CE 316 - Steel Structural Design

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Point Park University

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Study of the physical design and behavior of steel structures. Topics covered include the advantages and properties of steel, the availability of shapes, safety and risk, and the specification and use of design equations. Designs approaches using current AISC documents will be presented for tension, compression, beam and frame members. Comments on connection practice will also be included. Some design assignments will be performed using commercial computer applications. Prerequisites: CE 212, CE 310, . Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) State the advantages and disadvantages of building with structural steel (2) Identify the major elements used to make structural steel (3) Compare the strength and ductility of structural steel with other common building materials (4) Locate and interpret the "Availability of Shapes" table when selecting design properties for structural steel (5) Recognize the "Designation" symbol for structural cross-sections and to extract the needed structural properties from the "Steel Construction Manual" (6) Discuss how safe design is achieved by both the ASD and LRFD approaches, and the social consequences of over or under design (7) Locate and use section property formulas contained in Part 17 of the "Steel Construction Manual" (8) Locate and use structural analysis formulas contained in Part 3 of the "Steel Construction Manual" (9) State the assumptions made when idealizing a member as a tension member (10) Calculate the Net area and Net effective areas for tension members (11) Check tension members for compliance with the safety criteria in the AISC "Specification for Structural Steel Buildings, March 2005" (12) Proportion rolled shapes and threaded rods to safely and economically support given loads (13) Describe what column buckling is, and the section properties that effect its behavior (14) Apply the "Specification" criteria to check member safety or to proportion compression members (15) Estimate effective lengths for compression members (16) Use SSRC nomographs to select the effective lengths for columns in frame systems (17) Distinguish whether a section is stiffened or unstiffened and to evaluate its usability within a structure (18) Apply the "Manual" column design tables for the selection of columns (19) Apply the "Specification" criteria to check or proportion braced simple and continuous beams (20) Evaluate the significance of holes in beams (21) Use lateral buckling formulas to determine the capacity of unbraced beams (22) Evaluate shear stresses and deflections for beams (23) Use an Sx table to obtain an economical beam design (24) Select beam designs from the "Manual" lateral supported tables (25) Apply the "allowable Moments in Beams" charts to beam selection (26) Check the safety of frame members subject to combines stresses

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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