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2.3 Section Properties of Built-Up Steel Sections PDF

This document calculates the structural properties, such as moment of inertia and section modulus, of a steel beam built up from plates and other sections. It requires inputs like the dimensions and properties of the individual plates and sections, and their distances from the bottom of the built-up beam. Given these inputs, it then calculates properties of the overall built-up section like its total area, moment of inertia, and section modulus at the top and bottom.

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2.3 Section Properties of Built-Up Steel Sections PDF

This document calculates the structural properties, such as moment of inertia and section modulus, of a steel beam built up from plates and other sections. It requires inputs like the dimensions and properties of the individual plates and sections, and their distances from the bottom of the built-up beam. Given these inputs, it then calculates properties of the overall built-up section like its total area, moment of inertia, and section modulus at the top and bottom.

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CHAPTER 2: Structural Steel Beams

2.3 Section Properties of Built-Up Steel Sections

Description

This document calculates the moment of inertia and section modulus for a steel section that has
at least one axis of symmetry built-up from plates or from a combination of plates and sections
with known section properties. Any number of plates or sections may be used.

Built-up sections are used when reinforcing existing members, as plate girders, and for
composite steel beams using bottom plates. The application may also be used to calculate
section properties for nonstandard T sections cut from I-shaped members. The properties of
fillets or continuous welds may also be included when required. The required input includes
the overall depth of the built-up section, plate dimensions (in the horizontal and vertical
directions) and the area and moment of inertia of any sections with known properties making
up the built-up section, and the dimensions from the centroids of plates or sections to the
bottom of the built-up section.

Input
Notation
Input Variables

Enter depth of the built-up section, moments of inertia and areas of individual sections,
horizontal and vertical dimensions of plates, and distances from the centroids of individual
plates and sections to the bottom of the built-up section. Moments of inertia, areas, or plate
dimensions referring to a given section or plate must have the same corresponding subscript
number.

Depth of the built-up


d ≔ 17.81 ⋅
section:

Moments of inertia 4 4
I ≔ 704.5 ⋅ I ≔ 3.6 ⋅
of individual sections: 0 1

2 2
Areas of individual sections: A ≔ 13.24 ⋅ A ≔ 4.22 ⋅
0 1

Horizontal plate
h ≔9⋅
dimensions: 2

Vertical plate dimensions: v ≔ 0.25 ⋅


2

Distances from the


bottom of the built-up y ≔ 9.03 ⋅ y ≔ 16.42 ⋅ y ≔ 0.125 ⋅
0 1 2
section to area centroid
of any sections or plates:

Note Section must be symmetrical about the vertical axis.


Computed Variables

The following variables are calculated in this document:

d depth of the built-up section

As cross section area of built-up section

Is moment of inertia of the built-up section about the horizontal centroidal axis

St section modulus of the built-up section about the horizontal centroidal axis referred to
the top of the section

Sb section modulus of the built-up section about the horizontal centroidal axis referred to
the bottom of the section

yt dimension form the horizontal centroidal axis to the top of the built-up section

yb dimension form the horizontal centroidal axis to the bottom of the built-up section

Calculations

Areas of all sections and plates:

i ≔ 0 ‥ last (y)

A ≔ ⎛h ＝ 0 ⋅ ,A ,h ⋅v ⎞
i ⎝ i i i i⎠

T 2
A = [ 13.24 4.22 2.25 ]
Moments of inertia of all sections and plates:

⎛ 1 3⎞
I ≔ ⎜h ＝ 0 ⋅ , I , ― ⋅ h ⋅ ⎛v ⎞ ⎟
i i ⎝ i⎠
⎝ i i 12
⎠

T 4
I = [ 704.5 3.6 0.012 ]

Area of the built-up section:

2
As ≔ ∑ A As = 19.71

Dimension form the horizontal centroidal axis to the bottom of the built-up section:
A ⋅y
i i
yb ≔ ∑ ―― yb = 9.596
i As

Dimension form the horizontal centroidal axis to the top of the built-up section:

yt ≔ d − yb yt = 8.214

Moment of inertia of the built-up section about the horizontal centroidal axis:

⎛ 2⎞
Is ≔ ∑ I + ∑ A ⋅ ⎛y − yb⎞
⎜ i ⎝ i
i ⎝ ⎠ ⎟⎠

4
Is = 1110.691

Section modulus of the built-up section about the horizontal centroidal axis referred to the top
of the built-up section:

Is
St ≔ ―
yt
3
St = 135.214
Section modulus of the built-up section about the horizontal centroidal axis referred to the
bottom of the built-up section:

Is
Sb ≔ ―
yb

3
Sb = 115.749

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