Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Department of Civil Engineering CE406 Steel Structures (3-1-0-5-3) - Course Details
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Department of Civil Engineering CE406 Steel Structures (3-1-0-5-3) - Course Details
Course Contents:
Properties of steel, Structural steel sections, Limit State Design Concepts, Loads on
1.Introduction
Structures
Type of Connections, Riveted, Bolted and Welded Connections, Strength, Efficiency and
2. Connections Design of Joints, Modes of Failure of a Riveted Joint, Advantages and Disadvantages of
Welded Joints, Design of Fillet and Butt Welds, Design of Eccentric Connections
Types of sections, Net area, Net effective sections for angles and Tee in tension, Design of
3. Tension members connections in tension members, Use of lug angles, Design of tension splice, Concept of
shear lag
4. Compression Theory of columns, Basis of current codal provision for compression member design,
members Slenderness ratio, Design of single section and compound section compression members,
Design of laced and battened type columns, Instabilities in steel structure, Euler buckling,
local buckling, distortional buckling, and coupled instabilities. Global and local P-delta
effects
5. Beams Design of laterally supported and unsupported beams, Built up beams, Beams subjected
to uniaxial and biaxial bending, Design of plate girders, Intermediate and bearing
stiffeners, Flange and web plates
6. Beam-column Eccentricity of Load, Interaction Formulae, Design Procedure, Eccentrically Loaded Base
Plates.
7. Column base Design of base plates, load transfer mechanism, design of slab base, gusseted base and
anchorage
8. Industrial structures Roof trusses, Roof and side coverings, Design of purlin and elements of truss; end bearing,
Design of gantry girder, PFBs
Reference Books:
• “Design of Steel Structures" Subramanian. N, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013
• “Design of Steel Structures (By Limit State Method as Per IS: 800 2007)” Bhavikatti S.S., I.K. International Pvt Ltd, 2009.
• “Steel Structures Design and Behavior” Charles G. Salmon and John E. Johnson, Harper and Row Publishers.
• “Steel Designer’s Manual (Fifth Edition)” Graham M. Owen & Peter R. Knowles - ELBS.
• “Teaching Resources for Structures Steel Design” Volume 1 & 2. INSDAG, Calcutta.
• IS 800-2007, “General Construction in Steel-Code of Practice”