CE 542 - Advanced Steel Design

Syllabus for CE 542

Text: Steel Design 5th ed, by William T. Segui, published by CEngage.

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Class Date Topic (Class notes will be posted approximately one week before the scheduled lecture) Reading Assignment
1 Aug 22 Introduction to Advanced Steel Design


2 Aug 24 Review of Steel Design

 
3 Aug 26 Load Types and Load Combinations

4 Aug 29 Eccentrically Loaded Bolted Connections, Shear Only
8.1-8.2
5 Aug 31 Eccentrically Loaded Bolted Connections, Shear Only Examples
8.3
6 Sep 2 Eccentrically Loaded Bolted Connections, Shear and Tension

8.2-6a
  Sep 5 Labor Day    
7 Sep 7 Eccentrically Loaded Welded Connections, Shear Only 8.4 8.3-5a
8 Sep 9 Eccentrically Loaded Welded Connections, Shear and Tension
8.5
9 Sep 12 Moment-Resisting Connections 8.6 8.4.5a
10 Sep 14 Moment-Resisting Connections, Stiffeners
8.7
11 Sep 16 End-Plate Connections 8.8-8.9 8.4.5a using ultimate strength
12 Sep 19 Plastic Collapse Analysis A.1-A.3  
13 Sep 21 Plastic Collapse Analysis Example 1


14 Sep 23 Plastic Collapse Analysis Example 2

8.7-2
15 Sep 26 Plastic Design
A.4

16 Sep 28 Plastic Design Example
  8.8-3a
17 Sep 30 Plastic Design    
18 Oct 3 Exam #1

19 Oct 5 Introduction to Plate Girders 10.1-10.3 Class Project Assignment
20 Oct 7 Local and Global Buckling of Plate Girders 10.4-10.6 Handout - Plastic collapse analysis
21 Oct 10 Plate Girder Vertical Flange Buckling & Flexural Strength
10.7
Handout - SJM 15.1
22 Oct 12 Plate Girder Shear Strength and Intermediate Stiffeners

 
23 Oct 14 Plate Girder Design

Project Progress Report
24 Oct 17 Composite Girder Behavior
9.1-9.4
 10.4-5a
25 Oct 19 Design of Flat Slab Composite Girders
 
26 Oct 21 Composite Girder Deflections


27 Oct 24 Composite Girder Design with Formed Steel Decks
 9.5-9.7 10.7-4 & 10.7-5
28 Oct 26 Continuous Composite Girders

 
29 Oct 28 Composite Columns   Project Progress Report
30 Oct 30 Curved Girders -- Curved in Plan

9.5-2, including deflections
31 Nov 2 Curved Girders -- Curved in Plan    9.8-9, 9.10-4
32 Nov 4 Curved Girders -- Curved in Plan  
33 Nov 7 Exam #2

34 Nov 9 Curved Girders -- Curved in Elevation
11.1-11.4  Project Progress Report
35 Nov 11 Curved Girders -- Curved in Elevation 11.5-11.6  Girders Curved in Plan
36 Nov 14 Cold-Formed Steel Behavior 11.7
37 Nov 16 Cold-Formed Steel Behavior   Girders Curved in Elevation
38 Nov 18 Cold-Formed Steel Design

Project Outline
Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving Break    
39 Nov 28 Cold-Formed Steel Design 11.8  Cold-Formed 1
40 Nov 30 Cold-Formed Steel Design    
41 Dec 2 Exam #3
 
42 Dec 5 Cold-Formed Steel Design   Cold-Formed 2
43 Dec 7 Student Presentations    
44 Dec 9 Student Presentations  
45 Dec 15 Student Presentations - 3:30 to 5:30 P.M.

The reading assignments should be completed before each lecture.

Homework assignments are due on the dates shown.