Introduction to design process -Types and Combination of loads - Codes of practices. Advantages and disadvantages of steel -Basic steel types -Structural shapes -Engineering properties of steel. Design methods - allowable stress design and limit state design –advantages and limitations

Bolted connection- Types of Bolts - Behavior of bolted joints - Design of High Strength friction Grip (HSFG) bolts - Design of Simple bolted Connections (Lap and Butt joints) - Bracket connections. Welded connection- Types and properties of welds, Effective areas of welds, Weld Defects - Design of simple welded connection -fillet and butt welded connection- Advantages and Disadvantages of Bolted and Welded Connections

Tension Members-Types of Tension members and sections–Behavior of Tension Members-modes of failure-Slenderness ratio-Net area–Concepts of Shear Lag - Design of plate and angle tension members-design of built up tension Members–Use of lug angles–Design of tension splice

Types of compression members and sections– Behaviour of short and long columns - Design of Short and slender columns-Design of built-up compression members with lacings and battens –Design of column bases–slab base and Gusseted bases for Axially loaded columns – Introduction to plate girder

Beam sections-Behavior of Beams in flexure - Classification of cross sections - Flexural Strength and Lateral stability of Beams–Shear Strength-Web Buckling, Crippling and deflection of Beams-Design of laterally supported Beams-Design of solid rolled section Beams-Design Strength of Laterally unsupported Beams- Introduction to gantry girder