STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN

Catalog description

Behavior and design of structural steel members including tension members, welds, laterally supported and continuous beams, columns, and connections based on the Load and Resistance Factor Design method. Description of basic properties of steel, concepts of safety and load as they relate to structural steel design. Serviceability criteria for the design of steel structures. Students will develop the quantitative reasoning, communication, innovation, design of infrastructure and information skills required to analyze and design of steel structures in civil engineering.