Lecture that meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
Lab review meets once per week for 100 minutes
Specific course information
Catalog description: The elements of structural steel design, including tension members and their connections; structural connections, including welding, and high-strength bolts; compression members; rolled and built-up flexural members; and combined axial and flexural loading effects.
Prerequisites: CCE 371 (Structural Analysis I) or equivalent
Course status: Technical Elective
Specific goals for the course
Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
Be familiar with the design philosophy associated with Load and Resistance Factor Design, LRFD;
Understand the difference between various limit states affecting steel members;
Design simple tension members;
Design simple welded and bolted connections;
Design compression members;
Have a basic understanding associated with the design and analysis of frame structures;
Understand global and local buckling in compression members;
Design non-composite beams and understand lateral and torsional buckling failure modes;
Relationship of course to program outcomes
Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
Outcome 2: An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
Outcome 7: An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Topics
REVIEW OF BASIC STEEL MAKING AND DESIGN
Steel production, alloys, material properties, Design Philosophies
TENSION MEMBER DESIGN
Fracture, yielding, effective net section, block shear
DESIGN OF BOLTED CONNECTIONS
Bearing connections, slip critical connections, force transfer through bolted joints
