Unified Design of Steel Structures : principles of structural design, loads, load factors and load combinations, steel building materials, tension members, compression members, bending members, plate girders, beam-columns and frame behavior, composite construction, connection elements, simple connections, moment connections, steel system for seismic resistance, single plate shear connections, beam to column connections, moment frame systems, special truss moment frames, bolted and welded connections, cross sectional shapes for compression, bearing wall construction, ling span construction, high rise construction, single story construction, built-up shapes, steel for welding.