TRAINING.

Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Learn how to design different types of structural steel members, including trusses, beams, and columns.
• Learn about the behaviour and failure modes of steel members, including material failure, local buckling, global instability, etc.
• Acquire knowledge of the design and detailing of bolted and welded connections.

Description
To design steel structures, engineers need to know how to apply the requirements of the Canadian Steel Design Handbook (CSA S16:19) and also have a good understanding of the behaviour and failure modes of steel structural members. This course covers the design procedure for commonly used steel structural members, including tension members, axially loaded members, flexural members, and beam-column members.

This course also provides the necessary knowledge to design and detail different types of connections. Through several examples, participants will learn how to apply the design provisions of CSA S16 and understand the philosophy behind the design requirements. To gain more advanced knowledge on connection design, it is recommended to take the  Structural Steel Connections - Design, Detail and Specifications” course.

Who Should Attend
Structural Engineers, Designers, Detailers, Consulting Engineers, and Specification Writers. No prior knowledge of steel design is required for this course.

Required Resources
Please bring your own copy of the Handbook of Steel Construction, published by the Canadian Institute for Steel Construction, CISC- Toronto, 12th Edition.

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Syllabus

Day I

Welcome, Course Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method

Introduction

• An overview of the design process in Canadian codes
• Material properties of steel
• Structural steel sections in CSA S16

Design of Tension Members

• General design requirements
• Effective net area (shear lag)
• Block shear
• Stability check
• Design examples

Day II

Design of Compression Members

• Failure modes of axially loaded members
• Local buckling
• Yielding strength
• Global stability (flexural and torsional buckling)
• Columns with class 4 sections
• Columns in moment frames
• Design examples

Day III

Design of Flexural Members

• Shear strength
• Flexural strength
• Lateral-supported and unsupported members
• Deflection limits
• Design examples

Design of Beam-Column Members

• Members subjected to axial tension and bending
• Members subjected to axial compression and bending
• In-plane and out-of-plane stability.

• Design examples

Day IV

Design of Bolted Connections

• Load transfer mechanisms in connections
• Failure modes of bolted connections (tension failure, block shear failure, bearing failure, etc.)
• Slip critical connections
• Prying action
• Detailing requirements
• Design examples

Design of Welded Connections

• Weld types and terminology
• Shear resistance
• Tensile and compressive resistance
• Detailing requirements
• Design examples

Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

Instructor

Vahid Sadeghian, PhD, P.Eng.

Dr. Sadeghian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University. Prior to joining Carleton, he worked at the Structural Group of Arup in Toronto. He received his Ph.D. and MASc degrees from the University of Toronto, and his BASc from the University of Tehran.

With over 10 years of experience in teaching, research, and consulting, Dr. Sadeghian is a registered PEng with Professional Engineers Ontario. He has authored more than 35 peer-reviewed scientific publications in different areas of structural engineering. His research interests mainly focus on seismic design and assessment of buildings, nonlinear analysis, the behaviour of aging and repair structures, and structures built using innovative materials and construction techniques.