Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
6CE354Steel Structures3+0+03529.07.2024
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Civil Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To enable students to learn the behavior of structural steel components and design it, such as,members and connections in two dimensional roof trusses, steel beams and frame structures.
Course Content Mechanical behavior and material properties of structural steel, design of steel structures, allowable stress design approach, introduction to use of AISC-LRFD code. The concepts of structural steel including connections, tension members, compression members, beams and beam-columns, beams and girders as well as bolted-welted connections.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Associate Prof.Dr. Dia Eddin Nassani
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Lecture notes
Course Notes Salmon CG, Johnson EJ, Malhas FA. Steel Structures, Design and Behavior. fifth Edition, USA: Pearson Prentice Hall. 2009.

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %10
Engineering %20
Engineering Design %70

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 13 3 39
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 5 70
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 113

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Design of tension and compression members
2 Design of bolted and welded connections
3 Design of laterally supported beam

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction – Steel and properties
2 Tension members
3 Tension members
4 Tension members
5 Structural bolts
6 Structural bolts
7 Structural bolts
8 Mid-term
9 Welding
10 Welding
11 Compression members
12 Compression members
13 Beam Laterally supported
14 Beam Laterally supported

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
All 5 5 5
C1 5 5 5
C2 5 5 5
C3 5 5 5

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant