CIVL 311 Dr. D.

Jared DeBock
Strength of Materials

LESSON 27

Subject: Design a floor system

Homework Assignment: Floor system design problem

Reading for this lesson (should be done by now): None

Reading for next lesson: None

Objectives of Lesson:
1. Design the beam elements in a floor system of a steel frame building

Design Problem: 150’ by 120’ floor (Design for Bending only, just beams and
girders)
Floor System:
1) 120’ x 150’, Columns on a 30’ Grid
2) Girders span from Column to column in the 150 foot direction
3) Beams span between girders
4) Concrete floor spans across beams
Loading: See table on following page
Elements/Materials:
1) Beams: S-Shape
a. Use same beam throughout
b. No deeper than S12 (to limit floor thickness)
c. Spacing must be ≤6’ and a factor of 30’ (i.e. 2’, 3’, 5’, 6’)
d. Select spacing and S-beam that result in the least amount of total steel
2) Girders: W-shape
a. Use same girder throughout
b. Select lightest possible member
c. Approximate load on girder as a distributed load (rather using multiple
point loads from the s-beams).
3) Material: Steel
a. ult = 50ksi
b. F.S. = 1.67
4) Expectations
a. Clear presentation of your design. I should be able to see very quickly
what you final design is (beams, beam spacing, girders).
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Strength of Materials

b. Clear calculations. A third party should be able to review your work in a

minimal amount of time, and see the method/calculations that led to your
final design.
c. Longer does not necessarily mean better. Clearer always means better.
5) Grading
a. This problem will be weighted as one whole HW assignment (i.e. like the
full problem sets that are turned in on Mondays)
b. One third of the grade will be based on clarity/neatness. The other two
thirds will be based on technical correctness.

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H 105 50
Lecture 110 50
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K 125 50
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M 135 50
N 140 50
O 145 50
P 150 50
Q 155 50
R 160 50
S 165 50
T 170 50
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