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Dynamic Analysis
Dynamic Analysis
Dynamic Analysis
Weight Staircase
No.of steps 16
Midlanding Width 54.00 in
Width of Stair 54 in
Width of tread 11 in
Density of concrete 0.086 lb/in3
Depth of concrete 2 in
Weight of 2 in concrete (Over treads and Midlanding) 2136.2 lb
Weight of stringers 1003.1 lb
Weight of treads 20.062 lb
Total weight (Ws) 3159.4 lb
Stringer C12 is welded with a plate of thickness 1/4 in to make it a box and to increase Moment of Inertia,this inturn increases the
Horizontal Natural Frequency of C12x20.7
C15X33.9 Section properties
Depth,Dp= 15 in
Width,Wp= 3.4 in
Flg Thickness,Tf= 0.65 in
Web Thickness,Tw= 0.4 in
Thickness of Plate welded Tp= 0.375 in
Moment of inertia of stringer Izz= 140 in4 Major Axis
Moment of inertia of stringer Ixx= 8 in4 Minor Axis
Damping Ratio B= 0.03
Diagonal distance between the supports Ls= 21 ft
216 in
g= 386 in/s2
Es= 3E+07 psi
fnv= 15.577 Hz
Vertical Natural frequency should be greater than fnv,per= 5 Hz OK