What you'll learn
PEB and hot rolled structural steel design of low-rise industrial and multi-story buildings using codes: AISC, MBMA, ASCE, IBC and UBC.
Introduction about STAAD Pro software and creating the geometry of the structure.
Assigning member properties of both hot rolled and built-up sections (section size, grade, orientation etc.)
Assigning different types of loads like dead, live, thermal... and load combinations as per ASCE.
Wind load calculation according to MBMA and ASCE.
Incorporating seismic considerations in the design of multi-story buildings as per UBC code.
Design of workshops with overhead cranes and crane runway beam in STAAD.
Member optimization based on the utilization ratio (stress ratio) and deflection limits as per the serviceability requirements of ASCE / IBC.
Member take off: for bill of quantities and total tonnage of the project.
Design of composite beam in STAAD.
Understanding concept of jack beam and floating column.
Design of trusses using STAAD.
Using the STAAD editor and defining design parameters.
Getting the base reactions, SFD, BMD and the member end forces.
Basic steel material properties and mechanics.
Local vs. lateral buckling definiton.
Compact vs. non-compact vs. slender sections definition and typical PEB section ratios.
Importing user-customized section shapes using user table via Section Wizard into STAAD.
Design of purlins in STAAD.
Design of deck slab (deck sheet + RCC slab) according to code SDI-C.
Reading and understanding steel structure drawings.

Requirements
There are no course prerequisites except having STAAD Pro installed.

Description
You will be learning all you need to know about structural analysis of low-rise steel buildings using STAAD Pro in your professional career according to international norms like American codes and standards. The course will be discussing very essential topics, including assigning load combinations according to ASCE7/IBC, crane, wind and seismic load applications according to ASCE7/MBMA and UBC 97 respectively as well as the design of the crane runway beam. Moreover, you will learn how to check your structure's deflection against the serviceability requirements/limits and optimization of steel section sizes as per codes ASCE7/IBC. Furthermore, design of composite beam, deck slab, purlins, truss, generating reports, getting base support reactions, beam end forces, stress ratios of members, member take off, using STAAD editor, Section Wizard and many more interesting and important topics like steel material properties and mechanics will be discussed in the course.

Overview
Section 1: Course Outline and Introduction

Lecture 1 Course outline and introduction

Section 2: Steel Material Properties and Mechanics

Lecture 2 Steel structure components

Lecture 3 Stress-strain relationship

Lecture 4 Grades of steel

Lecture 5 Local vs lateral buckling

Lecture 6 Compact vs non-compact vs slender sections and typical PEB section ratios

Lecture 7 Member capacity, section modulus & moment of inertia calculation

Section 3: STAAD Pro Basics

Lecture 8 Drawing geometry, assigning member releases and supports

Lecture 9 Assigning member properties

Lecture 10 Assigning loads

Section 4: Wind Load Theory and Application

Lecture 11 Wind load theory - Part 1

Lecture 12 Wind load theory - Part 2

Lecture 13 Wind load application in STAAD

Section 5: Adding Thermal Loads & Load Combinations in STAAD

Lecture 14 Adding Temperature Loads

Lecture 15 Adding load combinations in STAAD

Lecture 16 Adding custom load combinations

Section 6: STAAD Editor & Design Parameters

Lecture 17 How to calculate K factor

Lecture 18 Using STAAD Editor & entering design parameters

Section 7: Serviceability & Member Optimization

Lecture 19 Serviceability limits

Lecture 20 Member optimization in STAAD

Section 8: Postprocessing View and Generating STAAD Report

Lecture 21 Getting support reactions, beam end forces, BMD, SFD and generating STAAD report

Section 9: Crane Loads

Lecture 22 Crane load calculation

Lecture 23 Assigning crane loads & combinations in STAAD

Lecture 24 Checking serviceability for crane loads

Lecture 25 Crane runway beam design using Section Wizard in STAAD

Section 10: Reading Drawings of Workshop with Crane

Lecture 26 Reading drawings of workshop with overhead crane

Section 11: Purlin design in STAAD

Lecture 27 Purlin design using Section Wizard in STAAD

Section 12: Seismic Load in a Multi-story Building

Lecture 28 Seismic load theory

Lecture 29 Reading drawings of multi-story building

Lecture 30 Seismic load & floor load application in STAAD

Lecture 31 Seismic drift check

Section 13: Floating Column, Jack Beam & Stability Concept

Lecture 32 Floating column, jack beam & structural stability concept

Section 14: Composite Beam Design

Lecture 33 Composite beam design in STAAD

Lecture 34 Calculating number of shear studs required

Section 15: Deck Slab Design

Lecture 35 Deck sheet & slab design

Section 16: Roof Truss Analysis in STAAD

Lecture 36 Roof truss analysis in STAAD

Section 17: References

Lecture 37 References

Structural / civil engineers with little or no experience about steel structure design.,Engineers who want to expand their career in the field of structural steel design; either working in engineering consultancies or structural steel fabricators etc.