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STRUCTURAL DESIGN II
BCN 4431 COURSE OUTLINE/SUMMER B 2016 SEMESTER
Assignments do the
Date
Topics to be discussed
following session
Review PowerPoint
L1: Discuss Course Outline & Subject Matter
Handout #1 & Class
06/27/16 for course. General Discussion of Building
Notes.
Codes. Review of Structural Design I-Statics.
Read TEXT #1, Chapter
10
Review class notes.
L2: Review of Structural Design I-Statics
06/29/16
Read TEXT #1, Chapter
(contd). Internal Forces: Axial Stress & Strain.
11, pp. 240250.
L3: Average Shear Stress; Bearing Stress;
Allowable Stress; Axial Strain; Hookes Law.
Review class notes. Read
07/06/16
Shear Forces & Bending Moments in Beams;
TEXT #1, Chapter 13.
Analysis & Design Procedures.
L4: Bending & Shear Stresses. Analysis of
Review class notes. Read
TEXT #1, Chapter 14,
07/11/16 Symmetrical Beams in Pure Bending: Flexure
Formula; Elastic Section Modulus.
pp. 305-322.
L5: Analysis of Columns: Compressive Stress
Review class notes.
07/13/16 & Buckling; Effective Length; Euler Formula &
STUDY FOR EXAM #1
Applications. Review for Exam #1.
Review class notes.
L6: EXAM #1-Sessions 1 through 5
07/18/16
L7: Steel as a Structural Material. Advantages
& Disadvantages. Live & Dead Loads. Factor
O7/20/16
of Safety. Beam Design. Design Checks:
Bending, Deflection & Shear.

07/25/16

07/27/16

10

08/01/16

11

08/03/16

L8: More on Beams: Lateral Support &

Unbraced Beams. AISC Code Requirements.
Local Web Yielding & Crippling. Beam Bearing
Plates. Review EXAM #1
L9: Axially Loaded Compression Members.
Euler Formula. Column Buckling. K (Effective
Length) Factor. Deflection of steel beams.
L10: Column Design Formulas & Tables.
Different Unbraced Lengths. Column Base
Plate Design. Shear & Deflection of Steel
Beams.
L11: EXAM #2 Comprehensive
(Last Class)

Review class notes.

Handout #1. Read
TEXT#2, Chapters 1 & 2.
Review class notes.
Read TEXT #2, Chapters
8 & 9, pp. 215-223..
Review Handouts #2 &
3.
Review class notes.
Read TEXT #2, Chapter 5
STUDY FOR EXAM #2

FIU/EC Room 1113

5:00 PM 7:00 PM

IMPORTANT DATES

MONDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2016-MAY30, 2016-OPEN REGISTRATION FOR DEGREE

SEEKING STUDENTS.
SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2016-LAST DAY TO REGISTER WITHOUT INCURRING A $100 LATE
REGISTRATION FEE.
MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2016-CLASSES BEGIN.
MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016-INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY-UNIVERSITY CLOSED
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2016-LAST DAY TO ADD/DROP COURSES OR WITHDRAW FROM
THE UNIVERSITY WITHOUT INCURRING FINANCIAL LIABILITY FOR TUITION AND
FEES.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016-SUMMER SEMESTER PAYMENT DUE DATE.
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 2016-$100 LATE PAYMENT FEE ASSESSED FOR OUTSTANDING
BALANCES.
MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016-LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM THE UNIVERSITY WITH A
25% REFUND OF TUITION.
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016-LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE WITH A DR GRADE & LAST
DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM THE UNIVERSITY WITH A WI GRADE.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2016-CLASSES END
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2016-DEADLINE (BY 11:59 PM) FOR FACULTY TO SUBMIT
GRADES.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016-COMPLETE GRADE REPORT AVAILABLE TO
STUDENTS BY WEB.
MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2016-FALL 2016 SEMESTER CLASSES BEGIN.