Steel Designer Manual

At the instigation of the Iron and Steel Federation, the late Bernard Godfrey began
work in 1952 on the ﬁrst edition of the Steel Designers’ Manual.As principal author
he worked on the manuscript almost continuously for a period of two years. On
many Friday evenings he would meet with his co-authors, Charles Gray, Lewis Kent
and W.E. Mitchell to review progress and resolve outstanding technical problems.
A remarkable book emerged.Within approximately 900 pages it was possible for
the steel designer to ﬁnd everything necessary to carry out the detailed design of
most conventional steelwork. Although not intended as an analytical treatise, the
book contained the best summary of methods of analysis then available.The stand-
ard solutions, inﬂuence lines and formulae for frames could be used by the ingen-
ious designer to disentangle the analysis of the most complex structure. Information
on element design was intermingled with guidance on the design of both overall
structures and connections. It was a book to dip into rather than read from cover
to cover.However well one thought one knew its contents, it was amazing how often
a further reading would give some useful insight into current problems. Readers
forgave its idiosyncrasies, especially in the order of presentation.How could anyone
justify slipping a detailed treatment of angle struts between a very general discus-
sion of space frames and an overall presentation on engineering workshop design?

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