CE 434, Spring 2015 Solution to Practice for Exam 1 1/

Beam Design

1. List three design criteria for design of steel beams

1. Available Flexure Strength > Required Flexure Strength

2. Available Shear Strength > Required Shear Strength
3. Allowable Service Load Deflection > Service Load Deflection

2. List possible failure modes for each criteria above involving strength (should be a total of
five failure modes).

Flexure Strength Failure Modes: Shear Strength Failure Modes:

1. plastic hinge 4. web yielding
2. lateral-torsional buckling 5. web buckling
3. flange local buckling

3. What is Cb?

Cb is an adjustment factor for the lateral torsional buckling strength of a member

segment with non-constant bending moment.
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Prac. For Exam 1

L 32 ft
s 11 ft

SDL 75 psf = 150 * 6 / 12

SW 45 plf assumed
LCONSTR 20 psf
LPART 15 psf
L 80 psf

u_CONSTR 1.40 klf = ( 1.2 * ( SDL * s  +  SW )  +  1.6 * ( LCONSTR * s ) ) /1000

u_SERVICE 2.72 klf = ( 1.2 * ( SDL * s  +  SW )  +  1.6 * ( ( LPART + L ) * s ) ) /1000

Mu_CONSTR 179 k‐ft = u_CONSTR * L^2 / 8

Lb_CONSTR 32 ft
Cb 1.14

Mu_SERVICE 348 k‐ft = u_SERVICE * L^2 / 8

Lb_SERVICE 0 ft

L 0.880 klf = L  * s /1000

Imin 671 in 4 = 5/384 * L * L^3 *144 / 29000 * 360

Mu_CONSTR / Cb Mu_CONSTR Mu_SERVICE Ix_min

Req'd 157 k‐ft 179 k‐ft 348 k‐ft 671 in4

M'n_LTB  M'n_LTB * Cb  Mp  Mn_CONSTRUC Mn_SERVICE Ix

W12x53 157.5 k‐ft 180 k‐ft 292 k‐ft 180 k‐ft 292 k‐ft in4
Prov'd OK NG

W14x61 198 k‐ft 226 k‐ft 358 226 358 640

OK OK NG

use W16x67 230 k‐ft 262 k‐ft 488 262 488 954
OK OK OK

where: 
M'n_LTB = lateral torsional buckling strength with Cb = 1, from Table 3‐10

Mn_LTB = M'n_LTB * Cb

Mp = plastic moment strength, from Table 3‐2 or Table 3‐10 (tables include effects of FLB)

 Mn_CONSTRUC = MIN(  Mp, Mn_LTB )

Mn_SERVICE Mp (no LTB since slab provides continuous lateral support to compression flange)

Ix = moment of inertia about the strong axis, Table 3‐2 or Table 3‐3