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The Specification for Structural Steel Buildings-Allowable Stress Design and Plastic Design is intended as an alternate to the Load and Resistance Factor Design Specification for Structural Steel Buildings

This Specification includes the list of symbols, the glossary, and the appendices. The tables of numerical values are provided for design convenience.

Seismic design of buildings shall comply with the AISC Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, Seismic Provisions Supplement No. 2, and with this Specification.

Single angle members shall comply with the Specification for Allowable Stress Design of Single-Angle Members and with this Specification.

Design of nuclear structures shall comply with the Specification for the Design, Fabrication and Erection of Steel Safety Related Structures for Nuclear Facilities and with this Specification.

Design of structural joints shall comply with the Specification for Structural Joints Using ASTM A325 or A490 Bolts (Research Council on Structural Connections) and the Structural Welding Code-Steel (AWS Dl. 1) and with this Specification.

As used in this Specification, the term structural steel refers to the steel elements of the structural steel frame essential to the support of the design loads. Such elements are enumerated in Section 2.1 of the AISC Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges, For the design of cold-formed steel structural members, whose profiles contain rounded corners and slender flat elements, the provisions of the American Iron and Steel Institute Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members are recommended.