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𝑏 CALCULATING TORSIONAL SECTION PROPERTIES

𝑘 𝑡 (flange-to-web fillets neglected):
𝑡 2𝑏 𝑡 + 𝑑′𝑡 (Galambos 1968) (6)
𝐽=
3
𝑑 𝑇 𝑥
𝑑′ 𝑏 𝑡 (Galambos 1968), (7)
𝐶 =
𝑎 24 Picard and Beaulieu 1991
𝑘 𝑑 =𝑑−𝑡 (8)
𝑦
Example calculation: W610x125 d = 612 mm, 𝑏 = 229 mm, 𝑡 = 19.6 mm, 𝑡 = 11.9
2 229 19.6 + 592.4 11.9
d = 612 − 19.6 = 592.4 𝐽= = 1482𝑥10 𝑚𝑚
3
592.4 229 19.6
𝐶 = = 3442𝑥10 𝑚𝑚
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Calculation the following section properties. 𝑃𝐿350𝑥16

1. Elastic section modulus, S

2. Plastic section modulus, Z
3. Torsional properties
𝑃𝐿550𝑥12

a. J
b. 𝐶

𝑀 =𝐹𝑆
𝑀 =𝑀 =𝐹𝑍
𝐿 −𝐿 𝑃𝐿150𝑥16
𝑀 = 𝑀 − 𝑀 − 0.7𝐹 𝑆
𝐿 −𝐿

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TOP 𝑃𝐿350𝑥16

𝐶 𝐼 = 𝐼 ̅ + 𝐴𝑑
Elastic
𝑁𝐴 𝐼
𝑆 =
𝑃𝐿550𝑥12

𝑐
𝐶 𝐼
𝑆 =
𝑐

BOTTOM
𝑃𝐿150𝑥16 𝐹
𝑀 =𝐹𝑆

Desc. PL A
𝐴 PL350x16 5,600
TOP 𝑃𝐿350𝑥16
𝐴 PL550x12 6,600
𝐸𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐶 𝐴 PL150x16 2,400
𝑁𝐴 TOTAL 14,600
𝑃𝐿550𝑥12

582 Take moment of Areas About the Top

𝐶 14600𝐶 = 5600 8 + 6600 275 + 16 + 2400(582 − 8)
𝐶 = 228.97
Take moment of Areas About the Bottom
BOTTOM 𝑃𝐿150𝑥16 14600𝐶 = 5600 582 − 8 + 6600 275 + 16 + 2400(8)
𝐶 = 353.03
To check: 𝐶 + 𝐶 = 582 582 = 582

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𝑏𝑑
𝐼 = 𝐼 ̅ + 𝐴𝑑 𝐼̅ =
12
𝑃𝐿350𝑥16
Desc. PL 𝑰 𝑨𝒅𝟐 𝑰𝑵𝑨
𝐶 350𝑥16
𝐶 −8 𝐴 PL350x16 5600 𝐶 − 8 273.561x10^6
12
𝑁𝐴 𝑥
12𝑥550
PL550x12 191.768x10^6
𝑃𝐿550𝑥12

𝐶 −291 𝐴 6600 𝐶 − 291

12
582
150𝑥16
275
𝐶 𝐴 PL150x16 2400 𝐶 − 8 285.757x10^6
12
TOTAL, 𝐼 751.086x10^6

16 𝐼 751.086𝑥10
𝑃𝐿150𝑥16 𝑆 = = = 3,280𝑥10 𝑚𝑚
𝐶 228.97
𝑀 = 𝐹 𝑆 = 345 2.128 𝐼 751.086𝑥10
𝑆 = = = 2,128𝑥10 𝑚𝑚
𝑀 = 734.16 𝑘𝑁. 𝑚 𝐶 353.03

Computing the plastic modulus Z. 14,600

𝐴 =𝐴 = = 7,300
2
𝑃𝐿350𝑥16 𝐹 7,300 = 5600 + 𝐶 − 16 12
𝐶 𝐶 = 157.67
𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐶 7,300 = 2400 + 𝐶 − 16 12
𝑁𝐴 𝑥 𝐶 = 424.33
𝑃𝐿550𝑥12

582 𝐶 + 𝐶 = 582 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘

𝐶 𝑇 Z = moment of areas about the plastic NA
Desc. M 𝒁𝒙
𝐴 5600(𝐶 − 8) 838.13x10^3
𝑃𝐿150𝑥16 𝐹 𝐴 6(𝐶 − 16) 120.42x10^3
𝑀 = 𝐹 𝑍 = 345 2.958 𝐴 6(𝐶 − 16) 1,000.42x10^3
𝑀 = 1,020.5 𝑘𝑁. 𝑚 𝐴 2400(𝐶 − 8) 999.20x10^3
TOTAL 2,958x10^3

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