TRAINING.

Overview

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

Required Resources:

Participants should have their own copies of the Handbook of Steel Construction, 11^th edition (if applicable).

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Syllabus

Daily Schedule

11:00 am (EST) Seminar 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.

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

Instructor

Ahmed Hamada, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE, M.CSCE

Mahdy A. Hamada, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE, M.CSCE

Mahdy is the president and founder of Intelligent Engineering Design Ltd. (IE Design) and an Adjunct Research and Assistant Professor LDA at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Western Ontario.

He has over 16 years of experience in teaching, research and consulting in structural engineering. He was consulted on major projects in Canada, Middle-East and Gulf Area, conducting complete analysis and design of several high-rise, mid-rise, industrial buildings and bridges in more than 6 countries. He is a member of the Educational Committee (FLC – Canada) Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and of the task committee on Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading responsible for updating the American Society of Civil Engineers Manual of Practice 74. Mahdy was the recipient of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, the most prestigious Natural Science and Engineering Research (NSERC) postgraduate scholarship. He successfully completed the Western Certificate/Diploma in University Teaching and Learning from The University of Western Ontario.