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Beams in Buildings
Hibbeler
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Beams in Bridges
Hibbeler; Wallarah Creek Bridge; eastbound on I-64, approaching I-295 overpasses
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Beams in Bridges
/I64-I295-Interchange
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Beams in Bridges
http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/prefab_bridges/chapter_two_c.htm
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Beams in Bridges
Canary Wharf, DocklandsEast India Beam footbridge (curved beam)Cascade Creek valley
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Beam construction!
Now [Television (CSI) vanity] !
Then [engineering necessity]
Construction workers take a lunch break on a steel beam atop the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York, Sept. 29, 1932. In the background is the Chrysler Building
The high-flying cast of 'CSI: NY's' fourth season 2007
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Beam construction!
Building the Empire State, 1930. Lewis Hine (two workers)
Building the Empire State, 1930. Lewis Hine (two workers)
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Beams!
Acrobats Jarley Smith (top), Jewell Waddek (left), and Jimmy Kerrigan (right) perform a delicate balancing act on a ledge of the Empire State Building in Manhattan. August 21, 1934
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Beams!
The new telephone company skyscraper at Vesey Street and the North River under construction. Photo shows the iron workers perched on a girder twenty stories in the air and enjoying their lunch -New York
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Beam construction!
Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground, at the building site of the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center, 1930’s
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Beam installation
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Beam profiles
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Beam geometry
Stand alone beamsFrame beams
Hibbeler
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Beam Loading
Hibbeler
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Beam diagrams
Hibbeler
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Bending moment diagrams
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Flexure
Plane section remains plane
Strain varies linearly
Hibbeler
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Bending stress
Hibbeler
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Stress for yield moment MY
Hibbeler
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Yield moment MYIf the stress due to applied moment is at or below the yield, the stress distribution is linear Max moment for which the stress is linearly varying is the yield moment MY.C=T =(bh/2)(σy/2)MY=C*(lever arm)=C*(2h/3)=(bh2/6)σy =SσyElastic section modulus for rectangle, S=(bh2/6)Section modulus is listed for other sections
Hibbeler
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Stress for moment M>MY
Hibbeler
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Progression of stress with load increase
ESDEP
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Plastic moment MP > MY
The maximum moment that the c/s can take occurs when the entire c/s is yielded in compression or tension. C=T=(bh/2)σyMoment, Mp=C*(lever arm)=(bh2/4)σyPlastic modulus for rectangle c/s, Z=bh2/4Plastic modulii are listed in Section properties tables
Hibbeler
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Moment curvature relationship
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Moment curvature relationship
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Plastic hinge
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Plastic hinge
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Beams in Shear
Hibbeler
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Shear
Hibbeler
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Shear
Hibbeler
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Shear flow
Hibbeler
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Shear flow
Hibbeler
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Shear flow
Hibbeler
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Shear centre
Hibbeler
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Shear flow effect
Hibbeler
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Shear centre
Hibbeler
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Shear centre
Hibbeler
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Bending terminologyMoment of inertiaParallel axis theoremFlexural stressAverage shear stress =Vf/hwYield moment, MY
Elastic Section modulus, SPlastic moment, MP
Plastic section modulus, Z Beam (slab load) vs. Girder (load from beams)
∫=A
x dAyI 2
MyI
σ =
2xAII xx +=′
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Beams and Girders
Steel flexural membersBeams in building framesElements carrying lateral loadsEquipment, etc.
Useful in pure bending as well as in beam-columnsDesign Clauses: CAN/CSA-S16
Bending strength as per Clauses 13.5, 6 & 7Shear strength as per Clause 13.4 Local buckling check: Clause 11 (Table 2)Special provisions: Clause 14Deflection limits: Appendix D
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Lateral-Torsional Buckling
Instability due to buckling of compression half of the beam (perpendicular to the plane of loading).
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Lateral-Torsional Buckling
Instability due to buckling of compression half of the beam (perpendicular to the plane of loading).
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Lateral-Torsional Buckling
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Lateral supportCharacteristic length, Lu
Lateral-Torsional Buckling
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Lateral supportCharacteristic length, Lu
Lateral-Torsional Buckling
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Beam plastic hinge mechanisms
Capacity is much higher than that predicted by simple section analysis (max. moment in the structure < moment capacity of the section)
Only possible if the sections allow plastic hinge formation and redistribution beyond the initial plastic hinge formation.
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Localbuckling
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MomentResistance
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Plastic momenton full section
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Classification of beams
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Classification of beams
Class 1 –Full plastification and redistribution are allowedClass 2 –Full plastification is allowed but no redistribution More curvature will result in section buckling Class 3 –Only MY is allowed to be developed. Section will buckle after that.Class 4 – Not even MY will develop. Section will fail in elastic lateral-torsional buckling
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Plate buckling
Different types of buckling depending on
b/t ratio Webs and flanges have different limitsend conditions for plate segmentsUse Table 2 for beams and beam-columns
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Local (Plate) buckling of Flange
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Local (Plate) buckling of Web
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Web buckling
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Real beams -Factors for consideration
Residual stresses in Hot-rolled shapes (idealized)
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Real beams -Factors for consideration
Residual stresses in Hot-rolled shapes
Idealized Measured
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Beam columns
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Slender webs buckle easily due to shear or bending
Plate Girders
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Slender webs buckle easily due to shear or bending
Use reduced effective c/s
orUse reduced capacity
Plate Girders
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Stiffeners are Important
June 1970, Milford Haven bridge over the River Cleddau in the UK
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ReferencesHibbeler, R.C. Mechanics of Materials, 7th Ed., Prentice Hallhttp://www.esdep.org/members/samplecourse/toc.htmhttp://www.roadstothefuture.com/I64-I295-Interchange-Mod.htmlwww.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=heritage.show&id=4305021http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/prefab_bridges/chapter_two_c.htmhttp://www.bardaglea.org.uk/bridges/bridge-types/bridge-types-beam.htmlhttp://ghostdepot.com/rg/bridges/stl_tres/stl_tres.htmhttp://www.playlsi.com/Products/SportsandFitness/CurvedBalanceBeam/http://www.monorails.org/tmspages/switch.htmlhttp://www.galinsky.com/buildings/savill/index.htmlhttp://911research.wtc7.net/mirrors/guardian2/fire/SCI.htmhttp://911research.wtc7.net/mirrors/guardian2/fire/SLamont.htmhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-73862001000400003&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=eshttp://www.ce.jhu.edu/steel/lecture/compression/res_stress_1.jpghttp://www.longtain.com/en/2_prod/tech.htmhttp://www.istructe.org/technical/db/index.asp?page=281&bhcp=1
Most of the pictures in the preceding were gathered from various sources. To the extent possible, the source has been indicated at the bottom of the slides. The text and some of the figures are done by the instructor, Dr. Seshu Adluri. No copy right for pictures that have been obtained from other sources is claimed or implied by the instructor. The material is for class room instruction only.