Week 10 Assignment 10 Solution Full Marks 20
Q.1 What is the effective length for beams between supports if the
compression flange fully restrained against lateral bending and rotation
fully restrained in plane (distance between supports = L)? 1
(b) 0.7L
Sol: Lec 46, Slide 19.
Q.2 For cantilever beam the design bending strength should be less than
1
(a) 1.5Zefy/m0
Sol: Lec 47, Slide 3.
Q.3 What is the effective depth of the web if the top flange restrained against
lateral deflection and rotation (depth of web = d)? 1
(a) d/2
Sol: Lec 47, Slide 9.
Q.4 What is the slenderness ratio of idealised web strut (t = thickness of
web, d = depth of web)? 1
(a) 2.5d/t
Sol: Lec 47, Slide 11.
Q.5 What is the imperfection factor for lateral torsional buckling of beams for
welded steel sections? 1
(d) 0.49
Sol: Lec 50, Slide 4.
Q.6 Consider the following statements:
Web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by,
1. Increasing the web thickness,
2. Providing suitable stiffeners,
3. Increasing the length of the bearing plates.
Which of these statements are correct? 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Sol: Increasing the web thickness, providing suitable stiffeners and increasing the
length of the bearing plates increase the crippling strength of the beam.
Q.7 If maximum deflection of a beam is given by, δ = kWL3/EI then what are
the values of k if the beam is (i) cantilever and (ii) both end fixed (udl with total
load W and length = L, flexural rigidity = EI) 2
(c) 1/8, 1/384
Sol: Lec 46.
Q.8 A proposed cantilever beam is built into a concrete wall. It supports a
dead load of 20 kN/m and a live load 12 kN/m. The length of the beam is
4 m. Which of the section from the following is most suitable trial
section? 4
(b) ISLB 500
Sol: Step 1: Calculation of load
Dead load = 1.5 × 20 = 30 kN/m
Live load = 1.5 × 12 = 18 kN/m
Total load = (30 + 18) = 48 kN/m
Step 2: Calculation of BM and SF
𝑤𝑙 2 48×42
BM = = = 384 kN-m
2 2
SF = w×l = 48×4 = 192 kN
Step 3: Choosing a trial section
𝑀×𝛾𝑚0 384×106 ×1.1
𝑍𝑝,𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑑 = = = 1689.6×103 mm3
𝑓𝑦 250
The most suitable trial section is ISLB 500.
Q.9 What is the design shear strength of ISWB 300 @ 48.1 kg/m? 2
(d) 291.3 kN
Sol: Design shear strength of the section,
𝑓𝑦 250
𝑉𝑑 = ℎ𝑡𝑤 = × 300 × 7.4 × 10−3 = 291.3 kN
√3𝛾𝑚0 √3×1.1
Q.10 What is the web buckling strength of ISLB 400 @ 56.9 kg/m (assume
bearing width 100 mm)? 3
(b) 245.3 kN
Sol:
Check for web buckling
Cross sectional area of web for buckling 𝐴𝑏 = (𝑏1 + 𝑛1 )𝑡𝑤
b1 = 100 mm
n1 = 400/2 = 200 mm
Ab = (100 + 200) × 8
= 2400 mm2
Effective length of the web = 0.7 × d = 0.7 × 343 = 240.1 mm [d = 400 –
2(16+12.5) = 343 mm]
3
𝑏×𝑡𝑤 100×83
𝐼= = = 4266.67 mm3
12 12
A = 100 × 8 = 800 mm2
4266.67
𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛 = √
800
= 2.31 mm
𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑓 240.1
𝜆= = = 103.9
𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛 2.31
Allowable stress = 102.2 N/mm2 (from Table 9(c), IS 800: 2007)
Capacity of the section against web buckling, = 102.2 × 2400 = 245.3 kN
Q.11 What is the web crippling strength of ISLB 400 @ 56.9 kg/m (assume
bearing width 100 mm)? 2
(d) 311.8 kN
Sol: Check for web crippling
(𝑏1 + 𝑛2 ) × 𝑡𝑤 × 𝑓𝑦
𝐹𝑤 =
𝛾𝑚0
N2 = 2.5 (R + tf) = 2.5(16 + 12.5) = 71.25 mm
(100+71.25)×8×250
𝐹𝑤 = = 311.8 kN
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