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Steel Design – Part 2

BEAMS AND OTHER FLEXURAL MEMBERS
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CRITERIA FOR COMPACT SECTION

Width-thickness ratio,

Depth-thickness ratio when

ALLOWABLE STRESSES FOR COMPACT SECTIONS

Provided the flanges are connected continuously to the

web or webs and the laterally unsupported length of
compression flange,Lb does not exceed Lc,where Lc is the
smaller value of and Lu the bigger value:

and and for any value of

Where:
ALLOWABLE STRESSES FOR NON-COMPACT
SECTIONS bf=flange width
If tf=flange thickness

d=depth
use
tw=web thickness
If
Af=area of compression flange

use L=distance between cross-sections braced against twist

and lateral displacements of the compression flange
ALLOWABLE STRESSES FOR COMPACT OR NON-
COMPACT SECTIONS with Lb>Lc rT=radius of gyration of the compressive flange and 1/3 of
compressive web taken about an axis in plane of web.
For tension use
Cb=1.75+1.05(M1/M2)+0.3(M1/M2)2 2.3

For compression use the larger of:

M1=smaller end moment;M2=larger end moment

M1/M2=(+) for reversed curvature

when
M1/M2=(-) for single curvature

Cb=1.0 If the moment of the middle part is greater than

both end of beam OR if beam is cantilever

Flexural Members

Problem 1

And Determine whether W18x76 (Fy=248 MPa) is compact.

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Properties of W18x76 (bf=280.29 mm,tf=17.27 mm,d=462.53
mm,tw=10.80 mm)

Applied at end of the member

Problem 2
A Steel section W12x65 is to be used as a simple beam
whose compression flange is laterally supported along its
entire span Web Crippling

Applied at a distance greater than d/2 of the member from

end of the member

a) Determine the Moment capacity if Fy = 248 Mpa

b) Determine the Moment capacity if Fy = 290 Mpa
c) Determine the Moment capacity if Fy = 345 Mpa

Problem 3
A W section is used as a beam without lateral support. A 36
steel is used with Fy = 248 Mpa
Applied at end of the member

a) Compute the allowable bending stress if it has a Problem 5

simple span of 3.5 m A simple supported beam is made up of w33x130 A36 steel
b) Compute the allowable bending stress if it has a (Fy = 248 Mpa) and 8 m long A load P on the plane of the web
simple span of 4 m is acting at the mid-span. The bearing Length at he support
c) Compute the allowable bending stress if it has a is 100 mm and at the concentrated load is 120 mm. tw = 14
simple span of 7 m mm
d) Compute the allowable bending stress if it has a k =42.2 mm
simple span of 9 m d =840.5 mm
tf=21.7 mm
Problem 4
The beam shown in figure has a length of 9 m and is not a) Determine the maximum value of P so that the
restrained against lateral buckling. The beam is A36 steel member is safe against web yielding
with yiel strength Fy = 248 Mpa. The beam is a W 21x248 b) Determine the maximum value of P so that the
steel shape, whose relevant properties are as follows member is safe against web crippling
c) Determine the maximum P that beam can carry

Shear Stress

a) Determine The bending Coefficient due to moment Allowable shear stress

(gradient) acting on the beam
b) Determine the allowable flexural stress in the
compression flange Or when d/tw≤998/√Fy
c) Determine the premisible value of M.

Longitudinal shear stress

Web Yielding

Traverse shear stress

Allowable shear stress

Problem 6
A beam having a length = 9m with steel section w21 x 44
Applied at a distance greater than depth of the member from
end of the member

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caries a uniform load W . Fy = 248 Mpa

a) Determine The safe W in KN/m considering a shear

stress carried by web only
b) Determine the statically moment of area on a plane
of maximum shear stress
c) Determine the horizontal shear stress carried by the
section using uniform load from Problem 1
Built up section
PROBLEM 7
A steel beam in the form of a section T-Section Consists of
w-shape section and a channel placed on the top of the W-
shape Section and riveted by 2-16 mm diameter rivets.
Determine the ff.

a) Location of the neutral axis from the top of the

fiber of the built up
b) Moment of inertia at NA
c) Maximum rivet spacing to resist a shear force of
178 KN if the Rivet capacity is 20 KN . Assume
that the section is not su+bjected to corrosion

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