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Flow Charts
Flowcharts for several analysis and design procedures are given in this web section. They may be used to guide the student through the steps of a particular analysis oar design problem. The following is a list of flow charts included: Flowchart 2.1: Flowchart 6.1: Flowchart 6.2: Flowchart 6.3: Flowchart 7.1: Flowchart 7.2: Flowchart 7.3: Flowchart 7.4: Flowchart 8.1: Flowchart 8.2: Flowchart 8.3: Flowchart 9.1: Flowchart 9.2: Properties of built-up sections. Classification of bolted joints. Design strength of connectors in simple bolted joints. Design strength of welds in simple welded joints. Average values for reduction coefficient, U, for tension members. Reduction coefficient, U, for tension members. Design strength of tension members. Design of tension members with bolted end connections. Effective length of columns. Design strength of axially loaded columns. Design of axially loaded columns. Beam analysis: Limit states of strength. Design of adequately braced I-shaped beams. (Design controlled by flexural strength) Flowchart 9.3: Design of adequately braced I-shaped beams (Design controlled by deflections). Flowchart 9.4: Flowchart 9.5: Flowchart 9.6: Design of beam bearing plates. Analysis of column base plates. Base plate thickness.

Flowchart 9.7: Flowchart 10.1: Flowchart 10.2: Flowchart 10.3: Flowchart 10.4:

Design of base plate for axially loaded columns. Analysis of unbraced beam segment using LRFDM Tables. Analysis of unbraced beam segment using LRFDM plots. Analysis of an unbraced beam. Design strength of rolled steel I-beams based on flange local buckling, web local buckling and shear buckling of web.

Flowchart 11.1: Flowchart 11.2: Flowchart 11.3: Flowchart 11.4: Flowchart 12.1: Flowchart 12.2: Flowchart 12.3: Flowchart 12.4: Flowchart 12.5: Flowchart 12.6:

Analysis of beam-columns. Calculation of 2nd order moments: M*ux , M*uy Design of beam-columns (Method 1). Design of beam-columns (Method 2). Bolted joint in eccentric shear Elastic vector method. Bolted joints in shear and tension. Bolted joints in shear and bending. Bolt or weld design for horizontal shear in built-up beams. Properties of welds treated as lines. Welded joint in eccentric shear Elastic vector method.

Acknowledgements: The author likes to thank Savador Murra Jr., for his help in the preparation of the flowcharts.