Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA, USA
INTRODUCTION TO
STEEL DESIGN
1.051 Structural Engineering Design Prof. Oral Buyukozturk
Lecture Notes
1.051 Structural Engineering Design
Prof. Oral Buyukozturk
Introduction to Steel Design
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OUTLINE
Structural design
Principles of structural design
Objectives
Procedure
Structural loads
Structural steel
Structural steel sections
Methods of steel design
Allowable stress design (ASD)
Load and resistance factor design (LRFD)
Plastic design