AE 3201 - Principles of Structural Engineering

• Describe the material properties of steel and concrete and the common geometric properties of steel and reinforced concrete structural elements
• Describe the assumed mechanical behavior of flexural members and compressive elements made with steel or reinforced concrete
• Analyze framing plans to determine loadings on structural components
• Analyze statically determinate structural elements and systems to determine the internal forces and the displacements
• Analyze steel or reinforced concrtee elements to determine their flexural or compressive capacity
• Describe common connections of structural members

• Deformation and displacement of statically determinate systems

• Review of tributary load, load types, shear and moment diagrams
• Design approaches - ASD and LRFD
• Introduction to steel materials and shapes
• Introduction to AISC specifications for beams and columns
• Steel beam flexural and shear capacity including Lat-Tors buckling 
• Steel column capacity; buckling
• Introduction to bolted and welded connections
• Introduction to concrete and reinforcement materials and shapes
• Introduction to ACI specifications for beams and columns
• Moment-Curvature behavior of reinforced concrete beams, stress-strain relations
• Reinforced concrete beam flexural and shear capacity
• Estimating reinforced concrete beam deflections
• Introduction to detailing concrete reinforcement
• Reinforced concrete column capacity (axial load only)