Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures ASCE 7-95: Revision of ANSI/ASCE 7-93 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078440092X ISBN 13: 9780784400920

Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1996

Synopsis

ASCE standard, ""Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures"" (ASCE 7-95 a revision of ANSI/ASCE 7-93), gives requirements for dead, live, soil, flood, wind, snow, rain, ice, and earthquake loads, and their combinations, that are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents. The major revision of this standard involves the section on wind loads. This section has been greatly expanded to include the latest information in the field of wind load engineering. Requirements have been added for flood loads and ice loads. An appendix on serviceability requirements has also been added. The structural load requirements provided by this standard are intended for use by architects, structural engineers, and those engaged in preparing and administering local building codes.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078440092X
• ISBN 13: 9780784400920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220