Analysis and Design of Steel Structures
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Analysis and Design of Steel Structures Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Analysis and Design of Steel Structures (subject code 3174018) as prescribed for Civil Infra · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 units, covering 23 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3174018)Unit 1 Introduction to Steel
- Introduction of Steel as construction material
- Properties of Structural Steel
- Steel Sections
Unit 2 Design Approach
- Design requirements: Strength
- Serviceability Design philosophy: Elastic method
- Plastic method and Limit state method
Unit 3 Connections
- Introduction to type of connections in steel structures i.e. rivet connections
- bolted connections and welded connections
- Types of joints and its design for strength
- Mode of failure of connections
- Design of rivet connection
- bolted connection, and welded connection
- Design of eccentric connection
Unit 4 Tension Members
- Types of tension members
- Permissible stress in member
- Slenderness ratio
- Net sectional area
- Lug angle
- Gusset plate
- Basic of current codal provision for tension member design
- Design of tension member subjected to axial load
- Design of tension member subjected to combine action of axial tension and bending
- Concept of shear lags effect. 07 Subject Code: 3174018 w.e.f