Steel Educators' Tip Sheet
October 2013
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Steel Educators' Tip Sheet October 2013 |
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Interact. Learn. Build. |
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How did you celebrate SteelDay? Approximately 115 SteelDay events drew in thousands of attendees this year. Additionally, about 3,000 people from 35 different countries viewed AISC's free SteelDay webinar, "The Life of the K Factor," presented by AISC Vice President and Chief Structural Engineer, Charlie Carter, SE, Ph.D. |
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ACSA Design Competition |
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Congratulations to this year's winners! Congratulations to the winners of the 2012-13 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition! Learn more about the winning projects at www.aisc.org/studentdesign. Stay tuned for more information about the 2013-14 Competition program; students will design a border crossing facility. |
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NSSBC |
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Ready for the 2014 National Student Steel Bridge Competition? The 2014 National Student Steel Bridge Competition will take place at the University of Akron on May 23-24. Check out this year's Rules and more competition information at www.aisc.org/steelbridge. |
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Happy Anniversary! |
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This year is the 27th anniversary of the Steel Sculpture Tuesday, October 29 marks the 27th anniversary of the Steel Sculpture. The original sculpture, designed by Duane Ellifritt, was erected on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville in 1986. A few years later, AISC requested and received permission to use and promote a scaled-down version of the sculpture as a teaching aid. Modified versions of the original Steel Sculpture now exist on over 150 campuses worldwide! To learn more, visit www.aisc.org/steelsculpture. |
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Need a refresher on the Specification and Manual? |
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Register for individual webinars on basic steel design topics with AISC's Night School. Professor Emeritus Louis F. Geschwindner, Ph.D., P.E. is teaching Night School - Basic Steel Design: A Review of the Principles of Steel Design According to ANSI/AISC 360-10. The course started on September 24, but registration for individual webinars is still open. Webinars start at 7 p.m. Eastern Time and last for ninety minutes. The remaining webinars are listed below. |
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Oct.15 Oct. 22 |
Design of Bending Members Design of Members for Bending Plus Compression |
Oct. 29 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 |
Stability Analysis and Design Part I Stability Analysis and Design Part II Design of Composite Flexural Members |
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Bracing for nonbuilding structures |
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Use SteelWise articles to brush up on your (and your students') steel know-how. The SteelWise feature in Modern Steel Construction provides practical knowledge on a number of topics, ranging from stability analysis, to how choice of corrosion protection affects connection design, to practical considerations for expansion joints in buildings. The October 2013 SteelWise installment navigates through the topic of lateral bracing for nonbuilding structures that are similar to buildings. The selection process is illustrated with the example of a four-level industrial structure that supports piping and process equipment. Code requirements, interference with piping, and practical considerations are summarized in the selection of an appropriate bracing configuration for the lateral force resisting system. |
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| Questions or comments on this Tip Sheet? E-mail strsteel@ecn.purdue.edu | Judy Liu, Purdue University | ||||||||||
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