STRUCTURAL STEEL

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 STRUCTURAL STEEL
 A36 STEEL – commonly used structural carbon steel

 Fy = 248 MPa – Yield Stress

 FU = 400 MPa – Tensile Stress
 E = 200 x 103 MPa – Modulus of Elasticity
 γ = 7780 kg/m3 – Unit Weight
 α = 11.70 x 10-6/°C – Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
and Contraction
 μ = 0.30 – Poison’s Ratio
 G = 77,200 MPa – Shear Modulus
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 SHAPES and SECTIONS
Rolled Shapes
 W, S, M, HP Shapes  C, MC Shapes  WT, ST, MT Shapes

 W33X163  C15X40
 S24X121  MC12X45
 HP12X84
 M14X18 National Structural Code of the Philippines 2015 Volume
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 SHAPES and SECTIONS
Rolled Shapes
 Single Angles  Double Angles  Rectangular HSS

 L150X90X10
 L8X4X¾

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 SHAPES and SECTIONS

Built-Up Section Cold Formed Plate Shapes

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 TENSION MEMBERS:
 Structural members that are subjected to axial
tensile force.
 Any cross-sectional configuration may be used,
since the only determinant of strength is the cross-
sectional area.
 GROSS and NET AREAS
 The usual practice is to drill or punch
standard holes with a diameter larger than
the fastener diameter.
 To account for possible roughness around
the edges of the hole, an addition to the
actual hole diameter is required.
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 TENSION MEMBERS:
 These may be found in the following:

 Bridge trusses

 Roof
trusses
 Towers
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 TENSION MEMBERS:
 These may be found in the following:

 Tie Rods

 Bracing System

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 TYPES of TENSION MEMBERS

 Circular Rods
• One of the simplest of tension members
• Difficult to connect to many structures
 Single Angles
• Used in roof trusses

 Double Angles
 Tees
• Used in welded trusses
 Channels
• Bridges and large roof trusses
 W-section
• Bridges and large roof trusses
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 TYPES of TENSION MEMBERS

 Built-up from plates and rolled shapes

• To have sufficient cross sectional area and rigidity
 Members consisting of more than one section need
to be tied together
 Tie plates or tie bars can be used

 Steel cables
• Suspension bridge
• roof supports

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 Design Strength:

Tension member can fail by reaching one of the two

limiting states: YIELDING or FRACTURE

 To prevent YIELDING and accompanying

excessive deformation, the stress on the
gross area (Ag) should be less than Fy.

 To prevent FRACTURE, the stress on the

net section (AN ) must be less than FU.

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 References:

National Structural Code of the Philippines 2015

Volume I Buildings, Towers, and other Vertical Structures
Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines, Inc.

http://www.mcsweeneysteel.com/Documents/AISCShapes.pdf