CE 470 – Structural Steel Design

Spring 2009

Lecture and Lab Plan:

Week Date Class Topic
1 1/12 1 Introduction, properties of steel
1/14 2 Load and resistance factor design, loads
1/15 3 Loads, gravity and lateral systems
LAB [Gravity, snow, rain, wind loads]
2 1/19 -- MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY – NO CLASS
1/21 4 Tension Members: Yielding, net area fracture
1/22 5 Tension Members: Effective net area
LAB [Earthquake loads]
3 1/26 6 Tension Members: Block shear
1/28 7 Tension Members: Design, examples
1/29 8 Tension Members: Tension rods and welded tension members
LAB [Tension member design]
4 2/2 9 Tension Members: Tension rods and welded tension members
2/4 10 Bolts: Properties: Tensile, shear and bearing strength
2/5 11 Bolts: Bearing-type connections, slip-critical connections
LAB [To be determined]
5 2/9 12 Bolts: Slip-critical, examples
2/11 13 Bolts: Prestress effect; combined shear and tension (bearing-type)
2/12 14 Bolts: Combined shear and tension (slip-critical), examples
LAB [Design of bolted connections]
6 2/16 15 Welds: Types, procedures, groove welds
2/18 16 Welds: Fillet welds
2/19 17 EXAM #1
LAB
7 2/23 18 Welds: Fillet welds, examples
2/25 19 Welds: Examples
2/26 20 Welds: Balanced connections
LAB [Design of welded connections]
8 3/2 21 Columns: Introduction, elastic buckling
3/4 22 Columns: Design
3/5 23 Columns: Design; examples
LAB [Column design]
9 3/9 24 Columns: Design; examples
 3/11 25 Columns: Built-up sections
3/12 26 Columns: Local buckling
LAB [To be determined]
10 3/16 -- SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS
3/18 -- SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS
3/19 -- SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS
11 3/23 27 Beams: Laterally supported, flexural capacity
3/25 28 Beams: Laterally supported, design for flexure
3/26 29 Beams: Laterally supported, design for flexure
LAB [Design of laterally supported beams]
12 3/30 30 Beams: Laterally unsupported, lateral torsional buckling
4/1 31 Beams: Laterally unsupported, lateral torsional buckling
4/2 32 Beams: Lateral torsional buckling, design
LAB [Design of laterally unsupported beams]
13 4/6 33 Beams: Shear, design examples
4/8 34 Beams: Shear connections
4/9 35 EXAM #2
LAB
14 4/13 36 Beams: Concentrated loads
4/15 37 Beams: Bearing stiffeners
4/16 38 Beam-Columns: Combined bending and axial loads
LAB [“Connection tree”]
15 4/20 39 Beam-Columns: Combined bending and axial loads
4/22 40 Beam-Columns: Design, examples
4/23 41 Beam-Columns: Design, examples
LAB [Connections / shop drawings]
16 4/27 42 Connections: shear and moment
4/29 43 Connections: shear and moment
4/30 44 Review
LAB Review
5/4 – 5/9 FINAL EXAM (at scheduled time, to be announced)