Steel Beam Design as per AISC ASD - 89

AISC Section Properties Beam W8x24

d 7.930 Inch
bf 6.500 Inch
tf 0.400 Inch
tw 0.245 Inch
Sx 20.900 Inch3
Sy 5.630 Inch3
Ix 82.700 Inch4
Iy 18.300 Inch4
rt 1.760 Inch
Ax 7.080 Inch2
rx 3.420 Inch
ry 1.610 Inch
Material Properties
Modulus of Elasticity of steel E 29000.000 Ksi
Yeild Stress Fy 36.000 Ksi
Ultimate tensile strength Fu 58.000 Ksi
Span Data
Unsupported Span Lb 10.000 Ft
Length for slenderness Lx 10.000 Ft
Length for slenderness Lz 10.000 Ft
Loading Data from Staad
Applied Moment about X - Axis Mx (Mz in staad) 46.210 Kip-Ft
Applied Moment about Y - Axis My 0.030 Kip-Ft
Axial Load fx 28.700 Kips

Check for Slenderness

K 1.000
Lx/rx 35.088
Ly/ry 74.534
Pass in Slenderness

Computed Stresses
Bending Stress @ X- Axis fbx = Mx / Sx 26.532 Ksi
Bending Stress @ Y- Axis fby = My / Sy 0.064 Ksi
Axial Stress fa= Fx/Ax 4.054 Ksi

Calculation Of Allowable Bending Stresses (Fb)

Limiting Width Thickness Ratio bf/tf 8.125 < 10.83333

Section is Compact

Critical Unbraced Length Lc1= 76bf / fy0.5 82.333

Lc2 = 20000 / (( d / Af ) fy )) 182.149 Inch
Lc = min( Lc1:Lc2) Lc 82.333 Inch
Lb > Lc
Lb/rt 68.182

319.374( Cb / fy)0.5 < lb/rt < 714.143( Cb / fy)0.5 Eq- 1

319.374( Cb / fy)0.5 < lb/rt > 714.143( Cb / fy)0.5 Eq-2
Cb 1.000
 319.374( Cb / Fy)0.5 53.229
714.143( Cb / Fy) 0.5
119.024
Lb/rt 68.182

lb/rt Satifying Eq-1

Fbx =(2/3 - Fy ( lb/rt )2 / 1530000Cb ) )Fy;

Allowable Bending Stress @ X- Axis 170x103Cb/(lb/rt)2 20.062 Ksi

For any value of l/rt Fbx =12000Cb Af / (lb*d) 21.600 Ksi

Selected Allowable Bending Stress @ X-Axis Fbx = 21.600 Ksi

Max allowable Bending Stress @ Y-Axis Fby = 0.75 Fy 27.000 Ksi

Min allowable Bending Stress @ Y-Axis Fby = 0.6 Fy 21.600 Ksi

Calculated allowable Bending Stress @ Y-Axis Fby = Fy (1.075 - 0.005bf Fy0.5 / 2tf ) 29.925 Ksi

Selected allowable Bending Stress @ Y-Axis Fby = 27.000 Ksi

Calculation Of Allowable Axial Stresses (Fa)

Critical Klb/r 74.534
Cc = (2 p 2 E / Fy) 0.5 126.150
KL/r is Less than Cc

Fa = Fy ( 1 - 0.5 * ( Lb / r * Cc)2 /(1.667 + 0.375 * Lb / r * Cc - 0.125 * ( Lb / r *

Allowable Stress Cc )3); (12 p2 E/Fy)0.5
Allowable Axial Stress Fa= 15.956 < 0.7Fy

Interaction Checking
fa/Fa 0.254

Interaction Checking 1.485 (Eq H1-3)

fa/Fa + Cmxfbx/(1-fa/Fex)Fbx + Cmyfby/(1-fa/fey)Fby < 1.0 (Eq H1-1)
fa/0.6Fy + fbx/Fbx + fby/Fby < 1.0 (Eq H1-2)
fa/Fa + fbx/Fbx + fby/Fby < 1.0 (Eq H1-3)

For Restrained against rotation Cmx,y = 0.850

fex = 12*p *E / ( 23*Lex / rx )
2 2
121.392
fey=12*p *E / ( 23*Ley / ry )
2 2
26.902

Interaction Checking 1.337 (Eq H1-1)

Interaction Checking 1.418 (Eq H1-2)

Govering Stress Ratio 1.48 (Eq H1-3)