ASCE 10-15 PDF Download

ASCE 10-15 standard provides comprehensive requirements for the design, fabrication, and testing of members and connections for latticed steel electrical transmission structures. It covers both guyed and self-supporting structures and is applicable to hot-rolled and cold-formed steel shapes.

The standard specifies design criteria to ensure that structure components, such as members, connections, and guys, can withstand design-factored loads at stresses approaching yielding, buckling, or fracture. It includes sections on loading, geometry, and analysis; design of compression members, tension members, and beams; design of connections, including fasteners and attachment holes; detailing and fabrication; full-scale structure testing; structural members and connections used in foundations; and quality assurance and quality control.

The standard features a detailed commentary that provides supplementary information to assist users in understanding and applying the requirements. It also includes 17 design examples in an appendix, as well as guidance for evaluating older electrical transmission towers. This standard is an essential reference for structural engineers involved in the design of latticed steel electrical transmission structures, as well as for other engineers, inspectors, and utility officials in the electric power transmission industry.