AISC 360-16 · NOMINAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

# Parameter / Description Symbol

1. MATERIAL PROPERTIES
1.1 Yield Strength Fy
1.2 Ultimate Tensile Strength Fu
1.3 Modulus of Elasticity E
1.4 Shear Modulus (G) G
2. CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRY
2.1 Web Thickness tw
2.2 Web Clear Height hw
2.3 Flange Thickness tf
2.4 Flange Width bf
3. DERIVED SECTION PROPERTIES
3.1 Total Depth d = hw + 2·tf d
3.2 Gross Area Ag = 2·bf·tf + hw·tw Ag
3.3 Major-Axis Moment of Inertia Ix
3.4 Minor-Axis Moment of Inertia Iy
3.5 Radius of Gyration – Major Axis rx = √(Ix/Ag) rx
3.6 Radius of Gyration – Minor Axis ry = √(Iy/Ag) ry
3.7 Warping Constant (Cw) Cw
3.8 St. Venant Torsional Constant J
4. MEMBER LENGTH & EFFECTIVE LENGTH FACTORS (User Input)
4.1 Member Length L
4.5 Eff. Length – Major Axis KxL KxL
4.6 Eff. Length – Minor Axis KyL KyL
4.7 Eff. Length – Torsion KzL KzL
4.8 Slenderness Ratio – Major Axis KL/rx
4.9 Slenderness Ratio – Minor Axis KL/ry
4.10 Governing Slenderness Ratio (max) (KL/r)
5. ELEMENT SLENDERNESS CHECK (AISC 360-16 Table B4.1a – Uniform Compression)
5a. Flange (Unstiffened Element – Case 2)
5.1 Projecting Flange Width b = bf/2 b
5.2 Flange Slenderness λ = b/tf λf
5.3 Non-Slender Limit λrf = 0.64√(Kc x E/Fy) λrf
5.4 Flange Classification Class
 5b. Web (Stiffened Element – Case 5)
5.5 Web Slenderness λ = hw/tw λw
5.6 Non-Slender Limit λrw = 1.49√(E/Fy) λrw
5.7 Web Classification Class
6. ELASTIC CRITICAL BUCKLING STRESSES
6.1 Flexural Buckling Fe = π²E / (KL/r)² Fe
6.2 Flexural-Torsional Fe [π²ECw/(KzL)²+GJ] / (Ix+Iy) Fe,tor
6.3 Governing Fe (minimum of flexural & torsional) Fe,gov
7. SLENDER ELEMENT REDUCTION FACTORS (AISC 360-16 §E7)
7a. Qs – Unstiffened Element Reduction Factor §E7.1 (Flange)
7.1 Upper Limit λ = 1.03√(E/Fy) λrf,up
7.2 Qs (flange unstiffened element) Qs
7b. Qa – Stiffened Element Reduction Factor §E7.2 (Web)
7.3 Design Stress for Eff. Width f (conserv. = Fy) f
7.4 Effective Web Width be (Eq. E7-18) be
7.5 Effective Web Area Aeff = be·tw Aeff
7.6 Gross Web Area Agw = hw·tw Agw
7.7 Qa = (Ag − Agw + Aeff) / Ag Qa
7c. Combined Q §E7.3
7.8 Q = Qs × Qa Q
8. CRITICAL STRESS Fcr (AISC 360-16 §E7 – Accounts for Slender Elements)
8.1 Inelastic/Elastic Limit 4.71√(E/(Q·Fy)) 4.71√(E/QFy)
8.2 Critical Stress Fcr Fcr
9. NOMINAL & DESIGN COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
9.1 CRITICAL Nominal Strength Pn = Fcr × Ag Pn
9.2 LRFD Resistance Factor φc φc
9.3 ASD Safety Factor Ωc Ωc
9.4 LRFD Design Strength φcPn φcPn
9.5 ASD Allowable Strength Pn/Ωc Pn/Ωc
10. DEMAND vs CAPACITY CHECK (User Input – Enter Applied Load)
10.1 Applied Factored Axial Load Pu (LRFD) Pu
10.2 Applied Service Axial Load Pa (ASD) Pa
10.3 LRFD Unity Check UC = Pu / φcPn UC (LRFD)
10.4 ASD Unity Check UC = Pa / (Pn/Ωc) UC (ASD)
10.5 Slenderness Check KL/r ≤ 200 Slen. Check

11. DESIGN SUMMARY

Item Description Symbol
S1 Gross Area Ag
S2
S3 Web Slenderness λw λw
Web Slenderness λr λrw

Since be= b , there will be no reduction in area Ae

Therefore the capacity for slender will remain unchanged

16 · NOMINAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH · CHAPTER E

Value Unit

345.00 MPa ASTM A572

490.00 MPa
200,000.00 MPa AISC 360-16 §B4.1
77200.00 MPa

10.00 mm
518.00 mm
16.00 mm
300.00 mm

550.00 mm
14780.00 mm²
800405726.67 mm⁴
72043166.67 mm⁴
232.71 mm
69.82 mm
5132808000000.00 mm⁶ Doubly-symmetric I
991866.67 mm⁴ Thin-wall approximation

6700.00 mm
6700.00 mm
6700.00 mm
6700.00 mm
28.79 – §E3
95.97 – §E3
95.97 – Controls §E3
mpression)

150.00 mm
9.38 – Table B4.1a
13.48 – Table B4.1a Case 2
NON-SLENDER ✓ – Table B4.1a
 51.80 – Table B4.1a
35.87 – Table B4.1a Case 5
SLENDER ✗ – Table B4.1a

214.34 MPa Eq. E3-4

346.47 MPa Eq. E4-4 (doubly-sym. I)
214.34 MPa

24.80 – §E7.1 Eq. E7-6 boundary

1.00 – Eq. E7-4 / E7-5 / E7-6

345.00 MPa §E7.2 conservative: f = Fy

389.22 mm Eq. E7-18
3892.25 mm²
5180.00 mm²
0.91 – Eq. E7-16

0.91 – Eq. E7-1

118.69 – §E7
175.27 MPa Eq. E7-2 / E7-3

2590.48 kN Eq. E7-1 (§E7)

0.90 – §E1
1.67 – §E1
2331.43 kN LRFD §E1
1551.18 kN ASD §E1

0.00 kN Enter design load ← Enter Pu here

0.00 kN Enter design load ← Enter Pa here
0.00 – < 1.0 = OK
0.00 – < 1.0 = OK
OK (KL/r = 96.0 ≤ 200) – §E2

Value Unit Status / Note

14780.00 mm² –
–
51.80 –
35.87
50.33