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V. AISC 360-05 WT D.3

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 D.3, pp.D-6,7

Details

From reference (2):

A WT6×20, ASTM A992, member has a length of 30 ft and carries a dead load of 40 kips and a live load of 120 kips in tension. Assume the end connection is fillet welded and has a length of 16 in. Verify the member strength by both LRFD and ASD. Assume that the gusset plate and the weld have been checked and are satisfactory.

Validation

Refer to reference.

Result Type Reference STAAD.Pro Difference Comments
Tensile yielding ϕtPn (kips) [LRFD] 263 263 none  
Tensile rupture ϕtPn (kips) [LRFD] 266 266 none  
Tensile yielding Pnt (kips) [ASD] 175 175 none  
Tensile rupture Pnt (kips) [ASD] 177 177 none  
Slenderness ratio 229 230.607 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 D.STD is typically installed with the program.

STAAD SPACE
START JOB INFORMATION
ENGINEER DATE 21-Jan-20
END JOB INFORMATION
INPUT WIDTH 79
UNIT FEET KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 30 0 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
END DEFINE MATERIAL
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
1 TABLE T W12X40
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL STEEL ALL
SUPPORTS
1 FIXED
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead  TITLE LOAD CASE 1
JOINT LOAD
2 FX 40
LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live  TITLE LOAD CASE 2
JOINT LOAD
2 FX 120
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
LOAD LIST 3
PARAMETER 1
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
METHOD LRFD
FYLD 7200 ALL
FU 9360 ALL
TMAIN 300 ALL
NSF 1 ALL
SLF 0.932 ALL
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
LOAD LIST 4
PARAMETER 2
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
METHOD ASD
FYLD 7200 ALL
FU 9360 ALL
TMAIN 300 ALL
NSF 1 ALL
SLF 0.932 ALL
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
FINISH

STAAD.Pro Output

                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-05-LRFD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
 MEMBER     TABLE       RESULT/   CRITICAL COND/     RATIO/     LOADING/
                          FX            MY             MZ       LOCATION
 =======================================================================
       1 T    W12X40                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Eq. H1-1a            0.912         3
                      240.00 T          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :    230.607  L/C  :     3                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      3    Ratio     :     0.912(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H1-1a                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   2.400E+02(T ) 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:   4.125E+00     Ayy:   1.755E+00     Cw:  6.190E-01              |
| Szz:   2.920E+00     Syy:   5.506E+00                                 |
| Izz:   1.426E+01     Iyy:   2.205E+01     Ix:  4.530E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:        7199.999   Fu:        9359.999                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:        30.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    1.00 SLF:    0.93 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Slender        20.17     N/A     18.06    T.B4.1-8     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
| Flexure     :  Compact         7.78     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1-7     |
|                Non-Compact    20.17     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1-7     |
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.    7
                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-05-LRFD)   v3.3a
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 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       2.40E+02   2.63E+02   0.912      Eq. D2-1      3     0.00 |
| Rupture     2.40E+02   2.66E+02   0.903      Eq. D2-2      3     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    0.00E+00   2.49E+01   0.000      Sec. E1       3     0.00 |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   3.84E+01   0.000      Eq. E7-1      3     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   3.82E+01   0.000      Eq. E7-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    4.06E-02   230.61   6.80E+02   7.75E+02   2.76E+01        |
| Min Buck    4.06E-02   185.43   1.05E+03   1.20E+03   4.27E+01        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    4.06E-02   1.04E+03   4.24E+01                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   1.11E+02   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   4.74E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     2.86E-02     1.00     1.20     7.78   1.24E+02            |
| Local-Y     1.22E-02     1.00     1.20    20.17   5.27E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   1.75E+01   0.000      Eq. F9-1      3     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   3.15E+01   0.000      Eq. F6-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       1.95E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       3.50E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   4.84E+01   0.000      Eq. F9-4      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       5.37E+01   0.00E+00    1.00     0.00     0.00    30.00    |
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 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.000      Eq. H2-1      3     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.912      Eq. H1-1a     3     0.00             |
| Intermediate         frbw /     frbz /     fra /                      |
|                      Fcbw       Fcbz       Fca                        |
| Flexure Comp         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
|                      1.04E+04   9.89E+03   6.12E+02                   |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Tens         1.75E+01   0.00E+00   2.63E+02                   |
|                      3.15E+01   0.00E+00   2.40E+02                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    50. LOAD LIST 4
    51. PARAMETER 2
    52. CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
    53. METHOD ASD
    54. FYLD 7200 ALL
    55. FU 9360 ALL
    56. TMAIN 300 ALL
    57. NSF 1 ALL
    58. SLF 0.932 ALL
    59. TRACK 2 ALL
    60. CHECK CODE ALL
 STEEL DESIGN    
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.    9
                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-05-ASD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
 MEMBER     TABLE       RESULT/   CRITICAL COND/     RATIO/     LOADING/
                          FX            MY             MZ       LOCATION
 =======================================================================
       1 T    W12X40                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Eq. H1-1a            0.914         4
                      160.00 T          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :    230.607  L/C  :     4                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      4    Ratio     :     0.914(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H1-1a                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   1.600E+02(T ) 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:   4.125E+00     Ayy:   1.755E+00     Cw:  6.190E-01              |
| Szz:   2.920E+00     Syy:   5.506E+00                                 |
| Izz:   1.426E+01     Iyy:   2.205E+01     Ix:  4.530E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:        7199.999   Fu:        9359.999                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:        30.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    1.00 SLF:    0.93 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Slender        20.17     N/A     18.06    T.B4.1-8     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
| Flexure     :  Compact         7.78     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1-7     |
|                Non-Compact    20.17     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  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       1.60E+02   1.75E+02   0.914      Eq. D2-1      4     0.00 |
| Rupture     1.60E+02   1.77E+02   0.903      Eq. D2-2      4     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    0.00E+00   1.65E+01   0.000      Sec. E1       4     0.00 |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   2.56E+01   0.000      Eq. E7-1      4     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   2.54E+01   0.000      Eq. E7-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    4.06E-02   230.61   6.80E+02   7.75E+02   2.76E+01        |
| Min Buck    4.06E-02   185.43   1.05E+03   1.20E+03   4.27E+01        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    4.06E-02   1.04E+03   4.24E+01                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   7.41E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   3.15E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     2.86E-02     1.00     1.20     7.78   1.24E+02            |
| Local-Y     1.22E-02     1.00     1.20    20.17   5.27E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   1.17E+01   0.000      Eq. F9-1      4     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   2.10E+01   0.000      Eq. F6-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       1.95E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       3.50E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   3.22E+01   0.000      Eq. F9-4      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       5.37E+01   0.00E+00    1.00     0.00     0.00    30.00    |
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                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-05-ASD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.000      Eq. H2-1      4     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.914      Eq. H1-1a     4     0.00             |
| Intermediate         frbw /     frbz /     fra /                      |
|                      Fcbw       Fcbz       Fca                        |
| Flexure Comp         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
|                      6.90E+03   6.58E+03   4.07E+02                   |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Tens         1.17E+01   0.00E+00   1.75E+02                   |
|                      2.10E+01   0.00E+00   1.60E+02                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|