Advantages and Disadvantages of Steel structures,Loads and Load combinations, Design considerations, Limit State Method(LSM) of design, Failure criteria for steel, Codes, Specifications and sectionclassification.
Introduction, Behaviour of Bolted joints,Design strength of ordinary Black Bolts, Design strength of High StrengthFriction Grip bolts (HSFG), Pin Connections, Simple Connections, Momentresistant connections, Beam to Beam connections, Beam and Column splices,Semi rigid connections
Introduction, Welding process, Weldingelectrodes, Advantages of Welding, Types and Properties of Welds, Types ofjoints, Weld symbols, Weld specifications, Effective areas of welds, Designof welds, Simple joints, Moment resistant connections, Continuous Beam toColumn connections, Continuous Beam to Beam connections, Beam Columnsplices, Tubular connections
Introduction, Plastic theory, Plastichinge concept, Plastic collapse load, conditions of plastic analysis, Theoremof Plastic collapse, Methods of Plastic analysis, Plastic analysis of continuousbeams
Introduction, Types of tension members,Design of strands, Slenderness ratio, Behaviour of tension members, Modesof failure, Factors affecting the strength of tension members, Angles undertension, Other sections, Design of tension member, Lug angles, Splices,Gussets.
Introduction, Failure modes, Behaviourof compression members, Elastic buckling of slender compression members,Sections used for compression members, Effective length of compressionmembers, Design of compression members, Built up compression members.
Design of simple slab base and gusseted base
Introduction, Beam types, , Lateral stability of beams,factors affecting lateral stability, Behaviour of simple and built-up beams inbending(without vertical stiffeners), Design strength of laterally supportedbeams in Bending, Design strength of laterally unsupported beams, Shearstrength of steel beams, Maximum deflection, Design of beams and purlins