INS 344 - Steel Structures I

Course Objectives

Main objectives of this course are; - to provide the design fundamentals of steel structures and the principles for proportioning of structural steel members and connections - to develop skills for 3D-imagining in design and proportioning processes - to develop the ability to implement the design fundamentals and proportioning principles on engineering problems through the examples and homework assignment.

Course Description

Historical development of steel structures / Introduction to steel structures / Properties of structural steel / Design principles for steel structures. / Safety, loads and load combinations / Connections and fasteners / Riveted and bolted connections / Welded connections / Tension members / Splice connections in tension members / Compression members / Single compression members / Built-up compression members / Design of tie plates and lacing members / Design of flexural members with rolled sections and their splice connections / Built-up flexural members / Members subject to combined axial force and bending moments / Design of roof trusses / Bracing systems for stability of roof trusses and connection details.