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Course Syllabus – Fall 2014 (CRN 11092)
MWF 11:30 am – 12:20 pm
CE Room 118

PLEASE NOTE: The syllabus will suffer changes throughout the semester, depending on our ability to cover the material. Please check it daily for changes, especially before you work any homework problems, which are subject to change. Thus what you now see is just for general information, including ways of getting your texts.

Help for CVEN 446 is available from the people shown below, at office hours listed only.

Office hours listed below are suspended on the day before a major exam, giving me time to make it out.  Do not wait until the day before a major exam for help, unless the TA has office hours on that day.

• Click here for office hours

446 Teaching Associate for answering questions on how to work problems: 

Homework grading will be done by Insiyah Lightwala
Contact the homework grader at ilight13@tamu.edu only if you have a question regarding errors in grading, or missing homework grades.  Questions regarding how to work or correct problems should be directed to the Tutor listed above.

AISC Steel Construction Manual 14th Edition only:  Click here for instructions on purchasing this manual. I have received the codes for our section.  NOTE that you MUST be registered in CVEN 446 Section 501 (Lowery) this semester to get your Coupon Code from me.  Contact Dr. Keating if you are in his section. You can pay online, or by mail, and they will ship the book directly to you. The book costs $125 if you purchase it online, $135 if you pay by check.  You have 45 days after the beginning of class to order your manual.  After that the codes expire. 

Click here for a laugh.

Text: Steel Design by William T. Segui: Thompson Brooks/Cole, 5th edition – ISBN-10 Number 1111576009    or   ISBN-13: 9781111576004

The Segui textbook is excellent – one of the best I have seen.  The following lists some places where you can get one cheap.

• Texas A&M University Bookstore  Fill in the Department, Course, and section number
• AbeBooks.com
• TextbooksRUs.com
• Campusbooks.com
• Amazon.com
• Textbooks.com
• CampusBooks4Less.com
• AllBookStores.com
• DealOz.com
• CourseSmart.com
• GetTextbooks.com
• Bigwords.com
• You can also find “Buy and return” and eBook sales.  eBooks are acceptable.
• ORDER EARLY!  Here is where a text I bought has been.  Around the world in 30 days.

Looking for an AISC Manual? 

Segui Steel Design Fifth Edition	AISC Steel Construction Manual 14th Edition
ISBN-10: 1111576009 ISBN-13: 9781111576004	ISBN Number 1564240606

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.

Bookstore or Internet?

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 design and analyze tension members.
• To design and analyze compressive members.
• To design and analyze beams.
• To design and analyze connections.
• To design and analyze 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.

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, and any Projects = 10%.

Resources available to the student:

• Instructor of record: Dr. Lee L. Lowery, Jr.
• Teaching associate listed above
• CE 446 List Server/File Server/Grades Server <—- CLICK HERE TO BEGIN CLASS
• Homework problems and pop quizzes assigned during the semester.
• AISC Specifications, Codes and Standards – Free  Also Steel Construction Manual Resources including shapes database.   2016 edition
• Free AISC membership. Fill in, sign, and mail or scan to email.  HIGHLY recommended for the free materials and for your resume.
• Computer software (Excel, EES)
• EES (Engineering Equation Solver)  What it is, how to get it, video example on using it, user’s manual, short tutorial 
• Computers in the Civil Engineering Building Computer Labs
• Lectures – Note that getting a text book will be essential to understanding these lectures.
  • September 2014 fall semester  <–  This semester – Please note: Use of videos.
  • January 2014 spring semester   <–   Last semester
• Example video solutions for selected steel problems
• 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
• A few of the first homework problems if you have not yet received your text.
• Access to the Civil Engineering Apps Server
• Design aids – most not verified – use with extreme caution
• Summary of the pages we covered in this class  –  REALLY OLD version.
• 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
• Kohutek Example Problems
• Typical point deductions you can expect on exams and pop quizzes
• AISC Publications
• AISC Shapes Database
• Steel Construction Manual Design Examples, V14.00
• Steel Construction Manual Design Examples, V13.00
• Video examples/Flipped classes – Structural steel design problems

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SYLLABUS INFORMATION:

• Homework
• General Information Regarding Format for Exams, Quizzes, and Homework
• Where to get help for 446
• Grading
• Attendance
• Illness
• Major exams
• Make-up exams
• Academic Dishonesty Policy
• Finally, click here!

The correct time (to the nanosecond)

Date	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. MANDATORY! Click here to begin course. All homework assignments are due one week from the date assigned, unless otherwise specified. If a problem is due on a day that we don’t have class, or an exam is being given, then it is still due on that day but is to be handed in the next day we have class.  That may mean that on some days you will be handing in more than one problem set. Some problems have hints or corrections.  Click on those with links below.
Week 1
Mon 9/1	1	Introduction, Materials, LRFD Design Philosophy Read text: Pg 1-11 Chap. 1.1-1.5	Flipped Classes Assignment #1 Due class #4: View and be ready to take a quiz over material specs listed in the ASTM Steel Construction Manual Flipped class video: .MOV .MP4 Flipped class notes Homework Problems: 1.5-2, 1.5-5, 1.5-7
Wed 9/3	2	Probabilistic Basis of LRFD Read text: Pg 12-29 Chap. 1.6-2.4	Assignment #2 Due class #5: Homework Problems: 2-1 a, b & c, 2-2 a, b & c
Fri 9/5	3	Tension Members Watch Video: Rolling steel plate, beams. Read text: 30-43 Chap 2.5-3.1 Design strength, Ag, An, Ae, U Read LRFD manual: 16.1-29, 16.1-251	Assignment #3 Due class #6: View and be ready to take a quiz over the general navigation and use of the AISC Handbook. Flipped class video: .MOV .MP4 Flipped class notes Homework Problems: 2-5a
Week 2
Mon 9/8	4	Tension Members Watch video: Tube manufacturing Read text: 44-50 Chap 3.2 Review design strength, Ag, An, Ae, U.  Welded connections, WF shear lag Staggered connections	Assignments #4 Due Class #7: Homework: 3.2-2 & 3.2-3 LRFD only – No ASD Note: When using average values from Table D3.1 you MUST justify why the value is appropriate.
Wed 9/10	5	Tension Members Read text: 51-58 Chap 3.3-3.4 Staggered connections	Assignment #5 Homework due in one week, and from now on: 3.3-1, 3.3-5 & 3.3-7a. Ignore block shear rupture for these problems since you haven’t yet learned how to do it.
Fri 9/12	6	Tension Members Read text: 59-65 Chap 3.4-3.5	Assignment #6 3.4-1, 3.4-4 & 3.4-6. Ignore block shear rupture for these problems since you haven’t yet learned how to do it.
Week 3
Mon 9/15	7	Tension Members Read text: 66-76 Chap 3.6	Assignment #7 3.5-1, 3.5-3, 3.5-4.
Wed 9/17	8	Compression Members Read text: 109-119 Chap 4.1-4.3 Block Shear Rolling stresses in hot-rolled shapes	Assignment #8 3.5-6, 3.6-1. On 3.6-1, omit block shear and any other time you are not given the bolt dimensions, and try an 8x6x9/16.
Fri 9/19	9	Compression Members Read text: 119-133 Chap 4.3-4.6	Assignment #9 3.6-3, 3.6-6 Omit block shear on these problems, since you aren’t given enough information to work it.
Week 4
Mon 9/22	10	Compression Members Read text: 134-140 Chap 4.6-4.7 Example problems	Assignment #10 4.3-1, 4.3-5, 4.3-8.
Wed 9/23	11	Compression Members Read text: 141-145 Column Alignment Charts Chap 4.7	Assignment #11 4.6-1, 4.6-2, 4.7-1
Fri 9/26	12	Compression Members Read text: 146-155 GaGb EES Nomograph How to get the Nomograph.EES file Chap 4.7	Assignment #12 4.7-5, 4.7-8 (omit part c), 4.7-10 (part b is an allowed stress question – don’t work.)
		Week 5
Mon 9/29	13	Compression Members, Beams Look over example problems available from AISC Read text: 189-196 Chap 4.7, 5.1-5.2	Assignment #13 4.7-11, 4.7-13
Wed 10/1	14	Beams Read text: 196-199 Chap 5.3-5.4 Detailed procedure for drawing shear and moment diagrams	Assignment #14 5.2-1
Fri 10/3	15	Beams Read text: 199-205 Chap 5.5	Assignment #15 5.2-3
Week 6
Mon 10/6	16	Beams Read text: 203-213 Chap 5.5	Assignment #16 5.4-1, 5.5-1 & 5.5-3
Wed 10/8	17	Beams Read text: 214-222 Chap 5.5-5.8	Assignment #17 5.5-4, 5.5-6 (omit part c), 5.5-10 (beam is now also supported in center.)
Fri 10/10	18	Beams Read text: 223-238 Chap 5.8-5.9	Assignment #18 5.5-15, 5.5-16
Week 7
Mon 10/13	19	Beams Read text: 234-249 Video: Cutting holes in beams, coping, cutting W’s into T’s. Chap 5.10	Assignment #19 5.8-1, 5.8-3
Wed 10/15	20	Quiz A – held in our classroom during regular class hours. Covers through problem #5.2-3.	Assignment #20 5.8-4, 5.10-2 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 any handwritten notes in the last blank pages in your LRFD Manual. These can include example solutions or anything of your choice. You must also bring a copy of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Reference Manual, Steel Design section. Click here for a copy. Any homework assigned a week ago is still due today.  However I don’t want to delay the quiz, so hand it in with your next set.  That doesn’t mean it isn’t due, only that you are going to hand in two sets next class.
Fri 10/17	21	Beams Read text: 237-244 Chap 5.11-5.12	Assignment #21 5.10-4, 5.10-5
		Week 8
Mon 10/20	22	Beams Read text: 251-254 Steel Joist Institute Manual	Assignment #22 5.11-1, 5.14-1 (Hint), 5-14.2
Wed 10/22	23	Beams Read text: 254-260 Base plate design	Assignment #23 5.14-3 & 5.14-4
Fri 10/24	24	Beams Read text: 260-268	Assignment #24 5.15-1 & 5.15-2
Week 9
Mon 10/27	25	Beams Read text: 269-301	Assignment #25 6.2-1
Wed 10/29	26	Biaxial Bending (Sec. 6.5) Read text: 302-312 Visual Analysis Tutorial Discuss accuracy of moment amplification factor.	Assignment #26 6.2-2
Fri 10/31	27	Simple Connections  (Sec. 7.1-7.3) Watch video: How nuts and bolts are made.  And here. Read text: 312-315	Assignment #27 6.6-1*, 6.6-2. *Note: in the chapter 6.6 problems, use reduced stiffness, EI*, only on problem 6.6-1.
Week 10
Mon 11/3	28	Bearing Strength, Bolts (Sec 7.4) Read text: 315-325, 379-383	Assignment #28 6.6-3, 6.6-5
Wed 11/5	29	High-strength Bolts (Sec. 7.5-7.6) Read text: 383-392	Assignment #29 6.6-6 note hint, 6.6-7, 6.6-12
Fri 11/7	30	Bolted Connections (Sec 7.7) Read text: 392-400	Assignment #30 7.3-2, 7.4-1 (Use either a C8x18.7 or a C8x18.5) (Never compute ASD numbers)
Week 11
Mon 11/10	31	Bolted Connections (Sec 7.8-7.9) Read text: 401-417	Assignment #31 7.4-3, 7.4-5
Wed 11/12	32	Quiz B – held during regular class hours. Covers through homework problem 6.6-2, with emphasis on material covered after Quiz A.	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 any handwritten notes in the last blank pages in your LRFD Manual. These can include example solutions or anything of your choice. You must also bring a copy of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Reference Manual, Steel Design section.  Click here for a copy. Any homework assigned a week ago is still due today.  However I don’t want to delay the quiz, so hand it in with your next set.  That doesn’t mean it isn’t due, only that you are going to hand in two sets next class.
Fri 11/14	33	Bolted Connections Skidmore Bolt Proof Test (Sec. 7.9) Read text: 428-431	Assignment #32 *7.8-1 (*Neglect prying action in all problems). 7.6-1, 7.6-5
Week 12
Mon 11/17	34	Welded Connections (Sec. 7.10) Watch Video: Mig welding techniques Arc welding techniques Read text: 431-438	Assignment #33 7.7-1, 7.9-1
Wed 11/19	35	Welded Connections (Sec. 7.10-8.1) Read text: 438-446 Chap Read Dr. Keating’s module on welds and welding processes	Assignment #34 7.9-3, 7.11-2, 7.11-4 & 7.11-8. (assume threads included in shear plane for these and all later problems.
Fri 11/21 Last day to Q-drop, withdraw. Click here for some idea to help you decide.	36	Eccentric Connections (Sec. 8.1-8.2) Read text: 446-455 Chap Read Dr. Keating’s module on the design strength of welds Read Dr. Keating’s module on the design of bolted joints	Assignment #35 8.2-3, 8.2-6
Friday 5:00:00 Nov 21st Q-drop Week 13
Mon 11/24	37	Bolted Connections (Sec 8.2-8.3) Excel computer program to analyze bolts Read Dr. Keating’s connections I module Read text: 477-477n Chap	Assignment #36: 8.2-11, 12, 8.3-1
Wed 11/26	38	Moment-Resisting Connections (Sec. 8.6) Read Dr. Keating’s connections II module Read text: 477o-487 Chap	Assignment #37: 8.3-5 (assume threads are  included in shear plane for all problems)
Fri 11/28		Reading Day No Class	Reading Day No Class Hand in any homework due today on the next class day, with any other due.
Week 14
Mon 12/21	39	Moment-Resisting Connections (Sec. 8.6-8.7) Read text: Chap	Assignment #38: NOT REQUIRED but understand for final exam. (Special Table 7 bolt problem)
Wed 12/23	40	Read: Class notes	NOT REQUIRED but understand for final exam. Assignment #39: 8.3-7, 8.5-2 NOT REQUIRED
Fri 12/25	41	Read: Class notes
Week 15
Mon 12/28	42	Read: Class notes
		Final Exam will be held Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2014 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm.  It will cover only through that material we were able to cover in class, whatever that turns out to be.  For 2014c this turned out to be page 505. It will cover topics with emphasis on the material after Quiz B. The distribution of material to be covered is planned to be approximately: 20% Quiz A, 20% Quiz B, and 60% over the material since Quiz B. CHECK THIS EXAM DATE FOR ACCURACY HERE: Final Exam Schedules	The final exam will be closed book, open AISC Steel Manual with handwritten added notes. No textbook or loose notes permitted. You can add any handwritten notes in the last blank pages in your LRFD Manual. These can include example solutions or anything of your choice. You must also bring a copy of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam Reference Manual, Steel Design section. Click here for a copy. 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 will likely 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 old folk’s home and dropping a beam on me in 20 years.

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To get the plate thickness, you would actually have to know if the load pointing down on the top flange was caused by another beam running across the top of our beam, or if it was due to a vertical column sitting on the top of the flange.

We will assume that it is a beam going across our beam.  Design the plate thickness just like you would if our beam were pressed up into a plate embedded in a concrete ceiling. I.e. get a reasonable plate size, at least one dimension of which extends across the width of the top flange of our beam and no shorter than the flange width of the crossing beam (you could assume the plate is square), unless you need a longer value for N from web shear/crippling/etc.

Then divide the load coming into our beam by the plate area to get the pressure between the top flange of out beam and the plate, and design the plate thickness using equation 5.13 on page 256.

An HSS 6.625 x 0.250 is on page [1-98].

It’s a tube and you’re probably rummaging around in the rectangular shapes.  You’ll get more familiar with these things as you spend more time looking around at what’s in the Manual.

L^3

A flipped class is the presentation of a critical tipping point in a class, often on video with other reference materials.  It is material assigned to the student before it is covered in class, and is then later covered during a regularly scheduled class.  The student is assigned to go over the flipped material before the presentation in class to give time to consider what parts they don’t understand, and to generate questions which may not be answered in the normal class presentation.

In a regular class the professor usually goes over the material in class and asks if you have any questions, which you seldom do since you didn’t understand most of what was just said.  Too fast, not your native language, napping, texting, answering critical email, came in late, playing Angry Birds, talking to your neighbor about how boring the class is, …   the possibilities are endless.  But not to worry because you’ll figure it out after you get home, right?  If you find time.  Which you seldom do.  Perhaps the prof will cover it again later.  Nope.  Then sure enough, a similar problem shows up on an exam and you don’t have a clue how to work it.  And even worse, not knowing how to do that caused you to lose more points on the next exam, and again on the final.

A flipped class gives you the opportunity to watch a content rich video on a particularly difficult or important subject before it is covered in class.  Usually the material is close to the same as you would (will) get in class.  The difference is that you have time to stop, replay, and absorb the material.  You get to watch it at a time of your choice, when you aren’t continually falling asleep.  What this does is give you time to realize what you really don’t understand, watch it again, compare what is there with what the book has.  When the flipped material is then covered in class, if you still don’t understand something you can ask specific questions about it.

So, you may ask, if the material is going to be presented again in class, why should you view the video?  It prepares you to learn material which is critical in working a whole host of other things in the course.

How important is the flipped material to your overall grade?  Believe me, those videos take all kinds of time to  plan and record.  If that particular piece of information were not the source of major confusion in previous semesters, the prof would never take the time and effort to put them together.  They cover critical subjects that seriously affect your grade throughout the remainder of the course, and often your grades in subsequent courses.

Example?

Mr. Jones’ grade in Statics, CVEN 221: B.  Would have made an A but couldn’t draw shear and moment diagrams.
Mr. Jones’ grade in Mechanics of Materials, CVEN 305: C.  Would have made an A but couldn’t design a beam because he couldn’t get the moment in the beam because he couldn’t draw shear and moment diagrams.
Mr. Jones’ grade in Structural Analysis, CVEN 345: D.   Would have made an B but couldn’t determine the reactions on a statically indeterminate structure because he couldn’t draw shear and moment diagrams.
Mr. Jones grade in Steel Design, CVEN 446: F.  Would have made a B but couldn’t determine the Lateral Torsional Buckling coefficient because he couldn’t draw shear and moment diagrams.
Mr. Jones’ grade in Folklore Literature and World Culture, ENGL 412: B.  (His new major).

I highly recommend that you go over the assigned flipped class materials before we cover them in class.  There aren’t that many of them, and they will benefit you greatly.

Flipped Classes – Example Problems

Material Covered	MP4	Time	Notes
1) How to use Engineering Equation Solver	Video	25 mins	Notes
2) How to get materials information from the AISC Steel Construction Manual	Video		Notes
3) How to navigate through the AISC Manual	Video	43 mins	Notes

 

STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN
Course Syllabus – Spring 2017
TR 8:00 am – 9:15 am
CVLB 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.

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.

Reference Manual:  AISC Steel Construction Manual 14th Edition only:  Click here for instructions on purchasing this manual. NOTE that you MUST be registered in CVEN 446 Section 503 (Lowery) 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. Please note that they have issued only one code for the students in the class. Please do not give it to anyone. We only have codes for the number of students in the class. If someone else uses your code to order a manual, it won’t be easy to get another one. Once you have your code, please follow the instructions above. E-mail your request for a code to Lowery@tamu.edu using the subject: Request – Your Name – AISC Manual Code.

Textbook: Because of some confusion about different sections using no text, or Segui, or Geschwindner, I really don’t care which text you get.  The text listed by the bookstore is Geschwindner, but the information in both texts is comparable.  Get whichever you like, but I strongly recommend that you get one or the other.  Don’t go without a text if at all possible.

One choice: Steel Design by William T. Segui: Thompson Brooks/Cole, 5th edition only – ISBN-10 Number 1111576009    or   ISBN-13: 9781111576004

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
• TextbooksRUs.com
• Campusbooks.com
• Amazon.com
• Textbooks.com
• AllBookStores.com
• DealOz.com
• GetTextbooks.com
• Bigwords.com
• You can also find “Buy and return” and eBook sales.

Segui Steel Design Fifth Edition	AISC Steel Construction Manual 14th Edition
ISBN-10: 1111576009 ISBN-13: 9781111576004	ISBN Number 1564240606

A second choice: Unified Design of Steel Structures by Louis Geschwindner: Wiley, 2nd edition only – ISBN Number 9780470444030

• Texas A&M University Bookstore  Fill in the Department, Course, and section number
• AbeBooks.com  
• TextbooksRUs.com  
• Campusbooks.com  
• Amazon.com  
• Textbooks.com  
• AllBookStores.com
• DealOz.com  
• GetTextbooks.com  
• Bigwords.com  
• You can also find “Buy and return” and eBook sales.

Geschwindner Second Edition	AISC Steel Construction Manual 14th Edition
ISBN: 9780470444030	ISBN Number 1564240606

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
• 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.
  • January 2017 this semester
  • September 2014 semester
• 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

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
• Grading
• Attendance
• Illness
• Make-up exams
• Academic Dishonesty Policy
• Current list of homework problems for this semester if we get to all of them
• Finally, click here!

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Homework to be assigned during the semester

Week and Date	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 AssignmentsNote: DO NOT work any problems using ASD. Only LFRD solutions are required. MANDATORY! Click here to begin course.   Homework problems reset from now on:
Thu 3/2	14	Quiz A – held during regular class hours. Covers through problem number 4.7-8.	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. Click here for a copy. WARNING!!!
Week 10
Tue 3/28	19	Segui Chap 5.14 Base plate design	Class #19 assignment due class #21: Segui: # 5.14-1, 5.14-2 & 5.14-3
Thu 3/30	20	Segui Chap 5.15, Chap 6.1-6.2	Class #20 assignment due class #22: Segui: # 5.14-4, 5.15-1, & 5.15-2
Week 11
Tue 4/4	21	Segui Chap 6.3-6.4	Class #21 assignment due class #23: Segui: # 6.2-1, 6.2-2
Thu 4/6	22	Segui Chap 6.5-6.6	Class #22 assignment due class #24: Segui: # 6.6-2, 6.6-6 note hint.
Week 12
Tue 4/11	23	Segui Chap 7.1-7.4	Class #23 assignment due class #25: Segui: # 7.3-1, 7.3-2
Thu 4/13	24	Segui Chap 7.4-7.5	Class #24 assignment due class #26: Segui: 7.4-1 (Hint: Use either a C8x18.7 or a C8x18.5) (Never compute ASD), 7.4-3, 7.4-5
Week 13
Tue 4/18	25	Read Dr. Keating’s information on the Design of bolted joints Quiz B – held during regular class hours. Covers everything we have covered through Chapter 5.	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.
Regardless of good intentions, here’s what we can reasonably get done and still have you understand it.  Please work on the following homework problems and I will cover them in class.  Do not hand in.
Thu 4/20	26	Segui Bolts Chap 7.6-7.7	Class #26 assignment due class #28: Segui: 7.6-1, 7.6-5
Week 14
Tue 4/25	27	Segui Welds Chap 7.10-7.11	Class #27 assignment not due but be able to work: 7.11-2, 7.11.4, 7.11-8
Thu 4/27	28	Segui Eccentric Connections Chap 8.1-8-2	Class #28 assignment not due but be able to work: Segui: 8.2-3, 8.2-11
		The Final Exam will be held Friday, May 5th, 2017 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  It will cover all material which we were able to cover in class, whatever that turns out to be. CHECK THIS DATE FOR ACCURACY: Final Exam Schedules	The final exam will be open textbook, 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 AISC manual to supplement your notes. The final will cover everything in the course. You are also permitted to bring a copy of the Fundamentals of Engineering Reference Manual. Click here for a copy. 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. These are minimum competencies. Things like combined bending and axially loaded members will likely 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 take the chance of you designing my old folk’s home (or sepulcher) and dropping a beam on my head in 20 years.

The following is the required ADA statement.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Cain Hall or call 845-1637.

The following is the required Academic Integrity Statement

 “An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.”

All syllabi shall contain a section that states the Aggie Honor Code and refers the student to the Honor Council Rules and Procedures on the web: http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor

Note Segui’s comment on page 307:

If the bending moment and axial force are from a second-order analysis, you can go straight to the interaction equations from AISC Specification Chapter H [16.1-73]

Note that getting a text book will be essential to understanding these lectures.  See here.

You can determine what material and pages were covered in the text by checking the dates on the syllabus for this course.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are having problems viewing the files, click here.

 The MP4 files can be downloaded by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

You will also need Adobe Reader to view the Notes files. The Notes files can be viewed by left-clicking on them or you can download them to your computer by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

Class/Date	Streaming Lecture Videos and Downloads	PDF Class Lecture Notes	Materials/Pages Covered
Week 1
Class 1 Monday 9/1	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Introduction, Materials, Loads. LRFD Design Philosophy. Material covered in text: pages 1-13.
Class 2 Wednesday 9/3	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Properties of steel. Introduction to use of AISC Manual of Steel Construction. Standard steel shapes. Design philosophy. Broad index of materials to be covered. Factored loads and factored resistance to loads. Material covered in text: pages 14-29.
Class 3 Friday 9/5	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Properties of factored loads and factored resistances. Equations for predicting likely loads on structural members and available resistances to loads. Example of structure loaded by wind. How tension members fail – by excessive deformation along the length of the member (Gross Section Yield) or by breaking at the ends through the bolt holes (Net Section Fracture). Material covered in text: pages 23-43.
Week 2
Class 4 Monday 9/8	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	How to calculate Ag, An. How to calculate GSY, NSF.  Effective area.  Why, and how to calculate it.  Unconnected outstanding elements of tension members. Material covered in text: pages 44-50.
Class 5 Wednesday 9/10	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Load drawn out of tension members as it crosses lines of connecting bolts.  U = 1 – xbar/L for every steel shape known, bolted and welded. Example problems. Material covered in text: pages 51-57.
Class 6 Friday 9/12	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Staggered bolts in connections.  Workable gages in angles. Material covered in text: pages 58-65.
Week 3
Class 7 Monday 9/15	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Block shear fracture. Ubs. Design of tension members. Material covered in text: pages 66-76.
Class 8 Wednesday 9/17	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Photos of block shear.  Yielded bolts. Compression members.  Effective length factors.  AISC requirements – Global (overall) buckling.  More global buckling examples.  Local buckling of flanges, webs. Material covered in text: pages 107-119.
Class 9 Friday 9/19	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Column global buckling, local buckling.  Compute design compressive strength of columns using AISC equations.  Global stability. Material covered in text: pages 119-131e.
Week 4
Class 10 Monday 9/22	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Column buckling about weak or strong axis.  Design of columns which buckle about the weak axis. Material covered in text: pages 131f-139f.
Class 11 Wednesday 9/24	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Column buckling about weak or strong axis.  Design of columns which buckle about either axis.  Using tables for compression members, tables 4-22 for critical buckling stress. Using tables 4-1 for critical buckling load in the design of a limited selection of columns. Design of columns not in the 4-1 tables by trial and error. Effective column length, KL/r for each possible axis of buckling.  Use of column tables for weak-axis buckling.  Tricking column tables into giving answers for strong-axis buckling, Material covered in text: pages 140-145f.
Class 12 Friday 9/26	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Columns in multi-story frames as opposed to isolated single-story columns.  Use of G-nomographs to determine effective K for columns. Stiffness Reduction Factors. Material covered in text: pages 146-152.
Week 5
Class 13 Monday 9/29	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Examples of use of Table for strong-axis buckling. Beams. Elastic stresses in beams.  Plastic stresses in beams. Plastic moments in beams. Elastic section modulus S, vs. Z, the Plastic Section Modulus.  Comparison of bending strength between a beam subject to an elastic yield moment vs. a plastic moment. Application of Tau b reduction factor.  Beams. Material covered in text: pages 153-193.
Class 14 Wednesday 10/1	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Plastic moment calculations.  Global and local stability.  Classification of shapes. Material covered in text: pages 193-198.
Class 15 Friday 10/3	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Bending strength of compact shapes. Material covered in text: pages 199-203.
Week 6
Class 16 Monday 10/6	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Example problems involving compact beams.  Lateral Torsional Buckling. Material covered in text: pages 203-206.
Class 17 Wednesday 10/8	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	More on Lateral Torsional Buckling.  Shear Strength in the web of the beam.  Increase in lateral torsional buckling strength with Cb. Introduction to shear strength in beams. Material covered in text: pages 207-217.
Class 18 Friday 10/10	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Shear capacity of beams.  Block shear capacity on coped beam ends.  Deflection limitations. Material covered in text: pages 218-225
Week 7
Class 19 Monday 10/13	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Design of beams to resist plastic moment and lateral torsional buckling. Material covered in text: pages 227-237
Class 20 Wednesday 10/15	Quiz A	Quiz A	Quiz A
Class 21 Friday 10/17	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Design of beams where two lengths are involved.  Beams where deflections control the design.  Holes drilled in the flanges of beams. Material covered in text: pages 237-244
Week 8
Class 22 Monday 10/20	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Solution for required thickness of a plate subjected to bending. Beam bearing plates. Material covered in text: pages 251-254
Class 23 Wednesday 10/22	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Column base plates.  Biaxial bending.  Loads placed through shear center.  Calculation for shear center of a channel.  Loads not placed through shear center.  Biaxial loading. Beam Interaction formulas.  Weak axis capacity of steel shapes.  Example problem of biaxial bending without axial load.  Loads not applied through shear center. Material covered in text: pages 254-260
Class 24 Friday 10/24	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Biaxial bending.  Shear centers.  Controlling equations for bi-axial bending.  Weak-axis bending strength. Material covered in text: pages 265-270
Week 9
Class 25 Monday 10/27	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Biaxial bending for various loading cases. Roof purlins. Beam columns. Interaction formulas. Design of members for combined forces – axial and bending about xx and yy axis. Material covered in text: pages 271-302
Class 26 Wednesday 10/29	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Moment amplification. Combined forces. Three alternative methods of design for stability. Material covered in text: pages 302-311
Class 27 Friday 10/31	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Columns bent by end moments vs. those bent by transverse loads. Notional loads. Evaluation of moment amplification factor and correction to that factor Cm. Example problems. Material covered in text: pages 312-315
Week 10
Class 28 Monday 11/3	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Example problems for combined axial and bending. Bolted connections. Shear stress in bolts, bearing stress in plates. Material covered in text: pages 319-383
Class 29 Wednesday 11/5	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Bearing strength, Spacing, Edge-Distance Requirements, Strength of Fasteners Material covered in text: pages 383-392
Class 30 Friday 11/7	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Examples, Installation of high-strength bolts, methods of calibrating tension in bolts, How bolts are made, Slip-critical vs. bearing type connections, Material covered in text: pages 319-383
Week 11
Class 31 Monday 11/10	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Using tables for bolt strength, Design examples, Tensile strength of bolts. Material covered in text: pages 401-417
Class 32 Wednesday 11/12	Quiz B	Quiz B	Quiz B
Class 33 Friday 11/14	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Combined shear and tension in fasteners. Example problems. Material covered in text: pages 428-431
Class 34 Monday 11/17	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Combined shear and tension in fasteners. Example problems. Welded connections. Material covered in text: pages 437-444
Class 35 Wednesday 11/19	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Cover Quiz B
Class 36 Friday 11/21	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Welds. Fillet welds. Strength. Direction of loading. Material covered in text: pages 443-449
Class 37 Monday 11/24	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Design of welds. Min/max sizes, other practical considerations.  Material covered in text: pages 450-459
Class 38 Wednesday 11/26	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Examples of Eccentric Connections Elastic Analysis Material covered in text: pages 477-483
Thanksgiving Friday 11/28	Thanksgiving	Thanksgiving	Thanksgiving
Class 39 Monday 12/1	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Eccentrically loaded bolt groups. Plastic behavior of bolts. Analysis by elastic and instantaneous center of rotation methods. Material covered in text: pages 483-485
Class 40 Wednesday 12/3	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Material covered in text: pages 485-490
Class 41 Friday 12/5	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Material covered in text: pages 490-495
Week 12
Class 42 Monday 12/8	MP4 MOV	Class Notes	Material covered in text: pages 496-506

 

Note that getting a text book will be essential to understanding these lectures. See here.

You can determine what material and pages were covered in the text by checking the dates on the syllabus for this course.

PLEASE NOTE: If you are having problems viewing the files, click here.

 The MP4 files can be downloaded by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

You will also need Adobe Reader to view the Notes files. The Notes files can be viewed by left-clicking on them or you can download them to your computer by right-clicking and then “Save Target As.”

Class/Date	Real Streaming Lecture Videos and Downloads	PDF Class Lecture Notes	Materials/Pages Covered
Class 1 Tuesday 1-17-17	Class 1 MP4	Class 1 NotesPages 1-7 in text	Introduction, Materials, Loads. LRFD Design Philosophy.
Class 2 Thursday 1-19-17	Class 2 Mp4	Class 2 NotesPages 23-42 in text	See class notes
Class 3 Tuesday 1-24-17	Class 3 Mp4	Class 3’s notesSelected pages from Manual Pages 43-56
Class 4 Thursday 1-26-17	Class 4 Mp4	Class 4 Notes
Class 5 Tuesday 1-31-17	Class 5 Mp4	Class 5 Notes
Class 6 Thursday 2-2-17	Class 6 Mp4	Class 6 Notes
Class 7 Tuesday 2-7-17	Class 7 Mp4	Class 7 Notes
Class 8 Thursday 2-9-17	Class 8 Mp4	Class 8 Notes
Class 9 Tuesday 2-14-17	Class 9 Mp4	Class 9 Notes
Class 10 Thursday 2-16-17	Class 10 Mp4	Class 10 Notes
Class 11 Tuesday 2-21-17	Class 11 Mp4 Video Failed See last year’s videos and notes:	Class 11 Notes
	See last year’s videos: MP4 MOV	See last year’s class notes: Class Notes
Class 12 Thursday 2-23-17	Class 12 Mp4	Class 12 Notes
Class 13 Tuesday 2-28-17	Class 13 Mp4 Video Failed, see: 14cClass16.mp4	Class 13 Notes Class notes from 14c Class 16
Class 14 Thursday 3-2-17	No video – Quiz A	Quiz A
Class 15 Tuesday 3-7-17	Class 15 Mp4	Class 15 Notes
Class 16 Thursday 3-9-17	Class 16 Mp4	Class 16 Notes
Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Class 17 Tuesday 3-21-17	Class 17 Mp4	Class 17 Notes
Class 18 Thursday 3-23-17	Class 18 Mp4	Class 18 Notes
Class 19 Tuesday 3-28-17	Class 19 Mp4	Class 19 Notes
Class 20 Thursday 3-30-17	Class 20 Mp4	Class 20 Notes
Class 21 Tuesday 4-4-17	Class 21 Mp4	Class 21 Notes
Class 22 Thursday 4-6-17	Class 22 Mp4	Class 22 Notes
Class 23 Tuesday 4-11-17	Class 23 Mp4	Class 23 Notes
Class 24 Thursday 4-13-17	Class 24 Mp4	Class 24 Notes
Class 25 Tuesday 4-18-17	Quiz B	Quiz B
Class 26 Thursday 4-20-17	Class 26 Mp4	Class 26 NotesPages 477d – 489
Class 27 Tuesday 4-25-17	Class 27 Mp4	Class 27 NotesPages 490 – 497
Class 28 Thursday 4-27-17	Class 28 Mp4	Class 28 Notes