BEAMS bf bf bf

LRFD FLOWCHART tf tf tf
NSCP 2015 AISC
(Metric Conversion of 2nd Ed.)
d h
506.2 Doubly Symmetric Compact
tw tw tw
I-Shaped Members and Channels
Bent About their Major Axis.

W S C
BASIC THEORY
If the axial load effects are negligible, it is a beam ; otherwise it is a beam-column.

FLB
SLENDER YES 0.9 Ekc S x
Mn 
λ > λr FLB 2
Mu = ØbMn YIELDING
START Øb = 0.90
COMPACT SOLVE YES
Flexural Lp & L r Lb ≤ Lp Mn = Mp = FyZx
λ ≤ λp
Strength
Ma = Mn/Ω NO
Ω = 1.67

NONCOMPACT YES      pf 
M n   M p  M p  M r     M p
λp <λ ≤ λr   
FLB   rf pf 

FLB & WLB

LTB

YES   L  L p 
Lp < L b ≤ Lr M n  Cb  M p  M p  M r   b   Mp
  L  L 
 r p 
NO
2
YES Mn = Mcr   E 
Lb > L r M cr  Cb EI y GJ    I y Cw
Lb  Lb  AISC
= Fcr Sx ≤ Mp
Metric Conversion
NSCP 2015 YES Cb S x X 1 2 X 12 X 2 1999
 1
Lb ry 2Lb ry  2
2
 2E Jc  Lb 
F cr  Cb 1  0.078  
 Lb 
2
S x ho  rts  λ = width-thickness ratio
  λp = upper limit for compact category
 rts 
λr = upper limit for noncompact category

Refer to TABLE 502.4.1 NSCP 2010 (pp. 5-36 to 38)

For limiting width-thickness ratios.
Rm = Cross-section monosymmetry G = 77,200 MPa shear modulus of elasticity of steel
Parameter. J = torsional constant, mm4 (refer to steel manual of section properties)
= 1.0 , doubly symmetric I-Shaped Cw = warping constant, mm6 (refer to steel manual of section properties)
= 1.0, singly symmetric subject to FL = Fy - 69 MPa for rolled shapes (AISC Metric Conversion of 2nd Ed.)
single curvature bending. = Fy - 114 MPa for welded shapes
= 0.7Fy (NSCP 2015)
2
 EGJA C S  Mr = FLSx
X1  X2  4 w  x 
Sx 2 I y  GJ  c = 1 For doubly symmetric I-shape
E ho Iy
L p  1.76ry c For channels ho = distance between
Fy 2 Cw flange centroids
ry X 1 I y Cw For doubly symmetric I-shapes with rectangular flanges.
Lr  1  1  X 2 FL2 rts2 
FL Sx I y ho2 I y ho
C w rts2 
2 4 2S x
E Jc  0.7 Fy S x ho 
Lr  1.95rts 1  1  6.76 
0 . 7 Fy S x ho  E Jc 