Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology,
Muzaffarpur
COURSE FILE
OF
Design of Steel Structures
(CE 011X20)
Faculty Name:
Pushkar Shivechchhu
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
CONTENTS
1. Cover Page & Content
2. Vision of the Department
3. Mission of the department
4. PEO’s and PO’s
5. Course objectives & course outcomes (CO’s)
6. Mapping of CO’s with PO’s
7. Course Syllabus and Evaluation Details
8. GATE Syllabus
9. Time table
10. Student list
11. Course Handout
12. Lecture Plan
13. Assignments
14. Sessional Question
15. Mid-Semester Exam Question Paper
16. Previous Year End Semester Exam Question Papers
17. Reference Materials
18. Results
19. Result Analysis
20. CO Mapping with direct assessment tool
21. Quality Measurement Sheets
a. Course End Survey
b. Teaching Evaluation
Vision Statement of Civil Engineering Department
To get recognized as prestigious civil engineering program at national and international level
through continuous education, research and innovation.
Mission Statement of Civil Engineering department
To create the environment for innovative and smart ideas for generation of professionals to serve
the nation and world with latest technologies in Civil Engineering.
To develop intellectual professionals with skill for work in industry, academia and public sector
organizations and entrepreneur with their technical capabilities to succeed in their fields.
To build up competitiveness, leadership, moral, ethical & managerial skill.
PROGRAMME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES (PEOs)
Graduates are expected to attain Program Educational Objectives within three to four years
after the graduation. Following PEOs of Department of Civil Engineering have been laid down
based on the needs of the programs constituencies:
PEO1: Contribute to the development of civil engineering projects being undertaken by Govt.
and private or any other sector companies.
PEO2: Pursue higher education and contribute to teaching, research and development of civil
engineering and related field.
PEO3: Successful career as an entrepreneur in civil engineering industry
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES (PO)
PO1
Engineering knowledge: An ability to apply the knowledge of mathematics, science,
engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to get the solution of the
engineering problems.
PO2 Problem analysis: Ability to Identify, formulates, review research literature, and
analyze complex engineering problems.
PO3 Design/development of solutions: Ability to design solutions for complex engineering
problems by considering social, economical and environmental aspects.
PO4 Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge to
design, conduct analyse experiments to get valid conclusion.
PO5 Modern tool usage: ability to create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, and to
model complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
PO6 The engineer and society: Ability to apply knowledge by considering social health,
safety, legal and cultural issues.
PO7 Environment and sustainability: Understanding of the impact of the adopted
engineering solutions in social and environmental contexts.
PO8 Ethics: Understanding of the ethical issues of the civil engineering and applying ethical
principles in engineering practices.
PO9 Individual and teamwork: Ability to work effectively as an individual or in team, as a
member or as a leader.
PO10 Communication: An ability to communicate clearly and effectively through different
modes of communication.
PO11 Project management and finance: Ability to handle project and to manage finance
related issue
PO12 Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to
engage in independent and life-long learning.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Institute/college Name Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur
Program Name B.E. Civil
Course Code/course credits 011X20 (4)
Course Name Design of Steel Structures
Lecture/ Sessional (per week) 3/3
Course coordinator name Pushkar Shivechchhu
This course is designed to review the fundamentals and practices of Design of Steel Structures
within the Civil Engineering curriculum. This course is part of Structural engineering.
Knowledge of this subject will be applied in the design of Steel Connections, Tension Members
Compression Members, Beams, Girders and Plastic analysis of Beams and Frames etc. The
concepts of this course are applicable in all civil engineering structures. The Design of Steel
Structures curriculum is designed to prepare interested students for a future career in the field of
Structural Engineering, Earthquake and Wind Engineering.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To introduce to students the theory and application of analysis and design of steel
structures.
To develop students with an understanding of the behavior and design of steel members
and system.
To prepare students for the effective use of latest IS Code.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this Course, students should be able to:
CO1: recognize the manufacturing process and the material properties of steel products.
CO2: recognize the design philosophy of steel structures and concept on limit and working state
design.
CO3: Understanding the behavior of steel structures, in particular, the various forms of failure
for members and connections under tension, compression, bending and combined actions.
CO4: apply the principles, procedures and current code requirements to the analysis and design
of steel tension members, beams, columns, beam-columns, and connections.
CO5: ability to follow different structural design specifications.
MAPPING OF COs AND POs
CO/PO PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
CO1 2 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 1
CO2 3 3 3 - 1 - 1 - - - 1
CO3 3 3 3 3 - - - - - - - 1
CO4 3 3 3 2 1 1 - 1 - - - 1
SYLLABUS
1. Introduction to Design: Design Loads and Load combinations, Working Stress Design,
Plastic Design, LRFD Method, Introduction to steel and steel structures.
2. Design of structural Fasteners: rivets, bolts, and welds
3. Design of tension members. 4. Design of compression member laced and battened columns.
5. Design of flexure members: Beams- rolled sections, built up section, plate Girders-
riveted/ bolted and welded, Design of eccentric connections: riveted/ bolted and welded.
6. Design of beam: Columns and columns based welded and riveted column bases- moment
resistant connection - semi-rigid connection- design of supports.
7. Design of steel industrial sheds. Wind Design.
8. Introduction inelastic action and plastic hinges application of PD and LRFD
GATE SYLLABUS
Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of tension and compression members,
beams and beam- columns, column bases; Connections - simple and eccentric, beam-column
connections, plate girders and trusses; Plastic analysis of beams and frames.
Evaluation Details
Internal assessment is done through quiz tests, presentation, assignments and project work.
Examination rules and regulations are uploaded on the student’s portal. Evaluation is very
transparent process and the answer sheets of sessional tests, internal assessment, and assignment
are returned back to the students.
The components of evaluations along with their weightage followed by the university are given
below:
Sessional test 1 20%
Assignment/quiz/ 05%
Attendance 05%
End term examination 70%
TIME TABLE
TIME 10:00-
10:50
10:50-
11:40
11:40-
12:30
12:30-
01:20
01:20-
01:50
01:50-
02:40
02:40-
03:30
03:30-
04:20
Monday DSS
Tuesday DSS
Wednesday DSS
Thursday
Friday DSS SESSIONAL
Saturday
STUDENTS LIST
S.NO. Roll No Name
1 15C01 Mohsin Jamil Md Nasir
2 15C02 Kumar Shubham
3 15C03 Santosh Kumar
4 15C04 Raja Babu
5 15C05 Krishna Kumar
6 15C06 Sanjeet Kumar
7 15C07 Madhu Rani
8 15C08 Rahul Kumar
9 15C10 Md. Junaid Akhter
10 15C12 Divesh Kumar
11 15C13 Dilip Kumar
12 15C14 Prashant Prabhakar
13 15C15 Priya Kumari
14 15C16 Hemant Kumar Ravi
15 15C17 Deepak Kumar
16 15C18 Chandra Rohit Kumar
17 15C20 Praween Kumar
18 15C21 Ketan Kumar
19 15C22 Kumar Saurav
20 15C23 Priyanshu
21 15C24 Ranjeet Kumar
22 15C25 Chandan Kumar
23 15C26 Aman Kumar
24 15C27 Shubham Kumar
25 15C28 Jay Prakash Kumar
26 15C29 Siraj Anwer Khan
27 15C30 Punahani Pahuja
28 15C31 Md. Zeeshan Haider
29 15C32 Jay Nandan Kumar
30 15C33 Uma Shankar Pandit
31 15C34 Surbhi Rani
32 15C35 Rajesh Kumar Sharma
33 15C37 Priyanshu Prasad Gond
34 15C38 Sudhir Kumar
35 15C39 Md. Asif Khan
36 15C40 Abhishek Kumar
37 15C41 Abhishek Kumar
38 15C42 Md. Akram
39 15C43 Saurabh
40 15C44 Puja Kumari
41 15C45 Pramod Kumar
42 15C46 Deepak Kumar Adig
43 15C48 Suraj Kumar
44 15C49 Sumit Kumar
45 15C50 Rishav Raj
46 15C51 Jugnu Kumar
47 15C52 Sanni Kumar
48 15C53 Mulayam Singh Kush
49 15C54 Venkatesh Jha
50 15C56 Krishlay Kumar Keshav
51 15C57 Prashant Kumar Singh
52 15C58 Md. Firoj Alam
53 15C59 Surya Prakash
54 15C60 Sumit Kumar Sacsena
55 15C61 Azhar Hussain
56 15C62 Chiranjeevi Bhushan Sharma
57 15C63 Rahul Kumar
58 15C64 Meghnath Kumar
59 15C65 Akshay Kumar
60 16(LE)C02 Shabara Khanam
61 16(LE)C03 Raj Bindu Prasad
62 16(LE)C04 Chandan Kumar
63 16(LE)C07 Vikash Kumar
64 16(LE)C08 Anish Kumar
65 16(LE)C09 Kumar Aditya
66 16(LE)C10 Sangram Singh
67 14C28 Ashwani Kumar Singh
TEXT BOOKS:
TB1: A textbook of Design of Steel Structures, Theory and Practice, by N. Subramanian,
Oxford University Press
TB2: Design of Steel Structures by S.K.Duggal, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
TB3: Design of Steel Structures by S. S. Bhavikatti
REFERENCE BOOKS
RB1: Steel Design by William T. Segui
LECTURE PLAN
Topic No. Topic No. of Lecture/ lecture no.
1. Introduction to Design 4
Design Philosophies 1
Limit State Method(LSM)&
Working Stress Design 1-2
Loading and Load Combinations 2-3
LRFD Method 2-3
Plastic Design 3-4
Introduction to steel and steel
structures
4
2. Design of structural Fasteners 14
Rivets and Riveted Connections 5-8
Bolts and Bolted Connections,
Simple Connections, Moment
Resistant Connections
9-12
Welds, Types, and Properties of
the weld, Design of Welds,
Welded Connections
13-16
3. Design of tension members 4
Introduction, Types of Tension
Members, Modes of Failure 17
Factors Affecting the Strength of
tension Member, Angles Under
Tension
18
Design of Tension Member, Lug
Angles, Gussets and Other Sections. 19-20
4. Design of compression member
laced and battened columns.
6
Introduction, Possible Modes of
Failure, Classification of Cross-
Section
21
Elastic Buckling of Slender
Compression Member, Sections
used for Compression Members,
Effective Length of Compression
Member
22
Design of Compression Member
laced and Battened Columns 23-26
5. Design of Beams 5
Introduction, Beam Types, Section
Classification, Behavior of Beam in
Bending
27
Design Strength of Laterally 28-29
Supported Beams in Bending &
Design Strength of Laterally
Unsupported Beams
Design of Beams 30-31
6.
Design of steel industrial sheds 8
Introduction, Plate Girders 32
Distribution of Stress in Plate
Girders 41-42
Total Number of Lecture 42
ASSIGNMENT NO-01
1. Design a lap joint between two plates as shown in Fig. so as to transmit a factored load of
70kN using M16 bolts of grade 4.6 and grade 410 plates.
2. Design a butt joint to connect two plates 175 x 10 mm (Fe 410 grade) using M20 bolts.
Arrange the bolts to give maximum efficiency.
3. Design a connection of a truss joint as shown in fig. using M16 bolts of property class 4.6
and grade 410 steel. Assume that the members shown are capable of resisting the loads.
4. Given the bracket connection shown in Fig. With 24-mm-diameter grade 4.6 bolts and
Plate of Fe 410 steel, is the bolt pattern and plate adequate for the given load in a bearing
type connection assuming threads in the shear plane?
ASSIGNMENT NO-02
1. A tie member of a truss consisting of an angle section ISA 65X65x6 and is subjected to a
factored tension load of 90 kN. The length of the angle is not enough to go from end to
end and hence a splice has to be provided. Design a groove welded.
2. Design a joint according to the instructions given in previous question, if the welding is
done on the three sides of the angle as shown in Fig.
3. A 10-mm thick-bracket plate is used to transmit a reaction of 80 kN (factored load) at an
eccentricity of 80 mm from the column flange. Design the butt weld for grade Fe 410
steel and E 43 electrode. See Fig. for details.
ASSIGNMENT NO-03
1. Determine the minimum net area of the plates as shown in Figs (a) and (b) with a plate of
size of 210 x 8 mm and 16-mm bolts.
2. Determine the design tensile strength of plate (160x8 mm) connected to 10-mm thick
gusset using 16-mm bolts, as shown in Fig., if the yield and the ultimate stress of the steel
used are 250 MPa and 410 MPa, respectively.
3. A tension member in a bridge structure 10-m long is subjected to an axial tensile
(factored) load of 1800 kN. Design the section with channels facing each other. Assume
fu = MPa and fy = 250 MPa.
ASSIGNMENT NO-04
1. Determine the design axial load on the column section ISMB 350, given that the height of
column is 3.0 m and that it is pin-ended. Also assume the following: fy = 250 MPa, fu =
410 MPa; E=2x105
2. Determine the design axial load on the column section ISMB 350. The height of the
column is 6.0 m as shown in Fig. It is effectively restrained at mid-height by a bracing
member in the y-y direction, but is free to move in the z-z direction and both the ends of
the column are pinned. Also assume fy = 250 MPa; fu = MPa, and E = 2x105 N/mm
2
3. Design a double angle discontinuous strut to carry a factored load of 175kN. The length
of the strut is 3.0 m between intersections. The two angles are placed back-to back and
are tack bolted. Consider the following cases.
a) Angles are placed on opposite sides of the gusset plate.
b) Angles are placed on the same side of the gusset plate.
c) Two angles in star formation.
Assume grade Fe 410 steel with fy = 250 MPa.
4. Design a laced column 10-m long to carry a factored axial load of 1100 kN. The column
is restrained in position but not in direction at both ends. Provide single lacing system
with bolted connection.
a) Design the column with two channels back-to-back
b) Design the column with two channels placed toe- to-toe
c) Design the lacing system with welded connections for channels back-to-back
5. Design a built-up laced column with four angles to support an axial load of 900 kN. The
column is 12-m long and both the ends are held in position and restrained against
rotation. Assume Fe 410 grade steel.
ASSIGNMENT NO-05
1. Design a simply supported beam of span 5 m carrying a reinforced concrete floor capable
of providing lateral restraint to the top compressive flange. The uniformly distributed
load is made up of 20 kN/m imposed load is made up of 20 kN/m imposed load and 20
kN/m dead load (section is stiff against bearing). Assume Fe 410 grade steel.
2. Design a simply supported beam of 7 m span carrying a reinforced concrete floor capable
of providing lateral restraint to the top compression flange. The total udl is made up of
100 kN dead load including self-weight plus 150kN imposed load. In addition, the beam
carries a point load at mid span made up of 50 kN dead load and 50 kN imposed load
(assuming a stiff bearing length of 75 mm)
3. The plate girder is required to carry a factored shear of 2800 kN. (See Fig.)
4. Design a load carrying stiffener for a load of 550kN for the section ISLB 400. See Fig.
SESSIONAL QUESTION PAPER
Note: Question number 1 is compulsory. Attempt any four questions.
1. Choose the correct option. (Any five) (1x5)
a. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses?
i. Lap joint
ii. Butt joint with single cover plate
iii. Butt joint with double cover plate
iv. None of the above
b. The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25
mmdiameter is
i. 1.0mm ii. 1.5mm iii. 2.0mm iv. 2.5mm
c. By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the failures of riveted joint can be avoided?
i. Tension failure of the plate
ii. Shear failure of the rivet
iii. Shear failure of the plate iv. Crushing failure of rivet
d. Bolts are most suitable to carry
i. Shear
ii. Bending
iii. Axial tension
iv. Shear and bending
e. The heaviest I-section for same depth is
i. ISMB
ii. ISLB
iii. ISHB
iv. ISWB
f. Bolt value is equal to
i. Bearing capacity of bolt
ii. Shearing capacity of bolt
iii. Minimum of bearing and shearing capacity of bolt
iv. None of these
g. Find the Bearing capacity of bolt. Given nominal diameter of bolt=20mm, fu=410Mpa,
fub=400Mpa, e=50 mm, p=50mm, thickness of plate=10mm.
i. 104.053KN ii. 101.515KN
iii. 151.4KN
iv. None of these
2. Write short notes on following. (1.25x4)
i. Define and differentiate between pitch and gauge for riveted joint. ii.
Define characteristic load and characteristic strength
iii. Define different load and its load combination used for analyzing the structure. iv.
LRFD Method of Design
3. Write short notes on following.
i. Limit State Method of Design 1
ii. Working State Method of Design 1
iii. Differentiate riveted and bolted connection. Which of the following connection is favored?
Provide logical explanation. In which case we prefer riveted connection over bolted
connection and also explain why?
3
4. A bracket connection with 24mm diameter bolt of property class 4.6 and plate of grade Fe410 is as
shown in the figure given below. Check the suitability (safety) of the connection to the given set of
loading.
5. Design a connection to join two plates of size 250x12 mm of grade Fe 410, to mobilize full plate
tensile strength using shop fillet welds, if
i. A lap joint is used
ii. A double cover butt joint is used 5
6. Determine the design tensile strength of plate (160x8 mm) connected to 10 mm thick gusset using
16 mm bolts, as shown in Figure, if the yield and ultimate stress of the steel used are 250 MPa and
410 MPa, respectively.
PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS
RESULTS ANALYSIS
0
5
10
15
20
25
No.of Student
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
No. of Students
3%
31%
30%
14%
22%
Internal Sessional Result Analysis
<80
80-85
85-90
90-95
95-100
6%
22%
36%
28%
8%
Mid-Sem Result Analysis
<60
60-70
70-80
80-90
90-100
CO MAPPING WITH DIRECTASSESSMENT TOOLS
COs CT1 MSE SEE SESSIONAL Assignment
CO1 Q1,Q2,Q3
Q4
Q1, Q1-Q14 A1
CO2 Q2,Q3 Q4 Q1,
Q2,Q3
Q20,Q21,Q22,Q25,Q26 A2,A3,A4,A5
CO3 Q2,Q3 Q4 Q4, Q5,
Q6
Q16,Q17,Q18,Q19 A2,A3,A4,A5
CO4 Q2,Q3 Q4 Q4, Q5,
Q6
Q23,Q24,Q27 A2,A3,A4,A5
Quality Measurement Sheets
a. Course End Survey
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2018 SEM: 6th DATE: 24/06/2018
COURSE: Bachelor of
Technology
CLASS: Design of
Steel Structures
FACULTY: Pushkar Shivechchhu
Please evaluate on the following scale:
Excellent(E) Good(G) Average(A) Poor(P) No Comment(NC)
5 4 3 2 1
SNO QUESTIONAIRE E 5
G 4
A 3
P 2
NC 1
Avg %
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
1 Did the course achieve its stated objectives? 21 34 12 82.6
2 Have you acquired the stated skills? 35 22 10 87.4
3 Whether the syllabus content is adequate to achieve the objectives?
11 29 27 75.2
4 Whether the instructor has helped you in acquiring the stated skills?
36 24 7 88.6
5 Whether the instructor has given real life applications of the course?
40 22 5 90.4
6 Whether tests, assignments, projects and grading were fair? 43 24 92.8
7 The instructional approach (es) used was (were) appropriate to the course.
35 21 11 87.1
8 The instructor motivated me to do my best work. 52 15 95.5
9 I gave my best effort in this course 45 16 6 91.6
10 To what extent you feel the course outcomes have been achieved.
34 25 8 87.7
Please provide written comments:
a) What was the most effective part of this course Design of Connection and Tension Member
b) What are your suggestions, if any, for changes that would improve this course?
Use of Latest software like Staad Pro or SAP for modelling and designing
c) Given all that you learned as a result of this course, what do you consider to be most important?
Understanding of different Load cases and Application of Limit States while designing.
d) Do you have any additional comments or clarifications to make regarding your responses to
any particular survey item? No
e) Do you have any additional comments or suggestions that go beyond issues addressed on this survey? No
TEACHING EVALUATION
Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur
Department of Civil Engineering
Course Assessment
ACADEMIC YEAR:2018 SEM:6th DATE: 24/06/2018
COURSE: Bachelor of
Technology
CLASS: Design of
Steel Structures
FACULTY: Pushkar Shivechchhu
Assessment Criteria Used Attainment Level Remarks
Direct (d) Theory
External Marks - -
Internal Marks (Theory) 2.51/3 83.67
Assignments 5 100%
Tutorials NA NA
Indirect (id) Course End Survey 4/5 80%
Theory: Course Assessment (0.6 × d+ 0.4 × id) 82.02%