Theoretical Course on Steel

This program aims to establish a robust theoretical foundation specifically for civil engineers, architects, structural project design office employees, technical personnel looking to specialize in the structural steel sector, and students aiming to advance their grasp of load-bearing layout logic. It equips participants with the competency to accurately and safely interpret data analysis results generated by engineering software packages like SAP2000, ETABS, STA4CAD, ideCAD, or Tekla Structures, rather than merely operating a program.

Participants who successfully complete the course will reach a level enabling them to evaluate all processes of steel structures from schematic design to workshop fabrication in the light of national and international building standards, acquiring the following professional competencies:

• Software-Independent Engineering Foundation: You can accurately interpret what the quantitative data outputs, cross-sectional member capacity checks, and calculations generated by structural analysis software packages physically mean.
• Material Science and Mechanical Behavior: You will closely familiarize yourself with structural steel material grades (such as S235, S275, S355, etc.) and analytically evaluate the stress-strain relationship through engineering logic.
• Mastery of Codes and Specifications: You will acquire the technical capability to review and execute steel structure designs in absolute compliance with active specifications such as ÇYTHYE 2016 (Design, Calculation, and Construction Principles of Steel Structures) and TBDY 2018 (Turkish Building Earthquake Code), which align closely with AISC standards.
• Modern Design Philosophies: You will grasp the structural logic behind LRFD (Load and Resistance Factor Design) and ASD (Allowable Strength Design) methodologies, consciously executing limit state design audits.
• System and Load Path Distribution Workflows: You will master the general operational mechanics of steel framing layouts, internalizing the load transfer paths down to the foundation level (anchor bolts) using engineering rationale.
• Member Behavior and Code Auditing: You can accurately evaluate the fundamental responses of steel members subject to tension, compression, bending, and combined axial-flexural forces, executing rigorous cross-sectional strength checks.
• Stability and Buckling Analysis: You will be fully equipped to theoretically interpret local buckling, lateral-torsional buckling (LTB), structural stiffness, and global frame stability vulnerabilities, which constitute the most critical failure modes of steel structures.
• Connection and Joint Solutions: You will master the fundamental computation logic of bolted and welded connection systems, executing technical structural checks for base plate assemblies and anchor connections.
• Ductility and Seismic Behavior: You can theoretically evaluate the structural ductility levels (high versus limited) and energy dissipation capacities of steel framing under design seismic actions.
• Project Review and Deficiency Detection Competency: You can prepare a professional project review checklist containing section shapes, global stability parameters, connection nodes, and assembly details for steel blueprints, detecting potential design or modeling flaws early in the design cycle.
• Fabrication and Erection Awareness: Moving beyond the drafting phase, you will grasp the actual field manufacturing, erection sequences, and site assembly workflows of complex systems like industrial plants or high-rises through an engineering approach.

The pricing policy of the Structural Steel Theory Course is determined in accordance with the curriculum scope, provided technical resources, the professional expertise of the faculty, and the preferred enrollment model. The most decisive factor shaping the fee is the total instructional hours and density of a curriculum that spans from fundamental engineering mechanics up to active structural building codes (ÇYTHYE 2016, TBDY 2018) and advanced connection computations. In addition to this, having the course delivered by senior engineers who hold a rich academic background alongside active site execution experience directly impacts the underlying cost framework. Whether the program is delivered via live interactive modules, in-person classes, or asynchronous (recorded) structures also influences final pricing. Technical materials provided to participants within the scope of the program, such as professional project audit checklists and custom design spreadsheets, are among the components factored into the overall enrollment cost structure.