PROBLEM 2 - A simply supported beam has a length of 5 m.

The top flanges at the midspan and at the supports are

laterally braced. The beam is an A36 Steel W310 × 179 wide flange with the following properties.

Properties:
d = 333 mm
tw = 18 mm
bf = 312 mm
tf = 28.2 mm
Ix = 445 × 106 mm4
Sx = 2670 × 103 mm3
Fy = 248 MPa
E = 200 GPa

1. Determine the value of rt = of the wide flange. rt is the radius of gyration of a section
comprising the compression flange plus 1/3 of the compression web area, taken about an axis in the plane
of the web.

Solution
Given
b f = 312mm d = 333mm tw = 18mm tf = 28.2mm
6 4
Ix = 445 ( 10) mm

h = d − 2tf = 276.6 mm
 
1 h
solve for y, 1/3 of the compression web y =  = 46.1 mm
3 2
( )3
tf  b f ( )3
y  tw 7 4
I = + = 7.14  10 mm
12 12

( ) ( )
A = tf  b f + y  tw = 9.628  10 mm
3 2

I
rT = = 86.112 mm Answer
A