CI 220 - Structural Steel Design

Credit Hours: 3

Deals with the design and checking of suitable steel sections per latest A.I.S.C. specifications to be used as beams, girders, lintels, columns and struts and the design of simple frames. Different types of fasteners are discussed, in addition to static loads, wind and impact loads. Use of digital computers required.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

determine loads;
analyze steel beams;
design steel beams;
analyze shear and deflection;
analyze columns;
design axial loaded columns;
design and analyze columns with moments;
analyze and design column and beam base plates; and
understand engineering ethics.

Prerequisites: CI 185, MT 122 or MT 126
F/S (N)