Parameters For Steel Design

I) Columns
A) Check for Slenderness
a) "Ly" Actual length of member for buckling in Minor dir.
b) "Ky" 1, for bracings in Minor. Dir.
c) "Lz" Actual length of member for buckling in Major dir.
d) "Kz" 1.2, for moment resisting frames in Major. Dir.
e) "MAIN" 180

II) Beams
A) Check for Slenderness
a) "Ly" Actual length of member for buckling in Minor dir.
c) "Lz" Actual length of member for buckling in Major dir.
e) "Lx" Actual length of member for lateral torsional buckling
g) "MAIN" 250
h) "Kx" Effective Length Factor for Lateral Tortional Buckling (As per Table 15)
(For beam / Column junction beams ) Moment connection beams Kx=0.85L & for Shea

B) Check for Rupture at Critical Section

a) "ALPHA" for Shear Connected Channel-Beams to Columns
i) 0.6 MC100, MC125, MC150, MC200
ii) 0.7 MC250
iii) 0.8 MC300 & above

b) "ALPHA" for Shear Connected I-Beams to Columns

i) 0.6 MB200, MB250
ii) 0.7 UB305
iii) 0.8 UB406 & above

c) "ALPHA" for Shear Connected I-Beams to I-Beams

i) 0.6 MB200
ii) 0.7
iii) 0.8 MB250 & above

d) "ALPHA" for Moment Connected I-Beams to Columns

i) 0.6
ii) 0.7
iii) 0.8 MB200 & above

e) "NSF" 0.6 (Avg. of all)

Please note that this parameter should be used
for shear connected I-beams to columns

C) Check for Bending

a) "LAT" 0, for beam laterally unsupported
 1, for beam laterally supported
Please note that this parameter should be used
when compression flange is fully restrained

III) Bracings (Horizontal & Vertical)

A) Check for Slenderness
a) "Ky" 0.85, In Minor. Dir.
b) "Kz" 0.85, In Major. Dir.
c) "MAIN" 250

B) Check for Rupture at Critical Section

a) "ALPHA" for Angles as Vertical Bracings(V# or 2V#)
i) 0.6
ii) 0.7 ISA 65x65x8, ISA 75x75x8, ISA 75x75x10
iii) 0.8 ISA 90x90x8 & above

b) "ALPHA" for Channels as Vertical Bracings(V# or 2V#)

i) 0.6
ii) 0.7
iii) 0.8 MC100 & above

c) "ALPHA" for Angles as Horizontal Bracings(HV#)

i) 0.6 ISA 65x65x8, ISA 75x75x8
ii) 0.7 ISA 75x75x10, ISA 90x90x8 & 10, ISA 100x100x8 & 10
iii) 0.8 ISA 100x100x12 & above

d) "ALPHA" for Angles as Horizontal Bracings(2HV#)

i) 0.6
ii) 0.7 ISA 65x65x8, ISA 75x75x8, ISA 75x75x10, ISA 90x90x8, ISA 100x100x8
iii) 0.8 ISA 90x90x10, ISA 100x100x10 & above

e) "ALPHA" for Angles as Horizontal Bracings(2SHV#)

i) 0.6
ii) 0.7
iii) 0.8 ISA 65x65x8 & above `

f) "NSF" 0.7 (Avg. of all)

C) Check for Block Shear

a) "DBS" 0, if block shear check not required
1, if block shear check is required
If "DBS" = 1,
Then,
i) "AVG" As per Section-1
ii) "AVN" As per Section-1
iii) "ATG" As per Section-1
 iv) "ATN" As per Section-1

IV) Other Common Parameters

a) "DJ1"
b) "DJ2"
c) "DFF"
d) "MAIN"
e) "RATIO"
f) "TRACK"
g) "CHECK CODE"
h) "STEEL TAKE OFF"
s per Table 15)
ion beams Kx=0.85L & for Shear connection beams Kx=1L)
, ISA 100x100x8
Section-1 => Parameters applicable for bracing members :

Application in Staad for Block shear

parameters

Avg Avn Atg Atn

Member
m² m² m² m²
ISMC 100 NA NA NA NA
ISMC 125 NA NA NA NA
ISMC 150 NA NA NA NA
ISMC 200 NA NA NA NA SINGLE
ISMC 250 0.002808 0.002095 0.00072 0.000482
ISMC 300 0.003042 0.00227 0.00078 0.000523
ISMC 400 0.003432 0.002561 0.00176 0.001276

ISMC 100 NA NA NA NA
ISMC 125 NA NA NA NA
ISMC 150 NA NA NA NA
ISMC 200 NA NA NA NA DOUBLE
ISMC 250 0.005616 0.00419 0.00144 0.000965
ISMC 300 0.00741 0.005522 0.00156 0.001045
ISMC 400 0.006864 0.005122 0.00352 0.002552

65x65x8 0.00124 0.0008 0.00024 0.000152

75x75x8 0.00124 0.0008 0.00028 0.000192
75x75x10 0.00155 0.001 0.00035 0.00024
90x90x8 0.00172 0.001104 0.00032 0.000232
90x90x10 0.00215 0.00138 0.0004 0.00029
100x100x8 0.002 0.001272 0.00032 0.000216
SINGLE
100x100x10 0.0025 0.00159 0.0004 0.00027
100x100x12 0.003 0.001908 0.00048 0.000324
130x130x10 0.0032 0.00203 0.0005 0.00037
130x130x12 0.00384 0.002436 0.0006 0.000444
150x150x10 0.0039 0.00247 0.0006 0.00047
150x150x12 0.00468 0.002964 0.00072 0.000564

65x65x8 0.00248 0.0016 0.00048 0.000304

75x75x8 0.00248 0.0016 0.00056 0.000384
75x75x10 0.0031 0.002 0.0007 0.00048
90x90x8 0.00344 0.002208 0.00064 0.000464
90x90x10 0.0043 0.00276 0.0008 0.00058
100x100x8 0.004 0.002544 0.00064 0.000432
DOUBLE
100x100x10 0.005 0.00318 0.0008 0.00054
100x100x12 0.00768 0.004872 0.00096 0.000648
130x130x10 0.0064 0.00406 0.001 0.00074
130x130x12 0.00768 0.004872 0.0012 0.000888
150x150x10 0.0078 0.00494 0.0012 0.00094
150x150x12 0.00936 0.005928 0.00144 0.001128
For Column/Beam Shear Connection
Thk. of Shear Gross Area of Dia. of Dia. of
Net Area
Member Web Depth Beam Bolts Bolts No. of NSF
Bolts
mm mm mm2 mm mm mm2
HE 900 M 21 770 42360 30 33 7 37509 0.89
WPB 900x300x252 16 770 32050 30 33 7 28354 0.88
WPB 800x300x317 21 674 40430 30 33 6 36272 0.90
WPB 800x300x224 15 674 28580 30 33 6 25610 0.90
WPB 700x300x300.7 21 582 38300 30 33 6 34142 0.89
WPB 700x300x204.5 14.5 576 26050 30 33 6 23179 0.89
WPB 600x300x211.9 15.5 486 27000 24 26 5 24985 0.93
UB 610x229x139 13.1 547.6 17820 24 26 5 16117 0.90
ISMB600 12 510 15600 24 26 5 14040 0.90
UB 533x210x122 12.7 476.5 15540 20 22 6 13863.6 0.89
UB 533x210x82 9.6 476.5 10470 20 22 6 9202.8 0.88
ISMB500 10.2 424 11100 20 22 6 9753.6 0.88
ISMB450 9.4 379 9220 20 22 5 8186 0.89
UB 406x178x67 8.8 362 7652 20 22 4 6877.6 0.90
UB 305x165x46 6.7 265 5875 20 22 3 5432.8 0.92
ISMB 300 7.7 240 5860 20 22 3 5351.8 0.91
ISMB 250 6.9 194 4750 20 22 2 4446.4 0.94
ISMB 200 5.7 154 3080 20 22 2 2829.2 0.92