CEE460 Steel Structures I Course Overview Vision Develop excellent engineers who understand the fundamental behavior of steel

l members, connections and structural systems and can apply this understanding to analysis, design and investigation. This course will enable students to: 1. Understand and articulate the principles and procedures for designing structural steel buildings 2. Comprehend and apply the theoretical and experimental background related to behavior of structural steel members and connections 3. Design steel members and connections using standardized building codes and specifications Outline This course will cover the following major topics: 1. Background on structural steel & introduction to design philosophies 2. Behavior & design of tension members 3. Behavior & design of compression members (columns) 4. Behavior & design of flexural members (beams) 5. Introduction to members with axial & flexural loads (beam-columns) 6. Introduction to structural steel connections 7. Behavior & design of simple (tension) bolted & welded connections

Objectives

Introduction and Background Properties of structural steel Structural steel shapes Residual stresses Design philosophies (ASD & LRFD) Load types and load combinations Behavior and Design of Tension Members Tension limit states Section properties (gross area, net area, net effective area) Shear lag Consideration of staggered holes Block shear rupture (bolted and welded connections) LRFD design of tension members (including connection considerations) Behavior and Design of Tension Connections General information on bolts (types, terminology, dimensions, properties) Bolt holes (size, spacing, edge distance) Types of bolted connections (bearing, slip-critical) Behavior of bolted joints Failure modes in bolted joints

CEE460 Steel Structures I Strength of bolted joints (bolt shear strength, material ovalization or tear-out) Types of welded connections Welding processes and electrodes Welding positions and types of joints Weld symbols Fillet weld behavior (load deformation, transverse vs. longitudinal) Fillet weld strength Base metal strength

Behavior and Design of Compression Members Types of compression members Limit states in compression members Local buckling of plate elements Classification of compression members based on plate element slenderness Elastic column buckling Effective length concept Braced vs. unbraced frames Calculation of effective length factors (K) using alignment charts and equations Joint relative stiffness factors (G) Behavior of compression members (yielding, inelastic buckling, elastic buckling) Column strength (effect of residual stresses and initial imperfections) Compression members with slender elements LRFD design of members for compression Behavior and Design of Flexural Members Types of flexural members Flexural theory Elastic and plastic section properties Shear in flexural members (elastic stresses, design strength) Limit states (failure modes) Classification of flexural members (compact, noncompact, slender) Behavior of flexural members (elastic LTB, inelastic LTB, yielding) Strength of flexural members (yielding, plastic moment capacity, local buckling, lateral-torsional buckling, shear strength) LRFD design of flexural members (strong and weak axis bending) LTB modification factor (Cb) Consideration of deflections Behavior and Design of Beam-Columns Conceptual understanding of important issues for beam-columns Moment-axial force interaction LRFD design of members for combined forces Second-order effects in beam-columns LRFD stability analysis and design (B1-B2 method)