Steel structures
M B Wong
3 points * 18 lectures, 15 tutorials, 6 laboratory classes * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: CIV2260
Design of unrestrained beams; design of columns in braced and unbraced frames; interaction of axial load and bending; design of beam columns; overall and local buckling; effective width concepts; plates in compression; webs in shear; design of plate girders; stiffeners; cold formed sections; design of portal frames; building frame systems; estimation of dead connections.
Assessment
Examinations: 50% * Practical work/Seminar participation: 50%
Prescribed texts
SAA Steel structures code
Recommended texts
Trahair N S The behaviour and design of steel structures Methuen, 1988