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Steel Design Geometrical Properties Guide

This document summarizes the geometrical and material properties, local buckling classification, internal forces, and allowable stress calculation parameters for the steel design of a square or rectangular cross-section member according to the AISC Manual of Steel Construction. It provides the section's dimensions, moment of inertia, elastic modulus, yield strength, width-to-thickness ratios for compactness checks, applied forces, unbraced lengths, effective length factors, and calculates the slenderness ratios and theoretical maximum unbraced length.

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Steel Design Geometrical Properties Guide

This document summarizes the geometrical and material properties, local buckling classification, internal forces, and allowable stress calculation parameters for the steel design of a square or rectangular cross-section member according to the AISC Manual of Steel Construction. It provides the section's dimensions, moment of inertia, elastic modulus, yield strength, width-to-thickness ratios for compactness checks, applied forces, unbraced lengths, effective length factors, and calculates the slenderness ratios and theoretical maximum unbraced length.

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STEEL DESIGN (ASD MANUAL OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION AISC VOLUME 1, 9

TH
EDITION)
Square/Rectangular Section
SECTION GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES
Cross-section area, A
x
Depth of section, d
Width of section, b
Web element length, d
w
Width element length, b
w
Thickness of flange, t
f
Thickness of web, t
w
Moment of inertia of a section about the X-axis, I
x
Moment of inertia of a section about the Y-axis, I
y
Elastic section modulus about the X-axis, S
x
Elastic section modulus about the Y-axis, S
y
Radius of gyration along X-axis
Radius of gyration along y-axis
MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Material Grade
Yielding Stress in metric units, F
y
Yielding Stress in english units, F
y
(value used for slenderness check due to code formula)
Elastic modulus, E
LOCAL BUCKLING
Classification of steel sections; Limiting width to thickness ratio
Compact sections (F
y
is in english units) = 190/F
y
= 190 / 36
Non-compact sections (F
y
is in english units) = 238/F
y
= 238 / 36
Width to thickness ratio
Flange width to thickness ratio = d
w
/t
f
= 41 / 3
Web width to thickness ratio = b
w
/t
w
= 41 / 3
Flange width to thickness ratio check = 13.67 < 31.67
Therefore the section is compact
Web width to thickness ratio check = 13.67 < 31.67
Therefore the section is compact
INTERNAL FORCES ACTING ON MEMBER
Type of axial force
Axial Force, F
x
Shear Force, F
y
Shear Force, F
z
Bending moment, F
y
Bending moment, F
z

2
2
E
F
y

ALLOWABLE STRESS CALCULATION PARAMETERS
Unbraced length in the direction of X, L
x
Unbraced length in the direction of Y, L
y
Effective-length factor along X, K
x
Effective-length factor along Y, K
y
Slenderness ratio about the X-axis = K
x
L
x
/r
x
= 1 715 / 19.23
Slenderness ratio about the Y-axis = K
y
L
y
/r
x
= 1 715 / 19.23
Slend. ratio for elastic/inelastic buckling, C
c
= = (2 3.14200000) / 248.21
=
Theo. Req. max. unbraced length (to achieve full stress capacity), L
c

2
2
E
F
y

564
mm
2
50 mm
50 mm
41 mm
41 mm
3 mm
3 mm
208492
mm
4
208492
mm
4
8339.68
mm
3
8339.68
mm
3
19.23
19.23
248.21
N/mm
2
36
Kips/inch
2
200000 N/mm
2
31.67 (Table 5.1)
39.67 (Table 5.1)
13.67
13.67
Therefore the section is compact (Section 5.1)
Therefore the section is compact (Section 5.1)
Compression

2
2
E
F
y

715 mm
715 mm
1.0 (Section C2)
1.0 (Section C2)
1 715 / 19.23 37.19 (Section E1)
1 715 / 19.23 37.19 (Section E1)
(2 3.14200000) / 248.21
126.12 (E 2-1)

2
2
E
F
y

Compression
Tension

2
2
E
F
y

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