Advanced Design in Steel and Lightweight Structures Fall 2014

CE 426

ADVANCED DESIGN IN STEEL AND LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES – FALL 2014

INSTRUCTOR: R. A. LaBoube

OFFICE HOURS: Room CE322

CONTACTS: 573-341-4481 (W), 573-341-4729 (fax),

TEXTBOOK: Cold-Formed Steel Design (2010), 4th edition, Yu and LaBoube, John Wiley

AISI S100-12, North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members

American Iron and Steel Institute, 2012

Commentary on North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members

American Iron and Steel Institute, 2012

STUDY TOPICS:

Introduction and Materials

Tension Members

Local and Post-buckling Behavior

Compression Member Behavior

EXAM NO. 1 (Tentative September 30)

Flexural Member Behavior

Beam-Column Member Behavior

EXAM NO. 2 (Tentative November 5)

Connection Behavior

Structural Systems and Their Behavior

EXAM NO. 3 (Final Exam week)

Grading: Exams 80%, Homework 20% (A = 90, B = 80, C = 70)

The quizzes will be open AISI Specification. Solutions must be complete, well organized, on one side of the paper only, and answers clearly marked.

"The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education." Paul E. Gray in Technology Review

Two software programs are available at no cost on the web:

CFS light:

AISIWIN:

Other cold-formed steel references:

AISI S200, Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – General Provision, American Iron and Steel Institute

AISI S201, Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Product Data, American Iron and Steel Institute

AISI S210, Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Floor and Roof System Designs, American Iron and Steel Institute

AISI S211, Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Wall Stud Design, American Iron and Steel Institute

AISI S212, Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Header Design, American Iron and Steel Institute

AISI S213, Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Lateral Design, American Iron and Steel Institute

AISI S214, Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Truss Design, American Iron and Steel Institute

Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Code of Standard Practice, American Iron and Steel Institute

AISI D100, AISI Manual Cold-Formed Steel Design, American Iron and Steel Institute

Cold-Formed Steel Framing Design Guide, D110, American Iron and Steel Institute

Bracing Cold-Formed Steel Structures: A Design Guide (2005), ASCE

Cold-Formed Steel for Students