Job No. Sheeet No.

Rev
Calculation Sheet
Member Location
50x50x5 kg/m Channel
Job Title Drg. Ref.
-
Made By Date Chd.
Steel Section Design

Structural Analysis
Effective Loading Width = 0.4 mm
Design Wind Pressure = 0.37 x 1.82 kPa x 0.4mm
= 0.26936 kN/m
Shear Force = 0.34 kN/m x 2.4m / 2
= 0.324 kN
Bending Moment = 0.34 kN/m x 2.4m^2 / 8
= 0.194 kNm

B4 EA 50x50x5+ HKSC:2011 APPROACH EA 50x50x5+

192 101

Member Forces Fc Axial Compression = 0 kN 1. Shear Capacity 0.011 O.K.

Ft Axial Tension = 0 kN 3. Bending Capacity 0.335 O.K.
V Shear Force = V x
2
 V y
2
 0.5 kN 3. LTB 0.524 O.K.
Mx Major Bending = 0.3 kNm 4.Compression Capacity 0.000 O.K.
My Minor Bending = 0.3 kNm 5.Tensile Capacity 0.000 O.K.
6. Combined Axial & Bending 0.858 O.K.
Section Properties
Note: This Spreadsheet is Applicable to Hot-Rolled I- and H-section (Equal flanges) and Channel only.
Spreadsheet is Not for Designing Slender Sections.

Dimensions mm Length mm
Depth, D 50 L = 2400
Width, B 50 Lex = 1.0 L 2400
Flange Thk, T 5.0 Ley = 1.0 L 2400
Web Thk, t 5.0
depth, d 50.0 d/t = 10
width, b 50.0 b/T = 10

S275
Steel Grade 2 Radius of Gyration ; Cl. 3.1.2 Table 3.2
2
py = 275 N/mm rx = 14.8 mm
2
pyw = 275 N/mm 355 ry = 14.8 mm
1/2
=(275/py) 1.00 web = 1.00
2
E= 205000 N/mm
2
Area Ag = 491 mm

Second Moment of Area

4
Ix = 1.070E+05 mm
4
Iy = 1.070E+05 mm

Section Modulus
3 3
Elastic: Zx = 2.950E+03 mm Plastic: Sx = 2.950E+03 mm
Zy = 2.950E+03 mm3 Sy = 2.950E+03 mm3

Limiting Width-to-Thickness Ratios ; Cl. Table 7.1 and 7.2

Compression Element Limiting Value Ratio Classification

Design Type Compression due to Bending
1 Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Plastic Compact Semi-Compact
Flange Compression due to Bending 28e 32e 40e b/T Compact
9.00 32.00 40.00 10.00
Web Neutral Axis at Mid-Depth 80e 100e 120e d/t Plastic
80.00 100.00 120.00 10.00
Web Generally (>= 40= 40 ) 80e/ (1+r1) 100e / (1+1.5r1) 120e/ (1+2r2) d/t Plastic
80.00 80.00 120.00 10.00

Stress Ratios for Classification

r1 = Fc / d t pyw ; -1 < r1 <= 1 r2 = Fc / Agpyw ; Cl. 7.3 (a) & (c)
= 0.00 = 0.00
 = 0.00 1
1
Shear Capacity
Vc = Py Av / 3 1 1.00 ; Cl. 8.2.1
Av = tD 1
2
= 250 mm

 Vc = 40 kN Low Shear Condition > V, OK

Moment Capacity ; Cl. 7.5.2

  3w    3f     3 f  
   1     1      1
B / T  
S x,eff = Z  (S  Z )  d /t    Z  (S  Z )  b / T   S y,eff = Z y  (S y  Z y )
  x    
 3w     3 f     3 f   1 
x x x x x

    1  1
   2 w    2f     2f 
 


  

= 2950 mm3  2950 mm3 = 2950 mm3

= 2950 mm3

2
 2V 
Sv = 2083 mm3  =   1   0.00
 Vc 

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 Job No. Sheeet No. Rev
Calculation Sheet
Member Location
50x50x5 kg/m Channel
Job Title Drg. Ref.
-
Made By Date Chd.
Steel Section Design

Structural Analysis
Effective Loading Width = 0.4 mm
Design Wind Pressure = 0.37 x 1.82 kPa x 0.4mm
= 0.26936 kN/m
Shear Force = 0.34 kN/m x 2.4m / 2
= 0.324 kN
Bending Moment = 0.34 kN/m x 2.4m^2 / 8
= 0.194 kNm

B4 EA 50x50x5+ HKSC:2011 APPROACH EA 50x50x5+

192 101

Mc = py x S <= 1.2.py.Z  1.2.py.Zx / 1000 = 1 kNm ; Cl. 8.2.2

 1.2.py.Zy / 1000 = 1 kNm
Mcx = py x Sx = 1 kNm  Mcx = 1 kNm > Mx, OK

Mcy = py x Sy = 1 kNm Mcy = 1 kNm > My, OK

Moment Capacity to Lateral Torsional Buckling

M b  mLT Mx ; Cl. 8.3.5.2
mLT = 1.0 ; Table 8.4a
Mb = pb Sx 1 ;(8.20 - 8.24)
1
LT = uv  w 1 ; Cl. 8.3.5.3
1
u = 0.9 1.00
Hot-rolled Section
 = LE / ry = Ley / ry = 162.16 1
x= D/T= 10.00
1 1
v 
1  0 .05  / x  
0.52
2 0 .25

1
 w  1.0 (Plastic & Compact Sections)
1
 LT = 75.25 1
 pb = 176 N/mm
2
Rolled Section 1 ; 8.3.5.2 App. 8.1
1 2.00
 Mb = 1 kNm > mLT Mx, OK
1 2.00
Compression Resistance 2.00
Lex = L = 2400 mm rx = 14.8 mm x = Lex/rx = 162.2 Rolled H-Section2.00
Ley = L = 2400 mm ry = 14.8 mm y = Ley/ry = 162.2 2.00

2
pcx = 65 N/mm Pcx = pcx . A = 32 kN ; Cl. 8.7.5
2
pcy = 60 N/mm Pcy = pcy . A = 29 kN ; Table 8.7, App. 8.4
Pcy  Ag p c
 Pc = 29 kN > Fc, OK

Compression Members under Combined Axial Force and Moments

Cross-section Capacity
Fc / Ag Py  Mx / Mcx  My / Mcy 1 ; Cl. 8.9.1
= 0.00  0.335  0.335
= 0.67
< 1.00 < 1, OK

Member Buckling Resistance

my = 1.0 my = 1.0 ; Table 8.9
Mcx = py Zx Mcy = py Zy ; Cl. 8.9.2
= 0.81 kNm = 0.81 kNm

Fc / Pc  mx Mx / Mcx  my My / Mcy 1 ; Cl. 8.9.2

= 0.00  0.33  0.33
= 0.67
< 1.00 < 1, OK

Fc / Pcy  mLT Mx / Mb  my My / Mcy 1 ; Cl. 8.9.2

= 0.00  0.52  0.33
= 0.86
< 1.00 < 1, OK

Tension Resistance
Ke = 1.2
Ae = Ke an  ag Hole Area = 0 mm2
= 491 mm2

 Pt = py (Ae - 0.5a2) a1 = 250 mm

2

= 102 kN a2 = 241 mm2 > Ft, OK

Tension Members under Combined Axial Force and Moments

Fc / Pt  Mx / Mcx  My / Mcy 1 ; Cl. 8.8

= 0.00  0.335  0.335
= 0.67
< 1.00 < 1, OK

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