CHAPTER 5 : STEEL AND METAL

NSCP 6TH EDITION

Association of Structural Engineers of the

Philippines
 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES
AND SYSTEMS

ELEMENT -MEMBER
DESIGN
PART 3

CONNECTION DESIGN

FABRICATION ,
ERECTION AND
QUALITY CONTROL
 MATERIAL SPECIFICATION
ASTM A36 / A36M – Standard Specification for
Carbon Steel

ASTM 242 / 242M Standard Specification for High

SECTION . 551.2

Strength Low-Alloy Steel

ASTM A283/A283M Standard Specification for Low

and Intermediate ensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates

ASTM 500 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed

Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing
in Rounds and Shapes

ASTM A529/A529M Standard Specification for High

Strength Carbon-Manganese Structural Steel

ASTM A572/A572M Standard Specification for High

Strength Low Alloy Columbium Vanadium Structural
Steel
 METHODS OF DESIGN

Φ
LOAD and RESISTANCE
FACTOR DESIGN
SECTION . 551

LRFD

Ω
ALLOWABLE
STRENGTH DESIGN

ASD
 ANALYSIS PROCEDURE

Elastic Buckling
Global Buckling
SECTION . C-1

DIRECT STRENGTH
METHOD

Distortional Buckling
Local Buckling
 STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES & SYSTEM

WALL STUD & WALL

SECTION . 554

FLOOR DIAPHRAGM
STUD ASSEMBLIES

COLD FORMED STEEL STRUCTURES

BRACING SYSTEM
METAL ROOF
Basic Seismic Force BUILDING FRAME SYSTEM

B. Building Frame Systems

Resisting System
• Steel eccentrically braced frames (EBF),
moment-resisting connections at columns 8.5 2.8 NL 30
away from links

• Steel eccentrically braced frames (EBF),

non moment-resisting connections at 6.0 2.2 NL 30
columns away from links
• Special concentrically braced frames
6.0 2.2 NL 30
(SCBF)
• Ordinary concentrically braced frames
3.2 2.2 NL NP
(OCBF)
• Light-framed walls sheathed with wood
6.5 2.8 NL 20
structural panels / sheet steel panels
• Light frame walls with shear panels of all
2.5 2.8 NL NP
other materials
• Buckling-restrained braced frames
(BRBF), non moment-resisting beam- 7 2.8 NL 30
column connection
• Buckling-restrained braced frames,
moment-resisting beam-column 8 2.8 NL 30
connections
• Special steel plate shear walls (SPSW) 7 2.8 NL 30
Basic Seismic Force BEARING WALL SYSTEM
Resisting System
System Limitation
and Building Height
Basic Seismic-Force Resisting
R Ω0 Limitation by Seismic
System
Zone, m
Zone 2 Zone 4
A. Bearing Wall Systems
• Light steel-framed bearing
walls with tension-only 2.8 2.2 NL 20
bracing
• Braced frames where bracing
4.4 2.2 NL 50
carries gravity load

• Light framed walls sheathed

with wood structural panels
4.5 2.8 NL 20
rated for shear resistance or
steel sheets
• Light-framed walls with shear
panels of all other light 4.5 2.8 NL 20
materials
• Light-framed wall systems
2.8 2.2 NL NP
using flat strap bracing
Basic Seismic Force
Resisting System
STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEM
Basic Seismic Force
Resisting System
STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEM
Basic Seismic Force
Resisting System
STRUCTURAL ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEM
 ELEMENTS AND MEMBER

1. Dimensional Limits
2. Effective Widths of
Stiffened and Un Stiffened
Elements
SECTION . 552

3. Effective Widths In
Uniformly Compressed
elements with a Simple
Lip Edge Stiffener
4. Effective Widths of
Stiffened Elements with
Single or Multiple
Intermediate Stiffeners
 MEMBERS

1. Tension
2. Flexural
3. Shear
4. Combined Shear and
SECTION . 553

Bending
5. Web Crippling
6. Combined Bending and Web
Crippling
7. Combined Bending and
Torsional Loading
8. Stiffeners
9. Concentrically Loaded
Compression Members
10. Combined Compression and
Bending
 CONNECTION AND JOINTS

Arc Spot Weld

SECTION . 555

Typical Weld Washer

Arc Seam Welds

 CONNECTION AND JOINTS

Fillet Welds
SECTION . 555

Flare Groove Welds

 CONNECTION AND JOINTS

Flat Steel Washer beneath

Hex Head Screw Head
SECTION . 555

Flat Steel Washer beneath

Hex Washer Screw Head

Domed Washer (Non-Solid)

beneath Screw Head
 TESTING AND QUALITY CONTROL
SECTION . 556
 TESTING AND QUALITY CONTROL
SECTION . 556
 TESTING AND QUALITY CONTROL
SECTION . 556
 DESIGN DRAWINGS

CONSTRUCTABILITY ISSUES
SECTION . 556

ERECTION DRAWINGS

SHOP DRAWINGS

ENGINEERING DRAWINGS
& SPECIFICATIONS
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