Limiting Width-Thickness Ratio

Slenderness Ratio
I-Shapes / Channel Angle Pipes
Requirements of
Flange Web Flange / Web Round HSS
AISC 341-05 (Unstiffened Elements) (Stiffened Elements) (Unstiffened Elements) (Stiffened Elements)
(9.SMF, 11.OMF, 13.SCBF,
14.OCBF, 15.EBF)

Beam members shall meet the Seismically Compact (AISC 341-05, Table I-8-1)
Beam requirements of 8.2b,
(Flexural Compression) 0.3 / 2.45 / 0.044 /
Seismically Compact.
Seismically Compact (AISC 341-05, Table I-8-1)
*2 *5 *6
SMF

for 0.125
Column Column members shall meet
(Flexural Compression 3.14 / 1 1.54
the requirements of 8.2b,
or Combined Flexure and
Seismically Compact. 0.3 / *5 0.044 /
Axial Compression) for 0.125
1.12 / 2.33 1.49 /

Compact (AISC 360-05, Table B4.1)

Beam No requirement beyond Section
(Flexural Compression) 8.1. 0.38 / 3.76 / 0.07 /
OMF

Compact (AISC 360-05, Table B4.1)

Column No requirement beyond Section
(Flexural Compression) 8.1. 0.38 / 3.76 / 0.07 /

Compact (AISC 360-05, Table B4.1)

Beam No requirement beyond Section
(Flexural Compression) 8.1. 0.38 / 3.76 / 0.07 /

Seismically Compact (AISC 341-05, Table I-8-1) AISC 341-05, 13.2a

*5 *9
for 0.125
Brace *1 Bracing members shall meet
3.14 / 1 1.54
(Combined Flexure the requirements of Section
and Axial Compression) 8.2b, Seismically Compact. 0.3 / *5 0.3 / 0.044 / 4 /
0.125
SCBF

for
1.12 / 2.33 1.49 /

Seismically Compact (AISC 341-05, Table I-8-1)

*2 *5
for 0.125
Column Column members shall meet
3.14 / 1 1.54
(Combined Flexure the requirements of Section
and Axial Compression) 8.2b, Seismically Compact. 0.3 / *5 0.044 /
for 0.125
1.12 / 2.33 1.49 /

Compact (AISC 360-05, Table B4.1)

Beam No requirement beyond Section
(Flexural Compression) 8.1. 0.38 / 3.76 / 0.07 /

Seismically Compact (AISC 341-05, Table I-8-1) AISC 341-05, 14.2

*5 *10
for 0.125
*1 Bracing members shall meet
OCBF

Brace 3.14 / 1 1.54

(Combined Flexure the requirements of Section
and Axial Compression) 8.2b, Seismically Compact. 0.3 / *5 0.3 / 0.044 / 4 /
for 0.125
1.12 / 2.33 1.49 /

Noncompact (AISC 360-05, Table B4.1) *7

Column No requirement beyond Section
(Uniform Compression) 8.1. 0.56 / 1.49 / 0.11 /

Seismically Compact (AISC 341-05, Table I-8-1)

*3 *5 *6
for 0.125
Links shall meet the
Link 3.14 / 1 1.54
requirements of Sction 8.2b,
(Flexural Compression)
Seismically Compact. 0.3 / *5 0.044 /
for 0.125
1.12 / 2.33 1.49 /

Bracing members shall meet Compact (AISC 360-05, Table B4.1)

Brace*1
EBF

the requirements of Section *8

(Flexural Compression) 0.38 / 3.76 / 0.54 / 0.07 /
8.2a, Compact.
Seismically Compact (AISC 341-05, Table I-8-1)
*4 *5 *6
for 0.125
Column members shall meet
Column 3.14 / 1 1.54
the requirements of 8.2b,
(Uniform Compression)
Seismically Compact. 0.38 / *5 0.044 /
for 0.125
1.12 / 2.33 1.49 /

*1 Consider brace as flexural compression due to rigid connection required for SDC "D" of AISC 341-05.
*2 If the ratios from equation below are greater than 2.0, it is permitted to use p in Table B4.1 of AISC 360-05.

2.0
(defined in clause 9.6. of AISC 341-05.)
*3 It is permitted to use p in Table B4.1 of AISC 360-05 for flanges of links of length 1.6Mp /Vp or less, where Mp and Vp are defined in Section 15.
*4 It is permitted to use p in Specification Table B4.1 for columns in STMF, Section 12 and columns in EBF, Section 15.
*5 For LRFD,

where
, .
, .
0.90
*6 For columns in SMF, if the ratios from equation *3 are greater than 2.0; columns in EBF; or EBF webs of links of length 1.6 Mp /Vp or less, it is permitted to use the
following for p:
for 0.125, 3.76 1 2.75

for 0.125, 1.12 2.33 1.49

*7 Adopted noncompact due to compact not avairable in Table B4.1 of AISC 360-05.
*8 For uniform compression, noncompact shall be applied due to compact not avairable in Table B4.1 of AISC 360-05.
*9 Braces with 4 / Kl/ r 200 are permitted in certain cases. (Refer to AISC 341-05, 13.2a)
*10 This is applied for bracing members in K, V,or inverted-V configurations. ( Members that are designed as tension only are not required to satisfy this provision.)