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Steel Structure Connection Design | IDEA StatiCa | From Zero
168 students
What you'll learn
- Introduction to Steel Structure Connection Design
- Practical Use of Software Operators for Modeling and Design such as: Cut, Cut-Off Plate, Stiffener, Stiffening Plate, End Plate, Shifted End Plate
- Practical Use of Software Operators for Modeling and Design such as: Cleat, Rib, Widener, Base Plate, Gusset Plate, Weld, Splice Plate, Opening, Fin Plate
- Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Various Rigid Beam-to-Column Connections based on AISC code.
- Friction Bolted and Welded Connections: Using top and bottom plates and fin plates.
- Connections with Tee Sections: Incorporating tee-shaped sections for enhanced moment transfer.
- Direct Beam Connections with Reduced Sections: Featuring reduced beam section (RBS) profiles.
- End-Plate Connections: With and without stiffeners.
- Doubler Plates and Continuity Plates: Modeling and analyzing these elements, including the use of fillet and butt welds.
- Evaluation, Interpretation of Results, and Model Improvements to Satisfy AISC Code Requirements.
- Investigating the Source of Differences Between Software and Manual Calculations.
- Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Rectangular and Custom-Shaped Gusset Plates.
- Designing gusset plates to satisfy the brace-to-free edge distance requirement for out-of-plane buckling.
- Strengthening rectangular plates to resist out-of-plane moments caused by brace buckling.
- Buckling Analysis and Control: Conducting buckling analysis to evaluate modes such as local and global buckling.
- Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Base Plates and Anchor Bolts based on American standards: Designing base plates to accommodate axial, shear,and bending forces
- Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Splice Plates with Bolted Connections in Beams based on AISC code.
- Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Splice Plates with Combined Bolted and Welded Connections in the Columns based on AISC code
- Code Compliance Checks: Verifying the design against code-specific requirements for failure modes, including: Pullout Failure, Shear Failure, Concrete Breakout
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Course content
5 sections • 30 lectures • 10h 22m total length
Requirements
- Basics principles of structural engineering
- Familiarity with steel structures
Description
Note: This course is full of real-word examples of steel connections.
• Are you ready to develop engineering judgment and interpretation skills for steel connection design, instead of just learning how to model?
• Do you want to compare IDEA StatiCa results with manual calculations and see why differences appear in beam-to-column connections, base plates, and gusset plates?
• Are you prepared to tackle real-world steel connection design challenges faced by professional engineers in structural engineering projects?
This course is a comprehensive and professional training on Steel Structure Connection Design using IDEA StatiCa, developed for engineers who want to master modeling, analysis, design, and interpretation of steel connections from zero to professional level.
Unlike basic software tutorials, this course focuses on real engineering behavior, code-based design, and result interpretation, helping you understand why a connection passes or fails — not just how to model it.
You will work with a wide range of moment connections, shear connections, braced connections, gusset plates, base plates, beam splices, and column splices, following AISC and ACI design concepts, capacity design principles, and nonlinear stress–strain analysis.
Headlines:
1-Practical Use of Software Operators for Modeling and Design
2-Various Rigid Beam-to-Column Connections Based on AISC Code
3-Friction-Bolted and Welded Connections
4-Semi-Rigid Connections with Tee Sections
5-Featuring Reduced Beam Section (RBS) Profiles
6-End-Plate Connections With and Without Stiffeners
7-Doubler Plates and Continuity Plates
8-Fillet and Butt Welds
9-Evaluation and Interpretation of Results, and Model Improvements to Satisfy AISC Code Requirements
10-Investigating the Sources of Differences Between Software and Manual Calculations
11-Custom-Shaped Gusset Plates
12-Requirement for Out-of-Plane Buckling
13-Brace Buckling
14-Local and Global Buckling
15-Design of Base Plates and Anchor Bolts Based on American Standards
16-Pullout Failure, Shear Failure, Concrete Breakout, and Base Plate Yielding
18-Design of Beam Splice Plates Based on AISC Code
19-Design of Column Splice Plates with Combined Bolted and Welded Connections Based on AISC Code
Feel free to ask me any questions while going through the course. As you learn steel structure design, just reach out—I’m here to guide you and make sure you fully understand every concept.
Who this course is for:
- Structural and civil engineers
- Steel structure designers
- Engineers working with steel connections
- Graduate and senior undergraduate engineering students
- Professionals who want to understand connection behavior, not just software commands