DOCUMENT NUMBER:

REFERENCE:
CODE:AISC LRFD
PROPERTIES OF THE COLD FORMED Z SECTION:
DEPTH
BREADTH
LENGTH OF THE LIP
THICKNESS
RADIUS
ANGLE
MODULAS OF ELASTICITY
YIELD STRESS
1 PROPERTIES OF 90 DEG CORNERS

H
B
D
t
R

=
=
=
=
=

9.84
2.95
0.79
0.10
0.20

d
E
Fy

=
=
=

45
29500
49.39

INCH
INCH
INCH
INCH
INCH

250
75
20
2.5
5.08

MM
MM
MM
MM
MM

DEGREES
KSI
KSI

345

N/MM^2

( ELEMENTS 4 AND 6 )

CORNER RADIUS

LENGTH OF THE ARC

R+ ( t / 2 )

0.249

1.57 x r

0.391

0.637 x r

0.159

0.149 x r ^ 3

0.002

( d x ) / 180

0.785

rx

0.196

( SIN / ) x r

0.224

[ ( ( + SIN COS ) / 2 ) - ( SIN 2 / ) ] x r 3

9.386E-05

INCH

INCH

DISTANCE OF CENTROID FROM CENTER

OF RADIUS

INCH

I ' OF CORNER ABOUT ITS OWN

CENTROID AXIS

I'c

INCH^3

2 PROPERTIES OF d DEG CORNERS ELEMENTS 2 AND 8

LENGTH OF THE ARC

u1

RADIANS

INCH

DISTANCE OF CENTROID
FROM CENTER OF RADIUS

c1

IINCH

I ' OF CORNER ABOUT ITS OWN

CENTROID AXIS

I ' c1

INCH^3

3 NOMINAL FLEXURAL STRENGTH (MN)

BASED ON INITIATION OF YIELDING
A COMPUTATION OF Ix ASSUMING WEB IS FULLY EFFECTIVE
ASSUME f = Fy IN THE TOP FIBRES OF THE SECTION
WEB ELEMENT FULL DEPTH WHEN ASSUMED FULL EFFECTIVE - ELEMENT 5

H-(2X(R+t))

9.246

INCH
`

h/t

93.936
(THIS VALUE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 200)

=
COMPRESSION AND TENSION FLANGE LIPS

< 200 HENCE O.K

ELEMENTS 1 AND 9

SECTION B3.1 UNIFORMELY COMPRESSED

UNSTIFFENED ELEMENTS

D - [ ( R + t) tan ( / 2) ]

0.664

0.43

1.052 / SQRT ( k ) x ( d / t ) x SQRT ( f / E )

0.443

0.664

( ( d 3 x t ) / 12 ) x SIN 2

1.199E-03

d'

Is

COMPRESSION AND TENSION FLANGE FLATS

INCH

<

INCH

INCH^4

ELEMENTS 3 AND 7

B - ( R + t ) - ( ( R + t ) x tan ( / 2 ) )

w/t

2.531

INCH

25.713
(THIS VALUE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 60)
< 60 HENCE O.K

SECTION B4.2 UNIFORMELY COMPRESSED ELEMENT WITH EDGE STIFFENER

S/3

1.28 x SQRT ( E / f )

31.281

10.427

0.673

CASE 1:
WHEN W/t > S/3 FLANGE FULLY EFFECTIVE WUTHOUT STIFFENER
NOT APPLICABLE ( W/t > S/3 )
CASE 2:
WHEN

S/3 < W/t < S FLANGE FULLY EFFECTIVE WUTH I s > I a

Ia2

399 x (t ^ 4 ) x ( ( ( 1 / S ) x ( w / t ) ) - SQRT ( ku / 4 ) )^3

4.517E-03

(t ^ 4 ) x ( ( ( 115 / S ) x ( w / t ) ) + 5 )

9.341E-03

399 x (t ^ 4 ) x ( ( ( 1 / S ) x ( w / t ) ) - SQRT ( ku / 4 ) )^3

4.517E-03

0.333

CASE 3:
WHEN W/t > S FLANGE NOT FULLY EFFECTIVE

Ia3
SINCE W/t > S

Ia2

n3

INCH^4

CALCULATE BUCKLING COEFFICIENT (k) AND COMPRESSION STIFFENER EFFECTIVE WIDTH (ds)

ka

HENCE USE ka

C2

C1

ds

5.25 - ( 5 x ( D / w ) )

3.694

3.694

<

<

Is/Ia

=
=

0.265

2 - C2

1.735

C2n x ( k a - k u ) + k s

2.529

C2 x ds'

0.176

1.052 / SQRT ( k ) x ( w / t ) x SQRT ( f / E )

0.696

INCH

EFFECTIVE WIDTH OF FLANGE ELEMENT 3 FOR STRENGTH

>

0.673

xw

( 1 . ( 0.22 / ) ) /

0.983

2.487

INCH

CALCULATE SECOND MOMENT OF AREA OF EFFECTIVE SECTION

Li IS THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF ALL ELEMENTS OF TYPE I, AND Yi IS THE DISTANCE FROM TOP FIBRE
EFFECTIVE LENGTH Li
L1
L2
L3
L4
L5
L6
L7
L8
L9

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

ds
u!
b
u
h
u
w
u!
d
SUM Li

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

0.176
0.196
2.487
0.391
9.246
0.391
2.531
0.196
0.664

16.277

INCH

DISTANCE FROM TOP FIBRE Yi

Y1 =
Y2 =
Y3 =
Y4 =
Y5 =
Y6 =
Y7 =
Y8 =
Y9 =

{ [ R + ( t / 2 ) ] x ( 1 -COS ) } + ( ds /2 ) x ( SIN ) + ( t / 2 )
( R + t ) - c!
t/2
(R+t)-c
( R + t ) + ( h /2 )
H-(R+t)+c
H - ( t / 2)
H - ( R + t ) + c1
H - { [ R + ( t / 2 ) ] x ( 1 -COS ) } - ( d /2 ) x ( SIN ) - ( t / 2 )

Li x Yi
L1 x Y1
L2 x Y2
L3 x Y3
L4 x Y4
L5 x Y5
L6 x Y6
L7 x Y7
L8 x Y8
L9 x Y9
SUM (Li x Yi)

I1'
I2'
I3'
I4'
I5'
I6'
I7'
I8'
I9'

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

0.032
0.014
0.122
0.055
45.500
3.796
24.785
1.911
6.297

82.514

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

ds3 x sin2 / 12
I ' c1
0
I'c
h3 / 12
I'c
0
I ' c1
d3xsin2/12x(-t/2)
SUM Ii

Yi

Yi^2

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

0.184
0.074
0.049
0.140
4.921
9.703
9.793
9.768
9.486

0.034
0.005
0.002
0.020
24.219
94.145
95.909
95.423
89.980

SUM Yi

44.119

SUM Yi^2

0.006
0.001
0.006
0.008
223.919
36.836
242.725
18.668
59.734
SUM (Li x Yi^2)

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

2.277E-04
9.386E-05
0
2.306E-03
6.586E+01
2.306E-03
0
9.386E-05
1.218E-02

65.879

581.902

399.737

SUM Li

16.277

SUM (Li x Yi)

82.514

SUM (Li x Yi^2)

581.902

SUM Ii'

65.879

Ycg

SUM (Li x Yi) / SUM Li

.

Ycg

5.069

ILy^2

SUM Li x Ycg^2

ILy^2

418.291

I'x

SUM (Li x Yi^2) + SUM Ii' - ILy^2

I'x

229.490

Ix

I'x x t

Ix

22.588

Sex

Ix / Y cg

Sex

4.456

Ycg

5.069

f1

( Ycg - ( R + t ) ) x ( f / Ycg )

f1

46.486

f2

(-)( h + ( R + t ) - Ycg ) x ( f / Ycg )

f2

-43.600

f2 / f1

-0.938

4 + 2( 1- )3 + 2 (1- )

22.432

DETERMINE (Ycg) OF NEUTRAL AXIS FROM TOP FIBRE

INCH

INCH^3

INCH^4

INCH^3

CHECK WEB SECTION

940.16565 CM^4

1.052 / SQRT ( k ) x ( w / t ) x SQRT ( f / E )

0.828

0.887

be

xh

8.198

b1

be / ( 3 - )

b1

2.082

b2

be / 2

4.099

Ycg - ( R + t )

4.771

INCH

6.181

INCH

UNIFORMELY DISTRIBUTED LOAD

0.770

KN/M

LRFD FACTOR

1.600

SPAN

9.500

FACTORED LOAD

1.232

KN/M

MAX BENDING MOMENT

SIMPLY SUPPORTED CONDITION

W x L2 / 8

KN - M

13.899

KN - M

0.950

BENDING CAPACITY OF SECTION IN MAJOR AXIS

23.931

RATIO

0.581

>

0.673

bc

b1 + b2
WEB IS FULLY EFFECTIVE

MAJOR AXIS BENDING

KN - M

RATIO LESS THAN 0.90 HENCE o.k

CHECK FOR DEFLECTION
ACTUAL

ALLOWABLE

5 / 384 X ( W x L4 ) X ( 1 / E X I )

0.043

0.048

L/200

CHECK FOR SHEAR STRENGTH

CASE1

FOR h / t < 0.96 x SQRT ( ( E x kv ) / Fy )

NOMINAL SHEAR STRENGTH

CASE2

0.60 x Fy x h x t

FOR 0.96 x SQRT ( ( E x kv ) / Fy ) < h / t < 1.415 x SQRT ( ( E x kv ) / Fy

NOMINAL SHEAR STRENGTH

CASE3

0.64 x t^2 x SQRT ( Kv x Fy x E )

NOMINAL SHEAR STRENGTH

0.905 x E x kv x t3 / h

NOMINAL SHEAR CAPACITY

14.152

KIPS

ACTUAL

5.852

KN

RATIO

0.093

WEIGHT OF SHEET

23.800

Kg/M

SELF WEIGHT OF PURLIN

8.380

Kg/M

TOTAL WEIGHT

32.180

Kg/M

0.316

KN/M

0.379

KN/M

Sey

14.500

CM^3

ACTUAL

0.475

KN-M

ALLOWABLE

4.752

KN-M

RATIO

0.0999172114

0.681

<

HENCE O.K

0.774

<

HENCE O.K

FOR h / t > 0.96 x SQRT ( ( E x kv ) / Fy )

MINOR AXIS BENDING

FACTORED LOAD

COMBINED CHECK
MAJOR AXIS AND MINOR AXIS
1.2D + 1.6 W

BENDING AND SHEAR

62.951

KN