COMPUTERS AND STRUCTURES, INC.

, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA DECEMBER 2001

COMPOSITE BEAM DESIGN AISC-ASD89

Technical Note

Output Details
This Technical Note describes the composite beam output for AISC-ASD89 that can be printed to a printer or to a text file in either short form or long form. The program provides the output data in a series of tables. The column headings for output data and a description of what is included in the columns of the tables are provided in Table 1 of this Technical Note.

Short Form Output Details

This output is printed when you click the File menu > Print Tables > Composite Beam Design command and select Short Form in the Output Details area of the resulting form. Similar output also appears on screen if you click the Details button in the Show Details area of the Interactive Composite Beam Design and Review form. See Technical Note Interactive Composite Beam Design for more details on the interactive design.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION Label associated with the line object that represents the beam. A typical label beam would appear as "B23." Do not confuse this with the Section Label, which would be identified as "W18X35." Name of the design group (if any) to which the beam has been assigned. Beam section label (name). Beam yield stress, Fy. Beam minimum tensile strength, Fu.

Basic Beam Information

Beam Label

Group

Beam Fy Fu

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COLUMN HEADING Stud Layout DESCRIPTION Number of studs in each composite beam segment separated by commas. They are listed starting with the composite beam segment at the I-end of the beam and working toward the J-end of the beam. Length of each composite beam segment separated by commas. The lengths are listed starting with the composite beam segment at the I-end of the beam and working toward the J-end of the beam. This item has a slightly different meaning, depending on whether the shear studs are user-defined or calculated by the program. When the number of shear studs is calculated by the program, a stud ratio is reported for each composite beam segment. It is equal to the number of shear studs required in the segment divided by the maximum number of studs that fit in the segment. When the shear studs are user-defined, a single stud ratio is reported for the entire beam. At each output station considered (i.e., at each maximum moment or point load location), the program calculates the number of shear studs required between the output station and adjacent points of zero moment, end of the beam top flange, or end of the concrete slab. The program then divides this number of required shear studs by the specified number of shear studs to obtain a ratio. The maximum ratio obtained at any considered output station for any design load case is reported as the stud ratio. Story Length Loc X Loc Y RLLF Story level associated with the beam. Length of the beam. Global X coordinate of the center of the beam. Global Y coordinate of the center of the beam. A reducible live load is multiplied by this factor to obtain the reduced live load.

Seg. Length

Stud Ratio

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COLUMN HEADING Shored Camber DESCRIPTION This item is Yes if the beam is shored and No if it is unshored. The camber for the beam. This item may be calculated by the program or it may be user-specified. Price of the beam using the input price parameters for steel, shear studs and camber. This price is intended for comparison of alternative designs only. It is not intended to be used for cost estimating purposes. Diameter of shear studs. A multiplier applied to earthquake loads. This item corresponds to the EQ Factor item in the composite beam design overwrites. More information about the EQ Factor is available Technical Note Overwrites Composite Beam Design AISC-ASD89. If this item is Yes, one or more items have been overwritten for this beam. If it is No, nothing has been overwritten. The values for all overwrite items are included in the long form output. Thus, if this item is "Yes," you may want to print the long form output. Width of the cover plate. If no cover plate is specified by the user, N/A is reported for this item. Thickness of the cover plate. If no cover plate is specified by the user, N/A is reported for this item. Yield stress for the cover plate. If no cover plate is specified by the user, N/A is reported for this item. This item is Yes if the specified cover plate is considered in the design. Otherwise, it is No. The deck section labels (names) on the left and right sides of the beam.

Comparative

Stud Diam EQ Factor

Overwrites

b-cp

t-cp

Fy-cp

Consider-cp

Deck Left and Deck Right

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COLUMN HEADING Dir. Left and Dir. Right DESCRIPTION The deck directions on the left and right sides of the beam. Perpendclr means that the deck span is perpendicular to the beam span. Parallel means that the deck span is parallel to the beam span. The slab effective widths on the left and right sides of the beam. The program calculated cope of the beam top flange at the left and right ends of the beam. Do not confuse the left and right ends of the beam with the left and right sides of the beam. The left end of the beam is the I-end and the right end of the beam is the J-end. The program calculated cope of the beam bottom flange at the left and right ends of the beam. Do not confuse the left and right ends of the beam with the left and right sides of the beam. The left end of the beam is the I-end and the right end of the beam is the J-end. Transformed section moment of inertia for full (100%) composite connection for positive bending, Itr. Moment of inertia of the steel beam, including cover plate, if it exists. Moment of inertia of the steel beam alone, not including cover plate, even if it exists. Effective moment of inertia for partial composite connection. Percent composite connection. Distance from the bottom of the beam bottom flange (not bottom of cover plate, even if it exists) to the elastic neutral axis (ENA) of the beam, with full (100%) composite connection, y . Distance from the bottom of the beam bottom flange (not bottom of cover plate, even if it exists) to the ENA of the beam, plus cover plate alone (if it exists).

beff Left and beff Right Ctop Left and Ctop Right

Cbot Left and Cbot Right

Itrans

Ibare

Is

Ieff PCC ytrans

ybare

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COLUMN HEADING yeff DESCRIPTION Distance from the bottom of the beam bottom flange (not bottom of cover plate, even if it exists) to the ENA of the beam, with partial composite connection. Allowable horizontal shear load for a single shear stud.

Moment Design
This table of output data reports the controlling moments for both construction loads and final loads. Pmax The largest axial load in the beam for any design load combination. Important note: This value is not used in the Composite Beam Design postprocessor design. It is reported to give you a sense of how much axial load, if any, is in the beam. If there is a significant amount of axial load in the beam, you may want to design it noncompositely using the Steel Frame Design postprocessor. The Steel Frame Design postprocessor does consider axial load. Pmax Combo Type The design load combination associated with Pmax. This item is either Constr Pos, Constr Neg, Final Pos or Final Neg. Const Pos means it is a positive moment for construction loading. Const Neg means it is a negative moment for construction loading. Final Pos means it is a positive moment for final loading. Final Neg means it is a negative moment for final loading. Design load combination that causes the controlling moment for the moment type considered in the table row. The critical location over the height of the beam section for bending stress. Possible values for this are: ConcLeft: The top of the concrete slab on the left side of the beam.

Combo

Location

ConcRight: The top of the concrete slab on the right side of the beam.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION TopFlange: The top of the beam top flange. BotFlange: The bottom of the beam bottom flange. CoverPlate: The bottom of the cover plate. M The controlling moment for the moment type considered in the table row. The bending stress associated with the controlling moment. The location over the height of the beam where this bending stress occurs is given in the Location column. The allowable bending stress associated with the controlling bending stress. The location where this allowable bending stress applies is given in the Location column. This allowable stress reported here never includes the 1/3 increase that may apply. This item is either Yes or No. It indicates whether a 1/3 allowable stress increase was used for the ratio calculated in this row in the table. This is the bending stress, fb, divided by the allowable bending stress, Fb. If the 1/3 allowable stress increase applies to the design load combination, the result is further divided by 1.33.

fb

Fb

1/3 Factor

Ratio

Shear Design
This table of output data reports the controlling shears for both construction loads and final loads. Type This item is either Constr Left, Constr Right, Constr Worst, Final Left or Final Right. Constr Left means it is a construction loading shear at the left end of the beam. Constr Right means it is a construction loading shear at the right end of the beam. Constr Worst means it is a construction loading shear somewhere in the middle of the beam and it is the worst-case shear.

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION Final Left means it is a final loading shear at the left end of the beam. Final Rght means it is a final loading shear at the right end of the beam. Final Worst means it is a construction loading shear somewhere in the middle of the beam and it is the worstcase shear. The Constr Worst and Final Worst items only appear when they control the design. The shear checks at the left and right ends of the beam always appear. Combo Design load combination that causes the controlling shear for the shear type considered in the table row. This item is either OK or NG. It indicates whether the program check for block shear (shear rupture) passed or failed. OK means that the beam passes the Check, and NG (no good) means it did not. If the item indicates NG, you should check the block shear by hand for the beam. The controlling shear for the shear type considered in the table row. The shear stress associated with the controlling shear. The allowable shear stress associated with the controlling bending stress. This allowable stress never includes the 1/3 increase that may apply. This item is either Yes or No. It indicates whether a 1/3 allowable stress increase was used for the ratio calculated in this row in the table. This is the bending stress, fv, divided by the allowable bending stress, Fv. If the 1/3 allowable stress increase applies to the design load combination, the result is further divided by 1.33.

Block

fv Fv

1/3 Factor

Ratio

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COLUMN HEADING DESCRIPTION

Deflection Design
This table of output data reports the controlling deflections for both live load and total load. Type Consider This item is either Live Load or Total Load. This item is always Yes, indicating that deflection is one of the criteria checked when determining if a beam section is considered acceptable. Design load combination that causes the controlling deflection for the deflection type considered in the table row. The controlling deflection for the deflection type considered in the table row. Note: Deflection is described in Technical Note Beam Deflection and Camber Composite Beam Design. Limit The deflection limit for the deflection type considered in the table row. This is the controlling deflection divided by the deflection limit.

Combo

Defl

Ratio

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