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V. AISC 360-05 WT E.7

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 E.7, pp. E-31 - E-33

Details

From reference (2):

Select a WT-shape compression member with a length of 20 ft to support a dead load of 20 kips and live load of 60 kips in axial compression. The ends are pinned.

Validation

Refer to reference.

Result Type Reference STAAD.Pro Difference Comments
ϕcPn (kips) [LRFD] 128 127 negligible  
Pnc (kips) [ASD] 85.0 84.3 negligible  

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 WT E.STD is typically installed with the program.

STAAD SPACE
START JOB INFORMATION
ENGINEER DATE 22-Jan-19
END JOB INFORMATION
INPUT WIDTH 79
UNIT FEET KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 0 20 0;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
1 1 2;
DEFINE MATERIAL START
ISOTROPIC STEEL
E 4.176e+06
POISSON 0.3
DENSITY 0.489024
ALPHA 6.5e-06
DAMP 0.03
TYPE STEEL
STRENGTH RY 1.5 RT 1.2
ISOTROPIC STEEL_50_KSI
E 4.176e+06
POISSON 0.3
DENSITY 0.489024
ALPHA 6.5e-06
DAMP 0.03
TYPE STEEL
STRENGTH FY 7200 FU 8928 RY 1.5 RT 1.2
END DEFINE MATERIAL
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
1 TABLE T W14X68
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL STEEL_50_KSI ALL
SUPPORTS
1 PINNED
2 FIXED BUT FY MX MZ
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead  TITLE LOAD CASE 1
JOINT LOAD
2 FY -20
LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live  TITLE LOAD CASE 2
JOINT LOAD
2 FY -60
LOAD COMB 3 LRFD
1 1.2 2 1.6 
LOAD COMB 4 ASD
1 1.0 2 1.0 
PERFORM ANALYSIS
PRINT ANALYSIS RESULTS
UNIT INCHES KIP
LOAD LIST 3
PARAMETER 1
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
METHOD LRFD
FYLD 50 ALL
FU 65 ALL
METHOD LRFD
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
LOAD LIST 4
PARAMETER 2
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
FYLD 50 ALL
FU 65 ALL
METHOD ASD
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
FINISH

STAAD.Pro Output

                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-05-LRFD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
 MEMBER     TABLE       RESULT/   CRITICAL COND/     RATIO/     LOADING/
                          FX            MY             MZ       LOCATION
 =======================================================================
       1 T    W14X68                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Eq. H2-1             0.947         3
                      120.00 C          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :    133.504  L/C  :     3                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    200.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      3    Ratio     :     0.947(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H2-1                      |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   1.200E+02(C ) Fy:   0.000E+00     Fz:   0.000E+00               |
| Mx:   0.000E+00     My:   0.000E+00     Mz:   0.000E+00               |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION PROPERTIES  (UNIT: INCH)                                      |
| Azz:   7.200E+00     Ayy:   2.905E+00     Cw:  3.173E+00              |
| Szz:   5.635E+00     Syy:   1.210E+01                                 |
| Izz:   3.232E+01     Iyy:   6.050E+01     Ix:  1.505E+00              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:          50.000   Fu:          65.000                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:       240.000                                   |
| 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    16.87     N/A     18.06    T.B4.1-8     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
| Flexure     :  Compact         6.94     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1-7     |
|                Non-Compact    16.87     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1-7     |
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                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-05-LRFD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       0.00E+00   4.50E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-1      3     0.00 |
| Rupture     0.00E+00   4.88E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-2      3     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    1.20E+02   1.27E+02   0.947      Sec. E1       3     0.00 |
| Min Buck    1.20E+02   2.24E+02   0.535      Eq. E3-1      3     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    1.20E+02   2.21E+02   0.542      Eq. E4-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    1.00E+01   133.50   1.41E+01   1.61E+01   1.41E+02        |
| Min Buck    1.00E+01    97.57   2.49E+01   3.01E+01   2.49E+02        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   2.46E+01   2.46E+02                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   1.94E+02   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   7.84E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     7.20E+00     1.00     1.20     6.94   2.16E+02            |
| Local-Y     2.90E+00     1.00     1.20    16.87   8.71E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   4.06E+02   0.000      Eq. F9-1      3     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   8.30E+02   0.000      Eq. F6-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       4.51E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       9.23E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   3.06E+03   0.000      Eq. F9-4      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       3.40E+03   0.00E+00    1.00     0.00     0.00   240.00    |
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                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-05-LRFD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.947      Eq. H2-1      3     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.000      Eq. H1-1b     3     0.00             |
| Intermediate         frbw /     frbz /     fra /                      |
|                      Fcbw       Fcbz       Fca                        |
| Flexure Comp         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   1.20E+01                   |
|                      7.20E+01   6.86E+01   1.27E+01                   |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Tens         4.06E+02   0.00E+00   4.50E+02                   |
|                      8.30E+02   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    58. LOAD LIST 4
    59. PARAMETER 2
    60. CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
    61. FYLD 50 ALL
    62. FU 65 ALL
    63. METHOD ASD
    64. TRACK 2 ALL
    65. CHECK CODE ALL
 STEEL DESIGN    
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.    9
                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-05-ASD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
 MEMBER     TABLE       RESULT/   CRITICAL COND/     RATIO/     LOADING/
                          FX            MY             MZ       LOCATION
 =======================================================================
       1 T    W14X68                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Sec. E1              0.949         4
                       80.00 C          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :    133.504  L/C  :     4                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    200.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      4    Ratio     :     0.949(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Sec. E1                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   8.000E+01(C ) Fy:   0.000E+00     Fz:   0.000E+00               |
| Mx:   0.000E+00     My:   0.000E+00     Mz:   0.000E+00               |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION PROPERTIES  (UNIT: INCH)                                      |
| Azz:   7.200E+00     Ayy:   2.905E+00     Cw:  3.173E+00              |
| Szz:   5.635E+00     Syy:   1.210E+01                                 |
| Izz:   3.232E+01     Iyy:   6.050E+01     Ix:  1.505E+00              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:          50.000   Fu:          65.000                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:       240.000                                   |
| 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    16.87     N/A     18.06    T.B4.1-8     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
| Flexure     :  Compact         6.94     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1-7     |
|                Non-Compact    16.87     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1-7     |
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.   10
                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-05-ASD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       0.00E+00   2.99E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-1      4     0.00 |
| Rupture     0.00E+00   3.25E+02   0.000      Eq. D2-2      4     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    8.00E+01   8.43E+01   0.949      Sec. E1       4     0.00 |
| Min Buck    8.00E+01   1.49E+02   0.536      Eq. E3-1      4     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    8.00E+01   1.47E+02   0.544      Eq. E4-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    1.00E+01   133.50   1.41E+01   1.61E+01   1.41E+02        |
| Min Buck    1.00E+01    97.57   2.49E+01   3.01E+01   2.49E+02        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   2.46E+01   2.46E+02                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   1.29E+02   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   5.22E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     7.20E+00     1.00     1.20     6.94   2.16E+02            |
| Local-Y     2.90E+00     1.00     1.20    16.87   8.71E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   2.70E+02   0.000      Eq. F9-1      4     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   5.52E+02   0.000      Eq. F6-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       4.51E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       9.23E+02   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   2.03E+03   0.000      Eq. F9-4      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       3.40E+03   0.00E+00    1.00     0.00     0.00   240.00    |
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                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-05-ASD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.949      Eq. H2-1      4     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.000      Eq. H1-1b     4     0.00             |
| Intermediate         frbw /     frbz /     fra /                      |
|                      Fcbw       Fcbz       Fca                        |
| Flexure Comp         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   8.00E+00                   |
|                      4.79E+01   4.57E+01   8.43E+00                   |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Tens         2.70E+02   0.00E+00   2.99E+02                   |
|                      5.52E+02   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|