Civil / PE Exam

Elementary Structural Design Course Syllabus

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1. Course Overview

  • Limit states design concepts
  • Loading due to use and occupancy, snow, wind, and earthquake
  • Design of tension members, beams, and columns in timber and steel
  • Design of timber connections and simple welded and bolted connections in steel
  • Design of determinate reinforced concrete beams and columns

2. Textbooks (latest editions recommended)

  • Hibbeler, R. C. Structural Analysis
  • Leet, K. M. and Uang, C.-M. Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
  • Kassimali, A. Structural Analysis
  • Grondin, G. Y. and Kulak, G. L. Limit States Design in Structural Steel
  • Brezev, S. and Pao, J. Reinforced Concrete Design: A Practice Approach