Course Description

The Advanced Steel Structures course will provide an introduction and classification of plate girders in addition to the following topics: moment capacity of plate girders, buckling of web in shear and bending, introduction to plastic analysis, plastic hinge concept, portal frame design, introduction to multi-story rigid frames, design of multi-story rigid frames, introduction to moment connections, analytical techniques in moment connections, introduction and behavior of hollow sections, design of circular hollows sections as well as the design of rectangular hollow sections.

Course ID: BSTC -570

Credit hours Theory Practical Laboratory Lecture Studio Contact hours Pre-requisite
3 4.50 4.5 -
Published on: 12 May 2014
Last update on: 07 August 2022
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