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Department of Civil Engineering
CIVL 3131 - Homework Assignments
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All problems are available in "Steel Design" by William T. Segui and Sayed M. Soleimani, 7th Edition, Cengage, 2026.




Assignment
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Problems** Notes Due
Date
1 1.5-1 & 1.5-6 January 26
2 2-1 & 2-3 Read Manual pages 2-9 "Using the 2022 AISC Specification" through 2-12 "Serviceability". January 28
3 3.2-1, 3.2-2, & 3.2-3
Review Chapter D in the AISC Specifications February 2
4 3.2-6, 3.3-1, & 3.3-2
Review Table D3.1 in the AISC Specifications February 4
5 3.3-10, 3.4-1, & 3.4-4
Review Section B4.3b in the AISC Specifications February 9
6 3.5-1, 3.5-2, & 3.5-4 Review Section J4.3 in the AISC Specifications February 11
7 3.5-5, 3.6-1, & 3.6-2 Review the tables in Part 5 "Desgin of Tension Members" February 16
8 3.6-4, 3.6-5, & 3.8-2 Review the tables in Part 5 "Desgin of Tension Members" February 18
9 4.3-1, 4.3-2, & 4.3-3 Review Sections E1-E3 in the AISC Specifications
Use Table C-A-7-1 in AISC Commentary
February 23
10 4.3-8, 4.4-1, & 4.4-2 Review Sections E7 in the AISC Specifications
Use Table C-A-7-1 in AISC Commentary
February 25
11 4.6-2a, 4.6-4, & 4.6-6 Review the tables in Part 4 "Desgin of Compression Members" March 2
12 4.6-2b, 4.7-2, & 4.7-5 Review the tables in Part 4 "Desgin of Compression Members" March 4
  Spring Break   March 9-11
13 4.7-7, 4.7-11, & 4.7-13* *Do not consider the stiffness reduction factor in calculations March 16
14 4.7-14a, 4.8.1, & 4.8-3a If required, use data listed in the AISC database March 23
15 5.2-1, 5.2-2, & 5.2-6 Review the example probems in Chapter 5.2 March 25
16 5.4-2, 5.4-3, & 5.5-1 Review Section F1-F2 in the AISC Specifications March 30
17 5.5-3, 5.5-6, & 5.5-9 Review Section F1-F2 in the AISC Specifications April 1
18 5.5-15, 5.5-16, & 5.6-1 Review Section F1-F2 in the AISC Specifications April 6
19 5.6-2, 5.8-2, & 5.8-4 Review Section G1-G2 in the AISC Specifications April 8
20 5.8-3, 5.10-1 (with Cb = 1.0), & 5.10-6 Use design aids in Chapter 3 in the Manual April 13
21 5.10-1, 5.10-2, & 5.10-4 Use design aids in Chapters 3 & 6 in the Manual April 15

** In all prblems, only do the LRFD parts of the questions.

 

 

 

 


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