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Course Information
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CE 542 - Advanced Design of Structures is a
graduate level structural steel design course focusing on steel bridges and
buildings. The
course will cover topics such as: load types, load combinations, plate
girders, local and global buckling, box girders, composite action, hybrid sections, curved girders,
fatigue design, splices, shear and moment resisting connections, and plastic
collapse analysis.
Also included will be topics specifically related to steel bridge and
building design:
semi-rigid connections, highway loads, load distribution, computer
modeling and analysis, and bridge design
requirements., Possible 1-day field trip. Note:
HW assignment dates and due dates are shown on the
HW
assignments page. The indicated dates are for on-campus students, off
campus students need to turn in HW within one week of viewing the lecture in
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Organization |
There will be three 50 min. lectures each week.
MWF, 9:30am-10:20am, JEB 25. Classes start on 01/09/2008 |
| Required
Text |
Manual of Steel Construction,
13th Edition, American Institute of Steel Construction, 2005 This text
may be purchased through the class. Plus a steel design textbook such as
Steel Design, 4th Edition, William T. Segui,
Thomson, 2007, ISBN 10:0-495-24471-6 or
Unified Design of Steel Structures, Louis F. Geschwinder, Wiley,
2007, ISBN 978-0-471-47558-3 |
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Additional References |
AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications,
4th
Edition, SI Units or U.S. Units.
Steel Structures: Design and Behavior, 4th Edition, Salmon and Johnson,
Prentice Hall, 1997, ISBN:0673997863 (Note: The publisher indicates
that the 5th Edition of this text is scheduled to be released in the spring
of 2008)
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Instructor |
Dr. Edwin Schmeckpeper, P.E., Ph.D. |
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Office Location: |
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BEL 130 |
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Office Hours: |
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T Th 9:30 am-10:30 am |
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MWF 10:30 am-11:30 am |
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Phone: (208) 885-6702 Fax: (208) 885-6608
E-Mail:
eds@uidaho.edu |
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