Job No. Sheeet No.

Rev
Calculation Sheet
Member Location
Strut & Waling
Job Title Drg. Ref.
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Made By Date Chd.
Steel Section Design

Critical Section UC 203x203x71 HKSC:2011 APPROACH UC 203x203x71

104 101
Load Case 0
Member Forces Fc Axial Compression = 250 kN 1. Shear Capacity 0.730 O.K.
Ft Axial Tension = 0 kN 3. Bending Capacity 0.893 O.K.
V Shear Force = 250 kN 3. LTB 0.758 O.K.
Mx Major Bending = 150 kNm 4.Compression Capacity 0.137 O.K.
My Minor Bending = 0 kNm 5.Tensile Capacity 0.000 O.K.
6. Combined Axial & Bending 0.951 O.K.
Section Properties
Note: This Spreadsheet is Applicable to Hot-Rolled I- and H-section (Equal flanges) and Channel only.
Spreadsheet is Not for Designing Slender Sections.

Dimensions mm Length mm
Depth, D 215.8 L = 3000
Width, B 206.4 Lex = 1.0 L 3000
Flange Thk, T 17.3 Ley = 1.0 L 3000
Web Thk, t 10.0
depth, d 161.0 d/t = 16.1
width, b 103.3 b/T = 5.97

S275
Steel Grade 2 Radius of Gyration ; Cl. 3.1.2 Table 3.2
py = 265 N/mm2 rx = 91.8 mm
pyw = 275 N/mm2 355 ry = 53 mm
=(275/py)1/2 1.02 web = 1.00
E= 205000 N/mm2
Area Ag = 9040 mm2

Second Moment of Area

Ix = 7.618E+07 mm4
Iy = 2.537E+07 mm4

Section Modulus
Elastic: Zx = 7.060E+05 mm3 Plastic: Sx = 7.990E+05 mm3
Zy = 2.460E+05 mm3 Sy = 3.740E+05 mm3

Limiting Width-to-Thickness Ratios ; Cl. Table 7.1 and 7.2

Compression Element Limiting Value Ratio Classification

Design Type Compression due to Bending
1 Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Plastic Compact Semi-Compact
Flange Compression due to Bending 28e 32e 40e b/T Plastic
28.52 32.60 40.75 5.97
Web Neutral Axis at Mid-Depth 80e 100e 120e d/t Plastic
80.00 100.00 120.00 16.10
Web Generally (>= 40= 40 ) 80e/ (1+r1) 100e / (1+1.5r1) 120e/ (1+2r2) d/t Plastic
51.13 43.31 99.91 16.10

Stress Ratios for Classification

r1 = Fc / d t pyw ; -1 < r1 <= 1 r2 = Fc / Agpyw ; Cl. 7.3 (a) & (c)
= 0.56 = 0.10
= 0.56

Shear Capacity
Vc = Py Av / 3 1 1.00 ; Cl. 8.2.1
Av = tD 1
= 2158 mm2

Vc = 343 kN High Shear Condition > V, OK

Moment Capacity ; Cl. 7.5.2

S x,eff =
3w 3 f S y,eff =
3 f
1 1 1
d /t b /T B /T
Z x (S x Z x ) Z x (S x Z x ) Z y ( S y Z y )

3 3 w 1 3 f 3 1 3 3 f 1
= 963503 mm
3 2 w
2 mm
2873054 = 3228613 mm 2f
= 963503 mm f
2
2V
Sv = 77616 mm3 = V 1 2.13
c

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 Job No. Sheeet No. Rev
Calculation Sheet
Member Location
Strut & Waling
Job Title Drg. Ref.
-
Made By Date Chd.
Steel Section Design

Critical Section UC 203x203x71 HKSC:2011 APPROACH UC 203x203x71

104 101
Mc = py x (S - p.Sv) <= 1.2.py(Z - p.Sv / 1.5) 1.2.py.Zx / 1000 = 225 kNm ; Cl. 8.2.2
1.2.py.Zy / 1000 = 78 kNm
Mcx = py x (Sx - p.Sv) = 168 kNm Mcx = 168 kNm > Mx, OK

Mcy = py x (Sy - p.Sv) = 55 kNm Mcy = 55 kNm > My, OK

Moment Capacity to Lateral Torsional Buckling

M b mLT Mx ; Cl. 8.3.5.2
mLT = 1.0 ; Table 8.4a
Mb = pb Sx ;(8.20 - 8.24)

LT = uv w ; Cl. 8.3.5.3
1
u = 0.9 1.00
Hot-rolled Section
= LE / ry = Ley / ry = 56.60 1
x= D/T= 12.47
1 1
v 0.84
1 0.05 / x
2 0. 25

w 1.0 (Plastic & Compact Sections)

LT = 42.68 1
pb = 248 N/mm2 Rolled Section 1 ; 8.3.5.2 App. 8.1
1
Mb = 198 kNm > mLT Mx, OK
1
Compression Resistance 2.00
Lex = L = 3000 mm rx = 91.8 mm x = Lex/rx = 32.7 Rolled H-Section2.00
Ley = L = 3000 mm ry = 53 mm y = Ley/ry = 56.6 2.00

pcx = 250 N/mm2 Pcx = pcx . A = 2257 kN ; Cl. 8.7.5

pcy = 201 N/mm2 Pcy = pcy . A = 1820 kN ; Table 8.7, App. 8.4

Pcy Ag pc
Pc = 1820 kN > Fc, OK

Compression Members under Combined Axial Force and Moments

Cross-section Capacity
Fc / Ag Py Mx / Mcx My / Mcy 1 ; Cl. 8.9.1
= 0.10 0.893 0.000
= 1.00
< 1.00 < 1, OK

Member Buckling Resistance

my = 1.0 my = 1.0 ; Table 8.9
Mcx = py Zx Mcy = py Zy ; Cl. 8.9.2
= 187.09 kNm = 65.19 kNm

Fc / Pc mx Mx / Mcx my My / Mcy 1 ; Cl. 8.9.2

= 0.14 0.81 0.00
= 0.95
< 1.00 < 1, OK

Fc / Pcy mLT Mx / Mb m y M y / M cy 1 ; Cl. 8.9.2

= 0.14 0.77 0.00
= 0.91
< 1.00 < 1, OK
Tension Resistance
Ke = 1.2
Ae = Ke an ag Hole Area = 0 mm2
2
= 9040 mm
Pt = py . Ae a1 = 1610 mm2
2
= 2396 kN a2 = 7430 mm > Ft, OK

Tension Members under Combined Axial Force and Moments

Fc / Pt Mx / Mcx My / Mcy 1 ; Cl. 8.8
= 0.00 0.893 0.000
= 0.89
< 1.00 < 1, OK

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