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Compact sections
Modes of Failure:
1. yielding
Premature failures
2. a. local buckling
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My
d f
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FLANGES WEBS
L bf L d
r 2t f r tw
b. lateral-torsional buckling
lateral supports
Sample:
150 kN
m Using A-36 steel, determine the lightest
105 kN section that can carry the load safely.
m Assume full lateral support.
0
Solution:
w(x)
R A 315 225 540kN
472.5 67.5 105
x 4.6320m w x 128.16
+
4.6322
M pos 540 4.632 105 2 128.16 1292.1kN m
6
M M M 1292.1 106
f bx Req' d Sx 7894.1 103 mm3
Sx Fb 0.66Fy 0.66 248
W36 150, Sx 8259 103 mm3 lightest section
W33 152, Sx 7981 103 mm3
NON-COMPACT BEAMS
Flange
2t f ForA 36
170 almost all (except one W6)
10.795
248 have compact flanges
bf ForA 50
170
9.1525 most have compact flanges
345
Fb = (eqn 506-3)
Web
Compact
d 1680
tw Fy
1
For A 36 : d 106.68
tw
For A - 50 : d 90.448
tw
Fb = 0.6Fy
All rolled shapes have compact webs.