Study Guide for Quiz 5: Steel Structures and Design, Study notes of Structural Design and Architecture

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Study Guide for Quiz 5

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 15, 16, 17 & 18

 Steel materials, hot-rolled, cold-formed,

corrosion, fatigue, strength loss with

 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

 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

maximum moment

 Use of Load Tables

 Horizontal distribution of sloped dead

 Depth with respect to span length and

 Joist vs. beam vs. girder

 Plate girder

 Web stiffener plates

 Decking (composite vs. non)

moment

 Truss configurations and assumptions

for analysis

 Zero-force member

 Special truss member configurations at

joints and conditions

 Compound truss, space truss, tensegrity