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Design for 200x150x16 mm Rectangular Hollow Section

A) Design Data
Member Mark: MC1 (1/F) L = 2.90 m
Steel Grade: S355 py = 355 MPa Table 3.2
Member Size: 200x150x16 mm Rectangular Hollow Section
Sectional properties:
4 3
Wt = 79.88 kg/m Ix = 5337 cm Zx = 534 cm B
4 3
D = 200 mm Iy = 3325 cm Zy = 443 cm
3
B = 150 mm rx = 7.24 cm Sx = 667 cm
3
t = 16 mm ry = 5.72 cm Sy = 540 cm
4
b = 102 mm u = 0.9 J = 6117 cm
2 d D
d = 152 mm x = 13 A = 102 cm
-1
b/t = 6.38 Hp/A = 70 m
d/t = 9.5

b
B) Ultimate Design Load
Shear Force V = 10.00 kN
Bending Moment (Major Axis) Mx = 10.00 kNm
Bending Moment (Minor Axis) My = 5.00 kNm
Tension Force Ft = 0.00 kN
Compressive Force Fc = 1050.00 kN

C) Section Classification

ε = 275 / py = 0.88
b/t = 6.38 < 28 ε
d/t = 9.5 < 64 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 = 2td = 4864.00 mm²

py Av eq. 8.1
Shear capacity Vc = = 996.92 kN
3
> 10.00 kN O.K.
0.6 Vc = 598.15 kN
∴ Low shear condition

E) Moment Capacity Clause 8.2.2

Moment capacity Mcx = py x smaller of ( S ,1.2 x Z) = 227.37 kNm eq. 8.2

> 10.00 kNm O.K.
Mcy = py x smaller of ( S ,1.2 x Z) = 188.85 kNm eq. 8.2
> 5.00 kN O.K.

F) Moment resistance to later-torsional buckling Clause 8.3.5

mLT = 1.00 Table 8.4 a&b

Effective length for lateral-torsional buckling LE = 1.00 L = 2.9 m Clause 8.3.4
λ = LE / r y = 50.70 eq. 8.26
Slenderness factor v = 1 / (1+0.05( λ / x )2)0.25 = 0.861 eq. 8.27
βw = 1
Equivalent slenderness λLT = u v λ βw = 39.27 eq. 8.25
Limiting slenderness λL0 = 0.4 π2 E / py = 30.20 eq. A8.10
αLT = 7.0 eq. A8.11
Perry factor ηLT = αLT (λLT - λL0 ) / 1000 = 0.064 eq. A8.5
π2 E
Elastic Critical Bending Stress pE = = 1311.905 MPa eq. A8.3
λ2LT
py + (ηLT + 1)pE
Φ LT = = 875.1161 MPa eq. A8.4
2
pE p y
Bending Buckling Strength pb = = 327.30 MPa eq. A8.2
ΦLT + (Φ2LT - pEpy)
Buckling Resistance Moment Mb = pb x S = 218.44 kNm eq. 8.21
Laterial-torsional buckling need not to be checked, RHS with λ < 670ε² (Table 8.2) > 0.00 kNm O.K.
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G) Tension Capacity Clause 8.6.1

Effective area Ae = 10176 mm² Clause 9.3.4.4.

Tension capacity Pt = py Ae = 3612.48 kN
> 0.00 kN O.K.

H) Compressive resistance Clause 8.7.5

Effective length LE = 1.00 L = 2.9 m Table 8.6

λ = LE / r y = 50.70
For Hot - finished structural hollow section Buckling curves: a) Table 8.7
α = 2
Limiting slenderness λ0 = 0.2 π2 E / py = 15.10 eq. 8.35
Perry factor η = α (λ - λ0 ) / 1000 = 0.071 eq. A8.34
π2 E
Euler Strength pE = 2 = 787.1358 MPa eq. A8.32
λ
py + (η + 1)pE
Φc = = 599.0903 MPa eq. A8.33
2
pE p y
Compressive Buckling Strength pc = = 317.18 MPa eq. A8.31
Φc + (Φ2c - pEpy)
Compressive capacity Pc = Ag Pc = 3227.58 kN eq. 8.73
> 1050.00 kN O.K.

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

Ft Mx My 0 10 5
+ + = + + = 0.07 eq. 8.77
Pt Mcx Mcy 3612 227 189
< 1 O.K.

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

Fc Mx My 1050 10 5
+ + = + + = 0.36 eq. 8.78
Ag Py Mcx Mcy 3612 227 189
< 1 O.K.

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

Fc mLT Mx MLT My 1050 10 5

+ + = + + = 0.40 eq. 8.81
Pcy Mcx Mcy 3228 227 189
< 1 O.K.