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STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS
Site: 12 Amberley House, Warwick Road, EN5 5EG

Job: Structural Opening

Job Ref: 1609-997

London office: Belgrade office:

STS Structural Engineering Ltd Siavash Sharif BEng, Managing Director Marko Nesovic BEng, Technical Director
Structural Engineering Project Management G A Fryer BSc, CEng, FICE, FCIWEM, Consultant marko@sts-se.co.uk
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 STS Structural Engineering
Tel: 01707 695466 Fax: 01707 692006, www.sts-se.co.uk, 58 Crossway, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7EE
Site: 12 Amberley House, Warwick Road, EN5 5EG Made By: MN
Job: Structural Opening Checked: SS
Job No. 1609-997 Page:
Beam: MKL01 - New Doorway Lintel Beam
Beam sizing to BS5950:2000

Total length of beam l = 2.70 m

Imposed: Roof 8.3/2*0.75 = 3.11 kN/m1

3.11 kN/m1

Dead: Roof 8.3/2*1 = 4.15 kN/m1

Some masonry over doorway 0.8*0.12*18 = 1.73 kN/m1
Beam s.w. 0.16 kN/m1
6.04 kN/m1

Unfactored udl w = D + I = 9.15 kN/m1

Max. deflection for this ss beam: d=5wl4/385EI = 3.70 mm
Or l/ span = 1/729 OK

Unfactored reaction at ends = wl/2 = 12.4 kN

Factored udl w = 1.4D + 1.6I = 13.43 kN/m1

Maximum Moment Mu = wl2/8 = 12.24 kNm
Max. Applied Shear, Fv = wl/2 = 18.13 kN

Table 13 Effective length factor Le/l = 1.30

Table 20 Equivalent uniform moment factor mLT = 0.93

Section: UB 152x89x16

Blue book Section Properties

Depth of Section (D) 152.4 mm
Width of Section (b) 88.7 mm
Thickness of Web (t) 4.5 mm
Thickness of Flange (T) 7.7 mm
Depth between fillets (d) 121.8 mm
Second Moment of Area Axis x-x (Ix) 834 cm4
Radius of Gyration Axis x-x (rx) 6.41 cm
Radius of Gyration Axis y-y (ry) 2.1 cm
Elastic Modulus Axis x-x (Zx) 109 cm3
Plastic Modulus Axis x-x (Sx) 123 cm3
Buckling Parameter (u) 0.89
Torsional Index (x) 19.6
Area of Section (A) 20.3 cm2

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 STS Structural Engineering
Tel: 01707 695466 Fax: 01707 692006, www.sts-se.co.uk, 58 Crossway, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7EE
Site: 12 Amberley House, Warwick Road, EN5 5EG Made By: MN
Job: Structural Opening Checked: SS
Job No. 1609-997 Page:
Beam: MKL01 - New Doorway Lintel Beam
Section Classification
Steel is Grade: 43
The maximum thickness of steel: 7.70 mm
Table 9 Therefore, py = 275 N/mm2
Flange b/T = 5.76
Web d/t = 27.1
Section type: UB
ε= 1
Table 11 Section is: Plastic - Class 1

Cl. 4.2.3 Shear Capacity

Max. Applied Shear, Fv = 18.13 kN
2
Shear Area Av = 686 mm
Shear Capacity Pv = 113.16 kN
Efficiency Ratio 0.160
Shear Condition: low
Section passes shear capacity
check
Cl. 4.2.5 Moment Capacity
Low shear condition ref. cl. 4.2.6
Max. Applied Bending Moment M = 12.2 kNm
Plastic Modulus, S = 123 cm3
Moment Capacity, Mc = 33.83 kNm
Also check if it is less than 1.2 pyZ = 35.97 kNm Yes
Efficiency Ratio 0.362
Section passes moment
capacity check

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 STS Structural Engineering
Tel: 01707 695466 Fax: 01707 692006, www.sts-se.co.uk, 58 Crossway, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 7EE
Site: 12 Amberley House, Warwick Road, EN5 5EG Made By: MN
Job: Structural Opening Checked: SS
Job No. 1609-997 Page:
Beam: MKL01 - New Doorway Lintel Beam
Cl 4.3 Lateral Torsional Buckling
Table 13 Effective Length Le/L ratio = 1.30
Total Length of the beam L = 2.70 m
Effective Length Le = 3.51 m
Max. Applied Bending Moment Mx = 12.2 kNm
Table 18 Equivalent uniform moment factor mLT = 0.93
4.3.6.7 Slenderness λ = 167.1
4.3.6.8 Torsional Index x = D/t = 19.8
4.3.6.7 Slenderness factor v = 0.684
blue book Buckling Parameter u = 0.89
4.3.6.9 Ratio βW = 1.000
4.3.6.7 Equivalent Slenderness λLT = uvλ√βW = 101.77
B.2.2 Limiting Equivalent slenderness λL0 = 34.31
B.2.2 Robertson Constant αLT = 7.0
B.2.2 Perry Factor ηLT = 0.472
2
B.2.1 Euler Strength pε = 195 N/mm
ΦLT =
2
B.2.1 281 N/mm
2
B.2.1 Bending Strength pb = 121.91 N/mm
4.3.6.1 Equivalent slenderness is more than Limiting eq. sl. -
Use pb for Lat. Tor. Buckling
4.3.6.4 Buckling Resistance moment Mb = 15 kNm
Efficiency Ratio 0.759
Section passes lateral torsional
buckling check

Result: Use UB 152x89x16 Section

Check Padstones / Bearings

b= 100 mm
d= 250 mm
Unfactored reaction from the beam 12.4 kN
Maximum brickwork compressive stress σ = N/A = 0.49 N/mm2
Provide new 250x100x150dp padstones or engineering
brick bearings

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