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FA NO. 7 (Problem Set)

This document provides instructions and 5 practice problems for a structural steel design course assessment. Students are asked to solve steel column and beam design problems using both Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Strength Design (ASD) methods. They must determine controlling load combinations, required strengths, and nominal member strengths. Sample problems include designing columns under gravity and lateral loads, and beams for roof and floor systems with given dead, live, and environmental load values.

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FA NO. 7 (Problem Set)

This document provides instructions and 5 practice problems for a structural steel design course assessment. Students are asked to solve steel column and beam design problems using both Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Allowable Strength Design (ASD) methods. They must determine controlling load combinations, required strengths, and nominal member strengths. Sample problems include designing columns under gravity and lateral loads, and beams for roof and floor systems with given dead, live, and environmental load values.

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CE522 – Structural Design III (Steel Design)

Formative Assessment (Problem Set 7)

General Instruction:
• Write your solutions in bond paper (short or A4, or any available size bond paper) neatly and legibly. Avoid
folding of the paper and erasures.
• One problem, at least one bond paper.
• Submit your final output either through online or via courier. Through online: Send it via Google Classroom
attached to word file. Through courier: Put all your output in a brown envelop with your name at the upper left.
• Deadline is on or before June 20, 2020, but you are encouraged to submit ahead of time to avoid hustle.
• Convert everything to SI then do the next instruction.
• Let loads be:
Point Load (kN):
Dead, Live, Earthquake, Snow = Load Given + last 2 digit ID number
Uniform Load (kN/m and kPa):
Dead, Live, Earthquake, Snow = Load Given + last digit ID number

PROBLEM NO. 1: A column in the upper story of a building is subjected to a compressive load from the following
sources: dead load = 30.8 kips, occupancy live load = 1.7 kips, roof live load = 18.7 kips, and snow load = 19.7 kips.
a. If load and resistance factor design is used, determine the factored load (required strength) to be used in the
design of the column. Which AISC load combination controls?
b. What is the required design strength of the column?
c. What is the required nominal strength of the column for a resistance factor  of 0.90?
d. If allowable strength design is used, determine the required load capacity (required strength) to be used in
the design of the column. Which AISC load combination controls?
e. What is the required nominal strength of the column for a safety factor Ω of 1.67?

PROBLEM NO. 2: A column is subjected to the following loads: dead load = 26 kips, occupancy live load = 15 kips,
roof live load = 5 kips, snow load = 8 kips, rain load = 5 kips, and wind load = 8 kips. All loads are compression except
for the wind load, which can be either tension or compression.
a. If load and resistance factor design is used, determine the factored load (required strength) to be used in the
design of the column. Which NSCP load combination controls?
b. What is the required design strength of the column?
c. What is the required nominal strength of the column for a resistance factor  of 0.90?
d. If allowable strength design is used, determine the required load capacity (required strength) to be used in
the design of the column. Which NSCP load combination controls?
e. What is the required nominal strength of the column for a safety factor Ω of 1.67?

PROBLEM NO. 3: The loads on a roof beam consist of a dead load of 0.2 kips/ft, a roof live load of 0.13 kips/ft, and a
snow load of 0.14 kips/ft.
a. If load and resistance factor design is used, determine the factored load (required strength) to be used in the
design of this beam. Which AISC load combination controls?
b. If allowable strength design is used, determine the required load capacity (required strength) to be used in
the design of the column. Which AISC load combination controls?

PROBLEM NO. 4: Beams will be designed for the roof and floor systems of an office building. The loads for these
systems are as follows:
Roof: dead load = 30 psf, roof live load = 20 psf, snow load = 21 psf, and a rain load consisting of 4 inches of
water.
Floor: dead load = 62 psf and occupancy live load = 80 psf.
a. For each of these systems, determine the required factored load capacity for LRFD. Which load combination
controls?
b. For each of these systems, determine the required ASD load capacity. Which load combination controls?

PROBLEM NO. 5: Structural steel buildings frequently are designed with diagonal bracing systems to resist lateral
loads (horizontal forces resulting from wind or earthquake loadings). A certain bracing system is subjected to the
following loads: dead load = 13.3 kips, occupancy live load = 6.9 kips, roof live load = 1.3 kips, snow load = 1.3 kips,
wind load = 150.6 kips, and earthquake load = 161.1 kips.
a. Determine the required factored load capacity for LRFD. Which load combination controls?
b. Determine the required ASD load capacity. Which load combination controls?

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