The design of steel structures has developed over the past hundred years from a simple approach involving a few basic parameters of raw steel and elementary calculations to a more sophisticated treatment demanding a deep know-how of structural behaviour and physical metallurgy. The
5th edition of Steel Structures: Design and Behavior 
strives to present in a logical manner the theoretical background needed for developing and explaining design requirements. Beginning with the description of a solid background on steel including many references to ongoing research, the development of specific formulas used in the AISC specific is followed by a enormous number of design examples explaining in detail the procedure of selecting minimum weight members to satisfy given requirements for designing a structure.
