Steel Design

*First Printing* (Also check later printings for more recently discovered errors)
Date posted	Page	Correction
01/08/09	p. 22	In load combination (3), add a dagger footnote as is done in (4) and (5).
	p. 463	Line 3: delete “, in kips per inch,” 6th line from bottom: change “kips/in.” to “ksi” 5th line from bottom: change “kips/in.” to “ksi” 4th line from bottom: change “kips/in.” to “ksi = 10.13 kips/in. for a unit throat dimension”
	p. 464	Line 16: delete “, in kips per inch,” Line 18: change “kips/in.” to “ksi”
	p. 465	Line 7: change “kips/in.” to “ksi” Line 8: change “kips/in.” to “ksi” Line 9: change “kips/in.” to “ksi = 6.756 kips/in. for a unit throat dimension”
	p. 488	Line 4: change “blots” to “bolts”.
	p. 628	Middle of page: change "If L_b < L_b" to "If L_p < L_b"
	p. 688	Answer to Problem 8.2-11, part a: Change “39.5” to “52.7” Part b: Change “26.3” to “35.4” Answer to Problem 9.3-1, part a: Change “155” to “157”, change “24.9” to “25.1”. Answer to Problem 9.4-1, part c: Change “98” to “64”.

05/16/08	p. 35	11th line from top: change "proof" to "roof"
	p. 360	Last line on page: change 1½ to 1¼

04/29/08	p. 370	6th line from top: change "R_n = 43.51" to "R_n = 40.23"

02/08/08	p. 686	Answer to Problem 2-5: in part b, change "combination 1" to "combination 3"

09/07/07	p. 46	2nd line from bottom: change "Figure 3.7d" to "Figure 3.7e"
	p. 53	9th line from top: change "A_n = A_n" to "A_n = A_g"
	p. 54	4th line from top: change "A_n = A_n" to "A_n = A_g"
	p. 65	7th line from bottom: change "<" to ">"
	p. 66	8th line from bottom: change "0.980" to "0.864"

07/19/07	p. 313	In step 3, change "less than or equal to" to "greater than or equal to" Change "greater than" to "less than"

07/11/07	p. 145	9th line from top: change “50/37.44” to “50/43.63” Change “28.59” to “30.95”
	p. 230	Figure 5.35: under Joist Designation 10K1, change the depth to 10. Under Joist Designation 12K1, change the depth to 12. Under Joist Designation 12K3, change the depth to 12. Under Joist Designation 12K5, change the depth to 12.
	p. 293	7th line from top: change “55” to “56.49” Change “0.820” to “0.826”
	p.687	Answer to Problem 6.5-1b: change “1.07” to “1.04”

06/12/07	p. 93	Figure P3.6-3: The cross-sectional view is incorrect. There should be two holes in each of the vertical legs and no holes in the horizontal legs.
	p.107	2nd line from bottom: Change "" to "<" Delete "a"
	p. 111	3rd line from top: change to
	p. 584	Example 9.9: The solution uses a shape that is adequate without composite action. A modified version is here. (The requirements have been changed so that the same shape can be used.)
05/07/07	p. 46	11th line from bottom: change "There are two special cases for welded plates" to "There is one exception for welded plates, however. If the member is connected with longitudinal welds on each side with no transverse weld (as in Figure 3.9), the following values apply:" 9th and 10th lines from bottom: delete these lines. 3rd, 4th, and 5th lines from bottom: delete these lines.
	p. 49	6th line from bottom: Immediately before the example, add the following paragraph: "If a tension member is connected with transverse welds, U = 1.0 and A_n is the area of the connected element. Figure 3.10 illustrates the difference between transverse and longitudinal welds. Connections by transverse welds alone are uncommon."
	p. 90	Figure P3.4-5: delete the 3rd horizontal line from the top.
	p. 201	8th line from top: change "K_v" to "k_v" (two occurrences)
	p. 294	4th line from bottom: change "+" to "="
	p. 313	1st line: change "P" to "p" (i.e., change upper case to lower case) 2nd line from bottom: change "K_x" to "K_xL"
	p. 321	13th line from bottom: change "Lb" to "L_b" (b is a subscript.)
	p. 627	Immediate following the heading "Lateral-Torsional Buckling," add the following: The nominal lateral-torsional buckling strength is given by M_n = R_pgF_crS_xc (AISC Equation F5-2) (This is a correction of an earlier correction.)
	p. 688	Answer to Problem 9.2-1: 1st line: change "146" to "153" 2nd line: change "102" to "108"

02/28/07	p. 138	7th line from top: change "inelastic" to "elastic"
	p. 673	9th line from top: delete "So," 9th line from top: change "causes" to "causing"

01/29/07	p. 5	7th line from bottom: change "will continue to function, but the new code replaces" to "have merged into the International Code Council, and the new code has replaced"
	p. 23	6th line from top: change "sates" to "states"
	p. 183	9th line from top: add "therefore the web is compact" 11th line from top: delete entire line.
	p. 190	4th line from top: delete "Begin from" 5th line from top: change "AISC Equation F2-4" to "from AISC Equation F2-4"
	p. 230	Replace Figure 5.35 (the shading is missing) with the table as it appears in the SJI Load Tables.
	p. 314	1st line: change "Example 6.7 illustrates" to "Example 6.8 illustrates"
	p. 321	14th line from bottom, above the "Design of Bracing" heading, insert the following: The modification of b_x to account for C_b can also be done by making use of the value of b_x corresponding to L = L_b = 0 , since that value is based on M_p. This will be illustrated in Example 6.10.
	p. 327	Replace the last equation on the page with the following: Since , to multiply by C_b, divide b_x by C_b:
	p. 328	Replace 1st and 2nd lines with the following:
	p. 328	Replace the last 4 equations with the following:
	p. 404	10th line: add a prime after "F "
	p. 515	3rd line from bottom: change "4¼ " to "4½ "
	p. 523	13th line from top: delete "LRFD Solution"
	p. 530	7th line from top: change "d_t" to "dt"
	p. 532	16th line from top: make second "P" lowercase.
	p. 540	Problem 8.3-6: after the third line, add the following: a. Use LRFD. b. Use ASD. Figure P8.3-6: Change "30^k" to "15^k" and change "90^k" to "45^k"
	p. 541	Problem 8.3-8: add the following: What size bolt is required? a. Use LRFD. b. Use ASD.
	p. 545	In Problem 8.4-9, change "gusset plate" to "3/8-in.-thick gusset plate"
	p. 564	8th line from bottom: change "M_e" to "M_p"
	p. 589	3rd line from bottom: change "i" to "in."
	p. 627	Immediate following the heading "Lateral-Torsional Buckling," add the following: The nominal flexural torsional buckling strength is given by M_n = R_pgF_crS_xc (AISC Equation F5-2)
	p. 688	Answer to problem 9.3-1: in 6th line of answer, change "104" to "105". in 7th line of answer, change "16.6" to "16.8" Answer to problem 9.4-3: change "70" to "46" Answer to problem 9.8-1: change "307" to "306"