CivE 670

Behavior and Design of Steel Members

Description

This course covers several of the same topics covered in undergraduate structural design courses in civil engineering degree programs. However, the emphasis is on the true structural behaviour to provide insight into the assumptions and limitations of the provisions of design standards. This allows student to gain a better understanding of the performance objectives of the standard and avoid the pitfalls of using it simply as a checklist of requirements to fulfill. It also allows the development of skills to address situations that are beyond the limits of what is explicitly covered by the standard. The course ties regularly into Standard S16 of the Canadian Standards Association, the national standard of Canada for the design of steel buildings, although other codes and standards are also referenced as needed.

Learning Outcomes

Account for probability and utilize the philosophy of limit states design in the establishment of appropriate resistance factors for specific steel design scenarios, and estimate the probability of failure of a structural component when given sufficient data
Design steel tension members by assessing the capacities of potential failure modes
Evaluate the elastic torsional capacity and understand the torsional behaviour of thin-walled open steel sections
Determine the design capacity of steel columns and other compression members for a variety of cross-sectional shapes
Understand lateral-torsional buckling behaviour of steel beams for a variety of geometries and bracing conditions, and utilize the concepts of interaction buckling when evaluating lateral-torsional buckling capacity
Determine the design loads on steel frame members, accounting for second-order effects, and the capacity of steel beam-columns (under combined compression and flexure) with doubly-symmetric cross-sections

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Sections & Respective Instructors

A1 - 2024/2025 - Fall - Robert Driver

A1 - 2023/2024 - Fall - Vahab Esmaeili & Ali Sadrara

A1 - 2022/2023 - Fall - Robert Driver

A1 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Robert Driver & Ali Imanpour