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Version 13.1
AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF
STEEL CONSTRUCTION
Copyright 2005
by
American Institute of Steel Construction
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Revision: May 2010
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PREFACE
The AISC Design Examples, V. 13.1, is an update of the original V. 13.0 and provides examples of the application of
the 2005 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings (ANSI/AISC 360-05) and the AISC Steel Construction
th
Manual, 13 Edition. The examples illustrate how the Specification and Manual can be used to determine solutions
to common engineering problems efficiently, and outline the background to many of the tabulated values found in
the Manual.
The design examples are not stand-alone documents. They are intended to be used in conjunction with the
Specification, its Commentary, and the Manual.
Part I of these examples is organized to correspond with the organization of the Specification. The Chapters titles
match the corresponding chapters in the Specification.
Part II is devoted primarily to connection examples that draw on the tables from the Manual, recommended design
procedures, and the breadth of the Specification. The chapters of Part II are labeled II-A, II-B, II-C, etc.
Part III addresses aspects of design that are linked to the performance of a building as a whole. This includes
coverage of lateral stability and second order analysis, illustrated through a four-story braced-frame and momentframe building.
The Design Examples are arranged with LRFD and ASD designs presented side by side, for consistency with the
Manual. Design with ASD and LRFD are based on the same nominal strength for each element so that the only
differences between the approaches are which set of load combinations from ASCE 7 are used for design and
whether the resistance factor for LRFD or the safety factor for ASD is used.
CONVENTIONS
The following conventions are used throughout these examples:
1.
The 2005 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings is referred to as the Specification and the AISC
th
Steel Construction Manual, 13 Edition, is referred to as the Manual.
2.
The source of equations or tabulated values taken from the Specification or Manual is noted along the righthand edge of the page.
3.
When the design process differs between LRFD and ASD, the designs equations are presented side-by-side.
This rarely occurs, except when the resistance factor, , and the safety factor, , are applied.
4.
The results of design equations are presented to 3 significant figures throughout these calculations.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The AISC Committee on Manuals reviewed and provided input on the Design Examples, V. 13.1:
William A. Thornton, Chairman
Mark V. Holland, Vice Chairman
Abbas Aminmansour
Charles J. Carter
Harry A. Cole
Douglas B. Davis
Robert O. Disque
Bo Dowswell
Edward M. Egan
Marshall T. Ferrell
Lanny J. Flynn
Patrick Fortney
Louis F. Geschwindner, Jr.
W. Scott Goodrich
Christopher M. Hewitt
W. Steven Hofmeister
Bill R. Lindley, II
Ronald L. Meng
Larry Muir
Thomas M. Murray
Charles R. Page
Davis G. Parsons, II
Rafael Sabelli
Clifford W. Schwinger
William N. Scott
William T. Segui
Victor Shneur
Marc L. Sorenson
Gary C. Violette
Michael A. West
Ronald G. Yeager
Cynthia J. Duncan, Secretary
The AISC Committee on Manuals gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the primary author, Charles R. Page,
P.E., and the following individuals who assisted in the development of this document:
George Batcha
J. Brown
Jon Dean
Douglas Ferrell
James Fisher
Louis F. Geschwindner, Jr.
Tom Getschman
Andrew Gilmore
Jesse Hamilton
David Hawes
Darren Hayward
Steve Herlache
Richard C. Kaehler
Stanley Lawson
Kregan Liang
Larry S. Muir
Erin Mulcahy
Carie Randle
John Rolfes
David Rutledge
Lee Svanda
Eric Yanovich
The Committee also gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following individuals who provided technical
reviews of this document.
Carlos Aguirre
Duane Becker
Hans-Erik Blomgren
Reidar Bjorhovde
Wai-Fah Chen
Gregory Deierlein
Ryan D. Dick
Cynthia J. Duncan
Carol Drucker
Michael Kemfert
Kevin LeSmith
Stanley Lindsey
Steven Fenves
Theodore Galambos
Thomas Getschman
Jerome F. Hajjar
Johanna Hingle
Roberto Leon
William Liddy
Owen Kohashi
Darin Riggleman
David Samuelson
William Segui
W. Lee Shoemaker
Raymond Tide
Cenk Tort
Thomas J. Schlafly
Chia-Ming Uang
Donald White
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I.
CHAPTER A
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER B
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER C
CHAPTER D
Example D.1
Example D.2
Example D.3
Example D.4
Example D.5
Example D.6
Example D.7
Example D.8
Example D.9
CHAPTER E
Example E.1a
Example E.1b
Example E.1c
Example E.1d
Example E.2
Example E.3
Example E.4a
Example E.4b
Example E.5
Example E.6
Example E.7
Example E.8
Example E.9
Example E.10
Example E.11
Example E.12
CHAPTER F
Example F.1-1a
Example F.1-1b
Example F.1-2a
Example F.1-2b
Example F.1-3a
Example F.1-3b
Example F.2-1a
Example F.2-1b
Example F.2-2a
Example F.2-2b
Example F.3a
Example F.3b
Example F.4
Example F.5
Example F.6
Example F.7a
Example F.7b
Example F.8a
W-Shape Flexural Member Design in Strong-Axis Bending, Continuously Braced ................... F-6
W-Shape Flexural Member Design in Strong-Axis Bending, Continuously Braced ................... F-7
W-Shape Flexural Member Design in Strong-Axis Bending, Braced at Third Points ................. F-8
W-Shape Flexural Member Design in Strong-Axis Bending, Braced at Third Points ................. F-9
W-Shape Flexural Member Design in Strong-Axis Bending, Braced at Midspan ..................... F-11
W-Shape Flexural Member Design in Strong-Axis Bending, Braced at Midspan ..................... F-13
Compact Channel Flexural Member, Continuously Braced....................................................... F-15
Compact Channel Flexural Member, Continuously Braced ....................................................... F-16
Compact Channel Flexural Member with Bracing at Ends and Fifth Points ............................. F-17
Compact Channel Flexural Member with Bracing at End and Fifth Points ............................... F-18
W-Shape Flexural Member with Noncompact Flanges in Strong-Axis Bending ...................... F-20
W-Shape Flexural Member with Noncompact Flanges in Strong-Axis Bending ...................... F-22
W-Shape Flexural Member, Selection by Moment of Inertia for Strong-Axis Bending ............ F-24
I-shaped Flexural Member in Minor-Axis Bending ................................................................... F-26
HSS Flexural Member with Compact Flange ........................................................................... F-28
HSS Flexural Member with Noncompact Flange ..................................................................... F-29
HSS Flexural Member with Noncompact Flanges .................................................................... F-31
HSS Flexural Member with Slender Flanges ............................................................................ F-33
Example F.8b
Example F.9a
Example F.9b
Example F.10
Example F.11
Example F.12
Example F.13
Example F.14
CHAPTER G
Example G.1a
Example G.1b
Example G.2a
Example G.2b
Example G.3
Example G.4
Example G.5
Example G.6
Example G.7
Example G.8a
Example G.8b
CHAPTER H
Example H.1a
Example H.3
Example H.4
Example H.5a
Example H.5b
Example H.5c
Example H.6
CHAPTER I
Example I-1
Example I-2
Example I-3a
Example I-3b
Example I-4
Example I-5
Example I-6
Example I-7
CHAPTER J
DESIGN OF CONNECTIONS
Example J.1
Example J.2
Example J.3
Example J.4a
Example J.4b
Example J.5
Example J.6
Example J.7
Example H.1b
Example H.2
CHAPTER K
Example K.1
Example K.2
Example K.3
Example K.4
Example K.5
Example K.6
Example K.7
Example K.8
Example K.9
Example K.10
Example K.11
Example K.12
Example K.13
PART II.