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W21X57 SUBJECT TO COMBINED AXIAL COMPRESSION REVISION:
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Rafter Design
The required strength from ASCE/SEI 7-10 is:

  ,   0 kips
ℎ  ,   36 kips
  ,   180 kip-ft
# ,   0 kip-ft

From AISC Manual Table 2-4. the material properties are as follows:
ASTM A992
Fy= 50 ksi
Fu= 65

From AISC Manual Table 1-1. the geometric properties are as follows:
Section= W21X57
d= 21.1 in
A= 16.7 in2
3
Zx= 129 in
3
Zy= 14.8 in
h/tw= 46.3
tw= 0.405 in
rx= 8.36 in
bf= 6.56 in
bf/2tf= 5.04
4
rts= 1.68 in
ry= 1.35 in
tf= 0.65 in
J= 1.77 in4
Sx= 111 in3
Sy= 9.35 in3
Ix= 1170 in4
Iy= 30.6 in4
ho= 20.5 in
4
Cw= 3190 in
E= 29000 ksi
Available Axial Compressive Strength
From AISC Specification Commentary Table C-A-7.1, for a pinned-pinned condition, K = 1.0.
  1.0
  1.0
  20 ft.
  20 ft.

The slenderness ratios about the strong and weak axis are:
 
 177.78 governs

 
 28.71

Using AISC Manual Table 6-l, the available compressive strength of the W21X57 beam is:

  0.013 kip-1
1
 !   77 kips

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Beam element slenderness

%
(Spec. B4.1) $%   5.046
2%
The limiting width-thickness ratio for compact flanges is,
,
(Spec. Table $'  0.38  9.152
-
B4.1)

,
$'  1.0  24.08
-

$% < $' The flanges are compact

ℎ
(Spec. B4.1) $.   46.3
.
The limiting width-thickness ratio for the web is,
,
(Spec. Table $'  3.76  90.55
-
B4.1)

$. < $' The web is compact

Available Flexural Strength about the X-X Axis
The available flexural strength is the lower value obtained according to the limit states
of lateral-torsional buckling and yielding .

ℎ 1  2ℎ , 3  1 ft.

ℎ D
For channels   C  1.004
From AISC Manual Table 3-2: 2
.
'  4.77 ft. For doubly symmetric I-shapes: c = 1
4  14.33 ft. Use c = 1

' > 3 < 4

12.5
Manual
3   1.14
2.567 8 39 8 43 8 3
Table 6-1
Yielding
3 = ' !  - <  483.8 kip-ft
Lateral-Torsional Buckling
3 ; '
! 
3 ' ; ' ; 0.7  638 kip-ft > 483.8 kip-ft  - <
4 ;'

 ' = 3 = 4 !  484 kip-ft

>2, ?  A
-  1 8 0.078  6406.8 ksi.
 @ℎ 

!  - 4   53337 kip-ft > 483.8 kip-ft  !  - <

 3 B 4 !  483.8 kip-ft

!  483.8 kip-ft.

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Compression Flange Local Buckling

$ ; $'%
!   ' ; ' ; 0.7-   536.6 kip-ft
$4% ; $'%
4 0.588
H   0.588
0.9,H  ℎ
!   5016 kip-ft
$A .

!  483.8 kip-ft

F 3 !  484 kip-ft.

Nominal Flexural Strength about the Y-Y Axis

The nominal flexural strength for bending about the y-y axis from AISC Specification Section F6. Because a W21X57
has compact flanges, only the yielding limit state applies.
From AISC Specification Section F6.2,

!  - <  55.5 kip-ft. < 56.1 kip-ft  1.6- 

F 3 !  56 kip-ft.

Combined Loading

Using AISC Specification Section H1, determine whether the applicable interaction equation is satisfied,
as follows:

4
 0.00 < 0.2


(C-H1-5a) 4 8 4 4 4

8 8 = 1  B 0.2
 9   

4 8 4 4
8 8  0.33 < 1
 9  

4 4 4 4
(C-H1-5b) 8 8 = 1  = 0.2
2   

4 4 4
8 8  0.37
2  

Eq C-H1-5b governs = 0.372 < 1 Ok

Available Shear Strength

Using AISC Manual Table 3-2 For the W21X57 is

G !  41.2 kips > 36 kips Ok