STEEL STRUCTURES II

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CIV ENGR 445 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Check, proportion, and design structural steel built-up plate girders to satisfy the requirements of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings using the Load and Resistance Factor Design method Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the Direct Analysis Method and the Advanced Analysis Method in the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings to obtain the capacities of structural steel systems accounting for second order effects, geometric imperfections, and residual stresses Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Check, proportion, and design for strength and stability limit states of structural steel braced and moment frames to satisfy the requirements of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings using the Load and Resistance Factor Design method Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Check, proportion, and design composite structural steel and concrete beams to satisfy the requirements of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings using the Load and Resistance Factor Design method Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Check and proportion a steel member subjected to an advanced topic loading which may include torsion, seismic, fire, or advanced topic scenario which may include slender members or connections, or another acceptable advanced topic Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Critique current research and issues discussed in the professional literature of the discipline related to course topics Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Check, proportion, and design structural steel built-up plate girders to satisfy the requirements of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings using the Load and Resistance Factor Design method Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the Direct Analysis Method and the Advanced Analysis Method in the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings to obtain the capacities of structural steel systems accounting for second order effects, geometric imperfections, and residual stresses Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Check, proportion, and design for strength and stability limit states of structural steel braced and moment frames to satisfy the requirements of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings using the Load and Resistance Factor Design method Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Check, proportion, and design composite structural steel and concrete beams to satisfy the requirements of the AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings using the Load and Resistance Factor Design method Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Check and proportion a steel member subjected to an advanced topic loading which may include torsion, seismic, fire, or advanced topic scenario which may include slender members or connections, or another acceptable advanced topic Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Critique current research and issues discussed in the professional literature of the discipline related to course topics Audience: Graduate