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Steel Worked Examples

Each example follows the same structure: Given → Load combo → Required → Limit states → AISC ref → Formula → Substitution → Decision → Common mistakes.

Module 1 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Introduction to Structural Steel Design

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Module 2 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

LRFD Design Philosophy and Load Combinations

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Module 3 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Steel Material Properties and Shapes

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Module 4 · AISC 360-22 Chapter D — Design of Members for Tension

Design a tension diagonal in a roof truss

Service dead load Pd = 30 kips, service live load Pl = 70 kips. Member is an A36 angle (Fy = 36 ksi, Fu = 58 ksi). Connected by a single line of 7/8" diameter bolts (one bolt hole at each end, U = 0.80).

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Module 5 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Compression Members and Column Buckling

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Module 6 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Flexural Members / Beams

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Module 7 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Beam Shear Design

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Module 8 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Combined Axial Load and Bending

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Module 9 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Beam-Columns

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Module 10 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Plate Girders

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Module 11 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Composite Beams

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Module 12 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Bolted Connections

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Module 13 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Welded Connections

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Module 14 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Shear Connections

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Module 15 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Moment Connections

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Module 16 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Base Plates and Anchor Rods

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Module 17 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Stability, Bracing, and Second-Order Effects

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Module 18 · AISC 360-22 Appendix 3 (Design for Fatigue), Table A-3.1

Highway bridge cover-plate end weld — Category E fatigue check

Simple-span composite plate girder, 90 ft. Bottom flange 20×½ in. with partial-length cover plate 8×½ welded to it. Fatigue truck produces service stress range at the cover-plate end of S_R = 4.8 ksi. ADTT = 500 trucks/day, design life 75 yr. Detail = Category E (Cf = 11×10⁸, FTH = 4.5 ksi).

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Module 19 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Steel Framing Systems

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Module 20 · AISC 360-22 — applicable chapter

Capstone Design Project

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