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The beam elements are checked according to the regulations given in
AISC – Manual of steel construction
Load and Resistance Factor Design
Part 16 Specifications and Codes
Third Edition
2001
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 |
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B1. Gross Area |
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B2. Net Area |
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B3. Effective Area for Tension Members |
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B4. Stability |
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B5. Local Buckling 1.Classification of Steel Sections 2.Slender Compression Elements 3.Slender-Element Compression Sections |
(*) x x x |
B6. Bracing at Support |
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B7. Limiting Slenderness Ratios |
x |
B8. Simple Spans |
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B9. End Restraint |
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B10. Proportions of Beams and Girders |
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D. TENSION MEMBERS |
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D1. Design Tensile Strength |
x (*) |
D2. Built-up members |
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D3. Pin-Connected Members and Eyebars |
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E. COLUMN AND OTHER COMPRESSION MEMBERS |
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E1. Effective Length and Slenderness Limitations 1.Effective Length 2.Design by Plastic Analysis |
x x (*) |
E2. Design Compressive Strength for Flexural Buckling |
x |
E3. Design Compressive Strength for Flexural-Torsional Buckling |
x |
E4. Built-up Members |
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E5. Pin-Connected Compression Members |
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F. BEAMS AND OTHER FLEXURAL MEMBERS |
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F1. Design for Flexure 1.Yielding 2.Lateral-Torsional Buckling |
x x x |
F2. Design for Shear |
x |
F3. Web-tapered Members |
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F4. Beams and Girders with Web Openings |
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G. PLATE GIRDERS |
x |
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H. MEMBERS UNDER COMBINED FORCES AND TORSION |
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H1. Symmetric Members Subject to Bending and Axial Force |
x |
H2. Unsymmetric Members and Members under Torsion and Combined Torsion, Flexure, Shear and/or Axial Force |
x |
H3. Alternative Interaction Equation for Members under Combined Stress |
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APPENDIX B. Design requirements |
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B5. Local Buckling |
x |
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APPENDIX E. COLUMN AND OTHER COMPRESSION MEMBERS |
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E3. Design Compressive Strength for Flexural-Torsional Buckling |
x |
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APPENDIX F. BEAMS AND OTHER FLEXURAL MEMBERS |
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F1. Design for Flexure |
x |
F2. Design for Shear |
x |
F3. Web-tapered Members |
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APPENDIX G. PLATE GIRDERS |
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G1. Limitations |
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G2. Design Flexural Strength |
x(*) |
G3. Design Shear Strength with Tension Field Action |
x(*) |
G4. Transverse Stiffeners |
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G5. Flexure-Shear Interaction |
x(*) |