STANDARD
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DDS 209 - STRUCTURAL
STEEL DETAILING
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Course Description Develops knowledge and skills required for structural steel detailing
and connections design utilized for commercial construction. Topics include: office practices; steel shapes; beam reactions; framed
connections; seated connections; and columns, base plates, and splices. |
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Competency Areas
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Office Practices |
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Class/Week |
2 |
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Steel Shapes |
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D. Lab/Week |
8 |
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Beam Reactions |
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P. Lab/Week |
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Framed Connections |
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Credit Hours |
6 |
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Seated Connections |
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Columns, Base Plates, and Splices |
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Prerequisite: DDF 110 |
COURSE GUIDE |
Competency
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P.Lab
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OFFICE PRACTICES
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Detailing methods |
Discuss the different methods of detailing structural steel. |
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Resources |
Identify the resources used for structural steel detailing. |
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Steel framing |
Explain rigid, simple, and semirigid types of steel framing. |
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STEEL SHAPES |
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5 |
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Classifications |
Identify the classes of structural steel. |
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Types |
Identify the types of structural steel shapes. |
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Uses |
Describe typical uses for WWF, W, M, S, C, MC, WWT, WT, MT, HP, L, and HSS steel shapes. |
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Dimensions |
Determine the dimensions for a selected structural steel section. |
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BEAM REACTIONS |
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10 |
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Theory |
Describe beam reactions. Explain the influence of beam reactions in structural steel detailing. |
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Framing plan |
Draw the framing plan for a steel structure. |
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FRAMED CONNECTIONS |
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20 |
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Types |
Identify types of framed connections. |
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Detailing |
Detail a framed connection. |
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SEATED CONNECTIONS |
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20 |
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Types |
Identify types of seated connections. |
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Detailing |
Detail a seated connection. |
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COLUMNS, BASE PLATES, AND SPLICES |
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25 |
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Column shapes |
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different steel shapes used as columns. |
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Base plates |
State the most common material used for base plates. State the safety rule for base plate anchor bolt spacing. Identify types of column to base plate connections. Detail a base plate for shipment with column. Detail a base plate for shipment with column. Detail a base plate for separate shipment. |
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Beam splices |
Explain types of beam splices. Detail a beam shear splice. Detail a beam moment splice. |
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Column splices |
Explain types of column splices. Detail a column lap splice. Detail a column butt splice. |
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Suggested Resources |
Suggested Resources include textbooks shown below or most
current edition.
American Institute of Steel Construction. (1980).
Manual of steel construction
(8th ed.). Chicago: Author.
American Institute of Steel Construction. (1983).
Detailing for steel construction. Chicago: Author.
Hayward, A.
(1989). Steel detailers' manual.
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan.
Talania, F.
(1989). Industrial steel buildings: Structural planning, design & details. Fremont, CA: Burdick & Landreth.