This document provides an overview of steel structures design and construction. It discusses materials and specifications, structural design considerations, common member types, connections, fabrication, erection, and detailing. The key points covered include load calculations, stress analysis, failure modes of tension, compression, and flexural members, and welding and bolted joint design. Methods for plate girder design and construction are also summarized.

1. Steel Structures
Design, Detailing , Fabrication and Erection
Er. RAVINDRANATH B. V
ravibontadka@gmail.com

2. Steel Buildings
Introduction
Materials, specifications
Basis of Structural design
Connections: Bolted /Rivetted; Welded
Design of Members: Tension;
Compression; Beams: plate girders;
gantry girders; Beam-column; Industrial
Buildings; Torsion
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3. Introduction
 Principal Building materials
Masonry
RCC and PSC
Structural steel
Wood
Others: FRP,
Aluminum,
Composites
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4. Structural Steel
 Historical usage since 3000BC
 Ashokan pillar during Gupta period 1500 old
 First Cast iron Bridge in 1779 over river siren
 C I was used till 1840
 Wrought iron was introduced.
 Steel introduced in 1740 and commercially
patented in 1855.
 More usage in RCC and Buildings.
 During industrial revolution, it became more
prominent
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5. Steel industry
 Iron Making
 Steel making ; integrated steel plants: mini
steel plants
 Major steel plants :
 Indian Consume 33kg/per/year: 300-500 in
dev. Countries: 220 in china
 Production – 108.5MioMT
 Designation; Fe310, Fe410WA, Fe540B
Fe- Steel: no is Characteristic UTS in MPA, W
denotes weldable: Grade A – IS 2062 :
general appl.Gr B – brittle fracture(bridges);
Gr C – low temp and impact
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6. Steel members
Advantages
 Stress Strain curve- Follow Hooke’s Law -E
 Fire resistance, hardness, ductility
 Structural steel Products
 Hot rolled sections and plates
 Angle, channels, I section, T sections,
Plates, strips, Flats, square bars,
Round bars, Tubes - hot Rolled
 Cold Rolled : Channels, Zeds, angles,
hat sections, sigma sections
 Hollow steel sections: RHS,SHS,Round
 Welded Hybrid sections; Built up :
castellated beams
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7. Advantages
 High strength : strength/wt ratio 3.5 times efficient
than concrete
 High ductility , uniformity
 Environment friendly : >400MioT recycled
i.e, 50% of steel produced
 Versatile : formed to different shapes and rolled to
variety of shapes and sizes
 Prefabrication: factory made, better Quality control,
least site work, proper planning
 Permanence: well maintained lasts long
 Easily modifiable; Addition alteration easy
 Fracture toughness: can be bent hammered, sheared,
holed..
 Elasticity: Behaves close to design assumption
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8. Disadvantages
 Maintenance Costs
Fireproofing Costs- Strength reduces in high temp
Susceptibility to buckling
Fatigue.
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9. Basis of Structural design
 Type of structure: Habitat -Framed, Shell, Tensile,
Pneumatic Str,: Non habitat- Bridges, Towers, Chimneys
 Connections; Simple, rigid, semi rigid, Mixed ,
composite , staggered lattice girder…
 Loads : gravity load, imposed loads, Wind loads,
seismic loads, Snow loads, erection loads, crane
loads, temp. effects
 Design Philosophies: Working stress: Ultimate
stress method: Limit state method
 Structural analysis: First order elastic: Second
order elastic: linear buckling: Inelastic buckling: First
order plastic: second order plastic
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10. IS Codes and handbooks
 IS 875 : part 1- gravity loads: Part2 live
loads:
Part 3 – wind loads: Part 4 snow loads:
Part 5 – Special loads and combinations:
 IS 1893 (Part 1) – Earthquake loads
 IS 800 – General Steel Construction
 IS808- Hot rolled sections
 IS 802- OH towers
 IS 806- Steel Tubes
 SP6 (1)- Handbook for str. Steel sections
 Others ….
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11. Design Philosophies
Working stress method : Factor of safety
Ultimate load design : Load factors
Limit state design : ultimate (safety) limit
state & Serviceability limit state
- partial safety factors for strength and serviceability
various loads and load combinations
Characteristic strength – yield strength with 95%pass
 Structural Stability – General Stability, Over turning
and Sway
 Deflection- limits for various elements
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12. Grade of bolts – 3.6, 4.6,4.8,5.6,5.8 etc
Size of bolts – M5- M36
Black Bolts – C grade bolts IS 1363
HSFG Blots – IS 3757 & IS4000
Advantages:
unskilled labour and simple tools
Noiseless and simple fabrication
No special equipment or process is needed
Connection is thru after tightening
Bolted Connections
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13. Types of Connections
 Concentric Connections
 Moment connections

14. Beam – Column Connections
 Shear Connections
 Moment Connections
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15. Welded connections
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Connecting two pieces by heating as fusion occurs
 Eliminates Holes in members
 Airtight and water tight joints
 Economical
 Joints are rigid and neat
 Choice for designers to explore innovative sections.
 Practicable even for complicated shapes of Joints
 Alterations can be made easily.
 Truly continuous structure is formed
 Efficiency of joint is better even 100%
 Stress concentration is less
Disadvantage:
 Requires highly skilled workmen
 Inspection is difficult and expensive.NDT tests
 Difficult in field condition like vertical welding
 Brittle fracture is more.

16. Riveted Connection
out dated now
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17. Design of Tension Members
 Examples: Cable stay Bridges
 Roof purlins
 Roof Truss , suspension bridges
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18. Design of tension members
Failure Mechanism
 GROSS SECTION YIELDING FAILURE
 NET SECTION RUPTURE FAILURE
 BLOCK SHEAR FAILURE
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19. Design of Compression Members
Short Column – effective length
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20. COMPRESSION MEMBERS
 VERY SHORT COLUMNS SUBJECTED TO
AXIAL COMPRESSION FAIL BY YIELDING
OR CRUSHING
 VERY LONG COLUMNS FAIL BY ELASTIC
BUCKLING IN THE EULER MODE
 INTERMEDIATE COLUMNS GENERALLY
FAIL BY INELASTIC BUCKLING
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21. Euler’s Buckling Theory
Slender Columns buckling
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22. Lateral Buckling
When Span to depth is large
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23. Design of Flexure Members
 Types of Beam Sections
 Section Properties
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24. Section Classification
 CLASSIFICATION OF SECTIONS
 PLASTIC
 COMPACT
 SEMI-COMPACT
 SLENDER
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25. FACTORS EFFECTING BENDING
STRENGTH
 LATERALLY SUPPORTED
 LATERALLY UNSUPPORTED
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26. FAILURES OF FLEXURE MEMBERS
 WEB BUCKLING
 WEB CRIPPLING
 DEFLECTION
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27. ELEMENTS OF PLATE GIRDER
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28. ELEMENTS OF PLATE GIRDER
 STIFFENERS:
 ➢ Vertical stiffeners
 ➢ Horizontal or longitudinal stiffeners
 ➢ Load bearing stiffeners
 ➢ End bearing stiffeners
 SPLICES:
 ➢ Flange splice
 ➢ Web splice
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29. FABRICATION DRAWING &
DETAILING
 Very important to transform design ideas
to reality
 Should be self explanatory and clear
 Should Contain Junction details.
 To take into account Erection methods too
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30. Detailing of Steel Structures
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32. Detailing of Weld joints
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33. Weld joints Detailing
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34. Bill of Materials
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35. Building Information Modelling
BIM
 Complete information and modelling as per
exact sizes
 Helps to visualize structure
 Interphasing of multi disciplinary activities.
 Versatile softwares available
 TEKLA
 REVIT
 ARCHICAD
 X STEEL
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36. Erection Guidelines
 To follow instructions as per design
 To follow safety guidelines strictly
 To Follow general and good Engineering
Practices
 To specify the temporary supports during
Erection as per design
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37. Method statement for
erection of steel members
 1.0 OBJECTIVE
 To ensure the management, erection and installation work on site are safe, correctly, and comply the
contract specification.
 2.0 PURPOSE
 The purpose of this method of statement is to establish a work sequence on how to erection and
installation of steel works will be implemented. The statement includes work methodology and sequence of
activities all in accordance with the contract specification for structural steelwork.
 3.0 SCOPE
 The following works, define the activities which will be carried out for implementation the erection and
installation of steelwork for (YOUR TITLE) according to the contract specification:-
 i) Transportation of Fabricated Portal Frame
 ii) Unloading, Arrangement, Storage and Protect Materials
 iii) Installation of Steel Columns
 iv) Erection of Portal Frames
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38. Method Statement of Erection
 4.0 WORK EXECUTION PROCESS
 4.1 Job Site Planning & Preparation
 ü Make sure there is space and firmed pathway for truck delivery, crane truck erection operation. The
suitable truck & crane capacity must be clarified.
 ü The plan for unloading and materials storage on the site should be suitable and dry location. Materials
shall be stored in designated areas for each building and clearly identified for their location as per planning.
 4.2 Receiving Of material at Site
 ü All delivery materials to the site shall be informed to the site manager to have the plan for unloading.
Upon arrival of materials at the storage yard, the materials controller will match delivery notes and shall
verify the consignment.
 ü Unloading can be done manually by term with using 25-tonnes cranes. A spreader should be used for
long steel components. Lifting nylon or cloth belts with suitable SWL shall be used for unloading the
materials to minimize the damage. Be sure to hook belts to component with the right number of points and
position so that the load of the component itself do not damaged or broken especially the coating/discolour.
 ü All materials receipt at the site shall be visually inspected by site supervisor/engineer for any damage
after unloading. Any damage shall be taken immediately, if possible, to avoid any delay of erection.
 4.3 Sequence of Erection
 The structural portal frames and other parts that related of the building structural can be erected in various
ways which will depend on the following key factor:
 ü The types of structures such as small clear span, large clear span, low rise building, high building, taper I
structure and open-web structure, etc.
 ü The availability of equipment
 ü The site condition
 ü The experience level of the erectors
 ü The individual job conditions.
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39.  .0 METHODOLOGY
 The erection and installation of steel that according to the contract specification clause (Your Contact Specification)
 5.1 Transportation of Fabricated Portal Frame
 The fabricated I-beam columns, rafter and truss by the measure in range 6m until 10m length weight approximately 1.5 metric tons are transported to the site by
mean of the trailer. The steel materials (fabricated portal frame) should be properly arranged on the trailer by separately.
 5.2 Unloading, Arrangement, Storage and Protect Material.
 5.21 Unloading
 The fabricated portal frame unloaded by using 25-tonnes crane. Before unloading materials out of trucks, the platform or access road must be prepared properly for
crane and trucks by term safely load.
 5.2.2 Arrangement
 To avoid materials being moved so much on the job site that might cause unexpected damages of paint or discolour and shapes, they shall be unloaded and arranged
close to the designed erection point. The materials shall be stacked in location according to the building/areas, should be near to the lifting position adjacent to the area
to be erected.
 Conditions of each job site, the materials arrangement plan may different based on open clear area. The fabricated I-beam or columns should be arranged close to their
anchor bolt position. Rafter should be arranged to ensure easy to assemble and move. All condition arrangement should be checked park-mark as parking list enclosed
before unloading for the best unloading position.
 5.2.3 Storage and Protect Material
 To preventing and protecting materials from damages during storage that exposed to environment factors such as storm water, dust, etc which can cause the rust, stain,
discolour, and etc, the proper storage should be provided to avoid the steel materials damages, deformation and contamination. The tasks below should be considered:-
 - Dry area and stored above ground level with timber packing and ventilated.
 - Steel component or materials shall be stored separately for difference sizes and types.
 - The materials should be placed in minimum 5% slope to avoid water pond.
 - The materials shall be kept free from the dirt, dust, grease and other foreign materials.
 5.3 Installation of Steel Column
 Repeat procedure of erection columns and portal frames to complete frame.
 5.3.1 Preparation
 After the columns are being distributed along the designated positions, the materials need to be cleaned and assembled before erection. Level and position of nuts and
anchor, lifting weight and crane position shall be checked.
 5.3.2 Erection
 The 25-tonnes crane is set-up with the suitable position to lift the column into position. Before major lifting, all the slings 1 rope is inspected by riggers. The lifting 1
swing area will be barricaded to prevent unauthorized works/personnel into the area. Slightly down column on cast anchor bolts. The nuts will be tightened upon
installation of column base plate into anchor bolts in right position.
 5.4 Erection of Portal Frame
 The weight of portal frames is approximate 10 tones.
 5.4.1 Preparation
 The scaffolding should be prepared for workers to perform rafter to rafter, rafter to column connection including item 5.3.1. Temporary anchor points should be arranged
out of working area to avoid hanging materials can be caught by temporary cable.
 5.4.2 Erection
 TEP 1
 The fabricated sections are joined together J1, J2 & J3 at the site along the grid lines.
 STEP 2
 The connected frame will be slightly lifted by two cranes (25-tonnes) into position and bolts tightened. Two units of mobile scaffold platform to the joint height will be
pushed to place to do the nuts tightened.
 Workers on the ground will drive the fabricated steel (rafter) to the right position in coordination with the crane. Crane is only released when all connection bolts and nut
adequate tighten.
 5.5 Erection Sequence
 5.5.1 Braced Bay Erection
 Brace bay will be erected in priority. After completion bracing bay frames, all components such as brace rod, flange brace, etc of this shall be completed as per shop
drawing. Braced bay frames must be temporarily aligned before installation purlins and bracing to avoid difficulties may get if conducting alignment for remained frame.
 5.5.2 Remaining Frames Erection
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40. Factory Building with Crane
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41. Bridge across river ganga at
rishikesh
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42. RamJhoola Bridge
Rishikesh
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43. Hoogly Bridge
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44. Chenab Rail bridge
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45. Marvel of the nation
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46. Bogibeel bridge – “A marvel steel
bridge”
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