INS 434E - Plastic Dsgn of Steel Strctrs

Course Objectives

To develop an understanding of the plastic behaviour of engineering structures and ability to perform their design according to the palstic theory.

Course Description

Introduction — why plastic design; Plastic – Elastic analysis. Material nonlinearity;
Moment-curvature behavior; Plastic hinge. Unit incremental load method; Upper bound and lower bound theorems; Mechanism method. Plastic design considerations;;
Instability; Combined axial load and bending Introduction to seismic design concepts; Role of ductility; Performances of connections. Welded and bolted connections.
Pretension bolts.