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Dec 06, 2024
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2023 - 2024 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ARCH 460 - Structural Steel Design Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): AECT 360 or ARCH 360 This course is a study of steel as a material, including analysis and design of steel framed members in building structures in conformance with AISC code. Typical structural components include tension members, compression members, beams, welded and bolted connections, trusses, and frames. Use of computer software to solve problems is included. Cross-listed with AECT 460.
Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:
- Understand the fundamental principles of structural steel design for buildings.
- Determine structural steel-framed building systems and components for typical low-rise commercial, industrial, residential, and institutional buildings.
- Calculate building components using light-gage cold-formed steel products
- Interpret the A.I.S.C Manual of Steel Construction, latest ed.
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