Chapter F:

Flexural Strength
Non-Compact and Slender
Sections

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THE FOLLOWING SLIDES CONSIDER
NON-COMPACT AND SLENDER
FLANGES

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 The following slides assume:
 Doubly symmetric members
 I Shape
 Major axis bending
 Non-compact or slender FLANGE

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 Non-Compact and Slender Flange

Lateral torsional buckling is not affected by flange local buckling

It is assumed that FLB and LTB can be checked independently.

LTB: Refer to slides for compact sections.

FLB: Refer to the following slides.

The strength is the lowest result from possible failure modes.

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Non-Compact and Slender Flange
If p < b  r, non-compact flange
     pf 
M n   M p   M p  0.7 Fy S x     (F3-1)
  
 rf pf  

If b > r, slender flange

0.9 Ekc S x
Mn  (F3-2)
λ2
4
kc  0.35  kc  0.76
h for calculation purposes only
tw

p – Limiting slenderness parameter for compact element

r – Limiting slenderness parameter for non-compact element
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THE FOLLOWING SLIDES CONSIDER
NON-COMPACT AND SLENDER WEBS

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 The following slides assume:
 Doubly or singly symmetric members
 I Shape
 Major axis bending
 Non-compact and slender WEB

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 Non-Compact and Slender Web

A slender web is likely to experience some buckling under flexural

loading. When the web buckles, additional flexural strength is still
possible from the non-buckled portions of the cross-section. This
affects the failure modes as follows.

LTB: effective section is reduced due to buckled portion of the web.

FLB: web restraint of the compression flange may be reduced.

The strength is the lowest result from possible failure modes.

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 Non-Compact and Slender Web

Rpg= reduction factor

(accounts for reduced effective area of the cross section in flexure)

aw h E 
R pg  1    5.7
c   1.0 (F5-6)
1200  300aw  t w Fy 
hc t w
aw   10 (F4-12)
b fc t fc

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 Compression and Tension Flange Yielding
(equivalent to reaching maximum moment)

Compression:
Mn = RpgFySxc Equation F5-1

Tension:
Mn = FySxt Equation F5-10

Note that these state the basis for maximum attainable moment to
be My rather than Mp as used for compact sections.

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 Compression Flange Local Buckling

Mn = RpgFcrSxc Equation F5-7

If p < b  r, non-compact flange

    pf 
Fcr   Fy   0.3Fy    Equation F5-8
   
 rf pf 

If b > r, slender flange

0.9 Ekc
Fcr  2 Equation F5-9
 bf 
 
 2t f 

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 Lateral Torsional Buckling

Lp and Lr are revised per Equations F4-7 and F5-5

E E
L p  1.1rt Lr  πrt
Fy 0.7 Fy

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 Lateral Torsional Buckling

Mn = RpgFcrSxc

If Lb  Lp No LTB (Mn = RpgMy)

If Lp < Lb  Lr
  Lb  Lp 
Fcr  Cb  Fy   0.3Fy      Fy (F5-3)
 L L
 r p  

If Lb > Lr Cb π 2 E
Fcr  2
 Fy (F5-4)
 Lb 
 
 rt 
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Limits on Built-up Section Proportions

If a/h  1.5

h E Equation F13-3
 12.0
tw Fy

If a/h > 1.5

h

0.40 E Equation F13-4
tw Fy

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