CE 562 - Structural Systems
Catalog Description
Structural system analysis and design; dead, live, wind, and earthquake loads on buildings; vertical and lateral load resisting systems; use of computers in analysis and design.3 credit hours (lecture)
Prerequisites
- ce471
Schedule
| Spring, 2010 | : | QZ |
Textbooks and Resources
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE-C, ASCE Standard
Why Building Fall Down by Levy, Publisher Norton and Co.
Course Objective
- Become proficient in the computer analysis of structures
- Develop an understanding of the loads that are applied to buildings, and learn some of the code methods of handling these loads.
- Become familiar with the types of structural systems that are used to carry gravity and lateral loads.
- Learn some approximate methods of structural analysis and their applicability to various types of structures.
- Develop the ability to properly and efficiently model structural systems for analysis.
Topics
- Codes and Standards; Structural Safety (1 class period)
- Structural Safety; Analysis and Design (1 class period)
- Dead Loads (1 class period)
- Floor Framing Systems (2 class periods)
- Live Loads (2 class periods)
- Computer Analysis (1 class period)
- Roof Live and Rain Loads (1 class period)
- Snow Loads (2 class periods)
- Lateral Force Resisting Systems (3 class periods)
- Wind Loads: MWFRS and Components (3 class periods)
- Wind Loads: Examples (2 class periods)
- Earthquake Loads (2 class periods)
- Earthquake Loads: Examples (2 class periods)
- Review ( 3 class periods)
- Quizes (2 class periods + final exam)
Professional Component
This course is an engineering topics course in the CE proficiency area of structures. It is an elective course. Although the course does not involve sizing of structural members, it does involve significant design activity. Many of the problems in modeling of the structure and determining the loads are open ended. A semester long project involves the complete analysis of a building.Relationship to Program Objectives
This course relates primarily to objectives 2 and 3. With respect to objective 2, the course ties together a lot of material from other structural courses, and presents the building as a structural system, instead of just components. Particularly, it relates to objective 2.d through the use of a complete building analysis. This project is often taken from an actual project that the instructor obtains from local consulting engineers. It also relates to objecitve 2.a, as several students from who have taken this course have been able to successfully obtain part-time jobs with local structural consultants based on the knowledge from this course. With respect to objective 3, the course has proven helpful to students in understanding the entire design process of a building, including the loads applied, and the different types of vertical and lateral load resisting systems. Obviously it relates to objecitve 3.a, as it is a key elective in the structures area. It also relates to objective 3.b, as the history and ever changing nature of codes is emphasized, making students aware that it is a life-long process to keep current with the latest developments in structural engineering.Last update: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:14 am by acostar