with first editions there are sometimes a large quantity.

The problem is...you spend so much money on it and then it sits around for a while as there are few cities which are quick to adopt the new IBC codes that reference this edition.

 

[haynewp]

I thought exactly the same. I got one of the last LRFD 3rd and it is full of revision notes and dates.

It will be next year until my area is supposed to adopt IBC 2006. I would rather wait until I am technically supposed to be using it and hopefully by then some of the initial errors have been corrected.

 

[Lutfi]

JAE, you bring good point about the errata. I guess we have to wait and see.

I bought the very first LRFD edition. I have been ASM guy for years. Even after graduate school I stuck with ASD.


Regards,
Lutfi