Designing Steel Building Structures: Eurocode 3

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This is an intensive online CPD course covering the design of steel structures in accordance with Eurocode 3, including the basis of design, determining design loads, designing members in tension, compression and bending, and the design of bolted and welded connections.

The aim of this course is to provide participants with an understanding of the physical behaviour and limit state design of structural steelwork in accordance with EC3.

Aims & Objectives:

Learning outcomes:

Determine design loads in accordance with Eurocode 1
Design members loaded in tension – ties, truss chords, braces
Design members loaded in compression – columns, truss chords, struts
Design members in bending – beams, girders
Design connections – bolts. welds

Aims & Objectives:

Introduce the basic principles of limit state design and how they are applied in Eurocode 3
Identify the common failure modes of steelwork elements and understand how these are allowed for in design to Eurocode 3
Understand and be able to apply the procedures described in Eurocode 3 to the design of beams, columns, beam-columns, trusses and connections as used in simple frameworks

Course Outline:

Module 1 – Determining loads

Background to the Ccode and limit state design
Local buckling and section classification
Design of members loaded in tension – allowances for connection detailing

Module 2 - Beams

Design of laterally-restrained beams
Design of laterally-unrestrained beams – lateral torsional buckling
Design example for beams
Workshop for beams

Module 3 - Columns

Members loaded in compression, effective length, slenderness ratio
Design of members subjected to combined compression and bending – interaction diagrams and equations
Design example for columns
Workshop for columns

Module 4 - Connections

Design of bolted connections
Design of welded connections
Design example for connections
Workshop for connections

Mode of Delivery:

The content is delivered via virtual teaching rooms on Microsoft Teams, allowing engagement between the tutor and delegates. After the learning content for a particular topic is delivered, worked examples are presented by the tutor, with additional exercises set for the delegates to complete.