CE 3304 Structural Steel Design

Spring 2019 Due Date: February 21, 2019, upload to Sakai by 10:30

Homework #1
1) List three advantages and disadvantages of steel as a building material, and research
the Internet for the three tallest steel building structures in the world, indicating the
types of gravity and lateral load resisting systems used in these buildings.

2) Determine the self-weight, strong axis moment of inertia, and cross-sectional areas for
the following hot-rolled standard sections:

HE 300 A, IPE 400, HD 320x127

3) What are the smallest and the largest I-sections among IPE, HE and HD’s?

4) A steel floor girder in an existing building needs to be strengthened by welding a

structural member to its bottom flange. The steel grade is unknown, but materials
testing has revealed the following percentages by weight of the following alloy
chemical elements in the girder:

C = 0.16%, Cr = 0.10%, Cu = 0.20%, Mn = 0.8%, Mo = 0.15%, Ni = 0.25%,

V = 0.06%, Si = 0.20%

Calculate the carbon equivalent (CE) and determine the weldability of the structural
steel.

5) A steel building is 450 m. long, and it has been decided to provide expansion joints
every 150 m. If the maximum anticipated temperature change is 21°C, determine the
size of the expansion joint.