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SIMPLIFIED TORSION ANALYSIS FOR STEEL BEAMS

Simple Span Beam with Eccentric Concentrated Load Applied at Midspan

Haytham Ayman El-Sayed Zaghloul M.Sc. Course

Steel Behavior (1)

Input Data:

Member Size:
Select: IPE300

Member Loading:
P= 5.000 ton
e = 5.0000 cm

Design Parameters:
Fy = 3.60 t/cm2
L= 2.000 m
Lb = 2.000 m
Cb = 1.00
ASIF = 1.000

Member Properties:
A= 53.80 cm2 Ix = 8356.00 cm4
d = 30.000 cm Sx = 557.07 cm3 Reference for Torsion Analysis:
tw = 30.000 cm Iy = 604.00 cm4 USS Steel Design Manual (1981)
bf = 15.000 cm Sy = 80.53 cm3 Chapter 7: Torsion (Figures 7.9 & 7.10)
tf = 1.070 cm J = 19.900 cm4 by: R.L. Brockenbrough & B.G. Johnston
rt = 15.000 cm Cw = 126378.7 cm6
d/Af = 0.93 wt./m' = 42.2 Kg/m'

Results:

X-axis Bending:
Mx = 2.521 m.t Mx = P*L/4 + wb*L^2/8 (wb = beam self weight)
Q= 2.521 t Vu = P/2 + wb*L/2 (wb = beam self weight)
fbx = 0.453 t/cm2 fbx = Mx/Sx
Lb/rt = 13.33 Note: Lc = 50.07 cm, Lu = 495.37 cm
Fbx = 2.38 t/cm2 Fbx = 0.66*Fy
Fbx = 2.38 t/cm2 Fbx = 0.66*Fy
Fbx = 2.38 t/cm2 Fbx = 0.66*Fy

Torsion (Lateral Flange Bending):

a = 128.267526 cm a = SQRT(E*Cw/(G*J)) (where: E = 2100 t/cm2, G = 840 t/cm2)
Mt = 36.1619132 ft-kips Mt = (P*e*a/(2*df)*TANH(L*12/(2*a)))/12 (where: df = d-tf)
fby = 10.78 t/cm2 fby = Mt*12/(Sy/2) Note: use only 1/2 of Sy
Fby = 2.70 t/cm2 Fby = 0.75*Fy

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15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
0.0000 1.0000 2.0000
-5.00
-10.00
-15.00
Angle of Twist:
f= 0.000 deg. f = (P*e*a/(2*J*G)*(L*12/(2*a)-TANH(L*12/(2*a))))*180/p
0.000 rad

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STEEL BEAMS
ad Applied at Midspan

M.Sc. Course
Steel Behavior (1)

ence for Torsion Analysis:

Steel Design Manual (1981)
er 7: Torsion (Figures 7.9 & 7.10)
L. Brockenbrough & B.G. Johnston

100 t/cm2, G = 840 t/cm2)

2 (where: df = d-tf)

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12/(2*a))))*180/p

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