AISC Design Rules - Allowable Stress Design

ELASTIC STRESS CHECK FOR BEAM SECTIONS

INPUT DATA

Youngs modulus - E := 210000 mPa

Torsional modulus G := 80000 mPa

Material SMYS - Fy := 245 mPa

Imperial SMYS = Fyimp := 43

Axial load in the in-line beams = Axial := 88kN

The beams will be from 310UC x 97#.

Flange width = b := 305mm O/A depth = d := 308mm

Flange thick = T := 15.4mm Web Thick = t := 9.9mm Area = Area := 2 b T + d t

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Moms of inertia = Ix := 22202cm Iy := 7268cm

Iy
Effective length = Ly := 2681mm Radius of gyr. ry :=
Area
Ly
Slenderness ratio = SL := Effective length factor (worst condition) k := 1
ry

Iy Ix
Section modulii - zy := 2 zx := 2
b d

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 Radii of gyration - Ix Iy
rx := ry :=
Area Area

ACTUAL STRE SSES

Axial
Compressive stress = fa :=
Area fa = 7 mPa

ALLOWABLE STRESSES
COMPRESSIVE STRESS
2 Ly
Section E1; the allowable compressive stress of 2 E SL := k
Cc :=
members limited by the effective slenderness ratio Fy ry
and the constant Cc is detailed herein:-

2
1 SL Fy
2
Fa1 :=
2 Cc 2
12 E
3 Fa2 :=
5 3 SL SL 2
+ 23 SL
3 8 Cc 3
8 Cc

The allowable stress is found from the

following conditional expression :- Fa := if ( SL < C c , Fa1 , Fa2 ) Fa = 134 mPa

fa
=0
Fa

fa
if < 1.0 , "Beam OK" , "Beam Not OK" = "Beam OK"
Fa

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