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    The document discusses the structural design of steel buildings including considerations of safety, serviceability and economy. It describes loads as either dead loads from permanent structure components or live loads from movable items. Building codes specify design requirements and constraints. Common steel members and design philosophies of ASD and LRFD are also covered.

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    STEEL DESIGN

    Structural Design
    The structural design of buildings, whether of structural steel or reinforced concrete,
    requires the determination of the overall proportions and dimensions of the
    supporting framework and the selection of the cross sections of individual members.
    Ideally, the engineer and architect will collaborate throughout the design process to
    complete the project in an efficient manner. The architect decides how the building
    should look; the engineer must make sure that it doesn’t fall down.
    Considerations:
    1. Safety
    2. Serviceability
    3. Economical
    A good design requires the evaluation of several framing plans—that is, different
    arrangements of members and their connections. In other words, several alternative
    designs should be prepared and their costs compared.
    Members of a Structure
    Loads
    The forces that act on a structure are called loads. They belong to one of
    two broad categories: dead load and live load.
    Dead loads - are those that are permanent, including the weight of the
    structure itself, which is sometimes called the self-weight. In addition
    to the weight of the structure, dead loads in a building include the
    weight of nonstructural components such as floor coverings, partitions,
    and suspended ceilings (with light fixtures, mechanical equipment, and
    plumbing).
    Live loads - are those that are not as permanent as dead loads. They
    may or may not be acting on the structure at any given time, and the
    location may not be fixed. Examples of live loads include furniture,
    equipment, and occupants of buildings.
    Building Codes
    Buildings must be designed and constructed
    according to the provisions of a building code, which
    is a legal document containing requirements related
    to such things as structural safety, fire safety,
    plumbing, ventilation, and accessibility to the
    physically disabled. A building code has the force of
    law and is administered by a governmental entity.
    Building codes do not give design procedures, but
    they do specify the design requirements and
    constraints that must be satisfied
    Most Common Steel Members
    Design Philosophies According to NSCP 2015
    • The required strength should not exceed the available strength.

    Required strength ≤ Available strength • Plastic Design


    is based on a consideration of failure
    • ASD (Allowable Strength Design) conditions rather than working load
    conditions. A member is selected by
    a member is selected that has cross- using the criterion that the structure will
    sectional properties such as area and fail at a load substantially higher than the
    moment of inertia that are large enough working load.
    to prevent the maximum applied axial
    force, shear, or bending moment from • Load and resistance factor design (LRFD)
    exceeding an allowable, or permissible,
    value. This allowable value is obtained is similar to plastic design in that strength, or
    by dividing the nominal, or theoretical, the failure condition, is considered. Load
    factors are applied to the service loads, and a
    strength by a factor of safety. It is also member is selected that will have enough
    called the elastic design or working stress strength to resist the factored loads. In
    design. addition, the theoretical strength of the
    member is reduced by the application of a
    resistance factor.
    Load and resistance factor design (LRFD)
    ASD (Allowable Strength Design)

    • Load combinations for ASD are also given in ASCE 7.


    These combinations, as presented in the AISC Steel
    Construction Manual (AISC 2011a), are:

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