UNDERGRADUATE
CEE 342 - Design of steel structures
Introduction to steel structures technology. Structural steel properties.
Design code philosophy. Limit-states and design criteria. Bolted and
welded connections. Design of members in tension, compression, shear,
bending and\or torsion. Design of steel joints.
(Prerequisite: CEE 230 - Strength of materials)
CEE 441 - Advanced issues in the design of
steel structures
Torsional, lateral, and lateral-torsional buckling of steel elements.
Elastic and inelastic stability of steel frames. Design of steel members
and structures against buckling. Composite members and their connections.
Methods of construction and erection. Maintenance and fire
protection. Integrated design of steel structures. Term project. (Prerequisite:
CEE 342 - Design of steel structures)
CEE 400 - Earthquake Engineering
Fundamentals of Engineering Seismology. Faults, earthquakes and seismic
waves. Accelerograms and characterization of ground motion. Site effects
and directivity. Elastic and inelastic response of oscillators. Elastic
and inelastic response spectra. Design spectrum. Ductility and strength-reduction
factor. Seismic response of multi-degree-of-freedom systems using modal
response analysis. Principles of earthquake resistant design and Eurocode
8 provisions. Introduction to structural control and seismic isolation.
Term project.
(Prerequisite: CEE 320 - Structural Dynamics)
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