Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi Department of Civil and Industrial

Engineering 3rd Academic Year Civil Engineering Training in English ELEMENTS OF STEEL STRUCTURES 1 Final Exam Topics January - February 2014 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Typical uses of steel as a structural material. Advantages of steel as a structural material. Disadvantages of steel as a structural material. Define the structural design process and specify the structural design activities. Present and detail the goals of structural design activities. Types of steel structures. Present particular structural features. Parts of steel structures Tension members. Parts of steel structures Compression members. Parts of steel structures Bending members. Parts of steel structures Beam-column members. Steel making process Typical hot-rolled steel shapes. Steel making process Typical cold-formed steel shapes. Chemical composition of steel Influence of alloying elements. Design of steel structures Sources of errors in structural steel design. Design of steel structures Sources of uncertainties in structural steel design. Define the factors used in the design process. Purpose of using factors in the structural design process. Define the concept of Limit State. Present the aim of a design process based on Limit States. Define the Ultimate Limit States (ULS) concept. Specific ULSs for steel structures. Define the Serviceability Limit States (SLS) concept. Specific SLSs for steel structures. Define the characteristic load values. Define the characteristic strength values. Characteristics of the ideal structural joints. Classification of structural steel connections. Welded connections Advantages. Welded connections Disadvantages. Classification of welding processes. Welding process Manual metal - arc (MMA) welding Welding process Submerged - arc welding (SAW) Welding process Metal - inert gas (MIG) welding Weldability of structural steels. Classification of welded connections. Butt welds Effective area of butt welds. Fillet welds Effective area of fillet welds. Welded connections Design assumptions. Design Methods for welded connections Directional method. Design Methods for welded connections Simplified method. Design of fillet welded connections Lateral (side) fillet welded lapped joint. Design of fillet welded connections Frontal (end) fillet welded lapped joint. Design of fillet welded connections Fillet welded connection in bending due to an eccentrical vertical force. Design of fillet welded connections Fillet welded connection in shear and torsion. Design of fillet welded connections Fillet welded connection of an angle shape to a gusset plate. Design of fillet welded connections T-joint in shear and bending. Design of fillet welded connections Double T-joint in bending, axial and shear loading. Design of butt welded connection Butt welded connection in in-plane axial loading. Design of butt welded connection Butt welded connection in in-plane bending. Design of butt welded connection Butt welded connection in in-plane bending, axial and shear loading. Bolted connections Advantages. Bolted connections Disadvantages. Load transfer mechanisms in bolted connections Shear connections.

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering 51. Load transfer mechanisms in bolted connections Tension connections. 52. Load transfer mechanisms in bolted connections High Strength Friction Grip (HSFG) connections. 53. Bolted connections Bolt assembly components. 54. HSFG bolt connections Advantages. 55. Failure types of bolted connections. 56. Design of bolted connections Categories. 57. Mechanical bolt characteristics Bolt strength classes. 58. Design resistance of a single bolt in shear. 59. Design resistance of a bolt in tension. 60. Design of bolted connections Bolt group in pure bending: free center of rotation connection. 61. Design of bolted connections Bolt group in pure bending: forced center of rotation connection. 62. Design of bolted connections Multiple forces loaded connection. 63. Purpose of qualitative knowledge on mechanical properties of steels. 64. Purpose of quantitative knowledge on mechanical properties of steels. 65. Tensile properties of structural steels Testing procedure. 66. Tensile properties of structural steels Stress-strain curve for mild steels. 67. Tensile properties of structural steels Definition of nominal stress. 68. Tensile properties of structural steels Definition of nominal strain. 69. Tensile properties of structural steels Definition of elastic Youngs modulus. 70. Fracture toughness of structural steels. Definition. 71. Fracture toughness of structural steels. Charpy V-notch testing procedure. 72. Fracture toughness of structural steels. Quality classes for structural steels. 73. Through - thickness properties of steel Lamellar tearing. 74. Mechanical properties of steels Fatigue failure under repeated loads. 75. Corrosion of steels Mechanism of the corrosion process. 76. Corrosion forms of steels. 77. Principal factors influencing the corrosion rates of steels. 78. Typical environments for atmospheric corrosivity categories. 79. Main aspects considered in the design of steel structures against corrosion. 80. Corrosion prevention structural steel detailing. 81. Corrosion control Paint coating. 82. Corrosion control Metal coating. 83. Corrosion control Weathering steels. 84. Elevated temperatures effects on structural steel behavior. 85. Fire resistance requirements for steel structures. 86. Fire resistance steel structures calculation models. 87. Fire analysis types for steel structures. 88. Steps in the design of steel structures subjected to fire.

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering

Course title: Elements of Steel Structures 1

Examination session: January February, 2014 Academic year: 3rd Civil Engineering Training in English

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Topic number 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Note: All topics are compulsory Topic grading

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Head of the Department, prof.univ.dr.ing. Elena AXINTE

Instructor, s.l.dr.ing. Vlad MUNTEANU