16CE213 BASIC STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN LTP C

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UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN CONCEPTS 9
Introduction to design process – Types and Combination of loads - Codes of practices
Advantages and disadvantages of steel – Basic steel types – Structural shapes – Engineering
properties of steel. Design methods - allowable stress design and limit state design –advantages
and limitations- basic concepts of limit state design-
UNIT II CONNECTIONS 9
Types of bolts – black bolts- turned and fitted bolts- high strength friction grip bolts – Friction
grip bolts – types of bolted connections- modes of failures – effect of shear lag design of bolted
connections subjected to axial load- design for combined shear and tension. Welded connection -
Types, advantages and defects – strength of welded connection. Design of simple welded
connection – fillet and butt welded connection welded connection welded connection.
UNIT III TENSION MEMBERS 9
Types of Tension members – Behaviour of Tension member- Net sectional area- Analysis of
Tension members. Sectional efficiency - Design of Tension members - Splices in Tension
members.
UNIT IV COMPRESSION MEMBERS 9
Behaviour – Effective length – Use of bracing – Local buckling – Built up Compression
members – Battened columns - laced column – Torsional buckling – Lattice columns with four
angles at the corners of a rectangle.
UNIT V COLUMN BASE 9
Introduction- components of base- Types of base connections – Anchor rods or bolts – Design of
base plates – Design of lightly loaded base plate- Guested base –eccentrically loaded baseplate.
L: 45 T:0 P:0 TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS
1. Jayagopal.L.S and Tensing.D., “Design of steel structures”, Vikas Publishing
house Pvt.Ltd.,2016. (UNIT-I,II,III,IV,V)
2. Gambhir .M.L. “Fundamentals of Structural Steel Design”, Tata McGraw-Hill Education,
2013. (UNIT-I,II,III,IV,V)
REFERENCES
1. Subramaniam.N., “Design of Steel Structures”, Oxford higher education, 2008(UNITI,
II,III,IV,V)
2. Duggal.S.K., “Limit State Design of Steel Structures”,McGraw Hill education,
2017. (UNIT-I,II,III,IV,V)
3. Dayaratnam, P., “Design of Steel Structures”, Second edition, S. Chand & Company,
First edition (1 January 2012). (UNIT-I,II,III,IV,V)
Code Books
1. IS 800-2007 General construction in steel – code of practise. BIS, New Delhi.
COURSE OUTCOMES
At the end of the course students should be able to
CO1 : design bolted connections for steel structures
CO2 : design welded connections for steel structures
CO3 : design tension members using rolled steel sections
CO4 : design compression members using rolled steel sections
CO5 : design column base