PROBLEM SET :
Write your complete solution in short/A4 bondpaper. Answer only 10 from the
problems below. Additional points will be credited to your QUIZ if you have
exceeded 10 correct answers.
1. A 20m long W200 X 100 is suspended from one end. If the modulus of
elasticity is 200,000 Mpa, determine the following.
a. What is the maximum tensile stress?
b. What is the maximum normal strain?
2. During a tensile test of a specimen of unknown material, an increase in
length of 0.173mm within the gage length was recorded at a load of 22KN. The
specimen diameter was 12.5mm and the gage length was 203mm. (The gage
length is the distance between two marks placed along the length of the
specimen.)
a. Based on this one data point, what is the modulus of elasticity?
b. If the maximum load reached before fracture was 65.38 KN, what is the
ultimate tensile stress?
3. A column is subjected to the following loads: dead load = 26 kips,
occupancy live load = 15 kips, roof live 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 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 f
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?
4. Determine the nominal tensile strength based on the effective net area.
Area = 4710mm2.
2 L127 x 127 x 9.5
130 mm
75mm
20mm dia. bolt
5. A single angle tension member is to support a total tensile load of 312 KN.
The member has a length of 2.7m and is to be connected to one leg only with a
22mm bolt at least three in a line. Assume that only one bolt is to be located at
any one cross-section. Use A 36 steel Fy=248 MPa. Fu=400 MPa. Use reduction
coefficient U=0.85. Assume hole diameter = 25mm. Design an angular section
to carry the tension load.
Angular Section Area , mm2 Minimum Radius of Gyration, mm
150 x 150 x8 mm 2354.83 30.48
150 x 87.5 x 9.5 mm 2206.45 19.48
100 x 75 x 12.5 mm 2096.77 16.23
100 x 100 x 11 mm 2135.48 19.94
100 x 87.5 x 12.5 mm 2258.06 18.34
6. A L75mm x 75mm x 6mm angular section is welded to a gusset plate 8 mm
thick as shown in the figure. The length L1 equals to 125 mm and L2 is 65 mm.
The angular section has a cross sectional area of 929 mm2 .
Allowable tensile stress(gross area) = 0.60 Fy
Allowable tensile stress(net area) = 0.5 Fu
Allowable shear stress(net area) = 0.3 Fu
a. Calculate the tensile force based on gross area
b. Calculate the tensile force based on net area (U=0.85)
c. Calculate the tensile force based on the block shear on gusset plate
7. Compute the net are of the 150 x 100 x 12 angular section with 22.6
diameter hole. Area of the angular section is 3064 mm2 .
8. The tension member is a PL3 ⁄8 × 51 ⁄2 of A242 steel. It is connected to a
3⁄8-in. thick gusset plate, also of A242 steel, with 3 ⁄4-inch diameter bolts as
shown in Figure P3.5-1. Determine the nominal block shear strength of the
tension member. (Search for the Fy and Fu of A242 steel)
9. The tension member shown in Figure is an L152 x 89 x 7.9 . The bolts are
20mm in diameter. If A36 steel is used, is the member adequate for a service
dead load of 215 KN and a service live load of 150 KN? (Convert the spacing
into SI units in the nearest whole number )
a. Use LRFD.
b. Use ASD
10. Determine whether the compression member shown in Figure is adequate
to support the given service loads.
L= 6m
A992 Steel
DL = 3000 KN
LL = 500 KN
W310x117 Properties :
A = 15000 mm2
Ix = 276 x 103 mm4
Iy = 89.9 x 103 mm4
11. An HSS10 × 8 × 3 ⁄16 is used as a compression member with one end
pinned and the other end fixed against rotation but free to translate. The length
is 12 feet. Compute the nominal compressive strength for A500 Grade B steel
(Fy = 46 ksi). (Note that this is a slender-element compression member)
12. An HSS 10 × 6 × 5 ⁄16 (see AISC data base for the properties) with Fy =
46 ksi is used as a column. The length is 16 feet. Both ends are pinned, and
there is support against weak axis buckling at a point 6 feet from the top.
Determine
a. the design strength for LRFD.
b. the allowable stress for ASD.
13. A compression member is subjected to service loads of 600 KN dead load
and 1000 KN live load. The member is 4.5m long and pinned at each end. Use
A992 steel and select a W14 shape.
