Australian Structural Engineering Course: Steel & RCC Design

Design a mezzanine system using a moment resisting frame and cold-formed steel members, with C-purlins and UB sections, braced by tie rods, and analyze it in Etabs.

Explore cold-formed purlins and girds in Australian PEMB systems, including material properties, galvanization, C and Z sections, bridging, bolted joints, lap lengths, and design loads.

Explore limit state design of purlins and girts, using design capacity tables and member moment capacities to verify loads per is 4600:2005 guidelines, including bridging, cantilevers, bolts, and bracing.

Learn to design c-purlins in Ex-Facta software to meet Australian standards, focusing on strength and serviceability, including setup, spans, bridging, lapping, load combinations, deflection, and bolt connections.

Explore Australian mezzanine floor design with box columns, hot-rolled girders, and cpurlins spaced at 0.5 m, live load 500 kg/m². Model and optimize purlins, bracing, and berlin sizes in etabs.

Learn to model a steel mezzanine in ETABS using metric grids, define materials and sections, draw beams and columns, and apply restraints for cantilevered purlins.

Apply dead and live loads on a mezzanine in ETABS, assign uniform and edge loads, and define seismic load patterns per AS 1170 using a semi-rigid diaphragm.

Define load cases and load patterns using the interactive database, align dead, live, and earthquake loads, and efficiently import export load combinations across models to save time.

Perform AS4100:2020 steel frame design calculations, defining material properties, load patterns, and seismic loads. Analyze deformation, run design checks, and optimize member sizes to ensure strength and serviceability.

Design the anchor arrangement for the mezzanine base plate on the RCC floor, evaluating mechanical and chemical anchors with load combinations and embedment depth for safe performance.

design steel structural pipe racks for heavy industrial plants, accounting for dead, live, wind, seismic, and push-pull loads, with bracing and moment/shear frames, modeled in ETABS.

Model a multi-level steel pipe rack with plan and elevation bracing, applying moment frame and shear frame orientations, and optimize spans and clashes in SP3D and Navisworks.

Apply dead loads, piping loads, live loads, and seismic and wind loads to the pipe rack; account for piping weight, bolted connections, and bracing to resist lateral forces.

Verify dimensions against AS4100:2020 before applying wind loads to the open steel structure, then design for dead load, piping load, and seismic loads.

Learn to calculate wind loads for an open steel pipe rack per AS1170.2, deriving serviceability and ultimate wind speeds, applying loads to a steel frame model and pipes in ETABS.

Explore wind load application on open steel structures in the y direction, assigning section-wise udl, applying shielding effects, and evaluating serviceability and ultimate cases across portal frames.

Analyze wind loads, load cases, and load combinations to assess and design a pipe rack steel frame, verify deflections, and optimize member sizes for serviceability and strength.

Design a base plate for axial load and bending moment per AS4100:2020 by using strength envelopes to identify governing reactions, then size bolts, base plate, and pedestal in Ram Connection.

Design RCC pedestals per AS3600:2018 for a 1000×800 mm base, compute axial and bending demands, reinforcement about 80 cm2, with cracking modifiers and option to model in Etabs or Tekla.

Design RCC foundations for axial load and bending moment using concrete pads, analyze joint reactions, bearing pressure, and stability against sliding and overturning, and verify reinforcement for safe footing.

design moment connections for steel moment resistant frames, detailing beam-to-column flange and web connections with end plates, gusset plates, and bracing to transfer axial, shear, and bending moments.

Design a beam-to-beam shear connection for a steel pipe rack, determine joint forces, and select bolt and plate configurations while validating against design guide three, AS 4100 2020, and AC 360.

Design bracing connections per AS4100:2020 using RAM Connection software to evaluate axial forces and brace detailing; students learn to select brace geometry, assign loads, and verify bolt and gusset details.

Explore designing structural steel foot over bridges in Australia, using cold-formed sections and truss systems to transfer deck loads, with splicing, corrosion protection, and wind considerations.

Learn how to design cold-formed beams to support a timber deck, selecting spans, purlin spacing, and dead and live loads, applying UDLs and relevant load combinations for strength and serviceability.

Model a steel foot over bridge in ETABS by adding purlins and defining C purlin properties (150 depth, 1 mm thickness), then replicate to a 20 m span.

Apply dead loads, live loads, and seismic loads to the foot over bridge model, model membranes, and assess displacement, time period, and base shear.

Calculate wind loads for an open foot over bridge per standard 12.70, distinguishing serviceability and ultimate loads; apply aerodynamic shape factors to wind and body axes in ETABS.

Define wind, earthquake, dead, and live load combinations for a steel frame. Edit serviceability load combinations versus strength cases and prepare a reusable exportable model.

Design and optimization of a foot over bridge steel frame per AS4100:2020 using moment frames, deflection checks, and strength design, with iterative member sizing and bracing to meet utilization limits.

Design steel connections for a foot over bridge per AS4100:2020 by optimizing member sections, running analysis, and evaluating weld and bolt configurations using Etabs and Ram connection.

Learn the basics of structural steel sections, including UB and UC profiles, quality certificates, AS 3679.1, ductility for seismic zones, and common 300 plus grades.

Explore universal beams in Australia, focusing on major and minor axis properties, second moment of area, elastic and plastic section modulus, flange and web roles, and compact, non-compact, slender classifications.

Explore rectangular, square, and circular hollow sections in Australian structural steel design, highlighting strength along both axes, connection design, standard lengths, splicing, and fire design considerations.

Learn bending, shear, and compression behavior of structural steel and apply as 4100 capacity factors (phi) to strength and serviceability limit states for safe beam-column design.

Explore the components and challenges of australian structural steel buildings, from beams and purlins to rainwater systems, cranes, and curved truss designs, with loading and bracing considerations.

Master structural steel buildings and pre-engineered metal building components, from footings to bracing. Cover portal frames, crane systems, cladding, insulation, and Etabs and Tekla Structures usage.

Model steel structures in software to explore different structural steel systems in Australia, including moment frames and shear frames, and study bracing, connections, and bending moment behavior.

Explore practical steel design in Etabs by modeling beam, column, and bracing members, defining materials, sections, loads, and releases to analyze forces and improve drift control.

Learn to design axial tension members per AS4100 using gross area and net area concepts, applying phi, 0.85 kt An fu, and bolt-hole reductions, with hand calculations and ETABS verification.

Explore compression members in structural steel, covering buckling, Euler capacity, and AS4100 rules for concentrically loaded compression members.

Explore practical steel compression member design in etabs, verify software results against hand calculations, and review is 4100 2020 and is 4120, material properties, section properties, and overrides.

Explore bending design for laterally supported structural steel beams and girders, focusing on flexural behavior, bending moment capacity, and restraint effects under full restraint conditions.

Explore the design of laterally unsupported structural steel beams, including flexural behavior of I shape section beams, plan and elevation bracing, connections, and restraint types under wind and seismic loads.

Study restraining systems that prevent flexural torsional buckling and lateral torsional buckling in structural steel beams, including composite behavior with RCC slabs, bracing, and purlins and girders.

Calculate the bending moment capacity of laterally unsupported steel beams using m_naught, alpha_s, alpha_m, and the compactness criteria, then apply a practical eight-meter example to determine design moment.

Calculate the shear capacity of steel beams using 0.6 fy times the web area, explore thick web versus stiffeners and plate girders, and assess shear bending interaction and deflection limits.

Demonstrates ETABS-based design of a laterally unsupported steel beam, detailing modeling, load inputs, and bracing scenarios to compare capacities with fully supported and partially braced spans.

Design cantilever steel beams using theory and etabs, calculating bending moment, shear, and deflection under fixed-free conditions. Validate non-compact section and lateral restraint against code criteria.

Design beam columns under combined axial force and bending per AS4100:2020, using major and minor axis bending and biaxial interaction, and perform capacity checks with form factor and effective width.

Explore structural steel connection components in Australia, focusing on bolts and welds, bolt grades (4.6, 8.8, 10.9/12.9), snug tight and bearing and friction types, and site versus workshop welding.

Explore snug tight, bearing type, and friction type bolts per AS4100:2020, focusing on 8.8 grade, PTFE friction grip, bare-metal contacts, joint slippage, and torque requirements.

Learn to apply limit state design for steel bolts per 4100, evaluating tension, shear, bearing capacity, with core area and shank area distinctions and interaction checks.

Learn to estimate tension and shear capacity of steel bolts using simple calculator-based calculations, exploring M20 and M36 bolts, core and shank areas, and the capacity reduction factor 0.8.

Learn to calculate weld capacity for steel connections, using fillet welds with throat thickness, electrode grades E43, E49, E55, and a 0.8 capacity reduction factor, for structural use.

Explore the difference between general purpose and structural welding in steel design, focusing on reduction factors (0.6 vs 0.8), capacity calculations, and practical adjustments to achieve code-compliant welds.

Learn to design structural steel pins per AS4100, performing shear, bearing, and bending checks, selecting pin diameter, edge distances, and ply capacity for flame or machine cut plates.

Explains Australian standard anchor design using Hilti software, comparing adhesive and mechanical anchors, material options, installation methods, and how to evaluate seismic, fatigue, and failure modes for concrete applications.

Learn the different failure modes of anchors under tension and shear, including steel tensile failure, concrete cone breakout, pullout, splitting, edge and spacing effects.

Explore anchor design for concrete structures, selecting Australian standard guidelines, evaluating cracked versus uncracked concrete, embedment depth, edge distances, and load cases for mechanical and chemical anchors.

Learn how to perform detailed anchor design calculations per AS5216:2021, including embedment depth, load checks for tension and shear, and concrete cone and pullout failure assessments.

Introduces ace 1170 loads and actions, detailing part zero general principles and parts one through five for permanent, imposed live, wind, snow, and earthquake actions in Australia and New Zealand.

Explain how Australian structural design uses ultimate and serviceability limit states, determines NCC-based importance levels, and applies factored wind and earthquake load combinations (with snow as applicable).

Explore importance levels for Australian and New Zealand buildings and determine annual probability of exceedance for wind, earthquake, and snow using national codes.

Explore stability and strength load combinations under permanent, imposed, wind, and earthquake actions. Learn how combination factors C, E, and L guide these actions.

Discusses serviceability limit state, fire action combination, and robustness with long-term and short-term imposed actions, covering RCC, steel, timber fire protection and code criteria.

Explore AS1170.2:2021 wind design for Australia and New Zealand, including climate change multiplier, wind borne debris, glazing testing, revised zoning, and static versus dynamic load considerations.

Explains site wind speed Vsit beta, regional gust wind speed Vr, and design wind speed Vdes theta, including their 3-second gust basis, directional relationships, and maximum Vsit beta across directions.

Explains calculating design wind pressure and wind loads, including along and across winds, torsion for tall buildings, frictional drag, and wind debris impact testing guidelines.

calculate regional wind speed vr by region and return period; apply climate change multiplier for cyclonic regions and wind direction multiplier, distinguishing synoptic winds and non synoptic winds.

Examine terrain category and terrain height multiplier (Mz) under ACL 170, detailing categories 1–4, obstructions, height effects, and guidance to favor category 2.5 or 3.

Compute the shielding parameter S to obtain the shielding multiplier Ms. Follow ESL 170/AS1170.2 rules; shielding is valid for structures up to 25 m and trees do not provide shielding.

Learn the lee multiplier (M lee) for New Zealand sites, its role in wind speed increase over hill crests, dependencies on slope and crest distance, and non-applicability to Australia.

Explore how the topographic multiplier mt accounts for hills and escarpments by modifying wind pressure on structures, using mh (hill shape multiplier) and ml.

demonstrates a practical method to calculate wind loading per as 12.70, using regional wind speed, multipliers, and external and internal aerodynamic shape factors to determine design wind pressures.

Compute the aerodynamic shape factor to adjust wind pressure for different building shapes and sizes, incorporating external and internal pressure coefficients, area reduction factor, local pressure factor, and frictional drag.