Chapter G:

Shear Strength-Advanced
Tension Field Action

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Shear Strength including
Tension Field Action
Interior Web Panels with a h  3

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For h kv E
 1.10
tw Fy
Tension Field Action not needed, Shear strength is controlled by
shear yielding per Equation G2-6

Vn = 0.6FyAw

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Nominal Shear Strength

For h kv E
 1.10
tw Fy

When
2 Aw /  A fc  A ft   2.5, h b fc  6.0 and h b ft  6.0

 
 1  Cv 2 
Vn  0.6 Fy Aw Cv 2 
 2  Equation G2-7
 1.15 1   a h  

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Nominal Shear Strength

Otherwise

 
 1  Cv 2 
Vn  0.6 Fy Aw Cv 2   Equation G2-8
  2 
1.15  a h  1   a h  
   

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Comparison
between 2016
post-buckling
strength and 2016
tension field action
strength.

Sometimes TFA
does not provide the
most shear strength.

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INSERT ADVANCED TOPIC
FOR SHEAR STRENGTH WITH WEB
OPENINGS INCLUDE REFERENCE
MATERIAL:
AISC DESIGN GUIDE#2: Design of Steel
and Composite Beams with Web
Openings

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Chapter G:
Shear Strength-Advanced
Transverse Stiffener Design

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 Shear Stiffener Design

All transverse stiffeners must provide sufficient out of plane

stiffness to restrain web plate buckling.

If Tension Field Action (TFA) is used a compression strut develops

and balances the tension field. Research findings have shown that
the stiffeners are loaded predominantly in bending due to the
restraint they provide to the web, with only minor axial forces
developing in the stiffeners. Stiffeners locally stabilize the web to
allow for compression forces to be carried by the web. Therefore,
additional stiffener moment of inertia is required.

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 For all Stiffeners
With and without TFA

(a)Not required if
h tw  2.46 E Fy
or not needed for strength (can use kv = 5.34)
(b) Stiffeners can be stopped short of tension flange
(c) Addresses welding or bolting of stiffener

(d)  b t  st  0.56 E Fyst Equation (G2-12)

(e) I st  I st 2   I st1  I st 2   w Equation (G2-13)

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When Tension Field Action is Used

I st  I st 2   I st1  I st 2   w Equation (G2-13)

 2.5  3
I st 2   2  b t  0.5b t 3
Equation (G2-15)
  a h 
2 p w p w


1.5
h 41.3  Fyw 
I st1  st
  Equation (G2-14)
40  E 

 V  Vc 2 
w   r 
Vc1  Vc 2 

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 When Tension Field Action is Used
Ist1= Minimum moment of inertia of the transverse stiffeners
required for development of the full shear post buckling
resistance of the stiffened web shear panels, Vr = Vc1.

Ist2 = Minimum moment of inertia of the transverse stiffeners

required for development of the web shear buckling
resistance, Vr = Vc2.

rst = the larger of Fyw/Fyst and 1.0

Vr = Required shear strength

Vc1 = Available shear strength without TFA

Advanced Beam: Shear - AISC Manual 15th Vn  0.6 Fy AwCv 2
Vc2 = Available shear strength calculated with
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