Study Guide for Quiz 8
This guide is not providing “answers” for the conceptual questions. It is a list of topical concepts
and their application you should be familiar with. It is an aid to help prepare for the quiz.
Covers material of Lectures 16 & 17
Design methodologies
Steel grades (standard properties)
Yield strength vs. ultimate strength
Local buckling in web & flange
Bearing on flange
Plastic section modulus
Plastic moment & plastic hinges
Braced vs. unbraced length
W (first number meaning) x (second number
meaning)
Area of web
Load tracing & tributary width (vs. area)
Self-weight
Neutral axis, section modulus, Q, extreme
fiber
Use of Beam Diagrams and Formulas
Deflections & superpositioning (+ units)
Lateral buckling (and bracing)
Allowable Stress Design
Load and Resistance Factor Design
Unified Design Method
Factored loads
Resistance Factors
“Design” values vs. “Capacity”
Factor of Safety
Load types (and directions) (like D, L, S ...)
Load combinations
Minimum Design Loads & Requirements
Serviceability and limits
Economical selection by S or Z charts
Design vs. analysis
Use of beam moment capacity charts
Equivalent distributed load based on a
maximum moment
Use of Load Tables
Joist vs. beam vs. girder
Plate girder
Web stiffener plates
Decking (composite vs. non)
Open web joist
Gusset plate
Method of Sections
“Best” location for summation of moment
Truss configurations and assumptions for
analysis
Zero-force member
Special truss member configurations at
joints and conditions
Compound truss
Diagonal tension counters and solution
method
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