Steel Design
Design of steel members and connections to CSA S16 with NBC loads: limit states design, steel grades, shapes and section classes, tension members with net area, shear lag and block shear, columns and the S16 column curves, laterally supported beams with deflection and plastic analysis, lateral-torsional buckling, shear and web bearing, beam-columns, bolted and welded connections including eccentric groups, and frame stability and bracing, applied to the maintenance bay of a municipal operations centre.
CIV-331 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons · 4 h 1 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Civil Engineering
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain how steel structures are organized and designed by limit states, and compute factored load effects with the NBC load combinations and the CSA S16 resistance factors.
- Select steel grades and rolled shapes, compute elastic and plastic section properties, and classify cross-sections for local buckling as class 1 to 4.
- Design tension members for gross yielding, net fracture with shear lag and staggered holes, block shear and slenderness.
- Design columns with effective lengths and the S16 column curves, including local buckling limits and the effect of intermediate bracing.
- Select laterally supported beams for flexure, deflection and camber, and use plastic analysis or moment redistribution for continuous beams.
- Compute the lateral-torsional buckling resistance of beams with the moment gradient factor ω2, and choose bracing that makes beams effective.
- Check webs for shear, coped ends, web yielding and crippling under concentrated loads, and decide when bearing stiffeners or tension field action are needed.
- Design beam-columns with the S16 interaction equations and the amplification factor U1, checking every governing load case.
- Design bearing-type and slip-critical bolted connections, including double-angle shear connections and eccentric bolt groups by the elastic and instantaneous centre methods.
- Design fillet-welded connections, including balanced welds for angles, size limits and eccentric weld groups, and compare welding with bolting for cost and quality.
- Assess frame stability with notional loads and the amplification factor U2, design tension-only bracing, and size braces for strength and stiffness.
- Design a monorail beam, assemble a member schedule, and review a complete steel building for load paths, stability, constructability, fire and corrosion.
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 1 min total · final exam
- 1 Steel structures and limit states design 23 min · quiz
- 2 Structural steel: materials, shapes and properties 21 min · quiz
- 3 Tension members 21 min · quiz
- 4 Compression members and columns 19 min · quiz
- 5 Laterally supported beams 21 min · quiz
- 6 Lateral-torsional buckling of beams 19 min · quiz
- 7 Shear, web strength and concentrated loads 19 min · quiz
- 8 Beam-columns and combined forces 18 min · quiz
- 9 Bolted connections 21 min · quiz
- 10 Welded connections 21 min · quiz
- 11 Frame stability, bracing and second-order effects 19 min · quiz
- 12 Design capstone: the maintenance bay 19 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Design of steel members and connections to CSA S16 with NBC loads: limit states design, steel grades, shapes and section classes, tension members with net area, shear lag and block shear, columns and the S16 column curves, laterally supported beams with deflection and plastic analysis, lateral-torsional buckling, shear and web bearing, beam-columns, bolted and welded connections including eccentric groups, and frame stability and bracing, applied to the maintenance bay of a municipal operations centre.
Part of the Engineering stream, typically taken in year 3.