P F M Engineering Ltd.

01/04/2016

Use this sheet to determine the compressive resistance of a truss section of 4 angles.
Input data in the blue fields.
b

a
y
x

w
Data:
a=
b=
t=
w=
d=
K=
L=
K mid =
L mid =
Material:
=
Cf =

1.5
1.5
0.25
48
12
1
163.4
0.8
48
Aluminum
0.9

inches
inches
inches
inches
inches

38.1
38.1
6.4
1219.2
304.8

mm
mm
mm
mm
mm

inches

4150 mm

inches

1219 mm

12205 lbs

54.3 kN

Length of angle
Width of angle
Thickness of angle
Overall width of truss
Overall depth of truss
Effective Length Factor from Figure F1 page 1-137 HSC 8th Ed
Overall length of truss
Average for pinned ends (k=1) and fixed ends (k=0.5) as per Fig F1
Length between braces
Steel
Aluminum
Material Reduction Factor
Factored Axial Load on Truss

Interaction Equation:
Cf / Cr T =
0.30

For overall truss

30% Cf / Cr L =

For each leg between braces

0.86

Calculated values:
Area =
0.688 in2
A total =
2.750 in2
Ix=
0.14 in4
Iy=
0.14 in4
I x tot =
84.8 in4

3.53E+07 mm4

Combined Moment of inertia about horizontal axis

I y tot =

6.34E+08 mm4

Combination Moment of inertia about vertical axis

For Truss:
KL =
rx =
ry =

1523.7 in

Combined Cross Sectional Area

Moment of inertia of each angle

4150 mm

5.6 inches

141 mm

Effective length
Radius of Gyration about horizontal axis = Ix / A

23.5 inches

598 mm

Radius of Gyration about vertical axis

30

KL / ry =

7
14,778
17,100
42,931
45,687

For Each Leg:

Kmid*Lmid =

Area of each angle

163.4 inches

KL / rx =
Crx / A =
Cry / A =
Crx / A =
Cry / A =
Cr T =

444 mm2
1774 mm2
57658 mm4
57658 mm4

30
psi
psi
psi
psi

40,640 lbs

7
101.9
117.9
296
315

MPa
MPa
MPa
MPa

180.8 kN

Unit Factored Compressive Resistance

for Aluminum
Unit Factored Compressive Resistance
for Steel
Factored Axial Compressive Resistance of Truss

38.4 inches

975 mm

rx mid =

0.4488756 inches

11 mm

Effective length
Radius of Gyration about horizontal axis = Ix / A

ry mid =

0.4488756 inches

11 mm

Radius of Gyration about vertical axis

Km*Lm / rx m =

86

Km*Lm / ry m =
Crx / A =
Cry / A =
Crx / A =
Cry / A =
Cr L =

86
6,206
6,206
23,496
23,496

86
psi
psi
psi
psi

4,267 lbs

86
42.8
42.8
162
162

MPa
MPa
MPa
MPa

19.0 kN

Unit Factored Compressive Resistance

for Aluminum
Unit Factored Compressive Resistance
for Steel
Factored Axial Compressive Resistance of Each Leg

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30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49

Fy [MPa] from Table 4-4 page 4-13 Handbook of Steel Construction 7th Edition CISC
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315
315
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315
315
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314
314
314
313
313
312
312
311
311
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305
304
303
302
301
299
298
296
295
293
291
290
288
286
284
282
280
278
275
273
271
269
266
264
261
259
256

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51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
1.112E+079
97
98
99
400

254
251
249
246
243
241
238
235
233
230
227
225
222
219
217
214
211
209
206
203
201
198
196
193
191
188
186
183
181
178
176
173
171
169
166
164
162
160
158
155
153
151
149
147
145
143
141
139
137
135
134

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102
1.03
104

132
130
128
127

106

123

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109
110
111
112
113
114
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116
117
118
119
120
121
122
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126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151

120
118
117
115
114
112
111
109
108
106
105
104
102
101
99.7
98.4
97.2
96
94.7
93.5
92.4
91.2
90.1
89
87.9
86.8
85.7
84.7
83.6
82.6
81.6
80.7
79.7
78.7
77.8
76.9
76
75.1
74.2
73.3
72.5
71.7
70.8
70

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200

69.2
68.4
67.7
66.9
66.2
65.4
64.7
64
63.3
62.6
61.9
61.2
60.6
59.9
59.3
58.6
58
57.4
56.8
56.2
55.6
55
54.5
53.9
53.3
52.8
52.3
51.7
51.2
50.7
50.2
49.7
49.2
48.7
48.2
47.7
47.3
46.8
46.4
45.9
45.5
45
44.6
44.2
43.8
43.4
43
42.6
42.2

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125

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Fy [ksi]

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
9.5
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48

19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18.94
18.814
18.688
18.562
18.436
18.31
18.184
18.058
17.932
17.806
17.68
17.554
17.428
17.302
17.176
17.05
16.924
16.798
16.672
16.546
16.42
16.294
16.168
16.042
15.916
15.79
15.664
15.538
15.412
15.286
15.16
15.034
14.908
14.782
14.656
14.53
14.404
14.278
14.152

from page 663 Mechanics of Materials 2nd Edition Beer & Johnston
=19 ksi for L/r < 9.5

=20.2 - 0.126 * L/r for 9.5 < L/r < 66

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83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98

14.026
13.9
13.774
13.648
13.522
13.396
13.27
13.144
13.018
12.892
12.766
12.64
12.514
12.388
12.262
12.136
12.01
11.7
11.4
11.0
10.7
10.4
10.1
9.8
9.6
9.3
9.1
8.8
8.6
8.4
8.2
8.0
7.8
7.6
7.4
7.2
7.1
6.9
6.7
6.6
6.4
6.3
6.2
6.0
5.9
5.8
5.7
5.5
5.4
5.3

= 51000 / (L/r)2 for L/r > 66

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5.2
5.1
5.0
4.9
4.8
4.7
4.6
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.3
4.2
4.1
4.1
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.2
3.1
3.1
3.0
3.0
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.7
2.7
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.4
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2.3
2.3

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2.3
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3