Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE 7-98 - Softcover

American Society Of Civil Engineers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0784404453 ISBN 13: 9780784404454

Publisher: American Society Civil Engineers, 2000

Synopsis

This revision of the ""ASCE Standard Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures"" is a replacement of ASCE 7-95. This Standard provides 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. New material and other changes to this revision include: expanded wind loads section; new requirement for flood and ice loads; and improved and updated requirements for snow and earthquake loads. Also included is a detailed commentary on the standard, containing explanatory and supplementary information designed to assist building code committees and regulatory authorities. Architects, structural engineers, and those engaged in preparing and administering local building codes will find the structural load requirements provided by this standard essential. SEI announces known errata listings for the ASCE 7-98.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Society Civil Engineers
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0784404453
• ISBN 13: 9780784404454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352