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Abbreviations
Units ft ft2 or sq ft ft3 or cu ft in. in.2 or sq in. in.3 or cu in. lb kip t klf kli ksf ksi mi mph pcf plf pli foot square feet cubic feet inch square inch cubic inches pound kilo pounds (1000 lb) ton (2000 lb) kips per lineal foot kips per lineal inch kips per square foot kips per square inch mile (5,280 ft) miles per hour pounds per cubic foot pounds per lineal foot pounds per lineal inch

Page 2 of 5 psf psi pounds per square foot pounds per square inch

Loads D or DL E L or LL Lr R S W dead load earthquake load live load roof live load rain load snow load wind load

Organizations AASHTO ACI AISC AISI ANSI AREMA ASCE ASTM AWS American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials American Concrete Institute American Institute of Steel Construction American Iron and Steel Institute American National Standards Institute American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association American Society of Civil Engineers American Society for Testing and Materials American Welding Society

Page 3 of 5 ICBO NFPA NRCA RCSC SDI SJI SSRC WRC International Conference of Building Officials National Fire Protection Association National Roofing Contractors Association Research Council on Structural Connections Steel Deck Institute Steel Joist Institute Structural Stability Research Council Welding Research Council

Specifications, Manuals, etc. ASCES ASCE Standard 7: Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures ASDS Allowable Stress Design Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, AISC LRFDS Load and Resistance Factor Design Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, AISC LRFDM LRFDC RCSCS Manual of Steel Construction: Load and Resistance Factor Design, AISC Commentary, LRFDS LRFD Specification for Structural Joints Using ASTM A325 or A490 Bolts, RCSC

Miscellaneous

Page 4 of 5 C FLB HSS I L LLBB LSL LTB M MC MT OVS PL S SAW SLBB SMAW SSL STD T W WLB channel shape flange local buckling hollow structural section I-shape angle shape long legs back to back long-slotted hole lateral-torsional buckling Miscellaneous I-shape Miscellaneous channel shape Miscellaneous tee shape oversized hole plate standard beam shape submerged arc welding process short legs back to back shielded metal arc welding process short-slotted hole standard hole tee shape wide flange shape web local buckling

Page 5 of 5 WT structural tee cut from W-shape