STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN
Course Syllabus – Spring 2019
MW 4:10 pm – 5:25 pm
HEB Room 219
PLEASE NOTE: The syllabus will suffer changes throughout the semester, depending on our ability to cover the material. Please check the syllabus daily for changes, especially before you work any homework problems, which are subject to change.
Help for CVEN 446 is available from the people shown below, at office hours listed.
Professor: Lee L. Lowery, Jr., PhD, P.E.
Office: DLEB (in 8 story office building over old pR2), Room 705E
Phone: 979-845-4395 (Office), 979-775-5401 (Home)
e-mail: Lowery@tamu.edu
Office Hours: Click here
Most of my time is spent teaching CVEN 446, two sections of 305, and ENGR 485. During the remaining hours I am a departmental adviser and have limited time for tutoring. Please plan on assistance either during my office hours, or see the tutor (below) during their office hours. Please don’t wait until just before class or a quiz to get help or you likely won’t get any.
I try and keep my calendar up to date, and to add unexpected meetings as they arise. However, it will always be in your best interest to call before you come by, unless you are already in the area.
446 Teaching Associate (Get help here):
Email: cmadhura@tamu.edu
Office hours:
Reference Manual: AISC Steel Construction Manual 15th Edition only: Click here for instructions on purchasing this manual. NOTE that you MUST be registered in CVEN 446 this semester to get your coupon code. You can pay online, or by mail, and they will ship the book directly to you. The price shown is greatly reduced from anything else you can get. Upon request I will e-mail your coupon code to you. Once you have your code, please follow the instructions above. E-mail your request for a code to Lowery@tamu.edu using ONLY the subject: AISC Manual Code.
Textbook: Segui. Don’t go without one if at all possible. They are pretty cheap, especially the international version.
Steel Design by William T. Segui: Cengage, 6th edition only – ISBN-10 Number or ISBN-13: 9781337094740 9781337094740
The Segui textbook is excellent.
Looking for a Segui textbook?
- Texas A&M University Bookstore Fill in the Department, Course, and section number
- AbeBooks.com – good source, hardback, paperback, international
- TextbooksRUs.com
- Campusbooks.com
- Amazon.com
- Textbooks.com
- DealOz.com
- GetTextbooks.com
- You can also find “Buy and return” and eBook sales
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| Segui Steel Design Fifth Edition |
AISC Steel Construction Manual 15th Edition ONLY Buy from AISC (cheap) |
| ISBN-10: ISBN-13: 9781337094740 |
ISBN Number 1564240071 |
- You can also find “Buy and return” and eBook sales.
BE CAREFUL! You only want the editions shown above. Check the ISBN numbers carefully, especially if you order online. If they don’t say up front which edition they are selling, it probably isn’t the one you want.
TAMU Catalog Description:
Structural Steel Design (3-0) Design of structural steel elements found in bridges and building structures, including plate girders, other built-up members, composite beams and slender columns; frame stability, tubular members and connections. Prerequisites: CVEN 345.
Course Objectives:
- To introduce the student to material behavior and Load and Resistance Factor Design methodology.
- To analyze and design tension members.
- To analyze and design compressive members.
- To analyze and design beams.
- To analyze and design connections.
- To analyze and design beam-columns.
ABET Learning Outcomes:
- (a) Ability to apply knowledge of basic mathematics, science, and engineering.
- (c) Ability to design civil/ocean engineering steel structures and components to meet desired needs.
- (f) Public safety in design and construction is emphasized for every type of structure considered.
- (j) Contemporary structural projects either in design or construction are discussed along with their impact on society.
- (k) Course requires application of spreadsheets, structural analysis programs, along with current state of practice design concepts.
- (l) Ability to use computers to solve civil and/or ocean engineering problems.
Course Prerequisites:
To take CVEN 446, you MUST have received a passing grade (no D’s, F’s or I’s) in CVEN 345, Structural Analysis.
Course Assessment:
- Graded major exams (Quiz A, Quiz B, and Final Exam for a total of 3 exams @ 30% each)
- Graded homework assignments, Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs), Class Participation, Attendance, Projects = 10%
Resources available to the student:
- Instructor of record: Dr. Lee L. Lowery, Jr.
- Teaching associate:
- CE 446 List Server/File Server/Grades Server <—- CLICK HERE TO BEGIN CLASS
- Use of eCampus in this class
- Computer software (Visual Analysis, Excel, etc.)
- Computers in the Civil Engineering Building Computer Labs
- Lectures – Note that getting a text book will be essential to understanding these lectures.
- Example video solutions for selected steel problems
- Q-drop deadline information
- Old 446 exams
- Chances of making what grade in Lowery’s 446 class after Quiz A and after Quiz B
- Tutoring and student use of the solution manual
- Copies of homework problems if you have not yet received your text. Sign on to eCampus, CVEN 446, Lowery and look in Browse Files.
- Access to the Civil Engineering Apps Server
- Design aids – most not verified – use with extreme caution
- Summary of the pages we covered last semester in this class
- RISA-2D – Educational (limited) copy of commercial structural analysis program
- Mastan – Free computer structural analysis program
- Seating chart
- Shreveport, LA steel bridge
- General steel photos
- An excellent aid to how these things work – the interactive steel sculpture: http://cset.mnsu.edu/steelsculpture
- Kohutek Example Problems
- Typical point deductions you can expect on exams and pop quizzes
- AISC Publications
- AISC Shapes Database
- Steel Construction Manual Design Examples, V14.0
- Steel Construction Manual Design Examples, V13.0
- Free AISC membership. Fill in, sign, and mail or scan to email.
- Current list of homework problems for this semester if we get to all of them
- Q-Drop deadline information – see University Academic Calendar next.
- University Academic Calendar Spring 2019 and others. Be sure you are on the correct year/semester (scroll down).
- TAMU Academic Calendar – another version of above
- Final exam schedule for this and other semesters (make sure you are on Spring 2019 only!)
- Zachry Building Room Map
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SYLLABUS INFORMATION:
- Class Expectations
- General Information Regarding Format for Exams, Quizzes, and Homework
- What materials am I responsible for on all exams in this class.
- Where to get help for 446
- Tutor and grader contacts for 2019a – How to correct a missing or incorrect homework grade
- Grading
- Attendance
- Illness
- Make-up exams
- Academic Dishonesty Policy
- How to submit late assignments that are excused from being counted as late
- Finally, click here!
The correct time (to the nanosecond)
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Class No. | Material in this column will be covered from the Segui text, and other sources. See reading assignments at the bottom. A summary of the main items of interest that we will be covering during the semester in both the Segui text and LRFD Manual are summarized here. Note that the pages listed below are approximate, depending on our ability to cover the materials. |
Homework Assignments Note: DO NOT work any problems using ASD. Only LFRD solutions are required. Note: All homework assigned during the week will be handed in the last class day we meet NEXT week. Thus all homework assigned during week one will be due during our last class meeting NEXT week. |
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Week 1– Jan 14-18 |
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| Mon 1/14 |
1 | Introduction, Materials, LRFD Design Philosophy Chap 1.1 – 1.6 |
Assignment #1 due class #3: Segui: # 1.5-2, 1.5-5 |
| Wed 1/16 |
2 | Probabilistic Basis of LRFD Chap 2.1 – 3.3 |
Assignment #2 due class #3: Segui, # 2-1 a, b & c, 2-3 a & b, 2-5a |
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Week 2 – Jan 21-25 |
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| Wed 1/23 |
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Tension Members Watch Video: Rolling steel plate, beams. Watch video: Tube manufacturing Chap 3.4 – 3.5 Study LRFD manual: 16.1-29, 16.1-251 Design strength, Ag, An, Ae, U, welded connections, WF shear lag |
Assignment #3 due class #5: Segui: # 3.2-1a & 3.2-4a, (LRFD only, as always) Note: Whenever using average values from Table D3.1 pg. 16.1-28, you MUST justify why the value is appropriate. |
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Week 3– Jan 28 – Feb 01 |
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| Mon 1/28 |
4 | Chap 3.6 Review Ag, An, Ae, U & Staggered connections Block Shear Tension Members Chap 4.1 – 4.3 |
Assignment #4 due class #7: Segui: # 3.3-1, 3.3-5 & 3.3-7a, 3.4-1, 3.4-4, & 3.4-6. Ignore block shear rupture for these problems. |
| Wed 1/30 |
5 | Tension Members Block Shear Chap 4.4 |
Assignment #5 due class #7: Segui: # 3.5-1, 3.5-3, 3.5-4. Omit block shear in problems assigned before we learn it. |
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Week 4 – Feb 4-8 |
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| Mon 2/4 |
6 | Compression Members Chap 4.6 |
Assignment #6 due class #9: Segui: # 3.6-1, 3.6-3, 3.6-6, 4.3-1, 4.3-5, 4.3-8. |
| Wed 2/6 |
7 | Compression Members Chap 4.7 Review of material on AISC CD Example problems Column Alignment Charts |
Assignment #7 due class #9: Segui: # 4.6-1, 4.6-2, 4.7-1, 4.7-5, 4.7-8. |
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Week 5 – Feb 11-15 |
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| Mon 2/11 |
8 | Compression Members OMIT Chap 4.8 |
Assignment #8 due class #11. Get the idea? Segui: # 4.7-11, 4.7-13 |
| Wed 2/13 |
9 | Beams Chap 5.1 – 5.3 |
Assignment #9: Segui: # 5.2-1, 5.2-3. |
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Week 6 – Feb 18-22 |
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| Mon 2/18 |
10 | Beams Chap 5.4 – 5.5 |
Assignment #10: Segui: # 5.4-1, 5.5-1 & 5.5-3. |
| Wed 2/20 |
11 | Beams Chap 5.7 – 5.9 |
Assignment #11: Segui: # 5.5-4, 5.5-6 (omit part c), 5.5-10 (beam is now also supported in center.), 5.5-15, 5.5-16. |
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Week 7- Feb 25-Mar 01 |
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| Mon 2/25 |
12 | Beams Chap 5.10, 5.11 |
Assignment #12: Segui: # 5.8-1, 5.8-3, 5.8-4, 5.10-2. |
| Wed 2/27 |
13 | Chap 5.12, 5.14 | Assignment #13: Segui: # 5.10-4, 5.10-5. |
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Week 8 – Mar 4-8 |
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| Mon 3/4 |
14 | Base plate design Chap 5.14, 15 |
Assignment #14: Segui: # 5.11-1, 5.14-1 (Hint), 5-14.2. |
| Wed 3/6 |
15 | 446 Quiz A will cover everything we have covered through problem 4.3.8. It will be held in our regular classroom on this date. |
The only material permitted on Quiz A will be your AISC Steel Manual, and any handwritten notes in it. No textbook or loose notes permitted. You can add up to 4 handwritten 6″x9″ pages (2 sheets of paper total written on both sides) into the manual to supplement your notes. These can include example solutions or anything of your choice, but they must be the same size as the manual. You are also permitted to bring a copy of the Fundamentals of Engineering Reference Manual. |
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Spring Break |
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Week 9- Mar 18-22 |
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| Mon 3/18 |
16 | Beam columns Chap 6.1 – 6.4 |
Assignment #15: Segui: # 5.14-3 & 5.14-4, 5.15-1 & 5.15-2.
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| Wed 3/20 |
17 | Beam columns Chap 6.5 – 6.6 If interested: Visual Analysis Tutorial |
Assignment #17: Segui: # 6.2-1, 6.2-2, 6.6-1*, 6.6-2. *Note: in chapter 6.6 problems, use reduced stiffness, EI*, only on 6.6-1. |
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Week 10 – Mar 25-29 |
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18 | Simple Connections Chap 7.1 – 7.4 Watch video: How nuts and bolts are made. RCSC Bolt Code. |
Assignment #18: Segui: # 6.6-3, 6.6-5, 6.6-6 note hint. |
| Wed 3/27 |
19 | Bearing Strength, Bolts Bolt Photos Chap 7.5-7.7 |
Assignment #19: Segui: # 6.6-7, 6.6-12, 7.3-2, *7.4-1. (*Never work ASD questions) |
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Week 11– Apr 1-5 |
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| Mon 4/1 |
20 | Bolted Connections Chap 7.8 – 7.9 446 Quiz B will cover everything we have covered through Problem 5.5-16. It will be held in our regular classroom on this date. |
Assignment #20: Segui: # 7.4-3, 7.4-5, 7.6-1
The only material permitted on Quiz B will be your AISC Steel Manual, and any handwritten notes in it. No textbook or loose notes permitted. You can add up to 4 handwritten 6″x9″ pages (4 sheets of paper total, written on 2 sides each) into the manual to supplement your notes. These can include example solutions or anything of your choice, but they must be the same size as the manual. You are also permitted to bring a copy of the Fundamentals of Engineering Reference Manual. Click here for a copy. |
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Wed 4/3 |
21 | Welded Connections Chap 7.10 – 7.11 |
Assignment #21: Segui: # 7.6-5, 7.7-1, *7.8-1, 7.9-1. (*Neglect prying action in all of these problems) |
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Week 12 – Apr 8-12 |
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| Mon 4/8 |
22 | Welded Connections Chap 8.1 – 8.2 Watch Video: Mig welding technique and Arc welding techniques |
Assignment #22: Segui: # 7.9-3, 7.11-2, 7.11-4 & 7.11-8. (assume threads included in shear plane for these and all later problems. |
| Wed 4/10 |
23 | Welded Connections Chap 8.3 Read Dr. Keating’s information on Welds and welding processes, and Design strength of welds |
Assignment #23: Segui: # 8.2-3, 8.2-6, & 8.2-11, 8.2-12, 8.3-1. |
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Week 13 – Apr 15-19 |
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| Mon 4/15 |
24 | Read Dr. Keating’s information on the Design of bolted joints | Assignment #24: Segui: # 8.3-5 (assume threads included in shear plane for all problems). |
| Wed 4/17 |
25 | Bolted Connections (Sec 8.2-8.3) Excel computer program to analyze bolts |
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Week 14 – Apr 22-26 |
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| Mon 4/22 |
26 | Moment-Resisting Connections (Sec. 8.6) Read Dr. Keating’s connections II module |
Assignment #26: # 8.3-7, 8.6-2, |
| Wed 4/24 |
27 | Moment-Resisting Connections (Sec. 8.6-8.7) | |
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Week 15 – 4/29 |
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| Mon 4/29 |
28 | Review | |
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Final Exam will be held Friday, May 3rd, 2019 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. It will cover only that material we were able to cover in class, whatever that turns out to be. CHECK THIS DATE FOR ACCURACY: |
The final exam will be open textbook (Segui, open AISC Steel Manual with previous added notes, no homework. You can add up to 4 additional (12 total) handwritten 6″x9″ pages (6 sheets of paper total, written on 2 sides each) into the manual to supplement your notes. The final will cover everything in the course. You are also permitted to bring a copy of the Steel section, Fundamentals of Engineering Reference Manual. Please note that to pass this class you MUST be able design simple tension members to resist axial loads, to design beams to resist LTB, to design a column, and to design simple bolted or welded connections. These are minimum competencies. Things like combined bending and axially loaded members may well be on the final, but being unable to do the simple things listed above will require that you find a better prof and retake this class. I simply cannot have you designing my wheelchair and having the wheel fall off, veering me into oncoming traffic. That may be justice served, but I’m not having it. |
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ABET Outcomes Addressed – From New (1) – (7)
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
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- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.