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Title: Properties of Steel
Self Learning Assessment (Problem Set)
1. What is the unit weight of steel, in KN/m3?
The unit of weight of a steel is defined as the ration of weight of steel to volume of steel. The
unit weight of steel is equal to 78.5 KN/m3

2. What is the difference between elastic Limit and proportion limit in the stress-strain diagram?
Proportionality limit is the point in the stress-strain graph up to which stress is directly
proportional to strain, while elastic limit can be defined as the point in the graph up to which
material comes back to original shape when loads are removed.

3. Download the "AISC Shapes Database" and write the following properties of WT
230x88.5 : A, Sxx, Ixx, Iyy, W, and J. Indicate the version you have used. Use S.I.
units
AISC Shapes Database Version 14.0 WT 230x88.5
Nominal Weight (W) 88.546 kg/m
Cross Sectional Area (A) 11,354.816 mm2
Torsional Moment of Inertia (J) 2,206,026.556 mm4
Moment of Inertia about X-axis (Ixx) 49,531,539.65 mm4
Moment of Inertia about Y-axis (Iyy) 52,445,159.63 mm4
Elastic Section (Sxx) 260,554.318 mm4

4. Given: Tension Member in a

truss.
Dead Load: 133KN
Live Load: 39KN
Roof Live
Load:28kn
Wind Load: 28 KN
Determine the ff:
a. Required Strength, Ru , use LRFD
b. Required Nominal Strength Rn, use ASD
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5. What are the advantage(s) of using LRFD against ASD in steel design? Discuss and cite
your source(s).
1. LRFD is another tool for design of steel buildings. It provides flexibility to the designer in
selecting design methodology.
2. When dead load is larger as compared to live load then LRFD becomes economical.
3. The behavior at the collapse including ductility, warning before failure are considered in
LRFD. This is not directly possible in ASD method because here the structure is considered
at service stage.
4. Plastic design concepts may be employed in LRFD method but cannot be applied in ASD
method.
5. Every type of load may be given different factor of safety depending upon its probability of
overload, number of occurrences and changes in point of application. But in ASD same
factor of safety is used for different loads.
6. Safer structures may result under LRFD method because of considering behavior at collapse.
But behavior at collapse is not considered in ASD method.

SOURCE: https://knowledge4civil.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/advantages-of-using-lrfd-
method/
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Title : Design of Tension Members

Self Learning Assessment (Problem Set)

1.) An A36 steel plate 127 x 13mm carries a Tension force. The steel plate is connected to a
gusset plate by four 20 mm diameter bolts. Use the shear lag factor U = 0.95 for calculations.

a. Determine the design strength for LRFD.

b. Determine the allowable strength for ASD
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2.) Calculate the Block Shear Strength of the Angle bar shown. Use
standard holes. Fy = 250 MPa, Fu = 400 MPa . a.
Consider LRFD , b. Consider ASD
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3.) Calculate the Block Shear Strength of the Angle bar shown. Use standard holes. Fy =
250 MPa, Fu = 400 MPa . a. Consider LRFD, b. Consider ASD
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Title: Design of Compression Members

Self-Learning Assessment(Problem Set)
1.) Compact Section/Non Compact Section

Given : A W200x86 compression member is axially loaded and pin-supported at its ends
Properties : A = 11000 mm2, b/tf = bf/2tf = 5.07, h/tw =12.4 , rx = 92.7, ry = 53.3

Fy = 250 MPa, Fu = 400 MPa, K = 1.0, L = 6.1 m

Required : a.) Φc Pn (LRFD) b.) Pn/Ωc (ASD)

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2.) HSS -Section

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3.) What is the difference between a compact section from a non-compact section?
A compact section means that the section can achieve the plastic moment with local buckling
on the web or the flange. But a noncompact section is a section that can reach the yields for the lower
and bottom fiber only without causing local buckling to the web or the flange.

4.) What is Lateral Torsional Buckling? How will it deform a cross-section?

Lateral torsional buckling is a buckling phenomenon observed in unrestrained beams. When
a beam subjected to loads results in both lateral displacement and twisting, then it is said to undergo
lateral-torsional buckling.

5.) Differentiate yielding failure from buckling failure in a compression member.

There are two principal failure modes for compression members: yielding and buckling.
Buckling represents failure due to instability, and stability is one of the more complicated topics in
structural engineering. Long slender columns will buckle elastically, also called Euler buckling.
Very short columns or pedestals will fail by due to yielding of the entire cross ‐section. Columns of
intermediate slenderness will fail due to inelastic buckling in which some of the cross ‐section has
yielded. Cross‐section elements of members can also buckle. An element is considered slender if it
cannot support the full yield stress without buckling. Cross ‐section elements subject to “local”
buckling are generally plate‐shape elements. If the element is supported along both edges, it is
considered “stiffened”.
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Title: Design of Members for Flexure and Shear

Self-Learning Assessment (Problem Set)
1.) Derive/Calculate the plastic section modulus of a solid circle section with a given
diameter “d”. Ans. Z = d3/6
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2.) Consider an wide flange given below
Given : Simply Supported Beam carrying uniform loads (wL and wD)
Required : Check the Adequacy of the Beam Shown (consider flexure, shear, deflection).
Assume sufficient camber to counter dead load deflection. Use L/360 for deflection.

A36 Steel Load

8
Fy = 250 MPa wL = KN/m
6
Fu = 400 MPa wD = KN/m
E= 200000 MPa Length, L = 6m
Length, Lb = 6m
Use the section below.
W250X67
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Title: Bolted Connection
Self-Learning Assesment( Problem Set)

P1. Simple Connection

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P2. Moment Connection

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Title : Bearing Plate and Base Plate Analysis
Self Learning Assesment (Problem Set)
P1. Analysis of Bearing Plate
Pu = 18 KN Bearing Plate (BxNxt)

wu = 14 KN/m

L1 L1 = 5 m

Given : B = 371 mm Fy = 248 MPa Fyw = 248 MPa

N = 60 mm Fu = 400 MPa E = 200000 MPa
t= 35 mm F'c = 21 MPa
W360x147 :
tw = 12.3 mm k= 35.1 mm d= 361 mm
mm
tf = 19.8 mm Sx = 2570 x103 mm3 Zx = 2830 x103 3

Required : Assume a bearing support at the pin support

Check the adequacy of the bearing plate and W-shape in terms of :
a.) Web Local Yielding
b.) Web Local Crippling
c.) Bearing on Concrete, A1 = A2
d.) thickness t, plastic analysis
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P.2 Analysis of Base Plate

Pu = 2010 KN
Given : B = 420 mm
N = 420 mm ← W-Shape
t = 50 mm
← Base Plate
Fy = 248 MPa ← Concrete Base
Fu = 400 MPa
f'c = 21 MPa
E= 200000 MPa
W200x86 : bf = 209 mm d = 222 mm

Required : Assume a bearing support at the pin support

Check the adequacy of the bearing plate and W-shape in terms of :
a.) Bearing on Concrete, Assume 1.2A1 = A2
b.) thickness t, plastic analysis (cantilever method)