Introduction

These volumes are addressed equally to students, for support in their courses and projects, and to practicing engineers seeking to deepen their understanding of the subject. Steel construction is considered in the context of single and multi storey industrial and administrative buildings and bridges. All three volumes are based on courses given by members of the Steel Structures Institute (ICOM) in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), and on the course notes prepared earlier at ICOM [1.1] [1.2] [1.3] [1.4].