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V. AISC 360-05 W Section Weak Axis Shear G-6

References

  1. Steel Construction Manual, Version 13.0, American Institute of Steel Construction, 2005
  2. Design Examples, Version 13.0, American Institute of Steel Construction, 2005, Example G.6, p.G-11

Details

From reference (2):

Verify the strength of a W21×48 ASTM A992 beam with end shears of 20 kips from dead load and 60 kips from live load in the weak direction.

Validation

Refer to reference.

Table 1. Comparison of results
Result Type Reference STAAD.Pro Difference Comments
ϕvVn (kips) [LRFD] 189 189 none  
Vnv (kips) [ASD] 126 126 none  

STAAD.Pro Input File

The file C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Samples\ Verification Models\09 Steel Design\US\AISC\AISC 360-05 W Section Weak Axis Shear G-6.STD is typically installed with the program.

STAAD SPACE
START JOB INFORMATION
ENGINEER DATE 25-Oct-12
END JOB INFORMATION
INPUT WIDTH 79
UNIT FEET KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 8 0 0;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
1 1 2;
DEFINE MATERIAL START
ISOTROPIC STEEL
E 4.28151e+06
POISSON 0.3
DENSITY 0.489024
ALPHA 1.2e-05
DAMP 0.03
TYPE STEEL
STRENGTH FY 7200 FU 9360 RY 1.5 RT 1.2
END DEFINE MATERIAL
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL STEEL ALL
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
1 TABLE ST W21X48
SUPPORTS
1 FIXED
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead  TITLE LOAD CASE 1
MEMBER LOAD
1 CON GZ -20 0.665
LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live  TITLE LOAD CASE 2
MEMBER LOAD
1 CON GZ -60 0.665
LOAD COMB 3 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 3
1 1.2 2 1.6 
LOAD COMB 4 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 4
1 1.0 2 1.0 
PERFORM ANALYSIS
LOAD LIST 3
PARAMETER 1
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
METHOD LRFD
FYLD 7200 ALL
FU 9360 ALL
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
LOAD LIST 4
PARAMETER 2
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
METHOD ASD
FYLD 7200 ALL
FU 9360 ALL
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
FINISH

STAAD.Pro Output

                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-05-LRFD)   v3.3a
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 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
 MEMBER     TABLE       RESULT/   CRITICAL COND/     RATIO/     LOADING/
                          FX            MY             MZ       LOCATION
 =======================================================================
 *     1 ST   W21X48                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           FAIL   Eq. H1-1b            1.439         3
                        0.00          -79.80           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :     57.946  L/C  :     3                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      3    Ratio     :     1.439(FAIL)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H1-1b                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   0.000E+00(  ) Fy:   0.000E+00     Fz:   1.200E+02               |
| Mx:   0.000E+00     My:  -7.980E+01     Mz:   0.000E+00               |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION PROPERTIES  (UNIT: INCH)                                      |
| Azz:   7.000E+00     Ayy:   7.210E+00     Cw:  3.936E+03              |
| Szz:   9.311E+01     Syy:   9.509E+00                                 |
| Izz:   9.590E+02     Iyy:   3.870E+01     Ix:  8.030E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:        7199.999   Fu:        9359.999                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:         8.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    1.00 SLF:    1.00 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Non-Slender     9.47     N/A     13.66    T.B4.1-3     |
|                Slender        53.54     N/A     36.33    T.B4.1-10    |
| Flexure     :  Non-Compact     9.47     9.27    24.39    T.B4.1-1     |
|                Compact        53.54    91.69   139.00    T.B4.1-9     |
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       0.00E+00   6.35E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-1      3     0.00 |
| Rupture     0.00E+00   6.87E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-2      3     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    0.00E+00   5.54E+02   0.000      Sec. E1       3     0.00 |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   4.66E+02   0.000      Eq. E7-1      3     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   4.97E+02   0.000      Eq. E7-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    8.62E-02    11.64   6.28E+03   3.12E+05   6.15E+02        |
| Min Buck    8.94E-02    57.95   5.28E+03   1.26E+04   5.17E+02        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    8.82E-02   5.64E+03   5.52E+02                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z    -1.20E+02   1.89E+02   0.635      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   2.16E+02   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     4.86E-02     1.00     1.20     9.47   2.10E+02            |
| Local-Y     5.01E-02     1.00     0.00    53.54   2.16E+02            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   4.01E+02   0.000      Eq. F2-1      3     0.00 |
| Minor      -7.98E+01   5.59E+01   1.428      Eq. F6-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       4.46E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       6.21E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   3.71E+02   0.000      Eq. F2-2      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       4.12E+02   0.00E+00    1.00     5.93    16.76     8.00    |
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| CHECK FOR BENDING-FLANGE LOCAL BUCKLING                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   3.99E+02   0.000      Eq. F3-1      3     0.00 |
| Minor      -7.98E+01   5.55E+01   1.439      Eq. F6-2      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Fcr                                          |
| Major       4.44E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       6.16E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          1.439      Eq. H1-1b     3     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          1.439      Eq. H1-1b     3     0.00             |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Comp         3.71E+02   0.00E+00   4.66E+02                   |
|                      5.55E+01  -7.98E+01   0.00E+00                   |
| Flexure Tens         3.71E+02   0.00E+00   6.35E+02                   |
|                      5.55E+01  -7.98E+01   0.00E+00                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    46. LOAD LIST 4
    47. PARAMETER 2
    48. CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
    49. METHOD ASD
    50. FYLD 7200 ALL
    51. FU 9360 ALL
    52. TRACK 2 ALL
    53. CHECK CODE ALL
 STEEL DESIGN    
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                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-05-ASD)   v3.3a
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 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
 MEMBER     TABLE       RESULT/   CRITICAL COND/     RATIO/     LOADING/
                          FX            MY             MZ       LOCATION
 =======================================================================
 *     1 ST   W21X48                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           FAIL   Eq. H1-1b            1.442         4
                        0.00          -53.20           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :     57.946  L/C  :     4                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      4    Ratio     :     1.442(FAIL)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H1-1b                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   0.000E+00(  ) Fy:   0.000E+00     Fz:   8.000E+01               |
| Mx:   0.000E+00     My:  -5.320E+01     Mz:   0.000E+00               |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION PROPERTIES  (UNIT: INCH)                                      |
| Azz:   7.000E+00     Ayy:   7.210E+00     Cw:  3.936E+03              |
| Szz:   9.311E+01     Syy:   9.509E+00                                 |
| Izz:   9.590E+02     Iyy:   3.870E+01     Ix:  8.030E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:        7199.999   Fu:        9359.999                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:         8.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    1.00 SLF:    1.00 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Non-Slender     9.47     N/A     13.66    T.B4.1-3     |
|                Slender        53.54     N/A     36.33    T.B4.1-10    |
| Flexure     :  Non-Compact     9.47     9.27    24.39    T.B4.1-1     |
|                Compact        53.54    91.69   139.00    T.B4.1-9     |
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       0.00E+00   4.22E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-1      4     0.00 |
| Rupture     0.00E+00   4.58E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-2      4     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    0.00E+00   3.68E+02   0.000      Sec. E1       4     0.00 |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   3.10E+02   0.000      Eq. E7-1      4     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   3.31E+02   0.000      Eq. E7-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    8.62E-02    11.64   6.28E+03   3.12E+05   6.15E+02        |
| Min Buck    8.94E-02    57.95   5.28E+03   1.26E+04   5.17E+02        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    8.82E-02   5.64E+03   5.52E+02                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z    -8.00E+01   1.26E+02   0.636      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   1.44E+02   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     4.86E-02     1.00     1.20     9.47   2.10E+02            |
| Local-Y     5.01E-02     1.00     0.00    53.54   2.16E+02            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   2.67E+02   0.000      Eq. F2-1      4     0.00 |
| Minor      -5.32E+01   3.72E+01   1.431      Eq. F6-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       4.46E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       6.21E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   2.47E+02   0.000      Eq. F2-2      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       4.12E+02   0.00E+00    1.00     5.93    16.76     8.00    |
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| CHECK FOR BENDING-FLANGE LOCAL BUCKLING                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   2.66E+02   0.000      Eq. F3-1      4     0.00 |
| Minor      -5.32E+01   3.69E+01   1.442      Eq. F6-2      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Fcr                                          |
| Major       4.44E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       6.16E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          1.442      Eq. H1-1b     4     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          1.442      Eq. H1-1b     4     0.00             |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Comp         2.47E+02   0.00E+00   3.10E+02                   |
|                      3.69E+01  -5.32E+01   0.00E+00                   |
| Flexure Tens         2.47E+02   0.00E+00   4.22E+02                   |
|                      3.69E+01  -5.32E+01   0.00E+00                   |
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