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Design Checks For Standard Design: Technical Note

This Technical Note outlines the design checks for Standard joist design, detailing the joist span measurements and load checks. It describes how the program calculates total and live load capacities, as well as the method for determining if the applied load is uniform. If the load is not uniform, an equivalent uniform load is used for design ratios based on maximum moments calculated during analysis.

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Design Checks For Standard Design: Technical Note

This Technical Note outlines the design checks for Standard joist design, detailing the joist span measurements and load checks. It describes how the program calculates total and live load capacities, as well as the method for determining if the applied load is uniform. If the load is not uniform, an equivalent uniform load is used for design ratios based on maximum moments calculated during analysis.

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©COMPUTERS AND STRUCTURES, INC.

, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 2002


STEEL JOIST DESIGN
Technical Note
Design Checks for Standard Design

This Technical Note describes the design checks performed by the program
for Standard joist design.

Joist Span
The joist span used to determine the capacity of K-Series and User joists is
the full center-of-support to center-of-support span.

For LH-Series and DLH-Series joists, the joist span is taken as the full center-
of-support to center-of-support span minus 8 inches.

Total Load Check


For the total load check, the program calculates the ratio of the maximum
total uniform load acting on the joist divided by the total uniform load capac-
ity of the joist. This ratio is reported in the output.

Live Load Check


For the live load check, the program first calculates the uniform live load ca-
pacity using Equation 1.

LL Capacity = L/360 Capacity *(360 / LL Defl Limit) Eqn. 1

where,

LL Capacity = Maximum uniform live load capacity

L/360 Capacity = Uniform live load capacity specified for the joist span
in the joist section properties

LL Defl Limit = Live load deflection limit specified in the overwrites

Joist Span Technical Note - 1


Steel Joist Design Design Checks for Standard Design

The program then calculates the ratio of the maximum uniform live load act-
ing on the joist divided by the uniform live load capacity of the joist. This ratio
is reported in the output.

Design of Joists When the Load is Not Uniform


For Standard design, the program checks if the applied load is uniform. If the
load is not uniform, the design section is displayed with SP appended to its
name.

The program uses the following method to determine if the load applied in a
particular design load combination is uniform.

1. Find the maximum moment in the joist.

2. Calculate the uniform load that produces this maximum moment.

3. Calculate the moment cause by the uniform load calculated in step 2 at


each design output station along the joist.

4. Compare the actual moments obtained from the analysis at each design
output station with the moments calculated in step 3. If any of the mo-
ments differ by more than 5%, the load is reported as not uniform.

When the load is not uniform, the program uses an equivalent uniform load to
determine the design ratios. The equivalent uniform load is the one calculated
in step 2 above, and is equal to 8 * Mmax / Span2.

Design of Joists When the Load is Not Uniform Technical Note - 2

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