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Design of Steel Structures (CE-801) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Basis of Structural Design and Connection Design

  • Introduction
  • Metallurgy of steel
  • Structural properties of steel
  • Design philosophies
  • Limit state method
  • Partial load factors
  • Loading and load combination on structures
  • Local buckling
  • section classification
  • Types of connections
  • Welded connections
  • Types of joints and welds
  • Connection design
  • Concentric connection
  • Eccentric connections
  • Truss connections
  • Bolted connections
  • Force transfer mechanism
  • Failure mechanism
  • Analysis of bolt groups
  • Beam column connections
  • shear connection
  • Moment connection
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Unit 2

Design of Compression and Tension Members

  • Types of tension member
  • Behaviour of tension members
  • Factors affecting the strength of tension members
  • Design of tension member
  • for yielding
  • Net section rupture
  • Block shear
  • Tension splices
  • Lug angles
  • Concept of shear lag
  • Types of compression members
  • Basis of current codal provision for compression member design
  • Slenderness ratio
  • Elastic buckling
  • Strength curves
  • Design of compression members
3
Unit 3

Design of Flexural Members

  • Beam types
  • Lateral stability of beams
  • Lateral torsional buckling of symmetric beams
  • Design strength of Laterally supported beams in bending
  • Design strength of Unsupported beams in bending
  • Shear strength of steel beams
  • Web buckling and crippling
  • Design of beams
  • Built-up beams
  • Design of plate girders
  • Types of stiffeners
  • Flange and web splices
  • Design of beam-columns subjected to combined tension and bending
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Unit 4

Design of Columns and Column Bases

  • Design of single section
  • compound section
  • Design of laced type columns
  • battened type columns
  • Design of column bases
  • Slab base
  • Gusseted base
  • Grillage foundation
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Unit 5

Design of Industrial Buildings

  • Introduction
  • Frames
  • Multistory frames
  • Various types of trusses and their selection
  • Design of purlin and elements of truss
  • Effect of wind loads on purlin and truss
  • Bracing systems
  • Design of Gantry Girder

Reference Books

  • Fundamentals of Structural Steel Design, McGraw Hill Education, First edition, 2017
  • Design of Steel Structures, A. H. Wheeler & Co. Ltd., Allahabad, 2008
  • Design of Steel Structures, NemChand Brothers, Roorkee, 2007
  • Design of Steel Structures, Arihant Publications, Bombay, 2008
  • Limit State Design in Structural Steel, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2nd Edition, 2013
  • Design of Steel Structures, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013
  • Teaching Resource on Structural Steel Design, INSDAG, Ministry of Steel Publications, 2002
  • Limit State Design of Steel Structures, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company, Third edition, 2019
  • Design of Steel Structures by Limit State Method as per IS:800-2007, IK International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 2009
  • IS 800: latest version, General Construction in Steel - Code of Practice, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
  • IS 875 (Part 1 to Part 5): Code of Practice for Design Loads for Buildings and Structures, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
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