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COMPOSITE BEAM DESIGN AISC-ASD89
Technical Note
Output Details

This Technical Note describes the composite beam output for AISC-ASD89
that can be printed to a printer or to a text file in either short form or long
form.

The program provides the output data in a series of tables. The column
headings for output data and a description of what is included in the columns
of the tables are provided in Table 1 of this Technical Note.

Short Form Output Details

This output is printed when you click the File menu > Print Tables > Com-
posite Beam Design command and select Short Form in the Output Details
area of the resulting form. Similar output also appears on screen if you click
the Details button in the Show Details area of the Interactive Composite
Beam Design and Review form. See Technical Note Interactive Composite
Beam Design for more details on the interactive design.

Table 1 Output Details

COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
Basic Beam Information
Beam Label Label associated with the line object that represents the beam.
A typical label beam would appear as "B23." Do not confuse
this with the Section Label, which would be identified as
"W18X35."

Group Name of the design group (if any) to which the beam has been
assigned.

Beam Beam section label (name).

Fy Beam yield stress, Fy.

Fu Beam minimum tensile strength, Fu.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
Stud Layout Number of studs in each composite beam segment separated
by commas. They are listed starting with the composite beam
segment at the I-end of the beam and working toward the J-end
of the beam.

Seg. Length Length of each composite beam segment separated by com-

mas. The lengths are listed starting with the composite beam
segment at the I-end of the beam and working toward the J-end
of the beam.

Stud Ratio This item has a slightly different meaning, depending on

whether the shear studs are user-defined or calculated by the
program.

When the number of shear studs is calculated by the program,

a stud ratio is reported for each composite beam segment. It is
equal to the number of shear studs required in the segment
divided by the maximum number of studs that fit in the seg-
ment.

When the shear studs are user-defined, a single stud ratio is

reported for the entire beam. At each output station considered
(i.e., at each maximum moment or point load location), the pro-
gram calculates the number of shear studs required between
the output station and adjacent points of zero moment, end of
the beam top flange, or end of the concrete slab. The program
then divides this number of required shear studs by the speci-
fied number of shear studs to obtain a ratio. The maximum ratio
obtained at any considered output station for any design load
case is reported as the stud ratio.

Story Story level associated with the beam.

Length Length of the beam.

Loc X Global X coordinate of the center of the beam.

Loc Y Global Y coordinate of the center of the beam.

RLLF A reducible live load is multiplied by this factor to obtain the re-
duced live load.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
Shored This item is Yes if the beam is shored and No if it is unshored.

Camber The camber for the beam. This item may be calculated by the
program or it may be user-specified.

Comparative Price of the beam using the input price parameters for steel,
shear studs and camber. This price is intended for comparison
of alternative designs only. It is not intended to be used for cost
estimating purposes.

Stud Diam Diameter of shear studs.

EQ Factor A multiplier applied to earthquake loads. This item corresponds

to the EQ Factor item in the composite beam design overwrites.
More information about the EQ Factor is available Technical
Note Overwrites Composite Beam Design AISC-ASD89.

Overwrites If this item is Yes, one or more items have been overwritten for
this beam. If it is No, nothing has been overwritten. The values
for all overwrite items are included in the long form output.
Thus, if this item is "Yes," you may want to print the long form
output.

b-cp Width of the cover plate. If no cover plate is specified by the

user, N/A is reported for this item.

t-cp Thickness of the cover plate. If no cover plate is specified by

the user, N/A is reported for this item.

Fy-cp Yield stress for the cover plate. If no cover plate is specified by
the user, N/A is reported for this item.

Consider-cp This item is Yes if the specified cover plate is considered in the
design. Otherwise, it is No.

Deck Left and Deck The deck section labels (names) on the left and right sides of
Right the beam.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
Dir. Left and Dir. Right The deck directions on the left and right sides of the beam.
Perpendclr means that the deck span is perpendicular to the
beam span. Parallel means that the deck span is parallel to the
beam span.

beff Left and beff Right The slab effective widths on the left and right sides of the beam.

Ctop Left and Ctop The program calculated cope of the beam top flange at the left
Right and right ends of the beam. Do not confuse the left and right
ends of the beam with the left and right sides of the beam. The
left end of the beam is the I-end and the right end of the beam
is the J-end.

Cbot Left and Cbot The program calculated cope of the beam bottom flange at the
Right left and right ends of the beam. Do not confuse the left and right
ends of the beam with the left and right sides of the beam. The
left end of the beam is the I-end and the right end of the beam
is the J-end.

Itrans Transformed section moment of inertia for full (100%) compos-

ite connection for positive bending, Itr.

Ibare Moment of inertia of the steel beam, including cover plate, if it

exists.

Is Moment of inertia of the steel beam alone, not including cover

plate, even if it exists.

Ieff Effective moment of inertia for partial composite connection.

PCC Percent composite connection.

ytrans Distance from the bottom of the beam bottom flange (not bot-
tom of cover plate, even if it exists) to the elastic neutral axis
(ENA) of the beam, with full (100%) composite connection, y .

ybare Distance from the bottom of the beam bottom flange (not bot-
tom of cover plate, even if it exists) to the ENA of the beam,
plus cover plate alone (if it exists).

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
yeff Distance from the bottom of the beam bottom flange (not bot-
tom of cover plate, even if it exists) to the ENA of the beam,
with partial composite connection.

q Allowable horizontal shear load for a single shear stud.

Moment Design
This table of output data reports the controlling moments for both construction loads and
final loads.

Pmax The largest axial load in the beam for any design load combi-
nation.
Important note: This value is not used in the Composite Beam
Design postprocessor design. It is reported to give you a sense
of how much axial load, if any, is in the beam. If there is a sig-
nificant amount of axial load in the beam, you may want to de-
sign it noncompositely using the Steel Frame Design postpro-
cessor. The Steel Frame Design postprocessor does consider
axial load.

Pmax Combo The design load combination associated with Pmax.

Type This item is either Constr Pos, Constr Neg, Final Pos or Final
Neg. Const Pos means it is a positive moment for construction
loading. Const Neg means it is a negative moment for con-
struction loading. Final Pos means it is a positive moment for
final loading. Final Neg means it is a negative moment for final
loading.

Combo Design load combination that causes the controlling moment for
the moment type considered in the table row.

Location The critical location over the height of the beam section for
bending stress. Possible values for this are:

ConcLeft: The top of the concrete slab on the left side of the
beam.

ConcRight: The top of the concrete slab on the right side of

the beam.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
TopFlange: The top of the beam top flange.

BotFlange: The bottom of the beam bottom flange.

CoverPlate: The bottom of the cover plate.

M The controlling moment for the moment type considered in the

table row.

fb The bending stress associated with the controlling moment.

The location over the height of the beam where this bending
stress occurs is given in the Location column.

Fb The allowable bending stress associated with the controlling

bending stress. The location where this allowable bending
stress applies is given in the Location column. This allowable
stress reported here never includes the 1/3 increase that may
apply.

1/3 Factor This item is either Yes or No. It indicates whether a 1/3 allow-
able stress increase was used for the ratio calculated in this
row in the table.

Ratio This is the bending stress, fb, divided by the allowable bending
stress, Fb. If the 1/3 allowable stress increase applies to the
design load combination, the result is further divided by 1.33.
Shear Design
This table of output data reports the controlling shears for both construction loads and
final loads.

Type This item is either Constr Left, Constr Right, Constr Worst, Final
Left or Final Right. Constr Left means it is a construction load-
ing shear at the left end of the beam. Constr Right means it is a
construction loading shear at the right end of the beam. Constr
Worst means it is a construction loading shear somewhere in
the middle of the beam and it is the worst-case shear.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
Final Left means it is a final loading shear at the left end of the
beam. Final Rght means it is a final loading shear at the right
end of the beam. Final Worst means it is a construction loading
shear somewhere in the middle of the beam and it is the worst-
case shear.

The Constr Worst and Final Worst items only appear when they
control the design. The shear checks at the left and right ends
of the beam always appear.

Combo Design load combination that causes the controlling shear for
the shear type considered in the table row.

Block This item is either OK or NG. It indicates whether the program

check for block shear (shear rupture) passed or failed. OK
means that the beam passes the Check, and NG (no good)
means it did not. If the item indicates NG, you should check the
block shear by hand for the beam.

V The controlling shear for the shear type considered in the table
row.

fv The shear stress associated with the controlling shear.

Fv The allowable shear stress associated with the controlling

bending stress. This allowable stress never includes the 1/3
increase that may apply.

1/3 Factor This item is either Yes or No. It indicates whether a 1/3 allow-
able stress increase was used for the ratio calculated in this
row in the table.

Ratio This is the bending stress, fv, divided by the allowable bending
stress, Fv. If the 1/3 allowable stress increase applies to the
design load combination, the result is further divided by 1.33.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION
Deflection Design
This table of output data reports the controlling deflections for both live load and total
load.

Type This item is either Live Load or Total Load.

Consider This item is always Yes, indicating that deflection is one of the
criteria checked when determining if a beam section is consid-
ered acceptable.

Combo Design load combination that causes the controlling deflection

for the deflection type considered in the table row.

Defl The controlling deflection for the deflection type considered in

the table row.

Note:
Deflection is described in Technical Note Beam Deflection and Camber
Composite Beam Design.

Limit The deflection limit for the deflection type considered in the ta-
ble row.

Ratio This is the controlling deflection divided by the deflection limit.

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