CERTIFICATE IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM
January 2014 Course Outline C 13 1 3 S t ru r u c t u r a l S te t e el el D e s i g n f o r B u i l d i n g s O f f er er e d v i a t h e c l as as s r o o m a n d w e b c a s t Purpose: This course is intended to provide students with the skills and knowledge required for effective design of steel buildings using Canadian Limit States Steel Steel Standard CSA S16-09. The course is intended to promote better understanding of the design considerations of steel buildings. The course is appropriate as a code refresher or for recently graduated engineers as it will cover items that are not traditionally part of a steel design course including steel decking, open web steel joists and HSS trusses. Approximately 25% of the course will will be directly related to seismic design using NBCC 2010 and S16-09 requirements. Where possible, current design practice will be demonstrated using worked problems including weekly home assignments. assignments. The course is fast paced and and students should have taken a previous steel course. Possession of the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction 10th edition (2010 edition) is required. Also required is a copy of Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings: A Designer’s Guide, which will be available to the classroom students on the first day of class and will be mailed to webcast students . The cost for this book, ($50), is added to the tuition. The class is limited to 45 students including those attending by internet.
Selected Topics: Advantages and disadvantages of structural steel, material gr ades and section availability, basic beam design, steel deck design for vertical loading, roof deck, composite floor deck, design of roof beams for wind uplift, ponding, snow drifting, conceptual design of steel framing systems, framing for openings in floors and roofs, framing for plan irregularities, beam holes, stability issues, cantilever beam stability, Gerber framing system, open web steel joists, hollow structural section trusses and frames, HSS connections, composite beams, vibration analysis, columns, column base-plates, beam-columns, connection design for the design engineer, shop drawing review, seismic design for steel buildings, computation of seismic forces from NBCC 2010, diaphragm design and detailing, brace bay design and moment frames. Effects of upcoming changes in S16-14.
Course Coordinator, Instructor and Contact: And rew Metten , P.Eng., Struct.Eng.; Partner, Bush, Bohlman & Metten Partners; Email:
[email protected]
Communications: Notices to students and questions outside of class will be handled strictly through e-mail. Electronic Submission of Assignments: Any assignments submitted electronically must be in the format prescribed by the instructor.
Student Code of Conduct: Registration in this course confirms that the student has read, and and will abide by, the Student Code of Conduct: http://seabc.ca/documents/course_outlines/StudentCodeOfConduct.pdf
Schedule: 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. on 12 Thurs, January 9 to April 3, 2014 (Mid-Term Break: Feb 20) Venue: Alma Van Dusen Room, Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver. (Underground parking off of Hamilton)
Web cast: This course is being offered via the internet as well as in the classroom. As it is a live transmission, the dates and times of the classes are the same as in the classroom. Should you wish to take this course via the internet, please complete the application form provided for internet courses. System requirements for LIVE e-learning Training:
Any DSL or Cable Connection at minimum of 1Mb. Speakers and/or headset plugged into your PC. PC with at least Windows 7 or XP running a processor greater than 1 Ghz. with Ram of 1 Gb or greater .
