Design Guide 33 Curved Member Design
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DesignGuide33 Curved Member Design
BoDowswell PE PhD
AISC2018
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American Institute of Steel Construction
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Author
BoDowwelPhD is prinipalfRCIteationaminghamALandanadjut prfessorat teversityfAlabama atBirmingham.Dr.Dowswellis amember of the AISC Committee onSpecifications the AISCCommittee onManu-als and the AISC Task Group on Industrial Buildings and Nonbuilding Structures.
The authorwould like to thank theAISCBender/Roller Committeememberswho provided invaluable insight into the practical aspects of bender/rollr operations and technical information on the effects of bending steel members.The members of the
Victor ShneurMarc SorensonJennifer Traut-TodaroMike West Charles WoodRonald Yeager
Craig ArchackiCraig BarnshawHarry ColeBarry Feldman Louis GeschwindnerScott GoodrichDavid HornsbyBenjamin Kaan
Larry KloiberJames NearyDavis ParsonsKen Pecho Bill ScottWilliam SeguiBrian Smith Cliff Schwinger
Preface
2016AISCSpecificationforStructuralSteelBuildingsand the15thEditionAISCSteelConstructionMamual.Bothloadandresistance factor design and allowable strength design methods are employed in the design examples.
