Annex-H1
Steel Structures (Current Curriculum)
SUBJECT: CE-411: Steel Structures
CREDIT HOURS: Theory =3
Practical =0
Total =3
CONTACT HOURS: Theory = 48 Hours
Practical = 0 Hours
Total = 48 hours
PREREQUISITE: CE206: Structural Analysis-1
MODE OF TEACHING:
Instruction: Three hours of lecture per week 100 %
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to give the basic understanding of member behavior and design of
structural steel members. The design is limited to tension and compression members, flexural
members including beams and column and design of connections. Design of roof trusses are also
included in this course. The subject also introduces state of the art analysis and design software
use in the industry.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the basic knowledge of steel as structural member.
To learn the analysis & design of structural steel components on ASD/LRFD according to AISC
Steel Construction Manual.
RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):
The course is designed so that students will achieve the PLOs:
1 Engineering Knowledge: ☐ 7 Environment and Sustainability: ☐
2 Problem Analysis: ☐ 8 Ethics: ☐
3 Design/Development of Solutions: 9 Individual and Team Work: ☐
4 Investigation: ☐ 10 Communication: ☐
5 Modern Tool Usage: ☐ 11 Project Management: ☐
6 The Engineer and Society: ☐ 12 Lifelong Learning: ☐
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO):
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will demonstrate competency in:
S.No CLO Domain Taxonomy PLO
Level
1 Apply principles of basic structural analysis for
Cognitive 3 -
the design of steel structures
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2 Design structural steel members based on AISC
Cognitive 5 3
manual of steel construction
3 Design connections for steel structuresbased on
Cognitive 5 3
AISC manual for steel construction
PRACTICAL APPLICATION:
Steel structures are a major component of the modern world construction industry. It is directly
linked with the socio-economic development of the country. The subject is an essential part of
civil engineering curricula all over the world.
TOPICS COVERED:
No. Topics
1. Introduction to Structural Steel Design
Properties of Steel as structural material.
Structural design and design loads.
Safety factors and load factors.
Stress-strain Relationship in Structural Steel.
Introduction to ASD (Allowable Stress Design) and LRFD (Load and Resistance
Factor Design) methods , simple comparative example solutions
Fabrication and erection methods of steel structures.
Plastic Analysis and Design
Theory of Plastic analysis.
Introduction to plastic design.
2. Structural Steel Members
Tension Members
General design procedure.
Allowable tensile stresses and loads.
Effective net areas.
Effect of staggered holes.
Design examples.
Compression Members
Residual Stresses.
Brief review of column formulae.
AISC design requirements.
General design procedure.
Selected design examples.
Design of Beams
Beam types.
AISC design procedure.
Compact sections and lateral support of beams.
Design of laterally unsupported and continuous beams.
Unsymmetrical bending.
Design of beam-columns.
Beam Bearing Plates.
Selected design examples.
Design of perlins
3. Design of Roof Trusses
Introduction.
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Design loads and load combinations.
Roof truss analysis.
Design of roof trusses, using AISC specification.
4. Structural Steel Connections
Riveted Connections
Riveted connections.
Types of rivets.
AISC allowable strength rivets.
Design examples
Bolted connections
Joint types and failure modes of bolted joints.
Specifications for High Strength Bolts.
AISC requirements.
Bearing type and Friction type connections.
Design examples.
Welded Connections
Advantages of welding.
Welding processes and classification of welds.
Strength of welds-AISC requirements,
General procedure for simple fillet weld design.
Design examples.
TEXT BOOKS:
Structural steel design By Jack C. McCormac, Latest Edition.
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Steel structures: design and behaviour: emphasizing ASD/LRFD methods by Charles G.
Salmon, John E. Johnson, Faris Amin Malhas, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc, Pearson
Prentice hall, new jersey
Simplified design of steel structures: By James E. Ambrose, Harry Parker,1997 John
Wiley & sons Inc
Steel structures By Zahid Ahmad Siddique
ASSESMENT SYSTEM:
CLOs Assessment
Cognitive
Spreadsheet
Relative Grading
Theoretical / Instruction 100%
Assignments 10%
Quizzes 10%
OHT Exams 30%
End Semester Exam 50%
Total 100%
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Prepared By (Instructor) Lec Arsalan Mushtaq
Reviewed By (LQEC) Dr. Rao Arsalan Khushnood / Dr. Muhammad Usman
Approved By (Assoc
Dr. Liaqat Ali
Dean)
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