Structures with hollow sections

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Over the last decade, hollow sections have enjoyed a dramatic rise in popularity as modern construction elements and are now used in numerous fields, including structural engineering, engineering, automotive manufacturing, and shipbuilding. Here, the authors, all renowned experts on this topic, have summarized their multifaceted experience in the field, making it available to the professional community. They have input both research results as well as their practical experiences.The book covers the whole spectrum, starting with steel grades, via possible sections, and on to relevant norms, static and dynamic calculations, manufacturing, fire and rust protection, use in composites with concrete and even combinations with wooden sections. Example calculations round off the work.The book will thus appeal to those in planning and engineering offices, experts in the field working in the construction industry as well as lecturers and students of steel construction.