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CET 210  Structural Analysis and Design  3 hours

Course description:
The course will cover building structure for civil engineering technology students, including different types of building loads and their effect upon the various materials used by architects, engineers and technologists.  The students will be introduced to quality construction techniques utilizing steel, concrete and reinforced concrete.  Industry manuals, specifications and computer programs will be utilized to familiarize the student with current technology. 3 hours. Prereq:  ACH 225

Major teaching objectives
1) Upon satisfactory completion of this course, students will be able to :
2) Determine types of building loads.
3) Calculate forces on beams and columns.
4) Identify types of structural steel and calculate the effect of forces placed on the structure.
5) Design simple structural steel beams using the current industry Steel Manual.
6) Design open-web steel joists.
7) Design simple structural steel columns.
8) Understand reinforced concrete principles.
9) Design simple reinforced concrete beams.
10) Design simple reinforced concrete columns.

Course Outline
I. Introduction to building loads
  A. Types of building loads
  B. Service and design loads
  C. Reaction to loads

II. Fundamental beam design
  A. Types of force systems
  B. Components of force, resultants and moments

III. Fundamentals of column design
  A. Types of force systems
  B. Column design procedures

IV. Structural steel design
  A. Types of structural steel
  B. Structural steel design standards
  C. Using the current industry Steel Manual

V. Design of simple structural steel beams
  A. Selection from beam tables
  B. Basic beam design procedures

VI Design of steel joists
  A. Types of steel joists
  B. Selection from joist tables

VII. Design of simple structural steel columns
  A. Selection from column tables
  B. Basic column design procedures
  C. Design of column base plates

VIII. Principles of reinforced concrete
  A. Basics of concrete
  B. Basics of reinforced concrete
  C. Understanding reinforced concrete design standards

IX. Design of simple reinforced concrete beams
  A. Basic beam design procedure
  B. Design of tensile and web reinforcement

X. Design of simple reinforced concrete columns
  A. Basic column design procedure
  B. Design of reinforcement

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Revised 1/6/06