ALLOWABLE BENDING STRESS

Allowable Bending Stress

All sections except circular and box sections
Let Lb = distance between lateral supports or bracings :

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it is laterally 200𝑏𝑓 𝐿𝑐 = Use whichever is greater of:
𝐿𝑐 = 𝑑 LL > L/rt > UL

√𝐹𝑦 ( ) 𝐹𝑦
supported or 𝐴𝑓
𝟏𝟏𝟕𝟐𝟏𝟎𝟎𝑪𝒃 𝟖𝟐𝟕𝟒𝟎𝑪𝒃
unsupported 𝑭𝒃 = 𝟐 𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒃 = 𝑳𝒅 but 𝑭𝒃 ≤ 𝟎. 𝟔𝟎𝑭𝒚
Use smaller (𝑳) 𝑨𝒇
𝒓𝒕
value of Lc:
No 𝟑𝟓𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟑𝟎𝑪𝒃
𝑙𝑏 ≤ 𝑙𝑐 𝑼𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕 = √ NOTE:
𝑭𝒚
𝑳
LL ≤ ≤ UL
𝒓𝒕

Check width to thickness Yes 𝑳

𝟐 𝑭𝒚( ) 𝟐
𝒓𝒕
ratio Compute 𝑭𝒃 = [ − ] 𝑭𝒚 consider note
𝟑 𝟏𝟎.𝟓𝟓𝒙𝟏𝟎 𝟔𝑪𝒃
Non-compact rt
𝑏𝑓 170 No 𝑏𝑓 250 No Section
or
≤ ≤ Fb = 0.60Fy
2𝑡𝑓 √𝐹𝑦 2𝑡𝑓 √𝐹𝑦 and 𝟖𝟐𝟕𝟒𝟎𝑪𝒃
𝑳 𝑭𝒃 = for any value of L/rt
𝑳𝒅/𝑨𝒇
𝒓𝒕
Use whichever is greater but 𝑭𝒃 ≤ 𝟎. 𝟔𝟎𝑭𝒚
Yes Yes

For pure bendi ng Partially compact

𝑑 1680 Section
𝑏
≤ 𝑓
𝑡𝑤 √𝐹𝑦 𝐹𝑏 = 𝐹𝑦 (0.79 − 0.000762 ( ) √𝐹𝑦)
2𝑡𝑓
For combi ned a xi a l a nd bendi ng
𝑑 1680 𝑓𝑎 𝑓𝑎 𝟕𝟎𝟑𝟐𝟕𝟎𝑪𝒃
≤ (1 − 3.74 ) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ≤ 0.16 𝑳𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕 = √
𝑡𝑤 √𝐹𝑦 𝑓𝑦 𝑓𝑦 𝑭𝒚
𝑑 675 𝑓 No
≤ 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 > 0.16 𝑭𝒃 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟎𝑭𝒚
𝑡𝑤 √𝐹𝑦 𝑓𝑦

Where:
Yes Cb = 1.75 + 1.05(M1/M2) + 0.3(M1/M2)2 ≤ 2.3

Compact Section, Fb = 0.66Fy 404 PAGE NOT FOUND