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Flange Tapered Plate Girder Design Based on AISC Manual 14th Edition (AISC 360-10)

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY

STEEL YIELD STRESS Fy = 50 ksi
SIMPLY SUPPORTED SPAN S= 72 ft
SUPERIMPOSED UNIFORM DEAD LOAD DL = 1 kips / ft
UNIFORM LIVE LOAD LL = 1 kips / ft
POINT DEAD LOAD PDL = 60 kips
POINT LIVE LOAD PLL = 45 kips
DISTANCE POINT LOAD TO END c= 24 ft
TOP FLANGE WIDTH bf,top = 10 at ends 16 in, at middle
TOP FLANGE THICKNESS tf,top = 1.5 in
BOTTOM FLANGE WIDTH bf,bot = 8 at ends 14 in, at middle
BOTTOM FLANGE THICKNESS tf,bot = 1.5 in
WEB THICKNESS tw = 0.5 in
BEAM DEPTH d= 53 in 1/4 x 3 STIFFENER, E. SIDES, AT SUPPORTS ONLY.
UNBRACED LENGTH Lb = 8 ft FLANGE TO WEB WELDING USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 28 in o.c.

THE GIRDER DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.

ANALYSIS
CHECK LIMITING WIDTH-THICKNESS RATIOS FOR WEB (AISC 360-10 Table B4.1)
h c / tw = 100.00 < lr = 137.27
> lp = 95.54
Noncompact Web
where E= 29000 ksi
lr = 5.7 (E / Fy)0.5 = 137.27
lp = (hc / hp) (E / Fy)0.5 / (0.54 Mp / My -0.09)2 = 95.54 ,for Af,top Af,bot
lp = 3.76 (E / Fy)0.5 = 90.55 ,for Af,top = Af,bot
hc = 50.00 in hp = 44.00 in
Mp = 6111.5 ft-kips My = 5278.5 ft-kips

CHECK LIMITING WIDTH-THICKNESS RATIOS FOR FLANGES (AISC 360-10 Table B4.1)
0.5 bf,top / tf,top = 5.33 < lr = 17.04
< lp = 9.15
Compact Flanges
where lr = 0.95 (kc E / FL)0.5 = 17.04
lp = 0.38 (E / Fy)0.5 = 9.15
kc = Min [0.76 , Max (0.35 , 4 / (h / tw)0.5 )] = 0.39
Sxt = 1267 in3 Sxc = 1377 in3
FL = 35 ksi, (AISC 360-10 Table note B4.1 & Eq F4-6)

DETERMINE CRITERIA FOR ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH (AISC 360-10 Table F1.1)

Chapter F Sections
Required Conditions F2 F3 F4 F5
Double Symmetric x x
Compact Web x x
x
Noncompact Web
Slender Web Mallowable = Mn / W b = 3606.2 ft-kips
Compact Flanges x ( from following analysis)
Noncompact Flanges
Slender Flanges
Applicable Section ok

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-10 Chapter F2

<== Not Applicable.

E 12.35 ft
L p 1.76r y
Fy

2
E Jc 0.7 F y S x h0 E
L r 1.95r ts 1 1 6.76 r ts 31.43 ft
0.7 F y S x h0 E Jc 0.7 F y
where ry = 3.50 in Sx = 1267 in3
h0 = 51.50 in Iy = 856 in4
Cw = Iy h02 / 4 = 567264 , (AISC 360-10 F2.2)
J = [ 2 bf tf3 + (d - tf) tf3] / 3 = 38.1458 in4, (Galambos 1968) (Use J= 2.10587 in4 )
 (cont'd)
rts =[( Iy Cw)0.5/ Sx)]0.5 = 4.17 in
c= 1.0 Cb = 1.0 , (AISC Manual 14th Table 3-1, page 3-10)
2
C b 2E Jc L b
F cr 2
1 0.078 540.419 ksi
Lb S x h 0 r ts

r ts

M p , for L b L p

Lb L p
M n, F 2 Min C b M p M p 0.7 F y S x
, M p , for L p L b L r
L L 6111.5 ft-kips
r p


Min F cr S x , M p , for L r L b

Mallowable, F2 =Mn / W b = 3659.6 ft-kips where Wb = 1.67 , (AISC 360-10 F1)

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-10 Chapter F3

<== Not Applicable.

l l pf
M p M p 0.7 F y S x
l rf l pf
, for Noncompact Flanges

M n, F 3 7280.4 ft-kips
0.9 E k c S x
, for Slender Flanges
l2
where l = bf / (2 tf) = 5.33
lpf = lp = 9.15 lrf = lr = 17.04

Mallowable, F3 =Min(Mn,F2 , Mn,F3) / W b = 3659.6 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-10 Chapter F4

E
L p 1.1r t 9.59 ft
Fy

2
E J S h
L r 1.95r t 1 1 6.76 F L xc 0 32.93 ft
FL S xc h 0 E J

where aw =hc tw/ (bfc tfc) = 1.04

b fc 4.34 in
rt
1 2
12 h 0 a w h
d 6 h 0d
Mp = Min [Zx Fy , 1.6Sxc Fy ] = 6111.46 ft-kips
Myc = Sxc Fy = 5737.25 ft-kips Myt = Sxt Fy = 5278.5 ft-kips
l = h c / tw = 100.00
lpw = lp = 95.54 lrw = lr = 137.27

Mp
, for h c / t w l pw
M yc
R pc 1.05825
Min M p M p 1 l l pw , M
p
for h c / t w l pw
,
M yc M yc l rw l pw M yc

2
C b 2E J Lb
F cr 2
1 0.078 586.283 ksi, (for Iyc / Iy = 0.60 > 0.23, AISC 360-10 F4-5 )
Lb S xc h 0 r t

rt
R pc M yc , for Lb L p

Lb L p
M n, F 4.2 Min C b R pc M yc R pc M yc F L S xc , R pc M yc , for L p L b L r 6071.456 ft-kips
L r L p

Min F cr S xc R pc M yc
, , for
L r Lb

R pc M yc , for Compact Flanges

l l pf
R M R pc M yc F L S xc , for Noncompact Flanges
M n, F 5.3 pc yc l rf l pf
6071.46 ft-kips

0.9 E k c S xc
, for Slender Flanges
l2
 (cont'd)

M p
, for h c / t w l pw
M yt
R pt 1.14093
Min M p M p 1 l l pw , M p , for h c / t w l pw

M yt M yt l rw l pw M yt

Mallowable, F4 = Min( Mn,F4.2 , Mn,F4.3, RptMyt) / W b = 3606.2 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-10 Chapter F5

<== Not Applicable.
E
Lr rt 32.73 ft
0.7 F y

F y , for L b L p

Lb L p
Min C b F y 0.3F y , F y ,

for L p L b L r
L r L p
50 ksi
F cr , F 5.2

C b 2E
Min 2
, F y , for L r L b
Lb

r
t

F y , for Compact Flanges

l l pf
F y 0.3F y
, for Noncompact Flanges
l rf l pf
F cr , F 5.3 50 ksi
0.9 E k c , for Slender Flanges
2
b f
2t f

Min a w , 10 h E
R pg Min 1 c 5.7 , 1.0 1
1200 300Min a w , 10 t w F y

Mallowable, F5 = Min( RpgFySxc , RpgFcr,F5.2Sxc , RpgFcr,F5.3Sxc , FySxt) / W b = 3160.8 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE SHEAR STRENGTH , Vn / Wv , BASED ON AISC 360-10 Chapter G2

h = d - tf,top - tf,bot = 50 in , h / tw = 100 , Aw = 26.50 in2 ,

a= 71.5 ft
1.0 , for h / t w1.10 k vE
5 Fy
5 , for a / h3
k v a / h
2
1.10 k vE E E
5.00 Cv , for 1.10 k v h / t w1.37 k v 0.438
5 , for a / h 3 h /tw F y Fy Fy

Vn = 0.6 FyAwCv = 348.131 kips 1.51E k v , for 1.37 k vE h /
h/ 2 tw
t w F y
Fy
Vallowable = Vn / W v = 208.461 kips Wv = 1.67 , (AISC 360-10 G1)

TOTAL SUPERIMPOSED GRAVITY LOAD

w = DL + LL = 2.000 kips / ft , P = PDL + PLL = 105.00 kips

CHECK EACH SECTION CAPACITIES

Section Left 0.06 S 0.11 S 0.17 S 0.22 S 0.28 S Point 0.44 S 0.56 S 0.67 S 0.78 S 0.89 S Right
Distance 0 4.00 8.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 24.00 32.00 40.00 48.00 56.00 64.00 72.00
d (in) 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53
bf,top (in) 10.0 10.7 11.3 12.0 12.7 13.3 14.0 15.3 15.3 14.0 12.7 11.3 10.0
bf,bot (in) 8.0 8.7 9.3 10.0 10.7 11.3 12.0 13.3 13.3 12.0 10.7 9.3 8.0
A (in2) 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 68 68 64 60 56 52
y (in) 28.0 27.9 27.9 27.8 27.8 27.7 27.7 27.6 27.6 27.7 27.8 27.9 28.0
I (in4) 23001 24332 25663 26993 28323 29652 30982 33640 33640 30982 28323 25663 23001
Mallow (ft-k) 2340 2480 2620 2761 2901 3042 3183 3465 3465 3183 2901 2620 2340
Wt (plf) 176.9 183.8 190.6 197.4 204.2 211.0 217.8 231.4 231.4 217.8 204.2 190.6 176.9
V (kips) 156.95 148.22 139.48 130.70 121.90 113.07 0.00 33.56 51.41 69.21 86.90 104.48 121.95
M (ft-k) 0 610 1186 1725 2229 2697 3129 3093 2763 2290 1670 906 0
 (cont'd)

BENDING LOADS & CAPACITY

Moments
0
-500
-1000
-1500
-2000
-2500
-3000
-3500
Length

Mmax < Mallowable

[Satisfactory]
S h ear F o rces

SHEAR LOADS & CAPACITY

0.00
-50.00
-100.00
-150.00
-200.00
-250.00
Length

Vmax = 156.95 kips @ 0.00 ft, from heel.

< Vallowable = 208.461 kips [Satisfactory]

DETERMINE DEFLECTION AT MID SPAN

5w L 4 0.06415 Pb
L 2 b 2
3/ 2
DL 1.14 in ( L / 757 )
384 EI EIL (for camber, self Wt included.)

where E= 29000 ksi w= 1.231 kips / ft

I= 23001 in4 P= 60 kips
b= 0.5 ft L= 72.0 ft

5w L 4 0.06415Pb
L 2 b 2
3/ 2
LL 0.93 in ( L / 933 )
384 EI EIL

where P= 45 kips w= 1.000 kips / ft

DETERMINE FLANGE TO WEB WELDING (AISC 360-10 J2.4 )

w= 5/16 in
wmin = 3/16 in, < w
wmax = 7/16 in, > w
W= 2.0
Vmax = 156.95 kips
Q = Af(d - y - 0.5 tf,top) = 582 in3
vmax = Vmax Q / I = 3.97 kips / in

A= 24 in B
0.6 F EXX 0.707 w A 28 in. o.c.
v max W
USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 28 in o.c.

DESIGN STIFFENERS

1. BEARING STIFFENERS ARE REQUIRED AT EACH END SUPPORT. (AISC 360-10, J10.8)

2. CHECK LOCAL WEB YIELDING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-10, J10.2)
R=P= 105.00 kips
N= 0 in, bearing length, point.
k = tf,top + w = 1.81 in
W= 1.5

R
, for c d
t w N 5k
23.17 < Fy / W [Satisfactory]
R
, for c d
t w N 2.5 k

 (cont'd)
3. CHECK WEB CRIPPLING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-10, J10.3)

W= 2.0

1.5
2 N t w EF ywt f , for c 0.5d
0.80t w 13 d
t f tw

Rn / W 1 / W 208.57 > P [Satisfactory]
1.5
0.40t w 13 N
2 t w EF ywt f , for c 0.5d

d t f tw


(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)

4. CHECK SIDESWAY WEB BUCKING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-10, J10.4)
dc = d - 2k = 49.38 in
Cr = 960000 ksi
(dc / tw ) / (l / bf) = 16.46
W= 1.76

3
3
C r t wt f 0.4 d c / t w , for d c / t w 1.7
h2
l / b f l /b f

C r t 3wt
3
105.00 > P [Satisfactory]
Rn / W 1 / W
f 10.4 d c / t w , for 1.7 d c / t w 2.3
h
2 l /b f l /b f


/
WP , for d c t w 2.3
l /b f



(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)

5. DETERMINE STIFFENER SIZE.

tw = 1/2 in , bst = 3 in

bst / tw = 6.00 < 0.56 (E / Fy)0.5 , (AISC 360-10 Table B4.1)

[Satisfactory]
Ag = 6.00 in2 , I= 12 in4

R= 156.9 kips
Wc = 1.67 , (AISC 360-10 E1)
Kl/r= 0.75 h / ( I / Aeff)0.5 = 27.1
Cc = 4.71 (E/ Fy)0.5 = 113
2E
390.28 ksi
Fe
kl / r 2
Fy kl
0.658 F e F y , for Cc
r
R n / Wc Ag / Wc 170.3 kips, (AISC 360-10 E2)
kl
0.877 F e , for r C c > R [Satisfactory]

Technical Reference:
1. AISC: "Steel Construction Manual 14th Edition", American Institute of Steel Construction, 2010.