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ENCI425-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013
Structural Steel

15 points, 0.1250 EFTS
08 Jul 2013 - 10 Nov 2013 		↓Other occurrences

Description

Behaviour and design of steel members. Frame analysis and design considering higher-order effects and plasticity. Composite beams. Fatigue. Steel frame seismic design. Cold-formed members.

This course introduces students to the economical design of steel framed structures. Expertise in basic steel member design techniques, from ENCI336, and in structural system concepts, from ENCI429, is assumed. Students design and detail a portal frame, as well as an earthquake resisting (moment or braced) frame. Beams are designed for torsion, fatigue, and floor vibration. Composite beam and plate girder design methods are considered. Design methods for fire and corrosion are introduced. Cold formed steel members are discussed. NZS3404 steel code approximate analysis methods are checked using static analysis with geometric and material nonlinearity, and static and time history analysis methods are used to consider earthquake.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students should be able to design simple steel structures for both earthquake and non-earthquake conditions.

Pre-requisites

Timetable

Lectures
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Tuesday , Wednesday 11:00am-12:00pm E6 Lecture Theatre 8 Jul - 18 Aug,
2 Sep - 13 Oct
Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm E5 Lecture Theatre 8 Jul - 18 Aug,
2 Sep - 13 Oct

Labs
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Monday 2:00pm-3:30pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 2 Sep - 8 Sep
Stream 02 Monday 3:30pm-5:00pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 2 Sep - 8 Sep
Stream 03 Tuesday 1:00pm-2:30pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 2 Sep - 8 Sep
Stream 04 Tuesday 2:30pm-4:00pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 2 Sep - 8 Sep
Stream 05 Friday 1:00pm-2:30pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 2 Sep - 8 Sep
Stream 06 Friday 2:30pm-4:00pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 2 Sep - 8 Sep
Stream 07 Monday 2:00pm-3:30pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 9 Sep - 15 Sep
Stream 08 Monday 3:30pm-5:00pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 9 Sep - 15 Sep
Stream 09 Tuesday 1:00pm-2:30pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 9 Sep - 15 Sep
Stream 10 Tuesday 2:30pm-4:00pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 9 Sep - 15 Sep
Stream 11 Friday 1:00pm-2:30pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 9 Sep - 15 Sep
Stream 12 Friday 2:30pm-4:00pm Civil - Mech E117 Model Structures Lab 9 Sep - 15 Sep

Tutorials
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Monday 1:00pm-2:00pm E6 Lecture Theatre 8 Jul - 18 Aug,
2 Sep - 13 Oct

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Gregory MacRae

Lecturer

Chin-Long Lee

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignments (x4) 35%
final exam 30%
Laboratory 5%
Test 30%

Textbooks

Recommended Reading

Branko Gorenc, Ron Tinyou & Arun Syam; Steel designers handbook; 7th ed; UNSW Press, 2005.

Standards New Zealand (SNZ), Steel Structures Standard (and Commentary), NZS 3404 1997
with Amendments 1 and 2. (2007) The Standards NZ Online database may be used to access all standards:

- Access via the library - UC Databases > Databases S, or
- at http://ezproxy.canterbury.ac.nz/login?url=http://shop.standards.co.nz/IPCheck/login.jsp Software (on departmental and college computers):
MASTAN2 (Freely downloadable from: http://www.mastan2.com/) SAP2000 (http://www.csiberkeley.com/products_SAP.html) THINWALL - http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/case/thinwall.shtml

Fees

Domestic fee $808.00
International fee $4,550.00


For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering.

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