Information to provide in scheme design: ●     Constant thickness of flat slab ●     Thickness of drop panels,…

Steel beams are to be designed to suit the following limit states: ●     Bending strength at ULS (including…

Steel structural members are designed to resist yielding, buckling, and rupture under ultimate forces. Steel…

There are two stages in steel design: ●     Structural member design for adequate stiffness and strength…

Types of suspended slabs that are considered (slabs which are supported by beams, columns, or walls)…

The applied loads include direct compression forces, as well as, compressive and tensile stresses that are…

Design columns and other compression members where their vertical loads act concentrically to the neutral…

Elastic response is due to applied loads but plastic behavior can be below and above…

Fire resistance (hrs)Minimum beam width (mm)Minimum thickness of floors (mm)Minimum wall thickness (p<0.4%)Min wall thickness…

There are typically two types of design; simple design and rigid design. ●     Simple Design: This…