CE 472 - Steel Design
Catalog Description
Design of plate girders and composite beams; consideration of members subjected to combined stresses; design of a typical framed building including connections.3 credit hours (lecture)
Prerequisites
- ce471
Schedule
Textbooks and Resources
- AISC Manual of Steel Construction 9th Edition. (Green Book), 1989
- Steel Structures, Behavior and Design, 4th Edition, Salmon and Johnson
Course Objective
Enable seniors to become proficient in the design of steel beams, columns, and frames using allowable stress design.
Topics
Introduction
AISC Specifications (ASD)
Review AUTOCAD
Building Codes
Beam Design
Flexure
Shear
Deflections
Lateral support
Connections
Bolts
Welds
Tension
Block shear
Columns
Effective lengths
Combined stresses
Framing systems
Composite Beams
Analysis and design
Plate Girders
Analysis and design
Building Design
Office and industrial buildings
Connections
Design project
Professional Component
This course addresses the following EC 2000 professional component requirements:
· An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
Relationship to Program Objectives
The course supports program outcome 3.
Last update: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:24 am by acostar