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V. AISC 360-10 W D.1

Verify the tensile strength a wide flange section per the LRFD and ASD methods of the AISD 360-10 code.

References

  1. American Institute of Steel Construction. 2010 Steel Construction Manual. Fourteenth Edition. AISC: Chicago, IL.
  2. American Institute of Steel Construction. 2011. Design Examples, Version 14.0. AISC:Chicago, IL. Example D.1, pp. D-2 - D-4

    Note: This reference is freely available for download from the AISC website at https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/aisc/university-programs/teaching-aids/first-semester-design-examples.pdf

Details

From reference (2):

Select an 8-in. W-shape, ASTM A992, to carry a dead load of 30 kips and a live load of 90 kips in tension. The member is 25 ft long. Verify the member strength by both LRFD and ASD with the bolted end connection shown [in the reference]. Verify that the member satisfies the recommended slenderness limit. Assume that connection limit states do not govern.

See example D.1 in reference (2) for calculations.

Results

Result Type Reference STAAD.Pro Difference Comments
Tensile yielding ϕtPn (kips) [LRFD] 277 277 none  
Tensile rupture ϕtPn (kips) [LRFD] 211 211 none  
Tensile yielding Pnt (kips) [ASD] 184 184 none  
Tensile rupture Pnt (kips) [ASD] 141 141 none  
Slenderness ratio 238 238.212 negligible  

STAAD.Pro Input

The file C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\STAAD.Pro CONNECT Edition\Samples\ Verification Models\09 Steel Design\US\AISC\AISC 360-10 W 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 25 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 ST W8X21
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL STEEL ALL
SUPPORTS
1 FIXED
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead  TITLE LOAD CASE 1
JOINT LOAD
2 FX 30
LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live  TITLE LOAD CASE 2
JOINT LOAD
2 FX 90
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 2010
FU 9360 ALL
FYLD 7200 ALL
METHOD LRFD
TMAIN 300 ALL
NSF 0.773 ALL
SLF 0.908 ALL
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
LOAD LIST 4
PARAMETER 2
CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010
FU 9360 ALL
FYLD 7200 ALL
METHOD ASD
TMAIN 300 ALL
NSF 0.773 ALL
SLF 0.908 ALL
TRACK 2 ALL
CHECK CODE ALL
FINISH

STAAD.Pro Output

                       STAAD.PRO CODE CHECKING - (AISC-360-10-LRFD)   v1.4a
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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   W8X21                    (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Eq. H1-1a            0.854         3
                      180.00 T          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :    238.212  L/C  :     3                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      3    Ratio     :     0.854(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H1-1a                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| DESIGN FORCES                                                         |
| Fx:   1.800E+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:   4.216E+00     Ayy:   2.070E+00     Cw:  1.517E+02              |
| Szz:   1.819E+01     Syy:   3.708E+00                                 |
| Izz:   7.530E+01     Iyy:   9.770E+00     Ix:  2.820E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:        7199.999   Fu:        9359.999                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:        25.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    0.77 SLF:    0.91 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Non-Slender     6.59     N/A     13.49    T.B4.1(a)-1  |
|                Non-Slender    27.52     N/A     35.88    T.B4.1(a)-5  |
| Flexure     :  Compact         6.59     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1(b)-10 |
|                Compact        27.52    90.55   137.27    T.B4.1(b)-15 |
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 ALL UNITS ARE - KIP  FEET (UNLESS OTHERWISE Noted)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       1.80E+02   2.77E+02   0.649      Eq. D2-1      3     0.00 |
| Rupture     1.80E+02   2.11E+02   0.854      Eq. D2-2      3     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    0.00E+00   1.62E+02   0.000      Eq. E3-1      3     0.00 |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   2.45E+01   0.000      Eq. E3-1      3     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   1.70E+02   0.000      Eq. E4-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    4.28E-02    85.81   4.20E+03   5.60E+03   1.80E+02        |
| Min Buck    4.28E-02   238.21   6.37E+02   7.26E+02   2.72E+01        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    4.28E-02   4.41E+03   1.89E+02                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   1.14E+02   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   6.21E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     2.93E-02     1.00     1.20     6.59   1.26E+02            |
| Local-Y     1.44E-02     1.00     0.00    27.52   6.21E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   7.65E+01   0.000      Eq. F2-1      3     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   2.13E+01   0.000      Eq. F6-1      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       8.50E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       2.37E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   2.52E+01   0.000      Eq. F2-3      3     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       2.80E+01   0.00E+00    1.00     4.45    14.75    25.00    |
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| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.000      Eq. H1-1b     3     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.854      Eq. H1-1a     3     0.00             |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Comp         2.52E+01   0.00E+00   2.45E+01                   |
|                      2.13E+01   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
| Flexure Tens         2.52E+01   0.00E+00   2.11E+02                   |
|                      2.13E+01   0.00E+00   1.80E+02                   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    50. LOAD LIST 4
    51. PARAMETER 2
    52. CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010
    53. FU 9360 ALL
    54. FYLD 7200 ALL
    55. METHOD ASD
    56. TMAIN 300 ALL
    57. NSF 0.773 ALL
    58. SLF 0.908 ALL
    59. TRACK 2 ALL
    60. CHECK CODE ALL
 STEEL DESIGN    
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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   W8X21                    (AISC SECTIONS)
                           PASS   Eq. H1-1a            0.854         4
                      120.00 T          0.00           0.00        0.00
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SLENDERNESS                                                           |
| Actual Slenderness Ratio    :    238.212  L/C  :     4                |
| Allowable Slenderness Ratio :    300.000  LOC  :     0.00             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| STRENGTH CHECKS                                                       |
| Critical L/C  :      4    Ratio     :     0.854(PASS)                 |
|          Loc  :    0.00   Condition :   Eq. H1-1a                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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:   4.216E+00     Ayy:   2.070E+00     Cw:  1.517E+02              |
| Szz:   1.819E+01     Syy:   3.708E+00                                 |
| Izz:   7.530E+01     Iyy:   9.770E+00     Ix:  2.820E-01              |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| MATERIAL PROPERTIES                                                   |
| Fyld:        7199.999   Fu:        9359.999                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Actual Member Length:        25.000                                   |
| Design Parameters                                                     |
| Kz:    1.00 Ky:    1.00 NSF:    0.77 SLF:    0.91 CSP:   12.00        |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECTION CLASS  UNSTIFFENED /     λ       λp      λr        CASE       |
|                STIFFENED                                              |
| Compression :  Non-Slender     6.59     N/A     13.49    T.B4.1(a)-1  |
|                Non-Slender    27.52     N/A     35.88    T.B4.1(a)-5  |
| Flexure     :  Compact         6.59     9.15    24.08    T.B4.1(b)-10 |
|                Compact        27.52    90.55   137.27    T.B4.1(b)-15 |
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL TENSION                                               |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Yield       1.20E+02   1.84E+02   0.651      Eq. D2-1      4     0.00 |
| Rupture     1.20E+02   1.41E+02   0.854      Eq. D2-2      4     0.00 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION                                           |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Maj Buck    0.00E+00   1.08E+02   0.000      Eq. E3-1      4     0.00 |
| Min Buck    0.00E+00   1.63E+01   0.000      Eq. E3-1      4     0.00 |
| Flexural                                                              |
| Tor Buck    0.00E+00   1.13E+02   0.000      Eq. E4-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results     Eff Area     KL/r      Fcr        Fe         Pn           |
| Maj Buck    4.28E-02    85.81   4.20E+03   5.60E+03   1.80E+02        |
| Min Buck    4.28E-02   238.21   6.37E+02   7.26E+02   2.72E+01        |
| Flexural       Ag       Fcr        Pn                                 |
| Tor Buck    4.28E-02   4.41E+03   1.89E+02                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR SHEAR                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Local-Z     0.00E+00   7.57E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Local-Y     0.00E+00   4.14E+01   0.000      Eq. G2-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate                                                          |
| Results        Aw        Cv       Kv      h/tw      Vn                |
| Local-Z     2.93E-02     1.00     1.20     6.59   1.26E+02            |
| Local-Y     1.44E-02     1.00     0.00    27.52   6.21E+01            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-YIELDING                                            |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   5.09E+01   0.000      Eq. F2-1      4     0.00 |
| Minor       0.00E+00   1.42E+01   0.000      Eq. F6-1      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        My                                           |
| Major       8.50E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
| Minor       2.37E+01   0.00E+00                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CHECK FOR BENDING-LATERAL TORSIONAL BUCKLING                          |
|                                                                       |
|              FORCE     CAPACITY   RATIO      CRITERIA     L/C    LOC  |
| Major       0.00E+00   1.68E+01   0.000      Eq. F2-3      4     0.00 |
| Intermediate   Mn        Me        Cb      Lp       Lr       Lb       |
| Major       2.80E+01   0.00E+00    1.00     4.45    14.75    25.00    |
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| CHECK FOR FLEXURE TENS/COMP INTERACTION                               |
|                       RATIO      CRITERIA    L/C     LOC              |
| Flexure Comp          0.000      Eq. H1-1b     4     0.00             |
| Flexure Tens          0.854      Eq. H1-1a     4     0.00             |
| Intermediate         Mcx        Mrx        Pc                         |
|                      Mcy        Mry        Pr                         |
| Flexure Comp         1.68E+01   0.00E+00   1.63E+01                   |
|                      1.42E+01   0.00E+00   0.00E+00                   |
| Flexure Tens         1.68E+01   0.00E+00   1.41E+02                   |
|                      1.42E+01   0.00E+00   1.20E+02                   |
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