Lecture meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
Specific course information
Catalog description: Design and behavior of plate girders; design of composite beam and column members; behavior and design of bolted and welded connections, including moment-resistant connections, seated connections, and gusset-plate connections.
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Specific goals for the course
Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
analyze and design plate girders for various limit states affective flexural strength, shear strength, local and global stability
design composite beams for various limit states while accounting for partial and full composite action, flexural strength, and stiffness.
design composite columns for various limit states including steel yielding, concrete compression failure, column stability.
design simple and eccentric shear connections
design moment connections, and members for concentrated forces
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.
Topics
Plate Girders for Buildings and Bridges
Introduction to parameters and elements of plate girders
Materials and combinations
Limit state of local buckling
Limit state of lateral buckling
Limit state of shear buckling
Flexural strength
Shear strength
Design of stiffeners
Design Examples
Applications
Composite Members for Buildings and Bridges
Introduction to parameters and elements of composite members
Materials and shear connectors
Elastic behavior
Shear connectors and slip
Full vs. partial composite action
Inelastic behavior
Flexural strength
Design of shear connectors
Stiffness and deflection
Design Examples and applications
Connections in Steel Structures
Review of fasteners: Bolts and welds
Behavior and classification of connection
Simple shear connections: shear tab, single angle, double angle
Eccentric connections: Bolted with shear only, shear + tension
Eccentric connection: Welded with shear only, shear + tension
