DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Course Title: Design of Steel Structures
Course ID: CE 1106 (Credit Hours: 3)

This course is intended for civil engineers. The students will be able to identify the determinate and indeterminate structures, calculate the degree of indeterminacy of indeterminate structures and finally be able to analyze the determinate structures. Structural analysis is important as it provides a basis for structural design and also it evaluates whether a specific structural design will be able to withstand external and internal stresses and forces. The structural analysis helps to determine the cause of a structural failure. To acquaint the student with the theory of steel design of buildings using allowable strength design (ASD), the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) design philosophy. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:

# Design steel tension members, columns, beams, beam-columns, and a few welded and bolted connections using the 13th Edition of the AISC specifications;

# Answer structural steel design problems in the EIT and PE exams; and

# Prepare students for lifetime learning as structural steel design evolves, and to form a foundation for possible post-graduate studies in the subject.