bending strength and shear strength of Remarks/

laterally unsupported beam Codal

Provisions
Determine the design bending strength and shear strength of laterally unsupported
beam section ISMB300 of span 5m and supported laterally only

ISMB 300 Section Properties: y

Depth of section (D = h) = 300 mm tf
Width of flange (bf) = 140 mm
Thickness of flange (tf) = 12.4 mm
Thickness of web (tw) = 7.5 mm tw
Radius at root (r1) =14 mm d D
z z
Yield stress (fy ) = 250 MPa
r1
250
 = fy
=1
b
Flange: bf
b = bf / 2
= 140 / 2 = 70 mm y
b / tf = 70 / 12.4 = 5.65 < 9.4  (plastic section)
IS800
Web:
Table 3.1
d = D – 2 × tf –2×r1
= 300 – 2 × 12.4 –2 × 14= 247.2 mm
d / tw = 247.2 / 7.5 = 32.96 < 84  (plastic section)
Section is classified as Plastic.
Elastic lateral buckling moment (Mcr)
tf /tw =12.4/7.5 =1.65 ≤ 2.0
E = Young’s modulus =2 x 105 MPa
Iy = Moment of inertia about the weak axis = 453.9×104mm4
hf = Center to center distance between the flanges = 300 – 12.4 = 287.6 mm
KL = Effective laterally unsupported length of the member = 5000 mm
ry = Radius of gyration of the section about the weak axis = 28.4mm
b t3
It = St.Venant’s torsion constant =  i i (for open cross section)
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2  140  12.4 3  300  2 12.4  7.5 3
=   26651 mm 4
3 3
Iw = Warping constant =  1   
f  f I y hy
2

(  f  0.5 for I section ,hy = (d - tf ) = 300 − 12.4 = 287.6 mm )

= (1 − 0.5) 0.5 ×453.9 ×104 ×287.62 =93859439160 mm6
G = Shear modulus =0.769 ×105 MPa

 2 EI y   2 EI w 
M cr  GI
 t  
( KL) 2  ( KL ) 2 
 2  2  10 5  453.9 x10 4   2  2  10 5  93859439160 
  ( 0.769  10 5  216651)  
50002  50002 

= 92.88x106/106

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M cr  92.88 kNm

 bZ p f y
 LT 
M cr
1.0 x 651.74 x10 3 x 250
  1.32 > 0.4
92.88 x10 6

w per unit length

Factored U.D.L w = 21.80 kN/m

5m

Design Shear strength of the section

Vd=design shear strength
γmo=partial safety factor against shear failure = 1.1
Vp=Nominal plastic shear resistance under pure shear
Vn=Nominal shear strength of a cross section
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Av=Shear area = h tw (hot-rolled I section)
fyw=Yield strength of the web =250 MPa
h =Over all depth of the section
Design shear strength of a cross section, Vn is governed by plastic shear Table 5.2
resistance.
Av=300 × 7.5 = 2250mm2
Av f yw
Vn= Vp=
3
2250  250
=  325 kN
3

Vn 325
Vd  =  295 kN
 mo 1.1

w1' l w1'  5000

Factored UDL = 
2 2
w1  5000
'
295 =
2
'
w 1 = 118 kN/ m

5wl 4
y max 
384 EI
5 x 21.8 x 5000 4
=  10.31 mm
384 x 2 x10 5 x8603.6 x10 4

l
< * 1.5
325