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Chapter - (7) B14-25
Chapter - (7) B14-25
B-15
(Cb)
Example B - 5
Determine (Cb) for a uniformly loaded, simply supported beam
with lateral supports at its ends only.
Solution
wL2
Mmax MB
8
wL L WL L wL2 wL2 3wL2
M A Mc
2 4 4 8 8 32 32
12Mmax
Cb
2.5Mmax 3MA 4MB 3Mc
12.5 18
1
2.5 8 3 32 4 8 3 32
1 3 1 3
1.14
B-16
(Cb)
B-17
Example B - 6
Determine the design strength (b Mn) for W14 68 made of A-572-Gr50 steel and:
A) Continuous lateral support.
B) Unbraced length = 20 ft, Cb = 1.0
C) Unbraced length = 20 ft, Cb = 1.75
Solution
A) Check compactness:
bf 65 web is always compact !
7.0 9.2 Mn = Mp = FyZ = 20 115 = 5750 in·k = 479 ft·k.
2t f 50
b Mn = 0.9 479 = 431 ft·k.
B) Lb 20ft Cb 1.0
E 300ry 300 2.46
Lp 1.76 ry 104.4in. 8.70ft.
Fy Fy 50
E 640 rts 640 2.8
Lr π rts 253.2in. 21.1ft.
0.7Fy Fy 50 B-18
Continued:
λ λ PF
Mn Mp Mp 0.7 Fy S x (AISC F3 - 1)
λ rf λ PF
where
bf
λ
2t f
65
λ pf λ p as given in table B4.1
Fy
170
λ rf λ r as given in table B4.1
Fy
B-22
Example B - 8
A simple supported beam with span = 45 ft is laterally supported at ends only ,
and is subject to the following service loading:
D.L. = 0.4 k/ft ( including self wt.)
L.L = 0.7 k/ft
50x157
Mp Fy Z x 654.2 k ft
12
Mn Mp M
p 6.7 Fy S x λ λ PF
AISC F3 - 1
λ rf λ PF
Now we check the
10.2 9.2
654.2 - (654.2 - 417.1) capacity due to LTB:
24 9.2
638.2 k ft Lr < ( Lb = 45 ft)
Elsatic LTB controls
bMn = 0.9 x 638.2 = 574.4 Mu OK
B-24
Mn = Fcr Sx Mp
2
Cb π 2E JC Lb
Fcr 2
1 0.078 (F - 2 - 4)
Lb S xho rts
rts
Cb 1.14
Lb 45x12
131.4
r
ts 4.11
J 4.06 in4
C1 (for W shapes)
ho 13.3