CE 470 Structural Steel Design

Spring 2009
Lecture and Lab Plan:
Week Date
Class
1
1/12
1

1/14

Load and resistance factor design, loads

1/15

Loads, gravity and lateral systems

LAB

[Gravity, snow, rain, wind loads]

1/19

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY NO CLASS

1/21

Tension Members: Yielding, net area fracture

1/22

Tension Members: Effective net area

LAB
3

Tension Members: Block shear

1/28

Tension Members: Design, examples

1/29

Tension Members: Tension rods and welded tension members

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

[To be determined]

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
6

[Tension member design]

2/2

LAB
5

[Earthquake loads]

1/26

LAB
4

Topic
Introduction, properties of steel

[Design of bolted connections]

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
8

3/2

21

Columns: Introduction, elastic buckling

3/4

22

Columns: Design

3/5

23

Columns: Design; examples

LAB
9

[Design of welded connections]

3/9

24

[Column design]
Columns: Design; examples

3/11

25

Columns: Built-up sections

3/12

26

Columns: Local buckling

LAB
10

11

3/16

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SPRING BREAK NO CLASS

3/18

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SPRING BREAK NO CLASS

3/19

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SPRING BREAK NO CLASS

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
12

13

[To be determined]

[Design of laterally supported beams]

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]

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
15

16

[Connection tree]

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]

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)