CE 534 STRUCTURAL DESIGN 2

DOUBLE ANGLES

PROBLEM
Select a double angle tension member with unequal leg to support a load of P = 800 kN. Use A36 steel and
22-mm A 325 bolts. The length of the member is 4.5 m. Use standard angle gages, 40 mm end edge distance and 76
mm pitch. Assume a total of 8 fasteners.

Given:

Fy  248MPa db  22mm s  76mm s edge  40mm P  800kN

tplate  10mm L  4.5m

Fu  400MPa n  4 no. of bolt per line

Required: Design a tension member using unequal legs angle (LLBB)

Solution:
Design Strength:
1. Yielding of the gross area:

P  800kN

P 2
minA g  minA g  5376.344mm (for 2-angles)
 
0.60 Fy
minA g 2
For 1-angle: minA g1  minA g1  2688.172mm
2

TRY: L 200 x 100 x 10 rx  64.10mm

2
A g  2900mm
LL  200mm
ry  27.4mm
6 4
SL  100mm Ix  12.3 ( 10) mm
y bar  70.5mm
t  10mm 6 4
Iy  2.18 ( 10) mm xbar  20.5mm

Remarks1  "minAg1 < Ag" page 1

2. Fracture of the net area:

dh  db  3.2mm  25.2mm

Using Case 2:

xbar  20.5mm

l  ( n  1)  s  228mm

xbar
U1  1  U1  0.910
l

Using Case 8:
U2  0.80


U  if U1  U2U1U2 

U  0.91

 
P 2
minA g   4 d h  t minA g  5403.181mm (for 2-angles)
 
0.5 Fu  U

minA g 2
For 1-angle: minA g2  minA g2  2701.590mm
2

Remarks2  "minAg2 < Ag"

3. Minimum r
L
rmin   15 mm
300

Remarks3  "minimum r < availble rx and ry"

CHECK ADEQUACY:

1. Yielding of the gross area:

   
Pt  2 0.60 Fy  A g   863.040kN


Remarks4  "Pt > P : OK"

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2. Fracture of the net area:
U  0.91 n h  2 no. of hole per angle

 
A n  A g  n h  d h  t  2396.000mm
2

2 2
A e  U A n  2180.570mm say A e  2180.57mm

   
Pt  2 0.50 Fu  Ae   872.228kN


Remarks5  "Pt > P : OK"

3. Stability:

2 Ix
rx   65.126mm
2 A g

 tplate  
2
 4
Iybar  2 Iy  Ag  xbar     8131450.000mm
  2 

Iybar
ry   37.443mm
2 A g

r  37.443mm

L
 120.183
r

Remarks6  "L/r < 300 : OK"

FINAL ANSWER: ADOPT 2L 200 X 100 X 10

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