Steel Educators' Tip Sheet

November - December 2013

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SLIDE SHOW: Structures of the Everyday
Designed for architectural lecture courses, these PowerPoint slides contain graphics and information suitable for a variety of courses. This unit includes structural steel shapes, space frames, beams, open web joists, columns, braces and lintels. There is also an overview of connections.
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SLIDE SHOW: Bolting and Welding
This presentation provides technical information on bolting and welding, as well as the impacts of details and design choices on schedule, cost, sequence and project management.
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LAB: Steel Sculpture - Shop Drawings
Students match sets of detail drawings of various components (coped beams, girders, bolted angles, etc.) to connections on the steel sculpture. Through this exercise, students mentally ‘construct’ the connections from the components and are able to better visualize “how things go together.”
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SLIDE SETS: Teaching Aids for Structural Steel Design Courses
This series of slide sets can be used for instruction on beams, compression members, tension members, and combined forces. Pick and choose slides to incorporate into your lectures. The slides are divided in the "theory" and "manual" sections; the "manual" sections have been updated to the 14th edition steel construction manual.
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Check out AISC Podcasts

Learn about some of the steel industry's leading professionals from the more than twenty "Steel Profiles" available on AISC Podcasts.
Tune in to Episode 16 to hear William Thornton talk about his inspiration for the Uniform Force Method, as well as the poetry of Tolkien.

Student Manual Requests

Check this off of your list for Spring 2014!

You can submit your reservation early for AISC Manuals for your students for the upcoming 2014 Spring semester. Maria Mnookin will keep your request on file and will send the student instructions to you within 2-3 weeks prior to the start of your classes. To learn more information about the Student Manual Discount Program or to submit your request, visit www.aisc.org/studentdiscountprogram. If you have any questions, contact Maria at mnookin@aisc.org.

NASCC Educator and Student Sessions

AISC will again host special sessions for faculty and students at the 2014 NASCC: The Steel Conference, Toronto, Canada,  March 26-29. 

On Wednesday, March 26 from 8am - noon, AISC will host a session for educators focused on serviceability. James M. Fisher of Computerized Structural Design, Larry Griffis of Walter P Moore, and Thomas M. Murray of Virginia Tech will give presentations on serviceability considerations and design approaches. You can register online for this complimentary session beginning in late November. 

On Thursday, March 27 from 10am - 2:15pm, AISC will present the fourth annual Students Connecting with Industry Sessions (SCIS) program. Terri Meyer Boake, Architecture Professor at the University of Waterloo, will discuss designing with Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS) and the collaboration between engineers, architects and fabricators.  Sean Smith, Principal at Entuitive, will speak on the transition from student to practicing engineer. The day will also include lunch, an optional exhibit hall tour, and a unique afternoon session called "Direct Connect," where students can interact one-on-one with key representatives from the steel industry. For AISC Student Members, registration to NASCC and SCIS is complimentary. Students who attend the entire SCIS program will be eligible for up to $175 in travel reimbursement.

The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) will co-sponsor SCIS this year, so the same benefits described above will be provided also to Canadian students.

Visit www.aisc.org/nascc to download the Advance Program and for more information on The Steel Conference.

2014 AISC Higgins Award

Congratulations to the AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award winner!

Congratulations to Larry S. Muir, P.E., structural steel consultant based in Atlanta, who has been selected as the 2014 AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award winner.  Larry was selected for his paper “Designing Compact Gussets with the Uniform Force Method,” published in the first quarter 2008 issue of AISC’s Engineering Journal.  He will premiere the 2014 Higgins lecture at the 2014 NASCC in Toronto.

Blast-Resistant Curtain Walls

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 November 2013 SteelWise installment introduces the SEB wall (steel stud wall with enhanced blast resistance). This low-cost solution utilizes the studs, Sure-Board or equivalent sheathing, and simple connection details. The composite Sure-Board panels consist of thin-gauge mild sheet steel and meshed cement board. Strategically-placed lateral bracing and shear stiffeners improve the performance. An experimental investigation has demonstrated the ability of the SEB wall to provide stable and ductile blast resistance without generating potentially harmful debris. This innovative curtain wall system can be used with steel frames designed following the AISC Design Guide No. 26 Design of Blast Resistant Structures.
Questions or comments on this Tip Sheet? E-mail strsteel@ecn.purdue.edu Judy Liu, Purdue University

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