Material Properties Partial safety factors

fy 250 N/mm2 Resistance to:

e 1 Yielding, gmo 1.10
E 200000 N/mm2 Buckling, gmo 1.10

SECTION: Width 300 mm

Depth 300 mm
Thickness 10 mm

Section Properties
M 91.06 kg/m
Ag 116.00 cm2
D 300 mm
Bf 300 mm
tw 10 mm
tf 10 mm
Iz 16278.67 cm4
Iy 16278.67 cm4
Zez 1085.24 cm3
Zey 1085.24 cm3
Zpz 1262.00 cm3
Zpy 1262.00 cm3
rz 11.85 cm
ry 11.85 cm

Tension Capacity

Design strength due to yielding of gross section

Tdg = Ag fy/ gmo = (116 × 100 × 250/1.1) /1000

2636 kN

Compression Capacity
About z-z axis About y-y axis

Length Lz 0.116 m Ly 6.3 m

Effective length factor Kz 0.7 Ky 1

Buckling Class c c Buckling

a
Class
Imperfection factor, a 0.49 0.49 a 0.21
b 0.34
Appropriate radius of gyration rz 1.44 cm 15.094 cm c 0.49
d 0.76
Effective slenderness ratio Kz Lz /rz 5.63 Ky Ly /ry 41.74

2 2
Euler buckling stress, fcc = p2 E /( KL/r)2 62251.27 N/mm 1133.07 N/mm

Non-dimensional effective slenderness ratio,  = (fy/fcc) 0.063 0.470

f = 0.5 [ 1 + a( - 0.2) + 2] 0.469 0.676

Design compressive stress, fcd = [ fy/gmo ] / [ f + (f2 - 2)0.5 ] 243.66 N/mm2 195.40 N/mm2

Effective c/s area, Ae 17.00 cm2 213.76 cm2

Design compressive strength Pd = Ae fcd 414 kN 4177 kN

Compressive strength of member 414 kN About z-z axis governs

Bending Capacity

Internal element of compression flange, compression due to bending, b/tf =(300-10)/10 29.00 < 29.3 e Plastic

Web of box section, neutral axis at mid depth, d/tw =(300-2×10)/10 28.00 < 84 e Plastic

Laterally supported
About z-z axis About y-y axis
bb 1 1

Md = b b Zp fy / gmo 287 kNm 287 kNm

Simply supported 1.2 1.2

Md shall be less than 296 kNm 296 kNm

Bending strength of member 287 kNm 287 kNm

Combined Bending and Axial Compression

Factored Loads P 10.56 kN Capacities Pdz 414 kN Pdy 4177 kN

Mz 54.4 kN Mdz 287 tm

My 0 kN Mdy 287 tm

Cmz 0.9 nz 0.026

Cmy 0.9 ny 0.003

CmLT 0.9 LLT 0.116 m

max final
Kz 1.001 1.002 1.001 hf 290 mm
max
Ky 0.997 1.020 0.997 Mcr 3462684.91 kNm
min
KLT 1.000 1.000 1.000 LT 0.010

Interaction Checks
P Cmy M y Mz
 Ky  KLT  1.0 0.192 < 1 SAFE
Pdy Mdy Mdz

P Cmy My Cmz Mz
 0.6Ky  Kz  1.0 0.196 < 1 SAFE
Pdz Mdy Mdz
aw = (A -2b tf)/A 0.172 0.5 (max) af = (A-2 h tw)/A -0.103 0.5 (max)

n = N/Nd 0.026 0.003

Mn d 372.67 272.02

SAFE SAFE