Feb 01, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
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CAE 3561 - Design of Steel Structures

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course presents the design of beams, composite beams, columns, beam-columns, tension members, bolted connections, and welded connections for strength and serviceability in accordance with American Institute of Steel Construction specifications.
Prereq: CAE 3501  (quarter system prereq: AE 3201)
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Analyze and design steel members subject to flexure
  • Analyze and design steel members subject to axial compression or axial tension
  • Analyze and design steel members subject to combined axial force and flexure
  • Analyze and design composite steel-concrete members
  • Calculate shear and moment in continuous beam systems and design continuous beams
  • Calculate connection capacities based on a limit state analysis
  • Integrate the behavior and design of individual members into the design of an overall structure
  • Evaluate AISC design criteria, fabrication and erection processes, and economic factors

Prerequisites by Topic
  • Static analysis of beams and frames
  • Structural loadings and load paths

Course Topics
  • Introduction to structural steel
  • Design of tension members
  • Design of compression members
  • Design of flexural members
  • Analysis and design of continuous beams
  • Analysis and design of beam-column members
  • Design of composite steel-concrete members
  • Design of steel connections

Coordinator
Dr. Edward Sippel, P.E.



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