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Date: 2-Aug-22
Time: 12:58 am
Design for 80x40x7.05 kg/m Channel
A) Design Data
Member Mark: M7a L = 1.06 m
Steel Grade: Q235 py = 215 MPa Table 3.2
Member Size: 80x40x7.05 kg/m Channel
Sectional properties:
3 B
Wt = 8.04 kg/m C = 7 mm Sx = 24.16 cm
3
D = 80 mm N = 40 mm Sy = 8.804 cm
B = 40 mm n = 16 mm u = 0.9
4
t = 4.5 mm Ix = 81.69 cm x = 9.06
4 6
T = 6.5 mm Iy = 12.997 cm H = 0.0001 dm
4
d D
d = 51.8 mm rx = 3.153 cm J = 1.26 cm
2
b/T = 6.15 ry = 1.258 cm A = 8.215 cm
3 3
d/t = 11.5 Zx = 20.423 cm SVx = 7 cm
3 3
Zy = 4.902 cm SVx = 0 cm
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Hp/A = 290 m
b
B) Ultimate Design Load
Shear Force V = 1.10 kN
Bending Moment (Major Axis) Mx = 0.70 kNm
Bending Moment (Minor Axis) My = 0.00 kNm
Tension Force Ft = 5.20 kN
Compressive Force Fc = 0.00 kN

C) Section Classification

ε = 275 / py = 1.131
b/T = 6.15 < 8 ε
d/t = 11.5 < 80 ε
< 70 ε
∴ Section is Class 1 plastic Table 7.1
∴ Not required to check for shear buckling Clause 8.4.6

D) Shear Capacity Clause 8.2.1

Shear area Av = tD = 360.00 mm²

py Av eq. 8.1
Shear capacity Vc = = 44.69 kN
3
> 1.10 kN O.K.
0.6 Vc = 26.81 kN
∴ Low shear condition

E) Moment Capacity Clause 8.2.2

Moment capacity Mcx = py x smaller of ( S ,1.2 x Z) = 5.19 kNm eq. 8.2

> 0.70 kNm O.K.
Mcy = py x smaller of ( S ,1.2 x Z) = 1.26 kNm eq. 8.2
> 0.00 kN O.K.

F) Moment resistance to later-torsional buckling Clause 8.3.5

mLT = 0.93 Table 8.4 a&b

Effective length for lateral-torsional buckling LE = 1.00 L = 1.06 m Clause 8.3.4
λ = LE / ry = 84.26 eq. 8.26
Slenderness factor v = 1 / (1+0.05( λ / x )2)0.25 = 0.658 eq. 8.27
βw = 1
Equivalent slenderness λLT = u v λ βw = 49.92 eq. 8.25
2
Limiting slenderness λL0 = 0.4 π E / py = 38.80 eq. A8.10
αLT = 7.0 eq. A8.11
Perry factor ηLT = αLT (λLT - λL0 ) / 1000 = 0.078 eq. A8.5
π2 E
Elastic Critical Bending Stress pE = = 811.84 MPa eq. A8.3
λ2LT
py + (ηLT + 1)pE
Φ LT = = 545.01 MPa eq. A8.4
2
pE py
Bending Buckling Strength pb = = 195.02 MPa eq. A8.2
ΦLT + (Φ2LT - pEpy)
Buckling Resistance Moment Mb = pb x S = 4.71 kNm eq. 8.21
> 0.65 kNm O.K.
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G) Tension Capacity Clause 8.6.1

Effective area Ae = 821.5 mm² Clause 9.3.4.4.

Tension capacity Pt = py Ae = 176.62 kN
> 5.20 kN O.K.

H) Compressive resistance Clause 8.7.5

Effective length LE = 1.00 L = 1.06 m Table 8.6

λ = LE / ry = 84.26
For Rolled channel Buckling curves: c) Table 8.7
α = 5.5
Limiting slenderness λ0 = 0.2 π2 E / py = 19.40 eq. 8.35
Perry factor η = α (λ - λ0 ) / 1000 = 0.357 eq. A8.34
π2 E
Euler Strength pE = = 284.97 MPa eq. A8.32
λ2
py + (η + 1)pE
Φc = = 300.81 MPa eq. A8.33
2
pE py
Compressive Buckling Strength pc = = 129.87 MPa eq. A8.31
Φc + (Φ2c - pEpy)
Compressive capacity Pc = Ag Pc = 106.69 kN eq. 8.73
> 0.00 kN O.K.

I) Cross-section capacity (Tension Members under combined axial Force and moments) Clause 8.8

Ft Mx My 5.2 0.7 0.0

+ + = + + = 0.16 eq. 8.77
Pt Mcx Mcy 176.6 5.2 1.3
< 1 O.K.

J) Cross-section capacity (Compression Members under combined axial Force and moments) Clause 8.9.1

Fc Mx My 0.0 0.7 0.0

+ + = + + = 0.13 eq. 8.78
Ag Py Mcx Mcy 176.6 5.2 1.3
< 1 O.K.

K) Cross-section capacity (Member buckling resistance) Clause 8.9.2

Fc mLT Mx MLT My 0.0 0.7 0.0

+ + = + + = 0.14 eq. 8.81
Pcy Mb Mcy 106.7 4.7 1.3
< 1 O.K.