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GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY GOLD COAST SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 7022ENG ADVANCED STEEL STRUCTURES Course Outline
1.0 COURSE IDENTIFICATION Year/Semester(s): Course Level: Program(s) Status: Credit Value: Prerequisite(s): Teaching Team: 2002/Semester 2 Masters Core Course in MEng in Structural and Construction Engineering 10CP A basic knowledge of structural analysis and design of steel structures Convenors: Moderator: 2.0 OBJECTIVES Dr Brian Kirke Dr Hong Guan Professor Y-C Loo Room No: Eng.1.22 Room No: Eng.1.10 Room No: Eng.1.02

2.1 The purpose of the course is to develop the students ability to analyse and design steel structures, including conceptual design, load estimation, analysis including manual and computer methods (both frame analysis and FEA), and the design of beams, beam columns and welded and bolted connections to AS4100. 2.2 Expected outcomes of the course. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to 1. Ask appropriate questions to clarify a design brief 2. Estimate dead, live, wind, earthquake and crane loads on structures using the appropriate Australian codes. 3. Recognize and sketch typical details of common steel structures including mill type industrial buildings, multi-storey frames and lattice towers. 4. Use manual analysis methods on simple statically determinate structures. 5. Use frame analysis and FEA software packages such as Spacegass and STRAND7 to analyse more complex structures. 6. Design tension, compression and flexural members and connections to AS4100, paying attention to economy of materials and fabrication costs and the importance of detailing for ease of fabrication. 7. Select suitable purlins, girts and cladding from manufacturers literature. 8. Select suitable steel beams for composite construction using published tables.

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3.0 BRIEF DESCRIPTION This course further develops the students ability to analyse and design steel structures, including conceptual design, load estimation, analysis including manual and computer methods (both frame analysis and FEA), and the design of beams, beam columns and welded and bolted connections to AS4100. 4.0 CONTENT Topic

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1. Review and extend load estimation to include dynamic loads due to cranes, earthquakes and vortex shedding 2. Plastic method of structural analysis 3. Further use of frame analysis software for structural analysis 4. Introduction to FEM: fundamental concepts, procedures, element types and selection, formulation, modelling strategy, interpreting results, convergence and error analysis 5. Applications of matrix and finite element analysis: use of packages including STRAND7 6. Second order effects and moment amplification 7. Extend design of beams & cantilevers to include torsion, compressive bearing action on webs and design of web stiffeners 8. Beam column design 9. Bolted and welded connection design 10. Purlins, girts and cladding, 11. Design for composite construction 5.0 ORGANISATION AND TEACHING METHODS

ACTIVITY HOURS 1x2 hour steel design lecture/tutorial each week 28 1x1 hour Spacegass tutorial each week (in computer lab) 14 1x2 hour FEA lecture weeks 1-6, 13 14 1x1 hour FEA tutorial weeks 2-13 (in computer lab) 12 Total contact hours 68 (It is expected that most students will need to do about 80 hours of private study also, in which they work through tutorial exercises and check their own work against model solutions). 6.0 6.1 NO 1. 2. 3. 4. ASSESSMENT Assessment methods DESCRIPTION WEIGHTING % Six FEA tutorial exercises 30 One 90 min closed book test in week 14 on FEA theory and STRAND7 software 15 One major design assignment 35 Four 50 min open book tests on load estimation, analysis, member sizing and connection design, in weeks 4, 7, 10 and 13. 5% each 20

Other requirements Students must normally achieve at least 50% in each of the 4 assessment items to pass this course.

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Assessment criteria Understanding of concepts Correctness of calculations Competence in use of software Clarity and conciseness of presentation 6.2 Assessment Rationale The tutorial exercises provide opportunities for students to learn by undertaking a task under simulated real design office conditions in which help is available from colleagues, supervisor and reference material. The tests and final examination are intended to assess what the students have learnt and can do independently. 7.0 7.1 TEXTS AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS Specified Texts

Australian Standards for Civil Engineering Students - SAA HB2.2 2001 or 1998. Part 2: Structural Engineering, Standards Australia. Kirke, B.K. and Al Jamel, I (2002). Steel Structures 4021ENG Study Guide. School of Engineering, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus. Guan, H. (2001), "Finite Element Method For Structural Analysis", Lecture notes, 2nd Edition, School of Engineering, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus. 7.2 Software Available

Spacegass latest version and STRAND7 will be available in computer laboratory EDG 1.22. In addition, the academic version of Spacegass may be downloaded by students for use at home. The demonstration version of STRAND7 can also be downloaded from http://www.strand.aust.com/strand7/. 7.3 FEA: Hibbeler, R. C., Structural Analysis, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999. (Chapter 13) Cook, R. D., Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1990. Knight, C. E., The Finite Element in Mechanical Design, PWS-KENT Publishing Company, 1993. Burnett, D. S., Finite Element Analysis: From Concepts to Applications, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1987. Davies, A. J., The Finite Element Method: A First Approach, Clarendon Press, 1980. G+D Computing, Using Strand 7 - Introduction to the Strand7 Finite Element Analysis System, 1st Edition, Sydney, Australia, 1999. (view from: http://www.strand.aust.com/strand7/) Steel Design: Gorenc, B., Tinyou, R. and Syam, A. (1996) Steel Designers Handbook. 6th Edition, NSW University Press. Design Capacity Tables for Structural Steel, 2nd Edition, Volume 1: Open Sections. AISC 1994. References

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ITS Integrated Technical Software P/L (1997). Spacegass Reference Manual. (Web Site: www.spacegass.com) Trahair, N.S. and Bradford, M.A. (1991). The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures, 2nd Edition, Chapman and Hall, 1991. Owens, G.W. and Cheal, B.D. (1989). Structural Steelwork Connections. Butterworths, 1989. Hot Rolled and Structural Products 1998 Edition. BHP. Standardized Structural Connections Handbook AISC, 1984. Woolcock, S.T., Kitipornchai, S and Bradford, M.A. Limit State Design of Portal Frame Buildings. AISC 1999. Hancock, GJ Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structures to AS/NZS 4600:1996. AISC, 1996. Kitipornchai, S, Blinco, LW and Grummitt, LW Portal Frame Design Charts 1st Edition AISC 1991. Economical Structural Steelwork AISC 4th Edition 1997. Bradford, M.A., Bridge, R.Q. and Trahair, N.S . Worked Examples for Steel Members, 3rd Edition, AISC 1997. Hogan, T.G. and Thomas, I.R. Design of Structural Connections 4th Edition, 1994. Lysaght Design Manual for Steel Purlins and Girts, 1990. 8.0 ADMINISTRATION

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