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V. AISC 360-05 Angle Section D-2

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.2, pp. D-4,5

Details

From reference (2):

Verify, by both ASD and LRFD, the strength of an L4×4×½, ASTM A36, with one line of (4) ¾ in. diameter bolts in standard holes. The member carries a dead load of 20 kips and a live load of 60 kips in tension. Calculate at what length this tension member would cease to satisfy the recommended slenderness limit.

Validation

Refer to reference.

Results

Table 1. Comparison of results
Result Type Reference STAAD.Pro Difference Comments
Tensile yielding ϕtPn (kips) [LRFD] 122 122 none  
Tensile rupture ϕtPn (kips) [LRFD] 125 125 none  
Tensile yielding Pnt (kips) [ASD] 80.8 80.8 none  
Tensile rupture Pnt (kips) [ASD] 83.5 83.5 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 Angle Section D-2.STD is typically installed with the program.

STAAD SPACE
START JOB INFORMATION
ENGINEER DATE 25-Oct-12
END JOB INFORMATION
INPUT WIDTH 79
UNIT INCHES KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 6 0 0;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
1 1 2;
DEFINE MATERIAL START
ISOTROPIC STEEL
E 29732.7
POISSON 0.3
DENSITY 0.000283
ALPHA 1.2e-05
DAMP 0.03
TYPE STEEL
STRENGTH FY 36.7236 FU 59.1464 RY 1.5 RT 1.2
END DEFINE MATERIAL
MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN
1 TABLE ST L40408
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL STEEL ALL
SUPPORTS
1 FIXED
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead  TITLE LOAD CASE 1
JOINT LOAD
2 FX 20
LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live  TITLE LOAD CASE 2
JOINT LOAD
2 FX 60
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
SLF 0.869 ALL
NSF 0.883 ALL
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
LOAD LIST 4
PARAMETER 2
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
METHOD ASD
SLF 0.869 ALL
NSF 0.883 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  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
 MEMBER     TABLE       RESULT/   CRITICAL COND/     RATIO/     LOADING/
                          FX            MY             MZ       LOCATION
 =======================================================================
       1 ST   L40408                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Eq. H2-1             0.988         3
                      120.00 T          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :      7.732  L/C  :     3                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      3    Ratio     :     0.988(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H2-1                      |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   1.200E+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:   2.000E+00     Ayy:   2.000E+00     Cw:  3.662E-01              |
| Szz:   1.371E+00     Syy:   3.121E+00                                 |
| Izz:   2.258E+00     Iyy:   8.865E+00     Ix:  3.125E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:          36.000   Fu:          58.000                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:         6.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    0.88 SLF:    0.87 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Non-Slender     8.00     N/A     12.93    T.B4.1-5     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
| Flexure     :  Compact         8.00    15.52    26.15    T.B4.1-6     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.    4
                       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       1.20E+02   1.22E+02   0.988      Eq. D2-1      3     0.00 |
| Rupture     1.20E+02   1.25E+02   0.959      Eq. D2-2      3     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   9.85E+01   0.000      Eq. E3-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Min Buck    3.75E+00    63.94   2.92E+01   7.18E+01   1.09E+02        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   3.89E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   3.89E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     2.00E+00     1.00     1.20     8.00   4.32E+01            |
| Local-Y     2.00E+00     1.00     1.20     8.00   4.32E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   1.52E+02   0.000      Eq. F10-1     3     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   6.66E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-1     3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       1.69E+02   1.12E+02                                       |
| Minor       7.40E+01   4.94E+01                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   1.52E+02   0.000      Eq. F10-3     3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       1.69E+02   9.12E+03    1.00     0.00     0.00     6.00    |
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                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-05-LRFD)   v3.3a
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 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR AND NORMAL STRESS INTERACTION                         |
|                                                                       |
|              STRESS     RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC            |
| Shear       1.94E+01    0.000      Eq. H3-8      3     0.00           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.000      Eq. H2-1      3     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.988      Eq. H2-1      3     0.00             |
| Intermediate         frbw /     frbz /     fra /                      |
|                      Fcbw       Fcbz       Fca                        |
| Flexure Comp         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
|                      4.86E+01   4.86E+01   2.63E+01                   |
| Flexure Tens         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   3.20E+01                   |
|                      4.86E+01   4.86E+01   3.24E+01                   |
  GEOMETRIC AXIS DESIGN
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   9.60E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-1     3     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   9.60E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-1     3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       1.07E+02   7.11E+01                                       |
| Minor       1.07E+02   7.11E+01                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   7.68E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-3     3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       8.53E+01   1.40E+05    1.00     0.00     0.00     6.00    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.    6
    46. LOAD LIST 4
    47. PARAMETER 2
    48. CODE AISC UNIFIED 2005
    49. METHOD ASD
    50. SLF 0.869 ALL
    51. NSF 0.883 ALL
    52. TRACK 2 ALL
    53. CHECK CODE ALL
 STEEL DESIGN    
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.    7
                       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 ST   L40408                   (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Eq. H2-1             0.990         4
                       80.00 T          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :      7.732  L/C  :     4                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      4    Ratio     :     0.990(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H2-1                      |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   8.000E+01(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:   2.000E+00     Ayy:   2.000E+00     Cw:  3.662E-01              |
| Szz:   1.371E+00     Syy:   3.121E+00                                 |
| Izz:   2.258E+00     Iyy:   8.865E+00     Ix:  3.125E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:          36.000   Fu:          58.000                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:         6.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    0.88 SLF:    0.87 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Non-Slender     8.00     N/A     12.93    T.B4.1-5     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
| Flexure     :  Compact         8.00    15.52    26.15    T.B4.1-6     |
|                  N/A           N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A         |
      STAAD SPACE                                              -- PAGE NO.    8
                       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       8.00E+01   8.08E+01   0.990      Eq. D2-1      4     0.00 |
| Rupture     8.00E+01   8.34E+01   0.959      Eq. D2-2      4     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   6.55E+01   0.000      Eq. E3-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Min Buck    3.75E+00    63.94   2.92E+01   7.18E+01   1.09E+02        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   2.59E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   2.59E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     2.00E+00     1.00     1.20     8.00   4.32E+01            |
| Local-Y     2.00E+00     1.00     1.20     8.00   4.32E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   1.01E+02   0.000      Eq. F10-1     4     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   4.43E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-1     4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       1.69E+02   1.12E+02                                       |
| Minor       7.40E+01   4.94E+01                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   1.01E+02   0.000      Eq. F10-3     4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       1.69E+02   9.12E+03    1.00     0.00     0.00     6.00    |
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                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - ( AISC-360-05-ASD)   v3.3a
                       ********************************************
 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  INCH (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR AND NORMAL STRESS INTERACTION                         |
|                                                                       |
|              STRESS     RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC            |
| Shear       1.29E+01    0.000      Eq. H3-8      4     0.00           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.000      Eq. H2-1      4     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.990      Eq. H2-1      4     0.00             |
| Intermediate         frbw /     frbz /     fra /                      |
|                      Fcbw       Fcbz       Fca                        |
| Flexure Comp         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
|                      3.23E+01   3.23E+01   1.75E+01                   |
| Flexure Tens         0.00E+00   0.00E+00   2.13E+01                   |
|                      3.23E+01   3.23E+01   2.16E+01                   |
  GEOMETRIC AXIS DESIGN
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   6.38E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-1     4     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   6.38E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-1     4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       1.07E+02   7.11E+01                                       |
| Minor       1.07E+02   7.11E+01                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   5.11E+01   0.000      Eq. F10-3     4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       8.53E+01   1.40E+05    1.00     0.00     0.00     6.00    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|