Engineering Sign Structures : An Introduction to Analysis and Design

This comprehensive text
more than meets the demand within the sign industry for a book on the
structural engineering of signs. Sign companies, structural engineers
and public agencies charged with regulating building construction will
all benefit from the detailed contents: engineering perspective,
analysis, practices, history; load calculations for signs exposed to all
types of environmental conditions; freestanding sign structures, load
effects, resultants and columns; connections, structural bolts and
welds, column splices, base plates and anchor bolts; footings for sign
columns, soils, structural concrete, pier and spread footings; internal
sign cabinet frames, cantilever arms and torsion beams; building signs,
wall sign anchorage, wooden post signs; computer aided engineering,
spreadsheets, and finite element analysis. The book also includes the
fundamental mathematics for readers not already familiar with
engineering calculations. With hundreds of figures, tables and
equations, Engineering Sign Structures has become the standard reference for both the sign and structural engineering industries.