Design of Steel Structures

Design of beams
Part 1
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Course Contents

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 What are beams
Beams are an essential element of any structure, they carry
loadings transversely applied to their axis. Various types of beams
are encountered in the steel construction industry such as: Girders,
joists, purlins, stingers, girts and lintels are among the various
components in a structure acting as “beams”.

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(a)
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Multistory Steel Building

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What are beams

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What are beams

Lintels

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Sections used for beams

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Sections used for beams

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Behavior of flexural member

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Behavior of flexural member

moment
f < Fy

(a)
f = Fy

(b)
Fy

(c)
Fy

(d)
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Design of beams

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General steps of design of beams

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General steps of design of beams

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General steps of design of beams

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General steps of design of beams

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General steps of design of beams

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 General steps of design of beams

Now we have to calculate Fbcx to continue checking

bending stress.

The value of Fbcx depends on two things

Local buckling and

Lateral Torsional Bucking

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 Local buckling
The section can be classified according to its dimensions into

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 Local buckling
The section can be classified according to its dimensions into

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 Local buckling
The section can be classified according to its dimensions into

Most of the used sections are compact sections, however

compactness check should be carried out according to the
ECOP Equations (pages 9-11)
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Local buckling

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Local buckling

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 Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)
When both bending and torsion takes place in the
lateral buckling mode, this is expressed as lateral torsional
bucking.

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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 Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

As we mentioned before, the value of Fbcx depends on

Local buckling and Lateral Torsional Bucking

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 Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)
Calculation of Lu (act) & Lu (max)
Lu (act): The actual distance between two lateral supports
of the compression flange.

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Buckling length (simple beam)

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 Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)
Lu (max): The maximum unsupported length of the
compression flange at which lateral torsional buckling will
not occur

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Values of Cb

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Important values of Cb

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Lateral Torsional buckling (L.T.B)

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Steps for design of beams

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Steps for design of beams

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Steps for design of beams

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Steps for design of beams

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Steps for design of beams

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 Steps for design of beams
4. Checks

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Steps for design of beams

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Deflection of beams

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Deflection of beams

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 Example 1

Note: Use IPE section

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Note: Value of each concentrated load = 13 ton

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Buckling length (Cantilever beam)

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Buckling length (Cantilever beam)

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Buckling length (Cantilever beam)

(Dr. Dessouki)

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 Buckling length (Cantilever beam)
Where:

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