Can an A992 steel WT12 x 31 column with an effective length of 16 feet in both directions support a dead load of 100 kips and a live load of 120 kips? Use LRFD.
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A column will buckle in the direction corresponding to the s…
A column will buckle in the direction corresponding to the smallest slenderness ratio, and that ratio would be used in the determination of the column’s compressive strength.
A column is fabricated by welding a 5/8 x 18 plate to the le…
A column is fabricated by welding a 5/8 x 18 plate to the left and right of a W14x43. Determine the moment of inertia about the y axis.
Whenever possible, the designer should provide extra support…
Whenever possible, the designer should provide extra support for the _______ of a column. Otherwise, the member is inefficient and has an excess of strength in one direction.
A W14x68 made with A992 steel is pinned at both ends and bra…
A W14x68 made with A992 steel is pinned at both ends and braced in the weak direction as shown. Can it support a dead load of 150 kips and a live load of 170 kips? Use ASD. Let L1 = 24.4 ft, L2 = 8.4 ft, and L3 = 16.0 ft.
A column is fabricated by bolting a 3/4 x 6 plate to the bot…
A column is fabricated by bolting a 3/4 x 6 plate to the bottom of a W14x159. Determine the distance from the bottom of the plate to the centroid of the composite cross section.
Determine the effective length factor, Kx, for column FG of…
Determine the effective length factor, Kx, for column FG of the frame, assuming that the frame is sidesway inhibited and that all of the assumptions on which the alignment charts were developed are met.Girders BF, CG and DH are W18 x 46 and have a length of L1 = 20 ft.Girders FJ, GK and HL are W21 x 50 and have a length of L2 = 28 ft.Columns AB, EF and IJ are W10 x 54 and have a length of L3 = 16 ft.Columns BC, FG and JK are W10 x 45 and have a length of L4 = 12 ft.Columns CD, GH and KL are W10 x 33 and have a length of L4 = 12 ft.
A W14x211 made with A992 steel is pinned at both ends and br…
A W14x211 made with A992 steel is pinned at both ends and braced in the weak direction as shown. Determine the value of the controlling slenderness ratio Lc/r. Let L1 = 27 ft, L2 = 11 ft, and L3 = 16 ft.
A column is fabricated by bolting a 3/4 x 6 plate to the top…
A column is fabricated by bolting a 3/4 x 6 plate to the top and bottom of a W14x82. Determine the moment of inertia about the y axis.
A W14x233 made with A992 steel is pinned at both ends and br…
A W14x233 made with A992 steel is pinned at both ends and braced in the weak direction as shown. Determine the value of the controlling slenderness ratio Lc/r. Let L1 = 24 ft, L2 = 9 ft, and L3 = 15 ft.