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2014-2015 Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
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AE 730 - AISC Steel Design

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course presents advanced topics in design of steel structures. Topics include plate girder design, column and frame design, bracing design, connection design, and advanced floor serviceability. (prereq: graduate standing)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• design plate girders for flexure and shear
• design steel frames for gravity and axial loads
• design bracing systems for steel structures
• design connections for steel structures
• understand advanced floor serviceability
Prerequisites by Topic
• Determinate and indeterminate structural analysis
• Understanding of structural analysis software
• Understanding of basic design for steel tension, compression, flexural and combined flexural/axial members
Course Topics
• Design of plate girders (2 classes)
• Design of columns including slender element effects (2 classes)
• Design of braced and moment frames, including design using the direct analysis method (2 classes)
• Analysis of steel framed floors for occupant-induced vibrations (1 class)
• Design of connections for steel structures, including partially-restrained connections (2 classes)
• Exam (1 class)
Laboratory Topics
• None appended
Coordinator
Christopher Raebel



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