Significant Changes to Minimum Design Load Provision for ASCE 7-16

ISBN-13: 9780784414576 / Angielski

T. Eric Stafford

Opis

Significant Changes to Minimum Design Load Provision for ASCE 7-16 identifies the most noteworthy changes to the design load provisions between the 2010 and 2016 editions of ASCE 7. Stafford and other experts summarize the major changes to the rain, snow, seismic, wind, and other provisions and introduce the new tsunami guidelines. In a user-friendly, appealing format, this volume presents a summary of each change, an explanation of the rationale behind it, and a detailed analysis of its implications, generously illustrated by photographs, diagrams, or other visual aids.