Acquire the ability to perform design tasks for building structures. Study advanced connections, complex structures, and system-level building design. Learn advanced techniques to evaluate structures ...

Qnect, a cloud-based, structural steel connection design and optimization software company based in Hadley, Mass., has added to its portfolio of connections new capabilities to optimize top and bottom ...

This course will discuss the selection of member sizes for flexural, compression, and tensile member, design of bolted and weld connections for shear and axial forces; use of AISC Steel Construction ...

Sparks are flying over a proposed addition to the 2010 edition of the steel sector’s code of standard practice. The addition would recognize the practice, in use for years, of the structural engineer ...

Grouted connections are a vital element in the design of offshore wind turbine structures, providing a robust composite joint that bonds overlapping steel tubes with high‐strength grout. This ...

This pole suffered a failure in the welded seam at an overlapping slip splice. A tubular steel transmission pole generally consists of a series of welded assemblies. The pole shafts and arms are ...

Bo Dowswell started in the steel industry in 1985 as a detailer. Since then, he earned B.S., M.S.and Ph.D. degrees from Auburn University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. As a professional ...

To enroll in the following courses, you must be admitted through the UAB Graduate School seeking a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree with a concentration in Structural Engineering (SE). The core ...

Design professionals now have a valuable new resource on practical applications for stability design in AISC Steel Design Guide No. 28, Stability Design of Steel Buildings, authored by Lawrence ...

Would you be surprised to learn that early lattice steel structures were not designed according to national standards? In the early days, each engineering firm followed its own unique design ...