Department of Civil Engineering

CVG3147 – Structural Steel Design I

Winter 2018

Instructor Alaa Abdulridha

Email aabdu070@uOttawa.ca
Phone 562-5800 ext. 6164
Office CBY A105
Office hours Wednesday: 10:00-11:00

1-COURSE DESCRIPTION

Behaviour and design of structural steel tension members, beams, columns and beam-columns,
as well as bolted and welded connections. Emphasis is placed on design, fabrication and
understanding the rationale and basis of CSA-S16 Standards. Factored load combinations are
determined from "principal and companion design loads" according to NBCC-2015.

2-COURSE OBJECTIVE

This course is an introduction to the structural design of members and connections for steel
structures in accordance with the National Building Code of Canada 2015 (NBCC-2015) and
the Canadian "Limit States Design of Steel Structures" Standard CAN/CSA-S16-14.

3-PREREQUISITES
▪ CVG3141 – Mechanics of Materials II
▪ CVG3140 – Theory of Structures I

4-LECTURE SCHEDULE
Lectures: Tuesday: 11:30-13:00 (SMD 224)
Friday: 13:00-14:30 (SMD 224)
Tutorial: Thursday: 13:00-14:30 (MHN 257)

5-TEACHING ASSISTANTS
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6-TEXTBOOK
Kulak and Grondin, (2016). Limit States Design in Structural Steel. 10th Edition, Canadian
Institute of Steel Construction, Toronto.
CISC, (2016). Handbook of Steel Construction. 11th Edition, Canadian Institute of Steel
Construction. (Required)

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7-ADDITIONAL READING

▪ National Building Code of Canada 2015. National Research Council of Canada

▪ User's Guide - NBC 2015, Structural Commentaries. National Research Council of
Canada
▪ Class notes posted on Virtual Campus.

8-TUTORIALS

The focus of the weekly tutorials is to discuss additional example problems of the material
presented during lectures. The tutorial will also be used to work on the weekly assignments.

9-ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly assignments will constitute a major learning component of this course. Assignments
will be posted on Virtual Campus. Typically; assignments are due one week after they are
posted. Solutions to the assignments will be prepared by the Teaching Assistants and posted on
BBL after the problems are returned. No assignment will be accepted after the answers have
been posted.

10-EXAMS

There will be one midterm and one final exam in this course. The midterm is tentatively
scheduled for Friday, March 2nd. The University will release the date, time and location of the
final examination during the semester. All exams are closed book. Some restrictions may apply
and will be communicated prior to the exam.

11-ONLINE LECTURE NOTES

Class notes will be posted on the CVG3147 course page of Virtual Campus. Students are
encouraged to visit this page as often as possible for the latest updates.

12-GRADING SCHEME
Assignments 20%
Mid-term Exam 20%
Final Exam 60%

13-PASSING GRADE

The passing grade for this course is 55%.

14-CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE

▪ Class attendance is mandatory. As per academic regulations, students who do not attend
80% of the class will not be allowed to write the final examination.

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 ▪ Cell-phones should be turned to silent.

15-REMINDERS
▪ All components of the course (i.e., laboratory reports, assignments, etc.) must be
fulfilled; otherwise students may receive an INC as a final mark (equivalent to an F).
This is also valid for a student who is taking the course for the second time.
▪ Information on academic fraud can be found at this link:
http://www.engineering.uottawa.ca/downloads/pdf/FacultyRegulationsEnglish2008.pdf.
Students are to become familiar with the Faculty of Engineering rules and regulations;
you may refer to them if you happen to miss an exam.
▪ Students are expected to familiarize themselves with the University of Ottawa’s policy
on plagiarism (http://www.uottawa.ca/plagiarism.pdf).
▪ Important dates and deadlines for the academic year can be found at the following link:
http://www.registrar.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid=2671.
▪ If necessary, the instructor will contact students through their official University of
Ottawa’s e-mail address (username@uottawa.ca). If you are using a personal e-mail
address, please go to the university mail management web site to set a forwarding
address (https://web.uottawa.ca/cgi-bin/mailadmin/main.pl). You are responsible for
ensuring you are receiving official course information in an efficient and timely manner.

16-TOPICS
Textbook
Topic Date Assignments
Section
1- Introduction
The Design Process Codes and Standards Design
Philosophies
Statistical Concepts
Loads in the National Building Code
Load Combinations
Classification of Structural Elements
2- Structural Steel Properties
Types of Structural Steel
Mechanical Properties of Steel
Overview of Structural Products
3- Tension Members
Yield Strength
Yield and Failure Criteria
Rupture Strength of Bolted Connections
Shear Lag Effects in Bolted and Welded Connections
Design for Shear Lag effects
4- Simple Bolted and Welded Connections
Analysis and Design of Simple Connections
5- Compression Members
Local Buckling and Classification
Elastic Flexural Buckling of Columns

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Effect of End Restraints
Torsional and torsional-flexural buckling
Effect of Residual Stresses
Effect of out-of-straightness Imperfections
Design Procedures of Columns
6- Beams
Local Buckling and Classification
Elastic and plastic Flexural Resistance
Lateral Torsional Buckling Resistance
Design for Shear
Bearing Resistance

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