Professional Semester for Structure Engineers

COURSE CONTENT FOR Professional Semester Training for Structural Engineers

EZ – STEEL STRUCTURE CONCEPTS

• Shear Connection and Moment Connection Concepts
• Fixed and Pinned Supports Concepts
• Stability of the Structure
• Compression & Tension
• Resonance Basics
• Bending, Buckling, Minor Axis Buckling
• Vertical Bracing & Plan Bracing – Location, Numbers, Direction, Distance, Behaviour, Tension/Compression, Effect, Reactions, Temperature Effects
• Force Transfer Mechanism in Vertical Plane & Horizontal Plane
• Direction of Bracing in Truss
• Short cuts to calculate Value of forces in Truss members
• 3D force Transfer Mechanism for Bridges, Pipe racks, Sheds, Technological Structures
• Axial Stiffness & Bending Stiffness
• Orientation of the Member (Minor axis & Major axis), Orientation of Column, Beam, Bracing, Orientation of different Cross section, Location of Shear connections and Moment Connections, Direction of Support Fixidity
• Calculate CG of different c/s, Ixx, Iyy, Z-top, Z-Bottom
• Interacting ratio for Single force and Combined forces

• Code IS:800, Design of Axial Member (Compression & Tension), Design of Flexural Member, Design of Member with Combined Axial & Bending forces
• Project Drawings, Standard Drawings, Project Reports, Project EXCEL Templates
• Qualitative Analysis for Beams
• Qualitative Analysis for Frames (Rectangular & Triangular)
• EZ Assignments
• Site Visit

EZ – RCC STRUCTURE CONCEPTS

• Basic Fundamentals
• Location of Main reinforcement, anchor bars, stirrups, hooks
• One way & Two way
• Under & Over Reinforcement, Balanced Section
• Singly & Doubly Beams
• RCC Foundation
• Stability Checks
• Base Pressure including Direct & Bending Theory
• Net SBC, Gross SBC
• Soil and Water Pressure
• Active & Passive Pressure, Pressure at Rest
• Hydro Static Pressure
• Calculation of Force and Moments due to above pressures
• Retaining Wall (Preliminary
• Governing cases of different types of footings
• Development Length
• Pile Group Analysis
• Footing Excel Sheets
• Shear key in Footing
• Limit State Theory
• Basic Parameters
• Design of RCC Beam
• Reinforcement Percentage : ptact, ptlim, ptrequired
• Shear Design
• Design of Column (Preliminary)
• Design of Footing including Shear Checks
• Loads & load combination
• Excel Design Templates, Codes IS 456, Tables from SP 16, SP-34, IS 1904, RCC Standard Drawings and Project Drawings
• Rebar location for all type of structures (inside/outside, Main/Distribution)
• Tang Chart & Moody’s Chart
• Miscellaneous
• Base Plate, Anchor bolt & Shear key
• Suspended and Grade Slab
• Limit State & Working Stress
• Items Which need to be Finalize before Foundation Design (Common)
• Type of Company/owner/EPC/PMC/Vendors, Work philosophy for Steel & RCC structure (Common)
• Visit

EZ – STAAD Pro Training with Concepts

• Coordinates, Nodes, Beams, Translation Repeat, Labels, Full Section & Outline Command, Help, STAAD GUI
• Views from different sides, Rotate, Zoom in-out
• Dimension command, Input unit, Text, Member Property, Unit systems, Grid System
• Select Menu, View Selected, Mirror, Renumbering, Circular Repeat Command
• Member Property- Steel & RCC, Beta Angle, Assigning Methods, Different Pallets, Toolbar buttons
• Create Groups, Select by Group Name, Other Select Commands
• Cut section, Redefine Incidence, Intersect Selected members/ Intersect split beams
• View Options, Tables, 3D Rendering
• View Management, Keyboard shortcuts
• Loading – Point loads, UDL, UVL, Floor Loads
• Structure wizard, User tables, Section Wizard,
• Offset
• STAAD Editor in Details
• Concepts of Global Axis, Local Axis
• Support & Member specifications, Releases for Shear connections, Moment Connections, Bracings etc.
• Checks for duplicate, orphan, multiple, warped plates etc.
• Load combinations, Run analysis, Errors, Warnings, Notes
• Output file, Post Processing mode, View value command
• Results, Reports, Capture Images etc.
• Steel Design Parameters – MAIN, LY, LZ, DJ1, DJ2, TRACK, UNL, KY, KZ etc.
• RCC Design parameters- CLEAR, ELY, ELZ, FYMAIN, FYSEC, TRACK etc.
• Interaction Ratios, Beam & Column Designs
• Plate modelling, orientation of plate, generate plate mesh, Plate Loading, Hydrostatic loading, Pressure loading, Plate supports, Plate stresses, Base Pressure Diagrams, Reinforcement provision as per Moment & Shear Values
• Effective lengths as per IS Code & Slenderness Ratios, Wind and Seismic Loading, RCC Detailing – Preliminary

EZ – EXCEL FOR ENGINEERS

• Cell Names
• Precedents/dependents
• Drop down
• Radio button
• Goal seek
• Drag- double click
• Lookup
• Hyperlink
• Macros – record
• Table function
• Pivot table
• Short cuts
• Cell lock
• Nested IF loops : If( if( if
• Vloolup (vlookup( vlookup
• Customized functions
• Camera – picture chance
• Freeze panes
• Text to column
• Chart
• Sumif
• Excel files to practice
• Filter
• Concatenate
• Conditional formatting
• Text Commands

   EZ Expert Training

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE OF ACTUAL PROJECT

(1. TECHNOLOGICAL STRUCTURE   &   2. PIPE RACK)

–  Study of Inputs

–  Layout of Structure

–  Location of Column, Primary Beams, Secondary Beams, Plan  and Bracings, Stub Columns, Brackets

–  Interference Issues with other Disciplines

–  Location of Shear and Moment Connections

–  Orientation of Structural Members

–  Support Conditions

–  Load application – Dead Load, Live Load, Empty Load, Operating Load, Test Load, Crane & Monorail Loads Load, Equipment Loads, Wind load, Seismic Load, Uplift Load, Contingency Loads, Temperature Loads

–  Load Combinations

–  Analysis and Results

–  Design of Primary Members

–  Optimization

–  Effective Length & l – Value

–  Design of Base Plate and Anchor Bolts

–  Pedestal and Tie Beam Design

–  Input for Draftsman

–  Deign of Secondary Steel Members

–  IS 800: 2007 – Concepts

–  Design of Connections

–  Input for Draftsman

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE OF ACTUAL PROJECT

(1. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING   &

2. PUMP HOUSE WITH TRUSS AND METAL DECK ROOFING)

–  Study of Inputs

–  Layout of Structure

–  Location of Columns, Primary Beams, Secondary Beams, Stub  Columns, Brackets,

Shear walls

–  Orientation of Structural Members

–  Load application – Dead Load, Live Load, Empty Load, Operating  Load, Test  Load,

Crane & Monorail Loads Load, Equipment Loads,  Wind load, Seismic Load, Uplift

Load, Contingency Loads

–  Load Combinations

–  Analysis and Results

–  Design of Primary Members

–  Optimization

–  Foundation Design

–  Pedestal and Tie Beam Design

–  Input for Draftsman

–  Design of Secondary Members

–  Rebar Detailing

–  Input for Draftsman

–  Ductile Detailing