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Learn fundamental concepts and applications of steel-concrete composite structures including composite beams, columns, and walls.
Steel-concrete composite structural members are key components of structures across the world.
This course will cover the design of composite structures with an emphasis on composite beams and floor systems, composite columns, and composite walls.
Students will leave this course with an in-depth knowledge of relevant limit states and failure modes as well as a familiarity with the AISC360 (American Institute of Steel Construction) provisions for composites. This course is best suited for students with an undergraduate civil engineering background including a basic steel design course and will build on these concepts.
Students will learn from a top composite’s researcher with over 20 years of experience in the field. Professor Varma focuses on teaching through exploring example problems and applications of fundamental concepts, encouraging his students to both understand the principles of composite behavior and be able to apply these concepts in realistic design scenarios.
This course is available to practicing engineers for 1.5 CEUs for learners completing the course on the verified track.
Recommend completing an undergraduate steel design course.
Week 1: Composite Beams – Introduction and Full Composite Action
Introduce composite beams, including shear studs and the definition of composite action.
Week 2: Composite Beams – Partial Composite Action
Differentiate between full and partial composite action. Determine the location of a beam’s neutral axis/axes depending on the level of composite action. Calculate shear stud strength and understand strength modifiers.
Week 3: Composite Beams – Deflections
Discuss composite beam deflections and various methods for calculating the moment of inertia of a composite beam. Overview of using AISC design tables to estimate beam deflections.
Week 4: Composite Columns – Introduction and Column Behavior
Introduce composite columns including the strength of squat composite columns, columns under only axial load, and developing column curves.
Week 5: Composite Columns – Flexural Capacity and P-M Interaction
Discuss beam-column composite elements including the flexural capacity of composite columns and the effect of concurrent axial and moment loads on composite behavior.
Week 6: Composite Walls – Introduction
Introduce composite walls including the genesis of composite walls and recent applications.
Week 7: Composite Walls – Design
Discuss of experimental behavior of composite walls and current design provisions for composite walls.
Week 8: Exam Review
Karl H. Kettelhut Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Bowen Laboratory of Large-Scale CE Research • Purdue University
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Purdue University (At the time of these recordings), Assistant Professor, University of Alabama (Current) • Purdue University
Doctoral Fellow, Civil Engineering • Purdue University
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Who can take this course?
Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.