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Structural Steel Design & Timber Design Peter B. Keating, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University Structural Steel Design American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 3 Design Methods - Allowable Stress Design (ASD) - Plastic Design (Load Factor Design) Chapter N of ASD Manual - Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) #1 Second Edition, Volume | & II LRFD DESIGN METHOD Design Equation: Xv,0, < oR, where Q, = nominal load effect (service loads) VY, = load factor corresponding to Q, (usually > 1.0) 2y,0, = total factored load effect (or required strength) R, = nominal resistance = resistance factor corresponding to f, (< 1.0) R, = — design strength LOAD COMBINATIONS (Note: differ from ACI Code!) 1.4D (A4-1) 1.2D + 161 + O.5(L, or Sor R) (A4 2) 1.2D + 1.6(L, or S or R) +(0.5L or 0.8W) (A4-3) 1.2D + 1.3W | 0.5L +0.5(L, or S or A) (A4-4) 1.2D + 1.0F + 0.5L + 0.25 (A4-5) 0.9D + (1.3Wor 1.06) (A4-6) For members subject to dead and live load: 1.2D + 1.6L See Examples A-1 and A-2, p. 2-9 MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL Rupture 28,000 ksi STRENGTH ©, = 0.002 bucTiLiTy STRUCTURAL STEELS ASTM Grade Yield Stross Tensile Stross Designation F, (ksi) F, (ksi) A36 _ 36. 58-80 AS72Z 42 60 50 65 60 75 65, 80 A588 0 70 . A852 (plate only) 70 go110 A514 (plate only) 90 90-130 AS14 ate only} 100 100-130, Sce Table 1-1, p. 1-15 for complete listing and availability

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