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410. Advanced Structural Design. Design
project to simulate engineering practice. Two lectures, one two-hour
problem period. Spring (Cr.3)
Prerequisites:
CIVL 303, 309, 409. Structural
analysis; Determinate
and indeterminate structures; Reinforced
concrete design for strength and serviceability; Steel
design for strength and serviceability.
Corequisite:
CIVL 438
Course
Goals:
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This
is a capstone design course in the field of structural engineering.
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Expose
the student to a comprehensive approach for designing a structural
system.
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Enable
a group of students working together to produce a complete design
project up the industry standards.
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Instill
in the students the need to pay full attention to the various details
of the project.
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Provide
a group of students with the guidelines and the means for presenting
their collective work to a general audience.
Course
Objectives:
The
student will be able to
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Understand
the processes for designing a structural system.
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Design
a structural system according to the specification of the national
building codes.
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Design
a structural system according to the ACI and AISC requirements.
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Design
the structural system to resist the gravity loads.
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Design
the structural system to resist wind and earthquake forces.
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Design
the foundations for the structural system.
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Prepare
a comparative study of the costs of different structural systems.
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Writing
intermediates technical reports, and a final overall report.
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Technical
presentation of the reports to audience consists of; faculty, industry
representatives, and underclass students.
Course
Syllabus
Textbook:
ACI 318-95 Building Code and
Commentary; AISC Steel
Construction Manual, 2nd edition LRFD; Reinforced Concrete Design
textbook; Steel Design textbook; BOCA, UBC Building codes.
Topics:
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Introduction.
1 lecture
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Site
plan, and building characteristic and constraints. 2 lectures
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Floor
systems, preliminary design.
2 lectures
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Preliminary
foundation design.
2 lectures
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Wind
and seismic bracing systems, preliminary design. 4 lectures
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Cost
analysis of typical floor systems.
2 lectures
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Drift
and sideway analysis for wind and seismic bracing systems.
2 lectures
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Final
foundation design.
2 lectures
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Analysis
and design of lateral systems.
2 lectures
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Final
design of floor system, columns, and bracing systems. 2 lectures
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The
constructor's view of design.
2 lectures
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The
legal aspects of design.
2 lectures
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Student
supervised work (including presentations).
18 hours
Computer
Usage: Software may be use
for wind system analysis. It
is recommended that software be used in design of floor and lateral
systems where appropriate. Spread
sheets are used for drift computations of tall buildings.
ABET
category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course
description: Engineering
Design: 3 credits (100%)
Prepared
by: Dr.
Moujalli Hourani
Date: April 6, 2000
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