CVEN 4390 - Structural Steel Design
Spring 2006 Semester
2006 - 2008 Catalog Data: CVEN 4390: Structural Steel Design. The design of buildings and bridge components according to standard specifications. Application of load and resistance factor and allowable stress design methods. Introduction to plastic design of steel structures.
Textbook: Structural Steel Design LRFD Method; Jack C. McCormac and James K. Nelson, Jr., 3rd Edition
Reference: Manual of Steel Construction, Load and Resistance Factor Design
Coordinator: Hani J. Tohme, Adjunct Instructor, Civil Engineering Department
Goals: 1) This course provides civil engineering students with knowledge required to compute member resistance and demand from various load combinations, evaluate different limit states, and to design members and buildings using codes and specifications. (ABET Outcomes #a, c, e, and k)
2) In this course, a group design project is assigned which gives students experience working with design teams, and introduces some of the practical aspects of building design. A recent project included the design of beams, columns and connections for a two-story school building. In addition to design calculations, the teams were required to give oral and written reports. (ABET Outcomes #a, c, e, and k)
Prerequisites by Topic: Structural Mechanics
Topics:
1. Introduction, Materials, Properties, and Design Codes (1 lecture)
2. Specifications, Loads, and Methods of Design (1 lecture)
3. Analysis of Tension Members (2 lectures)
4. Design of Tension Members (3 lectures)
5. Introduction to axially Loaded Compression Members (2 lectures)
6. Design of Axially loaded Columns (3 lectures)
7. Design of Axially Loaded Compression Members (2 lectures)
8. Introduction to Beams (2 lectures)
9. Design of Beams for Moments (2 lectures)
10. Design of continuous Beams and Consideration of Shear and Deflection (3 lectures)
11. Bending and Axial Forces (2 lectures)
12. Bolted and Welded Connections (2 lectures)
Computer Usage:
Utilizing Staad Pro to confirm the manual design project calculations and results.
Evaluation: 1. Homework assignment
2. Written papers
3. Three examinations
4. Design project
5. Classroom participation and discussion
Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:
This course contributes to the science and engineering principles, engineering design component, and solving engineering problems.
ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:
Engineering Topics: 3 credits or 100%
Prepared by: Hani J. Tohme
Date: March 28, 2006
CVEN 4390 – Structural Steel Design satisfies ABET Outcomes in the following detail:
(a) “Ability to apply mathematics, science, and engineering principles”
* Chapter 5 – Introduction to Axial Loaded Compression Members
Development of formulas for short, long and intermediate columns
* Chapter 2 thru 11
Use basic mathematics such as area calculations, equalities and inequalities, interpolation, and derivation to solve structural steel problems.
Examples of class notes, homework problems, and/or examinations are placed in the folder of Structural Steel Design.
(b) “Ability to apply knowledge of science to solve structural steel problems”
* Chapter 1 - Introduction
Use the material science of steel and the steel properties of tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, compressive strength in the design process. The advantages and disadvantages of using steel as a construction material.
Use physics and chemistry knowledge to analyze stress and strain behaviour of metal, to understand the elastic limit, yielding strength, plastic deformation, and strain hardening of structural steel.
* Chapter 2 – Specifications, Loads, and Methods of Design
Describe the importance of design codes to structural safety, the difference between the two design methods; Elastic Design and Load/Resistance Factor Design.
Examples of class notes, homework problems, and Examinations are placed in the folder of Structural steel Design.
(c) “Ability to apply knowledge of engineering principles to solve structural steel problems”
* Chapter 2 – Specifications, Loads, and Methods of Design
Understand the types of loadings and importance of safety factors in the design of structural steel.
* Chapter 3 – Analysis of Tension Members
Locate the neutral axis of the tension member cross section.
* Chapter 4 – Design of Tension Members
Use the joint method and/or section method to calculate forces in truss members
* Chapter 5 – Introduction to Axially Loaded Compression Members
Calculate the moment of inertia of member cross section
* Chapter 6 – Design of Axially Loaded Compression members
Understand the buckling principles of steel compression members
* Chapter 10 – Design of Beams, and Miscellaneous Topics
Understand shear and deflection calculations
Examples of class notes, homework problems, and examinations are placed in the folder of Structural Steel Design.
(c) “Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired need”
* Chapter 4 – Design of Tension Members
Design the lightest tension members using LRFD manual or built-up sections for specific loading,
design of rods and bars.
* Chapter 6 – Design of Axially Loaded Compression Members
Design axially loaded compression members using LRFD design tables and built-up sections made of components in contact and not in contact with each other while considering torsional buckling.
* Chapter 7 – Design Axially Loaded Compression Members (continued)
Design columns leaning on each other, or in-plane design, considering stiffness reduction factors and effective lengths.
* Chapter 9,- Design of Beams for Moment Resistance
Design beams for elastic and inelastic buckling, using equations and LRFD design tables.
* Chapter 10 – Design Beams, and Miscellaneous Topics
Design of simple beams and continuous beams while considering shear, deflection, and unsymmetrical bending.
* Chapter 11 – Bending and Axial Force
Design members subjected to bending and axial tension, introduce beam-column action in braced and un-braced frames.
Examples of class notes, homework problems, and examinations are placed in the folder of Structural Steel Design.
(c) “Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems”
* Chapter 2 thru 11
Structural Steel Design course requires an extensive knowledge of AISC Code and the background in Statics and Structural Analysis. Extensive time is spent during the lecture time to teach analysis and design of structural elements such as tension members, compression members, beams, short, long, and intermediate columns, and connections. The majority of the problems solved in the class and assigned in the homework are directly related to evaluating and solving engineering problems.
* Design Project
A design project is assigned to different group of students to give them the opportunity to combine the knowledge acquired from previous courses in order to complete the project. The assignment includes but is not limited to the design of beams, columns, and connections. The students have to gather all the necessary data such as type of load , building code requirement, etc, for a safe design. In addition, the project expose the students to a team work and interdisciplinary problems.
Examples of class notes, homework problems, and examinations, and structural steel design project are placed in the folder of Structural Steel Design.