Note: Submission will be on or before the first long examination.

Must be legibly written on CE papers.

n = last 2-digits of your student number.
CENG 130 – STEEL DESIGN
PROBLEM SET NO. 1
Directions: Determine the following for the shaded regions of the figures shown
below:
a. Area (A);
b. Distance of the centroid measured from the x and y-axes, (𝑥̅ and 𝑦̅);
c. Centroidal Moment of Inertia, (𝐼𝑔𝑥 and 𝐼𝑔𝑦 );
d. Section Modulus, (𝑆𝑥 and 𝑆𝑦 );
e. Moment of Inertia about the x and y- axes, (𝐼𝑥 and 𝐼𝑦 );
f. Radius of Gyration parallel to the x and y-axes, (𝑟𝑥 and 𝑟𝑦 );
Y

90 + (n/10) mm

300.00 mm

90 + (n/10) mm
X

300.00 mm
 Y

150.00 mm

110.00 mm

225.00 mm

100.00 mm 100.00 mm
 Y

125.00 mm 125.00 mm

75.00 mm

200.00 mm

100.00 mm 200.00 mm
 Y

50.00 mm 50.00 mm

180.00 mm

400 + n mm

36.00 mm

50.00 mm
X
75.00 mm 75.00 mm

150.00 mm

300.00 mm
Y

266.67 mm

133.33 mm
20
0m
m
75
mm

mm
25

100.00 mm

300.00 mm

100.00 mm

X
150.00 mm
400.00 mm 100.00 mm
6.
a. A built-up I-beam made from 3 plates, 2 – 20mm x 350mm for the
flanges and 1 – 20mm x 400mm for the web.
b. A built-up Tee-beam made from 2 plates, 1 – 20mm x 450mm for the
flange and 1 – 20mm x 300mm for the web.
c. A built-up C-shape made from 3 plates, 2 – 10mm x 400mm for the
flanges and 1 – 20mm x 300mm for the web.

7. A W36 x 848 with a plate, 20mm x 400mm, on top.

Properties for W36 x 848:
𝐴 = 160 645 𝑚𝑚2
𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ = 1 078.2 𝑚𝑚
𝑡𝑤 = 64.0 𝑚𝑚
𝑏𝑓 = 460.5 𝑚𝑚
𝑡𝑓 = 115.1 𝑚𝑚
𝑟𝑡 = 122.94 𝑚𝑚
𝐼𝑔𝑥 = 28 053 998 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4
𝑟𝑥 = 417.89 𝑚𝑚
𝐼𝑔𝑦 = 1 893 853 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4
𝑟𝑦 = 108.58 𝑚𝑚

8. A C15 x 50 on top of a S3 x 5.7.

Properties for C15 x 50: Properties for S3 x 5.7
2
𝐴 = 9 484 𝑚𝑚 𝐴 = 1 077 𝑚𝑚2
𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ = 381.0 𝑚𝑚 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ = 76.2 𝑚𝑚
𝑡𝑤 = 18.2 𝑚𝑚 𝑡𝑤 = 4.3 𝑚𝑚
𝑏𝑓 = 94.4 𝑚𝑚 𝑏𝑓 = 59.2 𝑚𝑚
𝑡𝑓 = 16.5 𝑚𝑚 𝑡𝑓 = 6.6 𝑚𝑚
𝑥̅ = 20.27 𝑚𝑚 𝑟𝑡 = 14.48 𝑚𝑚
𝐼𝑔𝑥 = 168 157 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4 𝐼𝑔𝑥 = 1 049 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4
𝑟𝑥 = 133.16 𝑚𝑚 𝑟𝑥 = 31.21 𝑚𝑚
𝐼𝑔𝑦 = 4 579 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4 𝐼𝑔𝑦 = 187 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4
𝑟𝑦 = 21.97 𝑚𝑚 𝑟𝑦 = 13.8 𝑚𝑚

9. A Tee-beam built up from 2 – L20 x 20 x 3.

Properties for L20 x 20 x 3
𝐴 = 112.31 𝑚𝑚2
𝐼𝑔𝑥 = 3.92 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4
𝑦 = 5.98 𝑚𝑚
𝐼𝑔𝑦 = 3.92 𝑥103 𝑚𝑚4
𝑟𝑦 = 5.98 𝑚𝑚