AISC Design Rules - Allowable Stress Design

ELASTIC STRESS CHECK FOR BEAM SECTIONS

INPUT DATA

Loadings
Bending moment xx - M x := 50 kN m

Bending moment yy - M y := 5 kN m

Axial force - F := 62 kN

Shear force - S := 20 kN

Torsional moment - Tors := 5 kN m

Member properties: Flange Width - b := 300 mm

Flange Thick. - T := 30 mm

Web depth = d := 600 mm

Web Thick. = t := 15.5 mm

Youngs modulus - E := 210000 mPa

Torsional modulus - G := 80000 mPa

Material SMYS - Fy := 355 mPa

Imperial SMYS - Fyimp := 50

Effective length - Lx := 7200 mm Ly := 3000 mm

Effective length factor - k := 1.0

Bending parameters - Cm := 0.85 Cb := 1.0

MEMBER SECTION PROPERT IES

Area of section = A := [ ( 2 b T) + [ ( d 2 T) t ] ]

d 2 T
Torsional area = AT := b T + t
3

b3 3
Moments of Inertia - Iy := 2 T + ( d 2 T) t
12 12
T3 d T ( d 2 T)
2 3
Ix := 2 b + b T + t
12 2 2 12
 3 3
b d 2 T t
IyT := T +
12 3 12

Iy Ix
Section modulii - zy := 2 rx :=
b A

Iy Ix IyT
Radii of gyration - ry := zx := 2 rT :=
A d AT

TORSION RESISTANCE 3
2 b
( Taken from Roark Warping constant = Cw := ( d T) T
P367-table 21-case6) 24

Torsional stiffness constant = K := 0.33 2 T b + t ( d T)

3 3

K G
:=
Cw E

1
Tors 1
Angles of rotation - 1 :=

2 Ly

2 Cw E cosh
4
Tors y L
11 := tanh
2 Cw E 1

Tors
111 :=
2 C w E

ACTUAL STRESSES
Mx
Major axis bending = fbx := fbx = 9 mPa
zx

My
Minor axis bending = fby := fby = 6 mPa
zy

F
Tensile stress = fa := fa = 2 mPa
A

S
Shear stress = fq :=
d t fq = 2 mPa

Torsional stress - 1 := T G 1
2
( d T) b
2 := E 111
16
d T b E 11
x := 4

:= 1 + 2 + x = 20 mPa

ALLOWABLE STRESSES
TENSILE STRESS
Section D1; the allowable tensile stress of
members is detailed herein:- Ft := 0.6 Fy Ft = 213 mPa

SHEAR STRESS
Section F4; the allowable shear stress - Fq := 0.4 Fy Fq = 142 mPa

BENDING STRESSES
Section F; for members bent about their strong or weak axes, members with compact or non-compact sections as defined in Sect
B5, the allowable bending stress is defined in F1 and F2

F1.1 Members with Compact Sections

For members with compact sections as defined in sect
B5.1, symmetrical about, and loaded in, the plane of
their minor axis the allowable stress is

Fb1 := 0.66 Fy

Provided the flanges are connected continuously to

76 b 20000
the web or webs and the laterally unsupported Lc1 := or Lc2 :=
length of the compression flange Lb does not Fyimp d Fy
b T imp
exceed the value Lc, as given by the smaller of:

Lc := if ( Lc1 < Lc2 , Lc1 , Lc2 )

F1.3 Members with Compact or Noncompact Sections

with Unbraced Length Greater than Lc
For flexural members with compact or noncompact sections as defined in section B5.1, and with unbraced lengths greater
than Lc as defined in sect F1.1, the allowable stress in tension is defined as

Ly
2
Fyimp 170000 Cb
2 rT F
Fb3 := mPa
2
Fb2 := y Ly
3 1530000 Cb r
T

Ly 510000 C b
Fbx := if > , Fb3 , Fb2
rT Fyimp

Fbx := if ( Ly > Lc , Fbx , Fb1)

F1.2 Members with Noncompact Sections

For members meeting the requirements of
Fb4 := Fy 0.79 0.002 Fy
section F1.1 except that their flanges are b
noncompact, the allowable stress is imp
2 T

( )
 Fb4 := if ( Fb4 > 0.6 Fy , 0.6 Fy , Fb4)

Fbx := if , Fb4 , Fbx

b 65
>
T Fyimp

Fbx = 213 mPa

F2 Allowable Stress: Weak Axis Bending of

I-Shaped Members, Solid Bars and Rectangular
Plates

1 Members with Compact Sections

For doubly symmetrical I and H shape members with

compact flanges continuously connected to the web
and bent about their weak axis; solid round and
square bars; and solid rectangular sections bent
about their weaker axes, the allowable stress is
Fby1 := 0.75 Fy

2 Members with Noncompact Sections

For doubly symmetrical I and H shape members bent

about their weak axis with noncompact flanges
continuously connected to the web may be designed
Fby2 := Fy 1.075 0.005 Fy
on the basis of an allowable stress of b
imp
2 T

Fby := if , Fby1 , Fby2

b 65
<
T Fyimp

Fby = 319 mPa

COMBINED STRESS
Section H2; for members subject to both axial tension fa fbx fby
and bending, the following equations shall equal less + + = 0.07
Ft Fbx Fby
than 1.0

fa fbx fby
if + + < 1.0 , "Beam OK" , "Beam Not OK" = "Beam OK"
Equivalent Stress
Ft Fbx Fby
This stress check is not required by AISC, but is commonly
performed. It is a requirement of other standards, for example
BS449 which requires a limit of 0.92 x SMYS

fe
fe := (fa + fbx + fby)2 + 3 ( fq + )2 = 0.13
0.92 Fy

fe
if < 1.0 , "Beam OK" , "Beam Not OK" = "Beam OK"
0.92 Fy
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