INS 434E - Plastic Dsgn of Steel Strctrs

Course Objectives

Knowledge about plastic behavior of steel structures and ability to design them according to plactic theory.

Course Description

Introduction. Comparison of plastic analysis with elastic analysis. Ultimate strength of sections. Combined actions. Instability problems. Methods for plastic analysis of steel structural systems with I profiles under uniform bending moment. Ultimate strength of connections. Welded beam-column connections. Connection with pre-tensioned bolts.