TALAT Lecture 2301

Design of Members

Axial force and bending moment

Example 9.2 : Beam-column with rectangular hollow

section

4 pages

Advanced Level

prepared by Torsten Höglund, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Date of Issue: 1999

 EAA - European Aluminium Association

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Example 9.2 Beam-column with rectangular hollow section

Dimensions and material properties

MPa 10 . Pa
6
Length lc 3800 . mm
kN 1000 . newton
Thickness tw 6 . mm tf 6 . mm
Width hy 180 . mm hi hy 2 .t f h i = 168 mm
by 120 . mm bi by 2 .t w b i = 108 mm

[1] Table 3.2b Alloy: EN AW-6060 T6 EP t < 15 mm f 0.2 140 . MPa fu 170 . MPa

[1] (5.4), (5.5) fo f 0.2 fa fu E 70000 . MPa γ M1 1.1 γ M2 1.25

Forces and moment

Axial force N Ed 110 . kN

Transverse force F Ed 8 . kN
F Ed . l c
Bending moment M y.Ed M y.Ed = 7.6 kN . m
4

Classification of the cross section in axial compression

hy 2 .t f 250 . MPa
Web β w β w= 28 ε ε = 1.336
tw fo

[1] Tab. 5.1 β 1w 11 . ε β 2w 16 . ε β 3w 22 . ε

class c if β w
> β 1w , if β w > β 2w , if β w > β 3w , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 class c = 3

[1] 5.8.4.1 Ae A η 1.0

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Classification of the cross section in y-y axis bending
hy 2 .t f
Web β w 0.4 . β w= 11.2
tw

[1] Tab. 5.1 β 1w 11 . ε β 2w 16 . ε β 3w 22 . ε

[1] 5.4.5 class w if β w

> β 1w , if β w > β 2w , if β w > β 3w , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 class w = 1

by 2 .t w
Flange β f β =f 18
tf

[1] Tab. 5.1 β 1f 11 . ε β 2f 16 . ε β 3f 22 . ε

[1] 5.4.5 class f if β >f β 1w , if β f > β 2f , if β f > β 3f , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 class f = 2

Classification of the total cross-section iny-y axis bending:

class y if class f > class w , class f , class w class y = 2

Classification of the cross section in z-z axis bending

by 2 .t w
Web β w 0.4 . β w= 7.2
tf

[1] Tab. 5.1 β 1w 11 . ε β 2w 16 . ε β 3w 22 . ε

[1] 5.4.5 class w if β w

> β 1w , if β w > β 2w , if β w > β 3w , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 class w = 1

hy 2 .t f
Flange β f β =f 28
tw

[1] Tab. 5.1 β 1f 11 . ε β 2f 16 . ε β 3f 22 . ε

[1] 5.4.5 class f if β >f β 1w , if β f > β 2f , if β f > β 3f , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 class f = 3

Classification of the total cross-section inz-z axis bending:

class z if class f > class w , class f , class w class z = 3

Cross section constants

b y .h y b i.h i A = 3.456 . 10 mm
3 2
A

b y .h y b i.h i h y .b y h i.b i
3 3 3 3
I y = 1.565 . 10 mm I z = 8.28 . 10 mm
7 4 6 4
Iy Iz
12 12 12 12
I y .2 I z.2
W el.y = 1.738 . 10 mm W el.z = 1.4 . 10 mm
5 3 5 3
W el.y W el.z
hy by
b y .h y b i.h i
2 2
W pl.y = 2.1 . 10 mm
5 3
W pl.y
4 4
W pl.y
[1] 5.6.2.1 class y = 2 α y α y = 1.208 class z = 3 α z 1
W el.y
Iy Iz
iy i y = 67.3 mm iz i z = 49 mm
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Flexural buckling
lc η .f o lc η .f o
TALAT (5.6) λ y . λ y= 0.804 λ z . λ z= 1.105
π .i y E π .i z E

φ y 0.5 . 1 0.20 . λ y φ z 0.5 . 1 0.20 . λ z

2 2
[1] 5.8.4.1 0.1 λ y 0.1 λ z

1 1
χ y χ y = 0.779 χ z χ z = 0.586
2 2 2 2
φ y φ y λ y φ z φ z λ z

[1] Table 5.5 k1 1 k2 1

A .f o
N Rd N Rd = 439.9 kN
γ M1

Exponents in interaction formula

[1] 5.9.4.2 (4) ψ α z.α y ψ if ( ψ > 2 , 2 , ψ ) ψ = 1.208

ψ c χ z.ψ ψ c if ψ c < 0.8 , 0.8 , ψ c ψ c= 0.8

Cross weld in mid section

[1] Tab. 5.2 HAZ softening factor ρ haz 0.65
ρ haz . f u . γ M1
[1] 5.9.4.5 ω o ω o= 0.695 ω x ω o
f o . γ M2
fo
M y.Rd α y . W el.y. M y.Rd = 26.721 kN . m M y.Ed = 7.6 kN . m
γ M1
fo
M z.Rd α .zW el.z. M z.Rd = 17.572 kN . m M z.Ed 0 . kN . m
γ M1

χ min χ y χ min = 0.779

Flexural buckling check

ψc 1.7 1.7 0.6
N Ed 1 . M y.Ed M z.Ed
[1] 5.9.4.2 (4) = 0.939 < 1,0 OK !
.ω .N
χ min ω o M y.Rd M z.Rd
x Rd

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