Text: 1) Steel Structures, Design

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STEEL DESIGN (I)
CE 408
( 2 3 3 )
Semester 062
Text 1) Steel Structures, Design Behavior
(4thEd.)
Salman Johnson. 2)
Manual of Steel Construction (LRFD) AISC
(3rdEd.) Course Objectives Expose students to
the concepts and fundamentals of steel design
and provide design skill to undertake design
problems in Steel Construction.
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Course Outline
Week Topic Contents Chapters
1 Introduction Steel as a material Important Properties, Design Methods, Introduction to LFRD, Introduction to Manual. 1 2
2 Tension Members Strength, Net Area and Effective Net Area, Capacity, Slenderness Ratio. 3
3 Tension members Design, Single Angle, Double Angles, Built-up Member, Tie Plates. 3
4 Bolted Connections High Strength Bolts, Pretension, Shear Connection, Single Double Shear, Bearing and Slip-critical Type Connection, Design for Shear, Combined Shear and Torsion. 4
5 Bolted Connections Combined Stresses with Shear and Tension and Shear and Moment (only slip-critical type). 4
6 Welded Connection Fillet Weld, SMAW and ASW Process, Throat, Stresses Grove Weld, Weld Symbols, Simple Connection, Balanced Weld. 5
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First Major Exam First Major Exam First Major Exam First Major Exam
Week Topic Contents Chapters
7 Welded Connection Design of Weld foe Combined Shear and Torsion, Combined Shear and Moment. 5
8 Compression Members Introduction to Buckling and Slenderness Ratio, Critical Stress, Effective Length, Capacity of Sections. 6
9 Compression Members Design with/without Tables, Different Effective Lengths (kL)x, (kL)y Double Angles, Local Buckling and Width-thickness Ratio. 6
10 Compression Members K-values in Frames, Use of column Charts, Built-up Sections, Lacing Tie Plates. 6
11 Flexural Members Introduction, Design Consideration, Compact and Non-compact Criteria, Shear, Design with Full Lateral Support. 7 9
Second Major Exam Second Major Exam Second Major Exam Second Major Exam
12 Flexural Members Lateral Supports, Design of Laterally Unsupported Beams, Design with Graphs. 7 9
13 Flexural Members Continue, Deflection, Web Yielding, Cover Plated Beams. 7 9
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Week Topic Contents Chapters
14 Combined Bending and Axial Load Introduction, Interaction Eqs., Cm Factor, End Moments, Lateral Load. 12
15 Miscellaneous Column Base Plate for Axial Loads Introduction to Common Building Connections, Concept of Simple and Moment Connections.

• A set of homework problem shall be assigned
  weekly, solved homework shall be returned the
  following week.
• 2) A project involving design and detailing shall
  be assigned to group of students and collected at
  end of semester.

H.W. ATTENDENCE 15 First Major
Exam 20 Second Major Exam 25 Final
Exam 30 Project 10 100
Grading
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