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Bolted connection at the bottom chord of a steel truss bridge.

CEGR 492 · Engineering Design Studio · Structural Engineering

Steel Design

Bolted steel connection — the detail that must deliver the force the member analysis assumed.

Phase VI · Engineering Design Studio · Week 4–7

Steel Design Studio

Design steel tension, compression, flexural and combined members with stability and local buckling checks.

AISC 360 Ch. D–H
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Add a steel member to record its inputs, capacity and governing check.

Learning objectives

  • Classify sections
  • Check flexural, shear and buckling limit states
  • Design for combined loading

Engineering judgment

  • Unbraced length drives steel flexural capacity.
  • Check both yielding and rupture in tension members.

Governing standards

  • ASCE 7-22

    Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria

    Dead, live, snow, wind, seismic, flood loads and combinations

    Ch. 2 Combinations
    Ch. 4 Live
    Ch. 26–30 Wind
    Ch. 11–12 Seismic
  • AISC 360-22

    Specification for Structural Steel Buildings

    Steel member and connection design

    Ch. D Tension
    Ch. E Compression
    Ch. F Flexure
    Ch. J Connections
  • ACI 318-19

    Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete

    Reinforced concrete design and detailing

    Ch. 9 Beams
    Ch. 10 Columns
    Ch. 22 Strength
    Ch. 25 Detailing
  • TMS 402/602-22

    Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures

    Masonry walls, lintels, pilasters

    Ch. 8 ASD
    Ch. 9 SD

FE Civil connection

Steel design

Handbook section: Structural Design

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