1.051 Structural Engineering Design Prof.

Oral Buyukozturk

Lecture Notes

INTRODUCTION TO
STEEL DESIGN

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA, USA
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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

1.051 Structural Engineering Design Introduction to Steel Design

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