UNIT 1:
Concept of Allowable Stress Method and limit state
Mechanical Properties of structural steel
Type of Loads on Structures
Allowable stress deign of Angle Tension and Compression Members
Allowable stress deign of Compression Members
UNIT 2:
Bolted and welded connections
Axially loaded bolted connections for Plates and Angle Members
Prying forces and Hanger connection
Design of joints for combined shear and Tension
Eccentrically Loaded Bolted Bracket Connections
Fillet and but Welded connections
Axially Loaded welded connections for Plate and angle truss members
Eccentrically Loaded bracket connections.
UNIT 3:
Behaviour of Tension Members and modes of failure
slenderness ratio and Net area
Design of plate tension members
Design of angle tension members
UNIT 4:
Types of compression members and sections, Behaviour and types of failures
Code provisions for compression members, Effective Length, Slenderness ratio
Column formula and curves, Design of single section and compound Angles
Axially Loaded solid section Columns
Short and slender columns
Design of Battened type columns
UNIT 5:
Types of steel Beam sections, Behaviour of Beams in flexure and codal provision
Design of laterally supported Beams
Design Strength of Laterally unsupported Beams
Design of solid rolled section Beams
Purlin in Roof Trusses, Design of Channel and I section Purlins
Shear Strength, Web Buckling, Crippling and defection of Beams
Classification of cross sections, Flexural Strength and Lateral stability of Beams
