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CES 4605 - Steel Structures
Dr. Sherif El-Tawil
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Central Florida

 

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this course is to introduce you to methods for analysis and design of steel structures using the AISC-LRFD approach. You will learn to design tension and compression members, beams, beam-columns, simple connections, and eccentric connections. This course is designed to prepare you for joining the structural engineering community as a competent structural steel designer or for more advanced graduate work on steel structures.

PREREQUISITES

CES 4100, Structural Analysis I. You must be familiar with the following topics: analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures; shear force, axial force, and bending moment diagrams; influence lines.

CREDITS

3 Semester Hours

TEXT

LRFD Steel Design, by William Segui, 2nd Edition. PWS Publishers, 1998.

Manual of Steel Construction, LRFD, 2nd Edition, AISC, 1994. 

NOTE - Only Vol. I is needed. Vol. II is available to students from AISC with a receipt for Vol. I.

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Sherif El-Tawil, CEE Department

ENGR 151, Ph: 823-3743, E-mail: el-tawil@mail.ucf.edu

CLASS

Monday and Wednesday, 1530 - 1645 hrs, EN 384

OFFICE HOURS

MWF 0930-1130 hrs, or by appointment.

GRADING POLICY

Graded homework 15%

Tests 2x25=50%

Final Exam 35%