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Steel Structure Design Essentials

The document discusses the principles of steel design in structural engineering, emphasizing the importance of safety, serviceability, and economy in the design process. It outlines the properties of ASTM A36 steel, commonly used in construction, and describes various standard cross-sectional shapes produced through hot rolling, including wide flange, American standard, angle bars, and channels. Additionally, it mentions built-up and cold-formed shapes for specific applications where standard sections may not suffice.

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Steel Structure Design Essentials

The document discusses the principles of steel design in structural engineering, emphasizing the importance of safety, serviceability, and economy in the design process. It outlines the properties of ASTM A36 steel, commonly used in construction, and describes various standard cross-sectional shapes produced through hot rolling, including wide flange, American standard, angle bars, and channels. Additionally, it mentions built-up and cold-formed shapes for specific applications where standard sections may not suffice.

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Engr. Resty B.

Sumanga, MBA,RCE,
STEEL
DESIGN
- An area of structural engineering used to design steel structures.
- The structural design of buildings, whether of structural steel or reinforced concrete, requires
• the determination of the overall proportions and dimensions of supporting framework and the
• selection of the cross section of individual members.
- Structural Design Considerations: Safety, Serviceability and Economy

Gable Frames and Steel Trusses Parking Garage Steel Bridge


STRUCTURAL STEEL MATERIAL
ASTM A36 – most commonly used structural steel

Properties of ASTM
A36
Yield Stress (Fy) = 36 ksi = 248 MPa
Ultimate Stress (Fu) = 58 ksi = 400 MPa

Conversion:
1 ksi = 6.896 MPa
STANDARD CROSS-SECTIONAL
SHAPES (ROLLED)
HOT ROLLING – manufacturing process of standard
shapes

WIDE FLANGE (W-SHAPE)

W18X50
STANDARD CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPES (ROLLED)
HOT ROLLING – manufacturing process of standard
shapes

AMERICAN STANDARD (S-SHAPE)

S18X70
STANDARD CROSS-SECTIONAL
SHAPES (ROLLED)
HOT ROLLING – manufacturing process of standard
shapes

ANGLE BAR (EQUAL, UNEQUAL)

L6X6X3/4 L6X4X5/8
STANDARD CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPES (ROLLED)
HOT ROLLING – manufacturing process of standard
shapes

AMERICAN STANDARD CHANNEL


(C-SHAPE)
C9X20
STANDARD CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPES
(ROLLED)
HOT ROLLING – manufacturing process of standard
shapes

STRUCTURAL TEE (SPLIT-TEE)

WT18X105 WT36X210
STANDARD CROSS-SECTIONAL
SHAPES (BUILT-UP)
• When standard cross sections are not adequate
• When standard cross sections are not available
• Strengthening/retrofitting existing element
STANDARD CROSS-SECTIONAL
SHAPES (COLD FORMED)

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