CVE4121

Structural engineering 5

M B Wong

3 points
* 13 lecture hours and 26 tutorial hours
* First semester
* Caulfield/Clayton
* Prerequisites: ENC3012

Objectives On completion of this subject, the students should be able to carry out manual designs of steel structures using elastic method. Emphasis is placed on the use of the Australian Steel Code AS4100- 1990 as well as the background information leading to the formulation of the clauses in AS4100.

Synopsis Introduction to steel design: methods of analysis, general design considerations, limit state approach in comparison with working stress design and ultimate load design, uncertainty modelling, failure modes analysis, design criteria, forms of construction. General members: amplification factor and strength capacity, equivalent moment, end restraints, P-delta effect, braced and sway members. Design of members subject to bending: local buckling and lateral-torsional buckling; compact, non-compact and slender sections; lateral restraints, effective length; design of web. Design of members subject to compression: form factor, slenderness reduction factor, effective length. Design of members subject to combined actions: axial and bending, bi-axial bending. Design of connections: bolt group and weld group. Design of members subject to axial tension. Design of multistorey buildings.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 70%
* Assignments: 30%

Prescribed texts

Standards Australia Steel structures AS4100- 1990 Standards Australia, 1990

Recommended texts

Bradford M A and others Worked examples for steel members AISC, 1990
Trahair N S and Bradford M A The behaviour and design of steel structures Chapman and Hall, 1988