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Basic Structural Steel Design

CE 305
Rupen Goswami
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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What Have Men Built?
The Great Pyramids at Giza
~2600BC
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What Have Men Built?
The Great Wall of China
~220 BC
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What Have Men Built?
The Colosseum
70 AD
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What Have Men Built?
Qila Mubarak Bhatinda Fort
90 AD
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What Have Men Built?
Pyramid at Chichn Itz
~800 AD
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What Have Men Built?
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What Have Men Built?
El Castillo de Guzman el Bueno, Spain
~900 AD
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What Have Men Built?
Jaisalmer Fort
1130s
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What Have Men Built?
Conway Castle, North Wales
1280s
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What Have Men Built?
Carcassonne, Framce
~ 600 BC:: Modern Restored Look
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What Have Men Built?
Machu Picchu, Peru
~1400 AD
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What Have Men Built?
Red Fort, Delhi
1648
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What Have Men Built?
The Parthenon, Greece
~ 5
th
Century BC
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What Have Men Built?
The Parthenon, Nashville, Tenenssee
Full Scale Replica of the Original
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What Have Men Built?
The Lourve, Paris
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What Have Men Built?
Taj Mahal
1632-1653
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What Have Men Built?
Pantheon, Rome
2
nd
Century AD
Dome: 142 feet in diameter
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What Have Men Built?
St. Peter's Basilica
1506-1626
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What Have Men Built?
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What Have Men Built?
Astrodome, Houston, Texas
1965
710 feet or 216.4 m
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What Have Men Built?
St. Peter's Basilica
1506-1626
Astrodome, Houston, Texas
1965
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What Have Men Built?
St. Peter's Basilica
1506-1626
Georgia Dome, Atlanta
1992
840 feet or 256 m
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What Have Men Built?
Puente Romano Bridge, Mrida, Spain
~100 AD
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What Have Men Built?
Alcntara Bridge, Spain
104-106 AD
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What Have Men Built?
Bridge of Besal, Spain
12
th
Century
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What Have Men Built?
Stirling Bridge, Scotland
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What Have Men Built?
Ponte della Maddalena, Itally
1080
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What Have Men Built?
Bow Bridge, Plox, England
15
th
Century
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What Have Men Built?
Iron Bridge, Shropshire, England
1779
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What Have Men Built?
Brooklyn Bridge, New York
1883
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What Have Men Built?
Firth of Forth Bridge, Scotland
1890
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What Have Men Built?
Tower Bridge, England
1894
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What Have Men Built?
Alsea Bay Bridge, Oregon
1936
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What Have Men Built?
Coos Bay Bridge, Oregon
1936
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What Have Men Built?
Golden Gate Bridge, USA
1937
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What Have Men Built?
Howrah Bridge, Calcutta
1937-1943
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What Have Men Built?
Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Florida
1982-1987
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What Have Men Built?
Akashi Kaikyo (Pearl) Bridge, Japan
1986-1998
1
,
9
9
1

m
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What Have Men Built?
Akashi Kaikyo (Pearl) Bridge, Japan
1986-1998
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What Have Men Built?
Millau Viaduct, France
2004
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What Have Men Built?
Millau Viaduct, France
2004
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What Have Men Built?
Millau Viaduct, France
2004
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What Have Men Built?
La Torre di Pisa
1173
186 feet (higher side)
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What Have Men Built?
Qutub Minar
1193-1368
238 feet
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What Have Men Built?
Eiffel Tower, Paris
1887-1889
1,063 feet
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What Have Men Built?
Chrysler Building, New York
1930
1,046 feet
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What Have Men Built?
Empire State Building, New York
1931
1,250 feet
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What Have Men Built?
World Trade Center Towers, New York
1972 & 1973
1,368 & 1,362 feet
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What Have Men Built?
Sears Tower, Chicago
1973
1,454 feet
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What Have Men Built?
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur
1998
1,483 feet
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What Have Men Built?
Taipei 101 Tower, Taiwan
2004
1,670 feet
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What Have Men Built?
Burj Dubai, Dubai
2 Dec 2009!!
2,684 feet
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Do YOU want to become a Structural Engineer?
What is a (Civil Engineering) Structure?
Why Use of Steel in
Modern High-Rise Constructions?
So
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Have a Wonderful Day!
John Hancock Center, Chicago
1965-1970

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