Moment Resistance Calculation of a Class 4 Beam CISC Handbook of Steel Construction, 9th Edition Beam Selection Table, page

5-98 Beam section: W150x22 Calculate Mr for L = 4000 mm according to CSA S16-01 Clause 13.6(b). Material properties: E = 200 000 MPa G = 77 000 MPa Fy = 345 MPa (ASTM A992) Section data: d = 152 mm b = 152 mm t = 6.6 mm w = 5.8 mm h = d 2t = 138.8 mm 1) Class of section, Clause 11 Web: h / w = 23.93 < 1900 / Fy0.5 = 102.3 (not Class 4) Flange: (b/2) / t = 11.52 > 200 / Fy0.5 = 10.77 (Class 4) The section is a Class 4 due to the flanges. 2) Effective section properties Effective flange width, Clause 13.5(c)(iii): be = 2 200 t / Fy0.5 = 142 mm Conservatively and for simplicity, the same effective flange width is used for both the compression and tension flanges. This keeps the section doublysymmetric. In reality, the full tension flange width would remain effective. Effective moment of inertia: Ixe = Ix 2 (b be) t3 / 12 2 (b be) t (d / 2 t / 2)2 = 11.4 106 mm4 Effective section modulus: Sxe = 2 Ixe / d = 150 103 mm3 3) Factored moment resistance Laterally supported (L = 0): Let Mye = Sxe Fy = 51.8 kNm = 0.9 Mr0 = Mye = 46.6 kNm Laterally unsupported (L = 4000 mm > Lu = 2480 mm): 2 = 1.0 (uniform bending moment) Mu = (2 / L) [E Iy G J + ( E / L)2 Iy Cw]0.5 = 52.9 kNm Mu = 52.9 kNm > 0.67 Mye = 34.7 kNm Mr = 1.15 Mr0 (1 0.28 Mye / Mu) = 38.9 kNm Mr0 Ix = 12.1 106 mm4 Sx = 150 103 mm3 Iy = 3.87 106 mm4 J = 43.4 103 mm4 Cw = 20.4 109 mm6