ROJECT : PAGE :

CLIENT : DESIGN BY :
JOB NO. : DATE : REVIEW BY :
Plate Girder Design Based on AISC Manual 13th Edition (AISC 360-05)

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY

STEEL YIELD STRESS Fy = 50 ksi
SIMPLY SUPPORTED SPAN S= 72 ft
SUPERIMPOSED UNIFORM DEAD LOAD DL = 1 kips / ft
UNIFORM LIVE LOAD LL = 1 kips / ft
POINT DEAD LOAD PDL = 60 kips
POINT LIVE LOAD PLL = 60 kips
DISTANCE POINT LOAD TO END c= 24 ft
TOP FLANGE WIDTH bf,top = 16 in
TOP FLANGE THICKNESS tf,top = 1.5 in
BOTTOM FLANGE WIDTH bf,bot = 16 in
BOTTOM FLANGE THICKNESS tf,bot = 1.5 in
WEB THICKNESS tw = 0.5 in
BEAM DEPTH d= 53 in 1/4 x 7 STIFFENER, E. SIDES, AT SUPPORTS ONLY.
UNBRACED LENGTH Lb = 8 ft FLANGE TO WEB WELDING USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 41 in o.c.

THE GIRDER DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.

ANALYSIS
CHECK LIMITING WIDTH-THICKNESS RATIOS FOR WEB (AISC 360-05 Table B4.1)
hc / tw = 100.00 < lr = 137.27
> lp = 90.55
Noncompact Web
where E= 29000 ksi
lr = 5.7 (E / Fy)0.5 = 137.27
lp = (hc / hp) (E / Fy)0.5 / (0.54 Mp / My -0.09)2 = 93.26 ,for Af,top ≠ Af,bot
lp = 3.76 (E / Fy)0.5 = 90.55 ,for Af,top = Af,bot
hc = 50.00 in hp = 50.00 in
Mp = 6452.1 ft-kips My = 5824.6 ft-kips

CHECK LIMITING WIDTH-THICKNESS RATIOS FOR FLANGES (AISC 360-05 Table B4.1)
0.5 bf,top / tf,top = 5.33 < lr = 17.04
< lp = 9.15
Compact Flanges
where lr = 0.95 (kc E / FL)0.5 = 17.04
lp = 0.38 (E / Fy)0.5 = 9.15
kc = Min [0.76 , Max (0.35 , 4 / (h / tw)0.5 )] = 0.39
Sxt = 1398 in3 Sxc = 1398 in3
FL = 35 ksi, (AISC 360-05 Table note B4.1 & Eq F4-6)

DETERMINE CRITERIA FOR ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH (AISC 360-05 Table F1.1)

Chapter F Sections
Required Conditions F2 F3 F4 F5
Double Symmetric x x
Compact Web x x
x
Noncompact Web
Slender Web Mallowable = Mn / Wb = 3806.0 ft-kips
Compact Flanges x ( from following analysis)
Noncompact Flanges
Slender Flanges
Applicable Section ok

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F2

<== Not Applicable.

E 13.23 ft
L p  1.76r y 
Fy

2
E Jc  0.7 F y S x h 0  E
L r  1.95r ts 1  1  6.76    r ts  32.74 ft
0.7 F y S xh0  E Jc  0.7 Fy
where ry = 3.75 in Sx = 1398 in3
h0 = 51.50 in Iy = 1025 in4
 (cont'd)
Cw = Iy h02 / 4 = 679321 , (AISC 360-05 F2.2)
J = [tw d (tw2 + d2)] / 12 = 6203.76 in4, (not applicable if taken web only, EIT Manual page 26)
(Use J= 70.5042 in4 )
rts =[( Iy Cw) / Sx)]0.5 0.5
= 4.34 in
c= 1.0 Cb = 1.0 , (AISC Manual 13th Table 3-1, page 3-10)

2
C b 2E Jc  L b  596.939 ksi
F cr  2
1  0.078   
 Lb  S x h 0  r ts 
 
 r ts 

 M p , for L b  L p

    Lb  L p  
M n, F 2   Min  C b  M p   M p  0.7 F y S x  
   , M p  , for L p  L b  L r
  6452.1 ft-kips
    L r  L p   


 Min  F cr S x , M p  , for L r  L b

Mallowable, F2 =Mn / Wb = 3863.5 ft-kips where Wb = 1.67 , (AISC 360-05 F1)

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F3

<== Not Applicable.

     pf  
  M p   M p  0.7 F y S x  
  rf   pf  
, for Noncompact Flanges
  
M n, F 3     7600.9 ft-kips
 0.9 E k c S x
 , for Slender Flanges
 2
where l = bf / (2 tf) = 5.33
lpf = lp = 9.15 lrf = lr = 17.04

Mallowable, F3 =Min(Mn,F2 , Mn,F3) / Wb = 3863.5 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F4

E 9.59 ft
L p  1.1r t 
Fy

2
E J  S h 
L r  1.95r t 1  1  6.76 F L xc 0   38.20 ft
FL S xc h 0  E J 

where aw =hc tw/ (bfc tfc) = 1.04

b fc
rt   4.34 in
 1 2 
12  h 0  a w h 
 d 6 h 0d 

Mp = Min [Zx Fy , 1.6Sxc Fy ] = 6452.08 ft-kips

Myc = Sxc Fy = 5824.58 ft-kips Myt = Sxt Fy = 5824.58 ft-kips
l = hc / tw = 100.00
lpw = lp = 93.26 lrw = lr = 137.27

Mp
 , for h c / t w   pw
 M yc
R pc   1.09123
 Min  M p   M p  1     pw  , M p  , for h c / t w   pw
      
  M yc  M yc    rw   pw  M yc 

2
C b 2E J  Lb 
F cr  2
1  0.078    596.784 ksi, (for Iyc / Iy = 0.50 > 0.23, AISC 360-05 F4-5 )
 Lb  S xc h 0  r t 
 
 rt 

 R pc M yc , for L b  L p

    Lb  L p  
M n, F 4.2   Min  C b  R pc M yc   R pc M yc  F L S xc      , R pc M yc  , for L p  L b  L r
   6355.97 ft-kips
    L r L p   

 Min  F cr S xc , R pc M yc  , for L r  L b
M n, F 4.2   Min  C b  R pc M yc   R pc M yc  F L S xc   
 , R pc M yc  , for L p  L b  L r
   
    L r L p   

 Min  F cr S xc , R pc M yc  , for L r  L b
 (cont'd)
 R pc M yc , for Compact Flanges

     pf 
 R pc M yc   R pc M yc  F L S xc     , for Noncompact Flanges
M n, F 5.3      rf   pf  6356 ft-kips
  

 0.9 E k c S xc
 , for Slender Flanges
 2
M p
 , for h c / t w   pw
 M yt
R pt   1.09123
 Min  M p   M p  1     pw  , M p  , for h c / t w   pw
      
  M yt  M yt    rw   pw  M yt 

Mallowable, F4 = Min( Mn,F4.2 , Mn,F4.3, RptMyt) / Wb = 3806.0 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRENGTH , Mn / Wb , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter F5

<== Not Applicable.
E
Lr   rt  32.73 ft
0.7 F y

 F y , for L b  L p

    Lb  L p  
 Min  C b  F y   0.3F y   
  , F y  ,

for L p  L b  L r
   L
 r L p   

F cr , F 5.2      50 ksi
  
  C b 2E 
 Min  2
, F y  , for L r  L b
   Lb  
 
 r  
  t  

 F y , for Compact Flanges


     pf  
  F y   0.3F y     , for Noncompact Flanges
    rf   pf  
F cr , F 5.3    50 ksi
 0.9 E k c , for Slender Flanges
 2
  b f 
  2t f 
 
 Min  a w , 10   hc E  
R pg  Min 1    5.7  , 1.0   1
 1200  300 Min  a w , 10   t w F y  
  
Mallowable, F5 = Min( RpgFySxc , RpgFcr,F5.2Sxc , RpgFcr,F5.3Sxc , FySxt) / Wb = 3487.8 ft-kips

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE SHEAR STRENGTH , Vn / Wv , BASED ON AISC 360-05 Chapter G2

h = d - tf,top - tf,bot = 50 in , h / tw = 100 , Aw = 26.50 in2 ,

a= 71.4 ft 
1.0 , for h / t w1.10 k vE
 5  Fy
5 , for a / h 3 
  a / h
2
kv  5.00 Cv
 1.10 k vE

E E
, for 1.10 k v  h / t w1.37 k v  0.438
 h /tw F y Fy Fy
5 , for a / h 3 
Vn = 0.6 FyAwCv = 348.131 kips  1.51E k v , for 1.37 k vE  h /
 h/ tw
  t w F y
2
 Fy

Vallowable = Vn / Wv = 208.461 kips Wv = 1.67 , (AISC 360-05 G1)

TOTAL SUPERIMPOSED GRAVITY LOAD

w = DL + LL = 2.000 kips / ft , P = PDL + PLL = 120.00 kips

CHECK EACH SECTION CAPACITIES

Section Left 0.06 S 0.11 S 0.17 S 0.22 S 0.28 S Point 0.44 S 0.56 S 0.67 S 0.78 S 0.89 S Right
Distance 0 4.00 8.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 24.00 32.00 40.00 48.00 56.00 64.00 72.00
d (in) 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53
y (in) 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
I (in4) 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044 37044
Wt (plf) 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4 248.4
V (kips) 160.94 151.95 142.96 133.96 124.97 115.97 0.00 31.01 48.99 66.98 84.97 102.96 120.94
M (ft-k) 0 626 1216 1769 2287 2769 3215 3039 2719 2255 1647 896 0
 (cont'd)

BENDING LOADS & CAPACITY

Moments
0
-500
-1000
-1500
-2000
-2500
-3000
-3500
-4000
Length

Mmax = 3215.08 ft-kips @ 24.00 ft, from heel.

< Mallowable = 3806 ft-kips
[Satisfactory]
Shear Forces

SHEAR LOADS & CAPACITY

0.00
-50.00
-100.00
-150.00
-200.00
-250.00
Length

Vmax = 160.94 kips @ 0.00 ft, from heel.

< Vallowable = 208.461 kips [Satisfactory]

DETERMINE DEFLECTION AT MID SPAN

5w L 4 0.06415 Pb
 L 2 b 2  
3/ 2
 DL   0.72 in ( L / 1195 )
384 EI EIL (for camber, self Wt included.)

where E= 29000 ksi w= 1.248 kips / ft

I= 37044 in4 P= 60 kips
b= 0.6 ft L= 72.0 ft

5w L 4 0.06415 Pb
 L 2 b 2  
3/ 2
 LL   0.58 in ( L / 1482 )
384 EI EIL

where P= 60 kips w= 1.000 kips / ft

DETERMINE FLANGE TO WEB WELDING (AISC 360-05 J2.4 )

w= 5/16 in
wmin = 3/16 in, < w
wmax = 7/16 in, > w
W= 2.0
Vmax = 160.94 kips
Q = Af(d - y - 0.5 tf,top) = 618 in3
vmax = Vmax Q / I = 2.68 kips / in

A= 24 in B
 0.6 F EXX 0.707 w  A  41 in. o.c.
v max 
USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 41 in o.c.

DESIGN STIFFENERS

1. BEARING STIFFENERS ARE REQUIRED AT EACH END SUPPORT. (AISC 360-05, J10.8)

2. CHECK LOCAL WEB YIELDING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-05, J10.2)
R=P= 120.00 kips
N= 0 in, bearing length, point.
k = tf,top + w = 1.81 in
W= 1.5

 R
 , for c  d
 t w  N  5k 
  26.48 < Fy / W [Satisfactory]
 R
, for c  d
 t
 w  N  2.5 k 
 R
 , for c  d
 t w  N  5k 
 
 R
, for c  d
 t
 w  N  2.5 k 
 (cont'd)
3. CHECK WEB CRIPPLING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-05, J10.3)

W= 2.0
  1.5 
 2 N  t w   EF ywt f , for c 0.5d
0.80t w 13 d  
 t f   tw
  
Rn /   1 /    208.57 > P [Satisfactory]
  1.5 
0.40t w 13 N
2  t w   EF ywt f , for c 0.5d
   
 d  t f  tw

  

(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)

4. CHECK SIDESWAY WEB BUCKING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC 360-05, J10.4)
dc = d - 2k = 49.38 in
Cr = 960000 ksi
(dc / tw ) / (l / bf) = 16.46
W= 1.76
  3
 C r t wt f  0.4 d c / t w   , for d c / t w 1.7
3

 h2   l / b f   l /b f
    

 C r t wt f
3   
3
Rn /   1 /   1 0.4 d c / t w   , for 1.7  d c / t w  2.3  120.00 > P [Satisfactory]
 h
2   l /b f   l /b f
   

 d c /tw
P , for l /  2.3
 bf



(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)

5. DETERMINE STIFFENER SIZE.

tw = 5/8 in , bst = 7 in

bst / tw = 11.20 < 0.56 (E / Fy)0.5 , (AISC 360-05 Table B4.1)

[Satisfactory]
Ag = 11.75 in2 , I= 159 in4

R= 160.9 kips
Wc = 1.67 , (AISC 360-05 E1)
Kl/r= 0.75 h / ( I / Aeff)0.5 = 10.2
Cc = 4.71 (E/ Fy)0.5 = 113
2E
Fe 
  2751.51 ksi
 kl / r 2
 Fy kl
 0.658 F e  F y , for  Cc
  r
R n / c  A g / c   349.1 kips, (AISC 360-05 E2)
 kl
 0.877 F e , for r  C c > R [Satisfactory]

Technical Reference:
1. AISC: "Steel Construction Manual 13th Edition", American Institute of Steel Construction, 2005.
 ROJECT : PAGE :
CLIENT : DESIGN BY :
JOB NO. : DATE : REVIEW BY :
Plate Girder Design Based on AISC-ASD 9th, Chapter G

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY

STEEL YIELD STRESS Fy = 50 ksi
SIMPLY SUPPORTED SPAN S= 72 ft
SUPERIMPOSED UNIFORM DEAD LOAD DL = 1 kips / ft
UNIFORM LIVE LOAD LL = 1 kips / ft
POINT DEAD LOAD PDL = 60 kips
POINT LIVE LOAD PLL = 60 kips
TOP FLANGE WIDTH bf,top = 16 in
TOP FLANGE THICKNESS tf,top = 1.5 in
BOTTOM FLANGE WIDTH bf,bot = 16 in
BOTTOM FLANGE THICKNESS tf,bot = 1.5 in
WEB THICKNESS tw = 0.5 in
BEAM DEPTH d= 70 in Err:502
DISTANCE POINT LOAD TO END c= 24 ft FLANGE TO WEB WELDING USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 57 in o.c.
UNBRACED LENGTH l= 8 ft

THE GIRDER DESIGN IS ADEQUATE.

ANALYSIS
DETERMINE Fb (AISC-ASD, F1.3, page 5-46)
2 2
 M1   M1   4l 2  S 2   4l 2  S 2 
C b  1.75  1.05    0.3   1.75  1.05    0.3   1.02
 2
M M
 2  S 2
 2 
 S 
rT = 4.16 in , Af = 24.00 in2

 76b f 20000 
L c  MIN  , 
d / A f  F y 
11.43 ft
 Fy


 102000C b 12000C b 
L u  MAX  r T ,   15.84 ft

 Fy 0.6  d / A f  F y 

510000C b
L3  r T  35.42 ft
Fy
  2 F  l / r 2  
y
F b1  MIN     F y , 0.6 F y   30.0 ksi
T

  3 1530000C b  
  

 170000C Fy
F b 2  MIN  
b 16.7 ksi
,
 l / r T  2 3 
 
 12000C 
b
F b3  MIN  , 0.6 F y   30.0 ksi
 l d / A f  
 

0.66 F y , for l  L c
0.6
 F y , for L c  l  L u
Fb    33.0 ksi
 MAX  F b1 , F b3  , for L u  l  L 3
 MAX  F
 b 2 , F b3  , for l  L 3

CHECK WEB SLENDERNESS (AISC-ASD, G1, page 5-51)

a= 71.4 ft, the max clear distance between stiffeners.

760
h / tw = 134.00 >  132.30 [Satisfactory]
Fb

 14000
 , for a  1.5h
<  F yf  F yf  16.5  282.84
 
 2000 , for a  1.5h
 F [Satisfactory]
 yf

 F yf  F yf  16.5 
 
 2000 , for a  1.5h
 F
 yf
 (cont'd)
DETERMINE ALLOWABLE FLEXURAL STRESS (AISC-ASD G2, pg 5-51)

Aw = 33.50 in2 , a = 0.6 Fyw / Fb = 0.91

 Aw  h  760  , 1.0  
R PG  MIN 1  0.0005    0.999
 A f  t F b  


 A  
12   w  3   3   
  Af   0.998
R e  MIN  , 1.0  
 
 12  2  A w  
  Af  
   

'
F b  F b R PG R e  32.89 ksi

DETERMINE ALLOWABLE SHEAR STRESS (F4-2, pg 5-49)

h = d - tf,top - tf,bot = 67 in , h / tw = 134

  45000 k v
5.34  , for C v 0.8
4.0 , for a / h1.0
 F yh / t w
2
  a / h 2 = 5.36 Cv   = 0.27
kv 
 190 k v , for
5.34 4.0 , for a / h 1.0 h/t C v 0.8
  a / h 2  w Fy


 CvF y 
Fv  MIN  , 0.4 F y   4.65 ksi
 2.89 

TOTAL SUPERIMPOSED GRAVITY LOAD

w = DL + LL = 2.000 kips / ft , P = PDL + PLL = 120.00 kips

CHECK EACH SECTION CAPACITIES

Section Left 0.06 S 0.11 S 0.17 S 0.22 S 0.28 S Point 0.44 S 0.56 S 0.67 S 0.78 S 0.89 S Right
Distance 0 4.00 8.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 24.00 32.00 40.00 48.00 56.00 64.00 72.00
d (in) 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70
y (in) 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
I (in4) 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848 68848
Wt (plf) 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3 277.3
V (kips) 161.98 152.87 143.77 134.66 125.55 116.44 0.00 30.89 49.11 67.33 85.55 103.77 121.98
M (ft-k) 0 630 1223 1780 2300 2784 3232 3057 2737 2272 1660 903 0
fv (ksi) 4.63 4.37 4.11 3.85 3.59 3.33 0.00 0.88 1.40 1.92 2.44 2.96 3.49
fb (ksi) 0.00 3.84 7.46 10.86 14.03 16.98 19.71 18.65 16.70 13.86 10.13 5.51 0.00
fb (ksi) & F'b (ksi)

BENDING STRESS

0.00
-5.00
-10.00
-15.00
-20.00
-25.00
-30.00
-35.00
Length

fb,max = 19.71 ksi @ 24.00 ft, from heel.

< F'b = 32.89 ksi
[Satisfactory]
fv (ksi) & Fv (ksi)

SHEAR STRESS

0.00
-1.00
-2.00
-3.00
-4.00
-5.00
Length
 (cont'd)
fv,max = 4.63 ksi @ 0.00 ft, from heel.
< Fv = 4.65 ksi [Satisfactory]

DETERMINE DEFLECTION AT MID SPAN

5w L 4 0.06415 Pb
 L 2 b 2  
3/ 2
 DL   0.40 in ( L / 2173 )
384 EI EIL (for camber, self Wt included.)

where E= 29000 ksi w= 1.277 kips / ft

I= 68848 in4 P= 60 kips
b= 0.6 ft L= 72.0 ft

5w L 4 0.06415 Pb
 L 2 b 2  
3/ 2
 LL   0.31 in ( L / 2755 )
384 EI EIL

where P= 60 kips w= 1.000 kips / ft

DETERMINE FLANGE TO WEB WELDING

w= 5/16 in
wmin = 3/16 in, < w
wmax = 7/16 in, > w

Vmax = 161.98 kips

Q = Af(d - y - 0.5 tf,top) = 822 in3
vmax = Vmax Q / I = 1.93 kips / in

A= 24 in B
0.3F u  0.707 w  A  57 in. o.c.
v max
USE 5/16 in - 24 in @ 57 in o.c.

DESIGN STIFFENERS

1. BEARING STIFFENERS ARE REQUIRED AT EACH END SUPPORT. (AISC-ASD, K1.8, page 5-82)

2. CHECK LOCAL WEB YIELDING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC-ASD, K3, page 5-81)
R = P = 120.00 kips
N= 0 in, bearing length, point.
k = tf,top + w = 1.81 in

 R
 , for c  d
 t w  N  5k 
  26.48 < 0.66Fy [Satisfactory]
 R
, for c  d
 t w  N  2.5 k 


3. CHECK WEB CRIPPLING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC-ASD, K4, page 5-81)

  1.5 
 67.5 2 1 3 N   t w   F yw t f , for c  0.5 d
 tw   
 

  d  t f   tw
  
R    206.68 > P [Satisfactory]
    F yw t f
1.5
N 
 34 t 2w 1 3   t w   , for c  0.5 d
   d   t f   tw
  

(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)

4. CHECK SIDESWAY WEB BUCKING FOR THE CONCENTRATED LOAD. (AISC-ASD, K5, page 5-81)
dc = d - 2k = 66.38 in
(dc / tw ) / (l / bf) = 22.13
 3 
3
 6800t w  0.4
d c / t w   , for d c / t w 1.7
 h   l /b f    l /b f
    

 6800t 3w   
3
 >
R   1 0.4 d c / t w   , for 1.7  d c / t w  2.3  120.00 P [Satisfactory]
 h   l /b f   l /b f
   

 d c / t w
 P , for l /  2.3
 bf



(Note : If item 2, local web yielding is Satisfactory, this item does not need to be checked.)
 (cont'd)

5. DETERMINE STIFFENER SIZE.

tw = 5/8 in , bst = 7 in

bst / tw = 11.20 < 95 / Fy0.5 , AISC-ASD, B5.1

[Satisfactory]
Aeff = 11.75 in2 , I= 159 in4

fa = 13.8 ksi
Es = 29000 ksi
K l / r = 0.75 h / ( I / Aeff)0.5 = 13.7
Cc = (2p2Es/ Fy)0.5 = 107

   kl / r   2
 1  Fy
  2C c2  kl
  , for  Cc
 5 3  kl / r   kl / r 3 r 28.9 ksi, (AISC-ASD, E2, page 5-42)
Fa     
3 8C c 8C 3c
 2 > fa [Satisfactory]
 12 E kl
, for  Cc
 23  kl / r  2 r


Technical Reference:
1. AISC: "Manual of Steel construction 9th", American Institute of Steel Construction, 1990.