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Continuation of AE 401. Advanced analysis design, and detail of the structural elements in wood and steel.

AE 401, AE 430

This course is designed for 4^th-year Architectural Engineering students in the structural option to build on the design and analysis base developed in AE 401. It is a course intended to develop competency in analysis and design of multi-story steel buildings subjected to gravity, wind and earthquake loadings, including study of connections, framing systems, composite design and plastic design of steel members.

1. Types of construction
2. Design process
3. Loading/load cases
4. Floor systems
5. Floor vibration
6. Moment rotation
7. Plastic analysis
8. Multi-story frames
9. Braced/unbraced frames
10. Earthquake design
11. Leaning columns
12. Drift
13. Composite design
14. Connections

3 classes/week, 50 minutes/class