Aisc manual- do I really need it?

IwantthatPE said:

Hi! I'm not taking the structural depth, but I am wondering if I should purchase or rent the aisc steel manual for the structures portion on the breadth? 

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IwantthatPE said:

Hi! I'm not taking the structural depth, but I am wondering if I should purchase or rent the aisc steel manual for the structures portion on the breadth? 

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Hemi79 said:

The AISC construction manual is for depth. The helpful tables on it that will serve you, or save you, in the occasional problem you can get from the NDS manual (wood). They are not the same, and the continuous span tables I don't think are as good, but I doubt you will need that for the morning. If you go to the NDS site you can download the tables for free I believe. Otherwise, get them from the appendix in an old or recent CERM. I can't think of what else you would want it for in the morning. Hopefully someone else chimes in here. 

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