DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING

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CE 47500 Design of Steel Structures Elective for Civil Engineering Program The concepts of structural steel design, tension and compression mem ers, eams, eam!columns, simple and eccentric connections, composite construction, and plate girders, including computer applications" # # CE #$500, CE #7500 %one Civil Engineering &aterials, Structural 'nal(sis )"T" Segui, Steel Design, 4th Edition, Thomson Engr" Pu lishing Compan(, *007" 'merican +nstitute of Steel Construction ,'+SC-" .Steel Construction &anual ! /oad and 0esistance 1actor Design ,/01D-,2 $#th edition, *005" CE 475 is an introductor( course in the design of steel structures" This course is recommended for seniors in the civil engineering program 3ho are interested in learning the design of steel structures" The o 4ectives of this are to learn the ehavior and design of structural steel components ,mem ers and connections in t3o ! dimensional ,*D- truss and frame structures- and to gain an educational and comprehensive e5perience in the design of simple steel structures" Students 3ho successfull( complete this course 3ill e a le to6 $" +dentif( and compute the design loads on a t(pical steel uilding" ,a, e*" +dentif( the different failure modes of steel tension and compression mem ers and eams, and compute their

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design strengths" ,a, eSelect the most suita le section shape and si7e for tension and compression mem ers and eams according to specific design criteria" ,a, c, e+dentif( the different failure modes of olted and 3elded connections, and determine their design strengths" ,a, eDesign olted and 3elded connections for tension and comp" mem ers and eams" ,a, c, e'ppl( relevant '+SC provisions to ensure safet( and servicea ilit( of structural steel elements" ,a, c, e, f, i9tili7e advanced computer soft3are pac:ages ,S'P*000 and;or ET'<S- for the anal(sis and design of steel structures" ,a, c, e, g, :-

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$" +ntroduction to Engineering Design, /oads, and Design Codes *" 'nal(sis and Design of Tension &em ers #" 'nal(sis and Design of '5iall(!/oaded Compression &em ers 4" 'nal(sis and Design of <eams 5" 'nal(sis and Design of <eam!Columns 8" Simple Connections =igh %one =igh &ohammad 'lhassan, Ph"D" 'pril $, *0$$

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