Assignment

Steel Design THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY No. 1

(110401425) Faculty of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering Dr. Bilal Abu Alfoul

Name: ID:

Problem 1: (40 points)

The girder ABCD is shown in the Figure below. The girder is made of W27 X 84 and
Fy = 50 Ksi. The lateral bracing is provided at points A, B, C and D. The bending
moment diagram is shown below. DO NOT USE CHARTS.

Pu Pu

A B C D

6 ft 13 ft 19 ft

Girder ABCD

-
B.M.D (kip-ft)

+ 650

880

a) Is W 27 X 84 compact or non-compact section? Show your calculations (5

point)

b) Determine the flexure design strength for segment AB? And State whether this
segment is safe or not? Neglect the self-weight of the girder. (7 points)

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 c) Determine the flexure design strength for segment BC? And State whether this
segment is safe or not? Neglect the self-weight of the girder ( 14 points)

d) Determine the flexure design strength for segment CD? And State whether
this segment is safe or not? Neglect the self-weight of the girder ( 14 points)

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Problem 2: (30 Points)
Select the lightest W-section of A992 steel for the beam shown in the Figure below
that can support the uniformly distributed ultimate load shown below. The lateral
supports are provided at points A, B, C, D, E and F. The values of Cb are calculated
and shown below. Use the charts in the design. Neglect the self-weight of the
beam. Show your calculations.

Kip-ft

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Problem 3: (30 Points)

The simply supported beam shown in the Figure below is made of A992 steel. The
beam is subjected to ultimate uniformly distributed load of 4.5 k/ft as shown in the
Figure. Lateral supports are provided at points A, B and C. Determine a W section for
the beam using the Charts ONLY. Neglect self-weight of beam.

Wu = 4.5 k/ft

A C
B
20ft 15 ft