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Plate Girder Design Based on AISC Manual 13th Edition (AISC 360-05)

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY

STEEL YIELD STRESS Fy = 50 ksi
SIMPLY SUPPORTED SPAN S = 72 ft
SUPERIMPOSED UNIFORM DEAD LOAD DL = 1 kips / ft
UNIFORM LIVE LOAD LL = 1 kips / ft
POINT DEAD LOAD P DL = 60 kips
POINT LIVE LOAD P LL = 60 kips
DISTANCE POINT LOAD TO END c = 24 ft
TOP FLANGE WIDTH b f,top = 16 in
TOP FLANGE THICKNESS t f,top = 1.5 in
BOTTOM FLANGE WIDTH b f,bot = 16 in
BOTTOM FLANGE THICKNESS t f,bot = 1.5 in
WEB THICKNESS tw = 0.5 in
BEAM DEPTH d = 53 in 1/4 x 7 STIFFENER, E. SIDES, AT SUPPORTS ONLY.
UNBRACED LENGTH Lb = 8 ft FLANGE TO WEB WELDING USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 41 in o.c.

THE GIRDER DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.

ANALYSIS
CHECK LIMITING WIDTH-THICKNESS RATIOS FOR WEB (AISC 360-05 Table B4.1)
hc / tw = 100.00 < r = 137.27
> p = 90.55
Noncompact Web
where E= 29000 ksi
 r = 5.7 (E / F y ) 0.5 = 137.27
 p = (h c / h p ) (E / F y ) 0.5 / (0.54 M p / M y -0.09) 2 = 93.26 ,for A f,top ≠ A f,bot
 p = 3.76 (E / F y ) 0.5
= 90.55 ,for A f,top = A f,bot
hc = 50.00 in hp = 50.00 in
Mp = 6452.1 ft-kips My = 5824.6 ft-kips

CHECK LIMITING WIDTH-THICKNESS RATIOS FOR FLANGES (AISC 360-05 Table B4.1)
0.5 b f,top / t f,top = 5.33 < r = 17.04
< p = 9.15
Compact Flanges
where  r = 0.95 (k c E / F L ) 0.5 = 17.04
 p = 0.38 (E / F y ) 0.5
= 9.15
k c = Min [0.76 , Max (0.35 , 4 / (h / t w ) 0.5 )] = 0.39
3 3
S xt = 1398 in S xc = 1398 in
FL = 35 ksi, (AISC 360-05 Table note B4.1 & Eq F4-6)

DETERMINE CRITERIA FOR ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH (AISC 360-05 Table F1.1)

Chapter F Sections
Required Conditions F2 F3 F4 F5
Double Symmetric x x
Compact Web x x
x
Noncompact Web
Slender Web M allowable = M n /  b = 3806.0 ft-kips
Compact Flanges x ( from following analysis)
Noncompact Flanges
Slender Flanges
Applicable Section ok

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F2

<== Not Applicable.

L p  1.76r y 
E
13.23 ft
Fy

 0.7 F y S x h0 
L r  1.95r ts 1  1  6.76   r ts 
2

 
Jc 
E Jc E

32.74 ft
0.7 F y S xh0 E 0.7 F y
3
where ry = 3.75 in Sx = 1398 in
4
h0 = 51.50 in Iy = 1025 in
 (cont'd)
Cw = Iy h02 / 4 = 679321 , (AISC 360-05 F2.2)
4
J = [t w d (t w 2 2
+ d )] / 12 = 6203.8 in , (not applicable if taken web only, EIT Manual page 26)
4
(Use J= 70.504 in )
0.5 0.5
r ts =[( I y C w ) / S x )] = 4.34 in
c = 1.0 Cb = 1.0 , (AISC Manual 13th Table 3-1, page 3-10)

C b 2E Jc  L b 
F cr  1  0.078  
2


 Lb  S x h 0  r ts 
596.94 ksi

 
2

 r ts 

 M p , for L b  L p

 Min  C  M   M  0.7 F S   L b  L p   , M  ,
    
M n,F 2   y x  for L p  L b  L r 
  
    L r  L p   
b p p p 6452.1 ft-kips

 Min  F cr S x , M p  , for L r  L b



M allowable, F2 =M n /  b = 3863.5 ft-kips where b = 1.67 , (AISC 360-05 F1)

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F3

<== Not Applicable.

  M p   M p  0.7 F y S x  
     pf  
    rf   pf  
  
, for Noncompact Flanges
M n,F 3   
 0.9 E k c S x
7600.9 ft-kips


 2
, for Slender Flanges

where  = b f / (2 t f ) = 5.33
 pf =  p = 9.15  rf =  r = 17.04

M allowable, F3 =Min(M n,F2 , M n,F3 ) /  b = 3863.5 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F4

L p  1.1r t 
E
9.59 ft
Fy

 S h 
L r  1.95r t 1  1  6.76 F L xc 0  
2
E J
 E 
J 38.20 ft
FL S xc h 0

where a w =h c t w / (b fc t fc ) = 1.04

rt  
b fc
 2 
4.34 in
12  h 0  a w h 
1
 d 6 h 0d 

M p = Min [Z x F y , 1.6S xc F y ] = 6452.1 ft-kips

M yc = S xc F y = 5824.6 ft-kips M yt = S xt F y = 5824.6 ft-kips
 = hc / tw = 100.00
 pw =  p = 93.26  rw =  r = 137.27

Mp
 , for h c / t w   pw
 M yc
 
 Min  M p   M p  1     pw  , 
R pc 1.0912
       , for h c / t w   pw
 M yc  M yc    rw   pw 
M
M yc 
p

C b 2E 1  0.078 J  L b  
F cr   
2

 Lb  S xc h 0  r t 
596.78 ksi, (for I yc / I y = 0.50 > 0.23, AISC 360-05 F4-5 )

 
2

 rt 

 R pc M yc , for L b  L p

M n, F 4.2   Min  C b  R pc M yc   R pc M yc  F L S xc   
    Lb  L p   
   , R pc M yc  , for L p  L b  L r
 
    L r L p   
6355.97 ft-kips

 Min  F cr S xc , R pc M yc  , for L r  L b


  R pc M yc , for Compact Flanges
(cont'd)


 R pc M yc   R pc M yc  F L S xc  
     pf 
   , for Noncompact Flanges
M n, F 5.3      rf   pf  


6356 ft-kips

 0.9 E k c S xc

 2
, for Slender Flanges

M p
 , for h c / t w   pw
 M yt
 
 Min  M p   M p  1     pw  , 
R pt 1.0912

       , for h c / t w   pw
   rw   pw 
M
 M yt  M yt M yt 
p

M allowable, F4 = Min( M n,F4.2 , M n,F4.3 , R pt M yt ) /  b = 3806.0 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F5

<== Not Applicable.

Lr   rt 
E
32.73 ft
0.7 F y

 F y , for L b  L p

 Min  C b  F y   0.3F y  
    Lb  L p  
  , F y  , for L p  L b  L r
 L r  L p   
   

F cr , F 5.2     
  
50 ksi

  C b 2E 
 Min  , F y  , for L r  L b
   Lb  
2

   
   rt  

 F y , for Compact Flanges


  F y   0.3F y  
     pf  
  , for Noncompact Flanges
    rf   pf  
F cr , F 5.3   
 0.9 E k c , for Slender Flanges
50 ksi


  b f 
2

  2t f 
 
 Min  a w , 10  h E  
 Min 1   c  5.7  , 1.0  
 1200  300 Min  a w , 10   t w F y  
  
R pg 1

M allowable, F5 = Min( R pg F y S xc , R pg F cr,F5.2 S xc , R pg F cr,F5.3 S xc , F y S xt ) /  b = 3487.8 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE SHEAR STRENGTH , Vn / Wv , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter G2

2
h = d - t f,top - t f,bot = 50 in , h / tw = 100 , Aw = 26.50 in ,

1.0 , for h / t w1.10 k vE
a = 71.4 ft
 
5 , for a / h3
  a / h

5 Fy
  1.10 k vE
 , for 1.10 k v  h / t w1.37 k v 
2


kv E E

5 , for a / h 3 h/tw F y
5.00 Cv 0.438

Fy Fy

 1.51E k v , for 1.37 k vE  h /

  t w F y
 h/
V n = 0.6 F y A w C v = 348.13 kips

2 tw
Fy

V allowable = V n /  v = 208.46 kips v = 1.67 , (AISC 360-05 G1)

TOTAL SUPERIMPOSED GRAVITY LOAD

w = DL + LL = 2.000 kips / ft , P = PDL + PLL = 120.00 kips

CHECK EACH SECTION CAPACITIES

Section Left 0.06 S 0.11 S 0.17 S 0.22 S 0.28 S Point 0.44 S 0.56 S 0.67 S 0.78 S 0.89 S Right
Distance 0 4.00 8.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 24.00 32.00 40.00 48.00 56.00 64.00 72.00
d (in) 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53
y (in) 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
I (in4) 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044
Wt (plf) 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4
V (kips) 160.94 151.95 142.96 133.96 124.97 115.97 0.00 31.01 48.99 66.98 84.97 102.96 120.94
M (ft-k) 0 626 1216 1769 2287 2769 3215 3039 2719 2255 1647 896 0
 (cont'd)

BENDING LOADS & CAPACITY

0
-500
-1000
Moments

-1500
-2000
-2500
-3000
-3500
-4000
Length

M max = 3215.08 ft-kips @ 24.00 ft, from heel.

< M allowable = 3806 ft-kips
[Satisfactory]

SHEAR LOADS & CAPACITY

0.00
Shear Forces

-50.00
-100.00
-150.00
-200.00
-250.00
Length

V max = 160.94 kips @ 0.00 ft, from heel.

< V allowable = 208.46 kips [Satisfactory]

DETERMINE DEFLECTION AT MID SPAN

 DL 
5w L 4
384 EI

0.06415 Pb
EIL
 L b 
2 2 3/ 2
 0.72 in ( L / 1195 )
(for camber, self Wt included.)

where E= 29000 ksi w= 1.248 kips / ft

I= 37044 in4 P= 60 kips
b= 0.6 ft L= 72.0 ft

 LL 
5w L 4
384 EI

0.06415 Pb
EIL
 L b 
2 2 3/ 2
 0.58 in ( L / 1482 )

where P= 60 kips w= 1.000 kips / ft

DETERMINE FLANGE TO WEB WELDING (AISC 360-05 J2.4 )

w = 5/16 in
w min = 3/16 in, < w
in, > w
 =
w max = 7/16
2.0
V max = 160.94 kips
Q = A f (d - y - 0.5 t f,top ) = 618 in3

 0.6 F EXX  0.707 w  A 

v max = V max Q / I = 2.68 kips / in

B
v max 
A= 24 in 41 in. o.c.

USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 41 in o.c.

DESIGN STIFFENERS

1. BEARING STIFFENERS ARE REQUIRED AT EACH END SUPPORT. (AISC 360-05, J10.8)

2. CHECK LOCAL WEB YIELDING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-05, J10.2)
R=P= 120.00 kips
N= 0 in, bearing length, point.

 =
k = t f,top + w = 1.81 in
1.5


, for c  d
 t w   5k 

R

 
N
Fy / 
 , for c  d
  2.5 k 
26.48 < [Satisfactory]

R
 w
t N
 (cont'd)
3. CHECK WEB CRIPPLING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-05, J10.3)

 = 2.0
  1.5 
 2 13 N  t w   EF ywt f , for c0.5 d
     
d  t f 
0.80


t
 
w

Rn /   1 /  
tw

  1.5 
0.40t 2w 13 N  t w 
208.57 > P [Satisfactory]
 EF ywt f , for c0.5 d
   
 d  t f 

  
tw

(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)

4. CHECK SIDESWAY WEB BUCKING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-05, J10.4)
d c = d - 2k = 49.38 in
Cr = 960000 ksi

 =
(d c / t w ) / (l / b f ) = 16.46
1.76
  3
 C r t wt f  0.4 d c / t w   , for d c / t w 1.7
3

 h2   
   l / b f   l /b f

 C r t 3wt f    
Rn /   1 /   1 0.4 d c / t w   , for 1.7 d c / t w  2.3  120.00
3

  
 l / b f  
>
 h
P [Satisfactory]
 
2 l /b f


P , for l /
d c / t w  2.3



bf

(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)

5. DETERMINE STIFFENER SIZE.

tw = 5/8 in , b st = 7 in

b st / t w = 11.20 < 0.56 (E / Fy)0.5 , (AISC 360-05 Table B4.1)

[Satisfactory]
4
Ag = 11.75 in2 , I = 159 in

R= 160.9 kips
c = 1.67 , (AISC 360-05 E1)
0.5
Kl/r= 0.75 h / ( I / A eff ) = 10.2
0.5
Cc = 4.71 ( E / F y ) = 113

 2E 
 kl / r  2
Fe  2751.51 ksi

 Fy
 0.658 F e  F y , for  Cc
kl
 
R n / c  A g / c  
r

349.1 kips, (AISC 360-05 E2)

 0.877 F e , for r  C c
kl
> R [Satisfactory]

Technical Reference:
1. AISC: "Steel Construction Manual 13th Edition", American Institute of Steel Construction, 2005.