16 - 20 Feb 2025
Istanbul (Turkey)
Hotel : DoubleTree by Hilton Istanbul Esentepe
Cost : 6300 € Euro
Architects and non-structural engineers often work together with structural engineers on design projects. An understanding of the basic concepts of structural engineering could make their jobs easier. If you are involved with the design and construction of concrete, steel, or wood structures, you will find this course particularly helpful. It is assumed that course participants have no formal training in structural engineering. Basic concepts and design examples will be reviewed without in-depth mathematical derivations. This course is not designed to make you a structural engineer, but you will leave the course with an understanding of the structural design process and know when you need to call in an expert.
To present basic principles of strength of materials and structural analysis
To introduce the codes that govern structural design
To familiarize participants with available design aids
To familiarize participants with common construction materials – Steel, Concrete and Masonry, and Wood Products
Architects; non-structural engineers; technicians and technologists (civil, mechanical, electrical, mining, chemical and biological); plant engineers; fabricators and manufacturers of structural systems; general contractors; property managers; directors of physical plants; building inspectors, and others who would like to know more about structural systems.
Benefits to participants
Understand the fundamentals of structural analysis
Learn how to apply loads, select materials, and calculate footings, foundations, columns, beams, floor systems, shear walls and diaphragms
Achieve an understanding of Shear and Moment diagrams and how these are used by designers in concrete, steel and wood
Learn the behavior of structures and ways to save construction costs
Day 1:
Structural Requirements
Loads
Provincial Building Codes and Acts
National Building Code of Canada
Changes in NBC 2010
Part 9 vs. Part 4
Limit States Design
Strength and Stability
Principal and Companion Loads
Loads and Effects
Load Combinations
Importance Factors and Categories
Factored Resistance
Factored Loads
Dead loads
Live Loads
Load Variation with Tributary Area
Climate Data
Structural Evaluation and Upgrading of Existing Buildings
Design Examples
Forces
Structure Characteristics
Components of Structures
Loading Properties
Support Properties
Material Properties
Geometric Properties
Member Design
Stress
General Equations for Member Design
Force Diagrams
The Effects of Continuity
Special Considerations for Frames
Load Transfer Systems
Cross-sectional Area
Moment of Inertia
Section Modulus
Radius of Gyration
Composite Construction
Beams
Columns
Frames
Trusses
Arches
Plates
Space Trusses and Grids
Design Examples
Structural Member Properties
Structural Behavior
Day 2:
Design of Steel Structures
General Information
Steel Types
Steel Products
Residual Stresses
Evaluation of Existing Structure
Design of New Structures
Tension Members
Compressive Members
Base Plates
Beams
Bolted Connections
Welded Connections
Beam Columns
Composite Design
Gerber Girders
Design Examples
History of Concrete
CSA Standards
Fundamentals of Concrete
Concrete Materials and Proportions
Cementing Materials
Aggregate
Water
Air
Admixtures
Properties of Concrete
High Performance Concrete
Concrete Reinforcing - General Properties
Methods of Concrete Construction
Concrete Design
Basic Structural Design Checks
Design of Un-reinforced Elements
Reinforced Concrete
Design of Beams
Bearing
Design of One-Way Slabs
Design of Columns
Two-Way Slabs
Specifying Concrete
Concrete Reinforcing - Tension Development and Shop Drawings
Testing
Placing and Finishing Concrete
Design of Various Concrete Structures
Remediation Using FRP
Concrete Specification
Design Examples
Canadian Forests
Wood as a Material
CSA Standards
National Lumber Grades
Standard Lumber Sizes
Properties
Compression
Tension
Bending
Shear
Wood Design
Design Resources
Factored Resistances
Bending Members
Compression Members
Tension Members
Notches
Modification Factors
Combined Load
Bearing
Diaphragms and Shear Walls
Engineered Wood Products
Fastenings
Design Examples