UAA Civil Engineering

CE 432 - Steel Design

3.0 Semester Credit Hours - Offered every Fall semester - Required Course

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Catalog Description

Essentials of structural design in steel.  Building code requirements and standard practice for the design of basic structural elements and connections are covered.

Course Objective

This course is designed to give senior civil engineering students the ability to design basic steel structural components.

Prerequisite(s)

CE 431 - Structural Analysis with a grade of "C" or better

Expected Outcomes (updated 4/24/04)

At the conclusion of this course, the students will have:

  1. the ability to apply the basic requirements of the American Institute of Steel Construction Load and Resistance Factor Design specification.
  2. an understanding of the philosophy of Load and Resistance (Strength) design
  3. a basic understanding of the design/fabrication/erection sequence and the role of civil/structural engineers in the process 
  4. the ability to design steel tension members
  5. the ability to design connections with bolts and welds
  6. the ability to design simple and continuous steel beams for shear, flexure, and deflection
  7. the ability to design steel columns
  8. the ability to design steel beam-columns
  9. the ability to design composite steel/concrete beams
  10. the ability to work in teams to solve a steel design problem.

 

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