AISC – ASD:1989

The beam elements are checked according to the regulations given in

Manual of Steel Construction

Allowable Stress Design

Part  5 : Specification and Codes

AISC, Ninth Edition, 1989

The cross section is classified according to Table B5.1. (compact, non compact, or slender section).

The member is checked on following criteria:

A more detailed overview for the used articles of the relevant parts is given in the following table. The chapters marked with “x” are consulted. The chapters marked with (*) have a supplementary explanation the following chapters.

B. Design requirements

 

B1. Gross Area

x

B2. Net Area

(*)

B3. Effective Area

 

B4. Stability

 

B5. Local Buckling

1.Classification of Steel Sections

2.Slender Compression  Elements

(*)

x

x

B6. Rotational Restraint at Points of Support

 

B7. Limiting Slenderness Ratios

x

B8. Simple Spans

 

B9. End Restraint

 

B10. Proportions of Beams and Girders

 

B11. Proportioning of Crane Girders

 

 

 

D. TENSION MEMBERS

 

D1. Allowable Stress

x (*)

D2. Built-up members

 

D3. Pin-Connected Members

 

 

 

E. COLUMN AND OTHER COMPRESSION MEMBERS

 

E1. Effective Length and Slenderness Ratio

x (*)

E2. Allowable Stress

x

E3. Flexural-torsional Buckling

x (*)

E4. Built-up Members

 

E5. Pin-Connected Compression Members

 

E6. Column Web Shear

 

 

 

F. BEAMS AND OTHER FLEXURAL MEMBERS

(*)

F1. Allowable Stress : Strong Axis Bending of I-Shaped Members and Channels

1.Members with Compact Sections

2.Members with Non-Compact Sections

3.Members with Compact or Non-Compact  Sections with Unbraded Length Greater then Lc

x

x

x

x

F2. Allowable Stress : Weak Axis Bending of I-Shaped Members, Solid Bars and Rectangular Plates

1.Members with Compact Sections

2.Members with Non-Compact Sections

x

x

x

F3. Allowable Stress : Bending of Box Members, Rectangular Tubes and Circular Tubes

1.Members with Compact Sections

2.Members with Non-Compact Sections

x

x

x

F4. Allowable Shear Stress

x

F5. Transverse Stiffeners

 

F6. Built-up Members

 

F7. Web-tapered Members

 

 

 

G. PLATE GIRDERS

 

G1. Web Slenderness Limitations

 

G2. Allowable Bending Stress

x

G3. Allowable Shear Stress with Tension Field Action

 

G4. Transverse Stiffeners

 

G5. Combined Shear and Tension Stress

 

 

 

H. COMBINED STRESSES

 

H1. Axial Compression and Bending

x

H2. Axial Tension and Bending

x

 

 

APPENDIX B. Design requirements

 

B5. Local Buckling

x

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