NSCP 2001

ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN: Strong Axis Bending of I-Shaped Members and Channels

START Fb = 0.60Fy
Fb = 0.66Fy

YES YES
2547 YES COMPACT YES NO NO YES Solve 703,270Cb L 3,516,330Cb NO L 3,516,330Cb
h / tw  Lb < Lc Lu > Lb > Lc Lb > Lu   
Fy SECTION? Lb/rT Fy rT Fy rT Fy
NO NO
YES YES
PLATE NONCOMPACT Lb = Unbraced length rT = radius of gyration of a section comprising the
SECTION Lc = Smaller of: compression flange plus 1/3 the compression web 2 F L / rT  
2
GIRDER 1,172.1x103 Cb
area, taken about an axis in the plane of the web, mm. Fb  Fy   y   0.60 Fy Fb   0.60 Fy
0.2b f
m. or
137.9
m. Af = Area of compression flange.
 3 10.55 x106 Cb 
  L / rT 2
Fy d Cb = 1.75 + 1.05(M1/M2) + 0.3(M1/M2)2 ≤ 2.3. M1
0.66Fy > Fb > 0.6Fy Fy
Af smaller end moment, M2 larger end moment at the
ends of the unbraced length taken about the strong
axis. M1/M2 is (+) for reverse curvature bending. 82.74 x103 Cb
M1/M2 is (-) for single curvature bending. Fb   0.60 Fy
Non-compact Flanges, Fy ≤ 448MPa, Ld / A f
Flanges connected continuously to web.
M1 M2 M1 M2
 b  NOTE: The allowable bending stress in
Fb  Fy  0.79  0.000762 f Fy  M1 M2 M1 M2
 2t f  compression is the larger value from the
  above equations.
Reverse curvature Single curvature
Built-up members with non-compact Bending Bending
Flanges, webs compact or non-compact,
Fy ≤ 448MPa. M1/M2 is (-) M1/M2 is (+)

 b Fy  (p. 5-19 NSCP 2001) When the bending moment at any

Fb  Fy  0.79  0.000762 f  point within an unbraced length is larger than that at both
 2t f kc 
 ends of this length, the value of Cb shall be taken as unity.
4.05 When computing Fbx to be used in Equation (508-1), Cb
kc  If h/tw > 70 may be computed by the equation given above for frames
h t w 0.46 subject to joint translation, and it shall be taken as unity
Otherwise k c  1 for frames braced against joint translation, Cb may
conservatively be taken as unity for cantilever beams.