There are many publication from STRUCTURAL STEEL EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL that they call Steel Tips.

I hope this is beneficial tips for you.
This is the list of publication that you can down-load for free.
- “Seismic Design Practice for Eccentrically Braced Frames Based on The 1994 UBC“
by Roy Becker & Michael Ishler
This paper consist of 32 pages ( down-load PDF 1,815 kb ) - “Seismic Design of Special Concentrically Braced Steel Frames“
by Roy Becker, SE
This paper consist of 34 pages (down-load 1,674 kb) - “Seismic Behavior and Design of Gusset Plates“, by Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E.,
Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
This paper consist of 41 pages (down-load PDF 3,843 kb ) - “Notes on Design of Steel Parking Structures Including Seismic Effects“
by Lanny J. Flynn, P.E., S.E. (Vice President of Design-Build Services Chalker Putnam Collins & Scott, Tacoma, WA ) and Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E. ( Principal and Professor Department of Civil and Env. Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA)
This paper consist of 41 pages (down-load PDF 323 kb) - “Welded Moment Frame Connections with Minimal Residual Stress“
by Alvaro L. Collin and James J. Putkey
This paper consist of 26 pages (down-load PDF 1.08 Mb) - “Design of Small Base Plates for Wide Flange Columns“,
by W. A. Thornton
This paper consist of 6 pages reproduced from AISC Engineering Journal, Volume 27, No. 3, 3rd Quarter 1990 (down-load PDF 316 kb) - Report No.UCB/EERC-92/10 JULY 1992 : “Slotted Bolted Connection Energy Dissipaters“
(with an April,1993 Addendum of some recent results) by Calr E. Grigorian, Tzong-Shuohyang, Egor P. Popov
Report to National Science Foundation, this report consit of 40 pages (down-load PDF 1.59 Mb) - “Seismic Design of Steel Column-Tree Moment-Resisting Frames“
by Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
This paper consist of 40 pages (down-load PDF 1.70 Mb) - “Seismic Design of Bolted Steel Moment-Resisting Frames“
by Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
This paper consist of 87 pages (down-load PDF 5,14 Mb) - “Structural Details to Increase Ductility of Connections“
By: Omer W. Blodgett, P.E.
Senior Design Consultant, The Lincoln Electric Company, Cleveland, OhioOmer Blodgett’s knowledge of welded design, and his outstanding ability to communicate, dramatize and illustrate it, is recognized throughout the world. For over 40 years, he has conducted design seminars in the United States, South America, Australia, New Zealand, England, Europe, and the Far East. His background includes civil, mechanical, and metallurgical engineering. Dr. Blodgett is well known as the author of the classic texts Design of Weldments and Design of Welded Structures, which have been in print for more than three decades. Dr. Blodgett is a Fellow of the American Welding Society and was inducted into the first class of Fellows in 1991.
This pages consist of 12 pages (down-load PDF 709 kb)
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