CVG 4143-STRUCTURAL STEEL II

ASSIGNMENT 5 - Plate Girders-I

1. In Clause 14.3.1 in CAN/CSA S16-09 of the standards, the web maximum slenderness
is limited to the following:
h 83,000
≤
w Fy
You are asked to carefully read the background material behind this requirement in your
textbook (by Kulak and Grondin) in (pages 194-197 in the tenth edition) and answer the
following:
a. Explain the rationale behind this requirement
b. List all the assumptions involved in the derivation
c. In Eq. 7.5 of your text, factor k was taken conservatively as 1.0. Is this a lower
bound or an upper bound of the true value of k. Propose a value for the other
bound of k.
d. Explain the difference between the equation
π 2E
σ cr = k 2
(middle of page 195)
l
 
r
π 2E
and σ cr = k 2
(following equation on Page 195).
(1 − ν ) r 
2 l 

 
Which equation is more accurate? Explain your answer.

e. Explain how this requirement would be modified for each of the following cases
The material Poisson’s ratio is 0.4
The maximum residual stress is 50% percent of the steel yield strength

Marking of the assignment

In compliance with CEAB accreditation requirements, your solution will be marked
according to the following weights
Communication Skills (Attribute 7) 20%
Written communication skills (organization of the report, clarity of the results, quality of
drawing, whether the plot self-explanatory, completeness of discussion on the results)

Lifelong Learning (Attribute 12) 80%

This assignment is primarily intended to demonstrate your ability to assimilate material
that has not been taught in the literature through independent reading, identify the
underlying assumptions and limitation, and extend and modify them to accommodate a
other problems.