AISC Std. Specification for Structural Steel Buildings. Public review draft

This standard American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). Chicago, Illinois. 2005. 206p. The Specification for Structural Steel Buildings hereafter referred to as the 20 Specification, shall apply to the design of the structural steel system, where 21 the steel elements are enumerated in the AISC Code of Standard Practice for 22 Steel Buildings and Bridges Section
2.1. As used in this Specification, the 23 term structural steel refers to the steel elements of the structural steel frame 24 essential to the support of the applied loads.