MCE531 Advanced Steel Design

Civil Engineering Department

Saint Martin's University

5300 Pacific Avenue, SE

Lacey, WA 98501

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No. of  Credits:   3 credits

Class Meets:       Mon., & Wed. 5:00 - 6:15 p.m.  Room 1527.

Text:              C.G. Salmon and J.E. Johnson, Steel Structures- Design and Behavior, 4^th edition, Harper Collins, 1996

                       AISC, Manual of Steel Construction, LRFD Design, 2^nd ed., Vol. I & II

Reference:           1. Beer and Johnston, “Mechanics of Materials”, 2^nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1992

2. Fred B. Seely, and James O. Smith, “Advanced Mechanics of Materials”, 3^rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978

3. Timoshenko and Gere, “Theory of Elasticity”, 2^nd edition, McGraw-Hill

4. Theodore V. Galambos, edited, “Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structure”, 4^th  ed., New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1988.                                           

Instructor:    Dr. Chun Seong, Cebula Hall,  Room 1503,         Phone  438-4318

Course Objectives:   The course is intended for graduate students as well as college senior to learn the advanced topics not dealt in the first course of steel design.     Special topics on stability of steel members and frames, connection design, plate girders, fatigue and fracture problems, study on shear center and torsion of thin-walled members and composite design of steel-concrete members are included in the course.         

Prerequisites by Topic:   

1. Shear and bending moment diagram for determinate and indeterminate structure.

2. Calculation of stress and strain due to axial, bending and torsion loading.

3. Knowledge of Differential Equations and Steel Design  (CE 440)

Course schedule and Topics:

                                                                                                                Reading                                Home-Works       

Date                        Topic                                                                      Assignment                         Problems               

1/17, 22                   General Bending of Beams                                 Text Ch. 7.10, 7.11               7.10, 7.16    Ref. 1 Ch. 4.13-4.15 

1/24, 29                   Bending of Curved Members                             Ref. 1 Ch. 4.16                     4.178, 4.188

1/31,2/5                  Shearing stress due to bending                         Text 8.3                                 Ref. 1 Ch. 5.9, 5.12, 5.100, 5.114

2/07                         Shear Center                                                          Ref. 1 Ch. 5.12                     5.120, 5.128

2/12, 14, 21             Bending and Torsion of                                      Text Ch. 8.1-8.12                  3.110, 3.122           

                                 Thin-walled Members                                          Ref. 1 Ch. 3.12, 3.13            3.130, 3.132

2/26, 28                   Stability                                                                   Ref. Ch.11

3/05                                         Exam No. 1

3/07, 12                   Stability of columns                                            Text Ch. 6.4-6.6                     assigned problem

                                                                                                                        Ch. 6.12-6.19

3/14,                        Stability of Frames                                               Text Ch. 14                            assigned problem  

3/19, 21                                 Spring Vacation

3/26, 28                   Theory of Plates for Plate Girder                       Text Ch. 11                            assigned problem

4/02, 04, 09             Design of Plate girders                                        Text Ch. 11                            11.8, 11.10

4/11                                        Exam No. 2                                                                                              

4/11, 16                   Fatigue and Fracture Problems                                                                          assigned problem

4/18, 23, 25             Composite Design                                               Text Ch. 16                            16.4

4/30, 5/2                 Presentation                         

TBA                                       Final Exam                                            

*** Students are responsible for studying the textbook in advance. 

Assessment:  The course outcome will be assessed during the semester by home-works, scheduled mid-term and final exams.    The graduate students have to conduct term project and present their projects in front of the class for an additional credit.   Students are responsible for studying the textbook in advance.

Grade Policy:             Based on total max. 600; Two Exams (200),  Homework (100),  Final Exam (200),  

                                    Research or Design Project (100)

For Graduate students, term project involving computer programming of the matrix method is required for additional one credit.

Homework Policy:  

1. Homework is due on the beginning of the class, one week after the assignment.

2. Individual problems will be graded on 0 to 10 scale.

3. No late homework will be graded.

4. Rules in preparing homework:

•  Use engineering paper, one side only.

•  Homework must be neat, and clean. 

•  State the requirement of the problem and use straight edges to draw diagrams.

•  Draw all diagrams for the problem statements and for the solutions, with an accurate scale.

•  Show all necessary calculations.

Computer Usage:

Students are encouraged to develop computer programs that can help design problems that require repetitious steps.      An application software covering the design of steel structural members can be used.     The design from the software needs to be checked and compared with long-hand solutions.

Special Needs: 

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you  have medical and/or safety concerns to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.”