Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course you will be able to:

• Understand the three-dimensional modeling aspects and techniques of steel industrial buildings
• Understand and quantify the concept of structure stability and buckling of columns
• Understand the stability concepts of beam-columns and the lateral torsional buckling of steel beams
• Design steel plate girders and crane-supporting steel girders with the provisions of CSA Standard CAN/CSA-S16-14
• Understand the behaviour and design of steel connections

Description

Topics covered in this course include: three-dimensional modeling aspects and techniques of steel structures, behaviour of steel structures and industrial buildings, the concepts of structure stability and buckling of columns, the stability concepts for beam-columns, buckling analysis of frames using finite element modelling, lateral torsional buckling of steel beams, design of crane-supporting steel girders, plate girders, and steel connections.

Course Outline

• Lateral Load resisting systems for industrial steel buildings
• Three-dimensional modelling techniques for industrial structures
• Example of an industrial building model using ETABS
• Concepts of stability for compression members and columns
• Concepts of stability and buckling of beam-columns
• Lateral torsional buckling of steel beams
• Design of plate girders
• Design of crane Girders/Runways
• Behaviour and Design of steel connections

Who Should Attend

• Structural/Design Engineers
• Engineering Consultants
• Project Managers
• Contractors
• City Engineers
• Building Inspectors

Course Syllabus

Schedule for Day 1 and 2

11:00 am (EST) Course begins

1:30 pm (EST) Lunch Break

5:00pm (EST) Adjournment

There is a one‐hour lunch break each day in addition to a refreshments and networking break each morning and afternoon.

Schedule for Day 3

9:00 am (EST) Course begins

2:30pm (EST) Adjournment

Day 1

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Introduction

• What are industrial steel buildings

Lateral Load Structural System and Components

• Recognize different types of structural systems used to provide lateral resistance for industrial steel buildings Structural system
• three-dimensional modeling aspects and techniques for industrial steel buildings
• Modelling of an example industrial steel building using commercial software ETABS

Concept of structure stability

• Identify the different types of stability
• Recognize the different methods of analysis in stability.
• Understand the buckling behaviour of compression member

Questions and Answers

Day 2

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Understand the stability concepts of beam-columns

• Understand the modified slope deflection method for beam column behaviour
• Calculate the K factor suggested by the steel design code
• Recognize the P-δ and the P-Δ effect in steel structures

Comprehend the lateral torsional buckling of steel beams

• Quantify the steel rigidity of different steel members
• Calculate the lateral torsional buckling of narrow rectangular beams under pure moments

Design of steel plate girders

• Design plate girders for bending and shear
• Calculate required stiffeners for shear moments

Questions and Answers

Day 3

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Design crane girders/runways

• Recognize different types of crane loads
• Design mono-symmetric crane runway beams

Understand steel connections behaviour and design

• Understand the difference between bolted and welded connections
• Introduction to Analyse and design steel connections - Connections design and analyses require full Course

Understand Wind Loads on Industrial Buildings

• Wind loads on industrial steel buildings per the 2015 NBCC

Questions and Answers

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