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Postgraduate Course: Steel Structures (MSc) (PGEE10032)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course explains the behaviour of steel structures, and explores how understanding of their behaviour is applied in structural design. The fundamental mechanics of steel structural members is described. The role of design codes in interpreting observed and theoretical behaviour is explained. This course also introduces the behaviour and algebraic analysis of thin-walled structural members; and covers the stability of structural elements and their analysis.
Course description This 10 credit lecture course involves 22 hours of lectures.

The course topics (not necessarily in this order) include:

1. Column design
2. Beam design
3. Beam-column design
4. Steel connection
5. Portal frame
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Describe and explain how steel members behave;
  2. Describe behaviour of thin-walled structures and steel members using appropriate models;
  3. Communicate a design of steel structures clearly through neat and accurate calculations, drawings, and technical reports of an appropriate length and level of detail;
  4. Evaluate and explain the behaviour of thin-walled members under external loads;
  5. Evaluate and explain the behaviour of steel structural elements undergoing buckling.
Reading List
- Timoshenko, S.P. & Gere, J.M., Theory of Elastic Stability, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961.

- Structural Engineer's Pocket Book -- Eurocodes, 3rd Edition, Fiona Cobb, CRC Press ISBN 9780080971216

- Trahair N.S., Bradford M.A., Nethercot D.A., Gardner L. (2008). The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3. 4th edition. ISBN 978 0 415 41866 9.

- Salmon C.G., Johnson J.E., Malhas F.A. (2008). Steel Structures: Design and Behavior, 5th Edition, Pearson, ISBN-10: 0131885561.

- The Steel Construction Institute (2005). Steel Designers Manual. 6th edition, Blackwell Science. ISBN 1405134127. (A very useful reference, but the current edition is based upon BS5950, not EC3).
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsSteel Structures,Structural Design,Structural Behaviour and Materials
Contacts
Course organiserDr Yuner Huang
Tel: (0131 6)50 5736
Email: Yuner.Huang@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Margaret Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5565
Email: margaret.robertson@ed.ac.uk
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