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NAVIGATING THE NEW

AISC
STEEL CONSTRUCTION
MANUAL
Presented by Cynthia J. Duncan, AISC
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Committee on Manuals
Mission

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Update and maintain AISC manuals and accompanying
design examples in response to revisions in AISC
standards and inquiries from within the Committee and the
steel construction industry

Roster
28 Members (fabricators, connection designers, detailers,
educators, consulting engineers)
5 Emeritus Members
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Table of Contents

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Part 1. Dimensions and Properties
Part 2. General Design Considerations
Part 3. Design of Flexural Members
Part 4. Design of Compression Members
Part 5. Design of Tension Members
Part 6. Design of Members Subject to Combined Forces

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Part 7. Design Considerations for Bolts
Part 8. Design Considerations for Welds

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Part 9. Design of Connecting Elements
Part 10. Design of Simple Shear Connections
Part 11. Design of Partially Restrained Moment Connections
Part 12. Design of Fully Restrained Moment Connections
Part 13. Design of Bracing Connections and Truss Connections
Part 14. Design of Beam Bearing Plates, Column Base Plates, Anchor
Rods and Column Splices
Part 15. Design of Hanger Connections, Bracket Plates, and Crane-Rail
Connections

Table of Contents (continued)

Part 16. Standards
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• 2016 AISC Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
• 2014 RCSC Specification for Structural Joints Using
High-Strength Bolts
• 2016 AISC Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings
& Bridges

Part 17. Misc. Data and Mathematical Information

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 Part 1. Dimensions and Properties
• New shapes:

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W-shapes (& corresponding WT-shapes)
HP-shape
Angles
HSS
Pipe

Part 1. Dimensions and Properties

W-Shapes HP-Shapes Angles

W40x655 HP12x89 L12x12x1-3/8

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W36x925 L12x12x1-1/4
W36x853 L12x12x1-1/8
W36x802 L12x12x1
W36x723 L10x10x1-3/8
W21x275 L10x10x1-1/4
W21x248 L10x10x1-1/8
W21x223 L10x10x1
W14x873 L10x10x7/8
W14x808 L10x10x3/4
& corresponding WT-shapes

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HSS22x22x7/8, 3/4 HSS24x12x3/4, 5/8, 1/2

HSS20x20x7/8, 3/4, 5/8, 1/2 HSS20x12x3/4

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HSS18x18x7/8, 3/4, 5/8, 1/2 HSS16x12x3/4
HSS16x16x7/8, 3/4
HSS14x14x7/8, 3/4
HSS16x16x7/8, 3/4
HSS14x14x7/8, 3/4
HSS12x12x3/4
HSS10x10x3/4

Pipe 26, 24, 20, 18, 16, 14 (std and x-strong)

& Pipe 12, 10 (xx-strong)
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Part 1. Dimensions and Properties

• New shapes
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• Updated fillet radii kdet, k1, T affected

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• New shapes

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• Updated fillet radii kdet, k1, T affected
• Larger separation for new double angles
(2L12 and 2L10)

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• New shapes

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• Updated fillet radii
• Larger separation for double angles (2L12 and 2L10)
• Check material availability: See www.aisc.org
• V15.0 Database

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Part 2. General Design Considerations

• Table 2-4: Applicable ASTM Specifications for Various
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Structural Shapes
• Table 2-5: Applicable ASTM Specifications for Plate
• Table 2-7: Summary of Surface Preparation Stds

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TTable 2-7
Summary of Surface Preparation Standards

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SSPC
Standard No. Title Description

SSPC-SP Industrial Blast Between SP 7 (brush-off) and SP 6

14/NACE No. 8* Cleaning (commercial); the intent is to remove as
much coating as possible; tightly adhering
contaminants can remain….

SSPC-SP 15 Commercial- Between SP 3 AND SP 11; complete

Grade Power- removal of all visible oil, grease, dirt, rust,
Tool Cleaning coating, mill scale, ….

SSPC-SP 16 Brush-Off Blast Requirements for removing loose

Cleaning of contaminants and coating from coated and
Coated and uncoated galvanized steel, stainless steels,
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Uncoated Galv. and non-ferrous metals; cleaned surface is
Steel, Stainless free of all visible oil, grease, dirt, dust, metal
Steel, and Non- oxides (corrosion products), and other
Ferous Metals foreign matter; requires a min. 19micrometer
(0.75 mil) profile on bare metal substrate.

Part 3. Design of Flexural Members

• Incorporates new W-shapes in all existing tables (50 ksi)
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• Incorporates new W-shapes in all existing tables

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• Footnote for noncompact or slender sections:
“…tabulated values have been adjusted accordingly”
(also in Part 4 tables)

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Part 3. Design of Flexural Members

• Incorporates new W-shapes in all existing tables
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• Footnote for noncompact or slender sections:
“…tabulated values have been adjusted accordingly”
• Table 3-19, Composite beam table footnote:
“ Ductility (slip capacity) of shear connection at the
beam/concrete interface may control minimum Qn
value per AISC Spec. Sect. I3.2d.”

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• Incorporates new W-shapes in all existing tables

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• Footnote for noncompact or slender sections:
“…tabulated values have been adjusted accordingly”
• Table 3-19, Composite beam table footnote:
“ Ductility (slip capacity) of shear connection at the
beam/concrete interface may control minimum Qn value
per AISC Spec. Sect. I3.2d.”
• Tables 3-16 and 3-17, Available Shear Stress, plate girders

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 Part 4. Design of Compression Members
• Eliminated K factor in tables/discussion Lc

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• Clarifies Cw = 0 is used in WT column tables
• Chapter E revisions reflected in tables
- Slender members
- Double angles use more general Fcry equation
• Removed Tables 4-13 to 4-20: Composite Columns
• W-shape column tables: added 65 and 70 ksi for some

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Part 4. Design of Compression Members

• W-shape column tables: added 65 and 70 ksi for some

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Combined Forces
• New Tables 6-1a & 6-1b: Limiting Width-to-Thickness Ratios

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Part 6. Design of Members Subject to

Combined Forces
• New Tables 6-1a & 6-1b: Limiting Width-to-Thickness Ratios
• New Table 6-2: Available Strength for Members Subject to
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 The Super Table

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Example—Table 6-2
Given: W14x99, ASTM A992, pinned ends (K = 1.0),
Lcx = Lcy = Lb = 14 ft
Check shape for combined loading using LRFD, with Structures Congress 2017

required strengths as follows:

LRFD

Pu = 400 kips
Mux = 250 kip-ft
Muy = 80.0 kip-ft

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Example— Table 6-2
Solution:

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c Pn  1130 kips
bMnx  642 kip-ft

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Example—Table 6-2
Solution:

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bMny  311 kip-ft

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Example—Table 6-2
Solution:
Pu 400 kips


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Pc 1130 kips
 0.354
Pu
Because  0.2, use Spec. Eq. H1-1a:
Pc
Pr 8  Mrx Mry 
     1.0
Pc 9  Mcx Mcy 
400 kips 8  250 kip-ft 80.0 kip-ft 
   0.928  1.0 o.k.
1130 kips 9  642 kip-ft 311 kip-ft 
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Part 6. Design of Members Subject to Combined Forces

• New Tables 6-1a & 6-1b: Limiting Width-to-Thickness Ratios
• New Table 6-2: Available Strength for Members Subject to
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Axial, Shear, Flexural and Combined Forces, W-Shapes
• Tables 6-3, 6-4 and 6-5: Cross-Section Strength Equations
& Properties for Encased W-Shapes, Filled Rectangular
HSS, Filled Round HSS

L.F. Geschwindner, Engineering Journal, 2010

M. Denavit et al., Engineering Journal, 2015

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Part 7. Design Considerations for Bolts

• Figure 7-10. Permitted coatings for structural fasteners

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• Figure 7-10. Permitted coatings for structural fasteners

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• Tables 7-1, 7-2 and 7-3 incorporate the Group C (200
ksi) bolts

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Part 7. Design Considerations for Bolts

• Figure 7-10. Permitted coatings for structural fasteners
• Tables 7-1, 7-2 and 7-3 includes the Group C (200 ksi) bolts
• Tables 7-14 includes tension-control bolts
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 Part 8. Design Considerations for Welds
ECCENTRICALLY LOADED WELD GROUPS

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Eccentricity in the Plane of the Faying Surface

P
V
N

1) Instantaneous Center of Rotation Method

2) Elastic Method
3) Plastic Method - new
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Part 8. Design Considerations for Welds

ECCENTRICALLY LOADED WELD GROUPS

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Eccentricity in the Plane of the Faying Surface
Plastic Method: fv 
V
(8-12)
lw
N
fa  (8-13)
lw
4M
fb  2 (8-14)
lw
fw  fv2   fa  fb 
2
(8-15)

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• Connecting elements subject to combined loading

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2010: fe  fx2  fx fy  fy2  3fxy
2
 Fy (9-1)

2 4
Mr  Pr   Vr 
   1.0 (9-1)
Mc  Pc   Vc 
2016:

See Dowswell, 2015; Neal, 1961; Astaneh, 1998

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• Connecting elements subject to combined loading
• Connecting element rupture strength at welds
Fillet weld on one side of element, FEXX  70 ksi Structures Congress 2017
 2  D 
0.60FEXX   
 2   16 
tmin 
0.6Fu
3.09D
 (9- 2)
Fu

Fillet weld on both sides of element, FEXX  70 ksi

6.19D
tmin  (9-3)
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• Connecting elements subject to combined loading

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• Coped beam strength
 No limits on cope length or cope depth
 Post-yield strength explicitly accounted for

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Part 9. Design of Connecting Elements

• Coped beam strength—top flange only

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When    p where
Mn  M p (9-6) 
ho
tw
When  p    2 p k1E
 p  0.475
Fy
  
Mn  M p  (M p  M y )   1 (9-7) k1  fk  1.61
 p 
0.903Ek1
When   2 p Fcr 
2
Mn  Fcr Snet (9-8)

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• Coped beam strength—top & bottom flange

Use Spec. Section F11

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= ct
When cb  ct :
  L   d 
Cb  3  ln  b    1 ct   1.84 (9-15)
  d   d 
ct  cb

2
When ct  cb :
c   L   d 
Cb   b  3  ln  b    1 ct   1.84 (9-16)
 ct    d   d 

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• Connecting elements subject to combined loading
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• Connecting element rupture strength at welds
• Coped beam strength
• Other Spec. requirements and design considerations
- Prying action
- Plate elements subjected to out-of-plane bending

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- Prying action 14th Ed: max 45
15th Ed: max 60

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Prying forces in tee Typical bolt location Edge bolt

Refs: Thornton, 1992; Swanson, 2002;

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- Prying action
LRFD ASD

4Tu b  4Ta b Structures Congress 2017

tmin  (9-19a) tmin  (9-19b)
pFu 1  pFu 1 
d
  1
p
1  
  1.0 if   1 or lesser of 1 and   if <1
  1  
1  Bc 
    1
  Tr 
b
 
a
Bc  available tension per bolt based on
tension only or combined tension & shear rupture
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- Plate elements subjected to out-of-plane loads
Also see Spec. Section J10.10.

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Transverse load In-plane moment Out-of-plane moment

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Part 10. Design of Simple Shear Connections

14th Edition Manual
Bolt and Angle Limit States:

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Minimum of:
• Total bolt shear on bolt group
• Total slip resistance for slip-
critical bolts on bolt group
• Bolt bearing on the angles
• Bolt tearout on the angles
• Shear yielding of the angles
• Shear rupture of the angles
• Block shear rupture of the
angles
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15th Ed. Manual
Bolt and Angle Limit States:
Minimum of:

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•(Effective strengths of
individual bolts)
where
Effective strength =
MIN: bolt shear, slip
resistance for slip-
critical bolts, bolt
bearing, bolt tearout
•Shear yielding -- angles
•Shear rupture -- angles
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Part 10. Design of Simple Shear Connections

14th Edition Manual

Beam Web Limit States (kip/in.):

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• Bolt bearing on the web
• Bolt tearout on the web
• Shear yielding of the web
• Shear rupture of the web
• Block shear rupture of the web

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Part 10. Design of Simple Shear Connections

• Table 10-1 revised
• Extended single-plate connections: Removed stabilizer
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plate provision

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• Table 10-1 revised
• Single-plate connections: Stabilizer plate requirement

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• Table 10-14C: Weld details for skewed single-plate
connections

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Part 10. Design of Simple Shear Connections

- This is “One acceptable design

aid for skewed welds….”
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- Works for 36- or 50-ksi plates

- Added 5/8-in. plate

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 Part 14. Design of Beam Bearing Plates, Column Base
Plates, Anchor Rods and Column Splices 14th Ed:
3 1/2
4

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14th Ed:
3

14th Ed:
1 13/16
2 1/16
14th Ed:
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Part 14. Design of Beam Bearing Plates, Column Base

Plates, Anchor Rods and Column Splices
Table 14-2 Notes:
1. Hole sizes provided are based on anchor rod size and
correlate with ACI 117 (ACI, 2010).
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4. ASTM F844 washer are permitted instead of plate washers

when hole clearances are limited to 5/16 in. for rod diameters up
to 1 in., 1/2 in. for rod diameters over 1 in. to 2 in., and 1 in. for
rod diameters over 2 in. This exception should not be used
unless the general contractor has agreed to meet smaller
tolerances for anchor rod placement than those permitted in ACI
117.

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 In Summary
Part 1…New shape sizes and detailing dimensions
Part 2…ASTM A500 Grade C is preferred for HSS
Part 3…New footnotes

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Part 4…W-Shape column tables for 65 and 70 ksi
Part 6…New Super Table 6-2
Part 7…Table 7-14 includes TC bolts dimensions
Part 8…New plastic method for eccentrically loaded bolt groups
Part 9…Increased permitted tributary length for prying
Part 10…Removal of stabilizer plate provisions
Part 13…Additional considerations for HSS-to-HSS truss connections
Part 14…Updated Table 14-2 for improved anchor-rod installation
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Part IV: Additional Resources

• Combined Flexure and Axial Force, W-shapes

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(Table 6-1, 14th Ed. Manual)
• Filled HSS Column Tables, A500 Gr. C
(Tables 4-13 to 4-20, 14th Ed. Manual)
• New Super Table 6-2: W-Shapes, 65 and 70 ksi
HSS, ASTM A1085
HSS, A500 Gr. C
Pipe
• New Znet Table for Coped W-shapes
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Available Summer 2017

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