X Y and Partners Project Steel Beam Design

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Description CJB 12-8-00 2001
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Originated from Steel Beam © 2000-2007 Chris Buczkowski Unregistered Copy for Evaluation - - 05
Design in accordance with BS 5950 : Part 1 : 1990
Web Bearing and Buckling Design

Steel grade Choose steel section: UB capacity

grade S275 UC
Design Status ratio
grade S355 RSJ Web Buckling PASS 0.41
PFC Web Bearing PASS 0.46

Design Strength of Web E (N/mm²) 205000 Section Dimensions (mm)

pyw N/mm² 275 depth D 311
web thickness t 9
flange thickness T 14
depth between fillets d 265.2
FULL DESIGN LOADING (kN) root radius r 8.9
Concentrated loading or
150
reaction at support *
* factored

Web Buckling
Web Slenderness Ratio Flange Unrestrained Web Compression Strength
Flange Restrained Le factor 0.70 Perry strut formula (N/mm²)
d t (not used) Le 185.64 design strength pyw 275
mm mm ry (mm) 2.60 Robertson constant a 5.5
265.2 9 cl. 4.5.2.1 l 71.45 slenderness l 71.45
limiting slenderness lo 17.15
Tick for flange restrained
Perry factor h 0.299
Euler strength pE 396.29
Web Buckling Resistance, Pw root f 394.82
b1 c n1 t pc Pw compressive strength pc 178.25
mm mm mm mm N/mm² kN ref: Appendix C

75 0 155.50 9 178.25 369.78

cl. 4.5.2.1
Tick for support reaction

NOTES.
b1 = stiff bearing length.
Web Bearing n1 = length obtained by load dispersion at
45 degs though half the section depth.
n2 = length obtained by load dispersion
Local Web Bearing Capacity, Pcrip through the flange and root radius at a
b1 c n2 t pyw Pcrip slope of 1:2.5.
c = overlap distance from end of beam
mm mm mm mm N/mm² kN section to the stiff bearing.
75 0 57.25 9 275 327.32 (If end of beam section on stiff bearing,
cl. 4.5.3 c = 0)

Section used: UB 305x127x48