Moment Resistance Calculation of a Class 4 Beam

CISC Handbook of Steel Construction, 9th Edition

Beam Selection Table, page 5-98

Beam section: W150x22

Calculate Mr for L = 4000 mm according to CSA S16-01 Clause 13.6(b).

Material properties:
E = 200 000 MPa
G = 77 000 MPa
Fy = 345 MPa (ASTM A992)

Section data:
d = 152 mm Ix = 12.1 106 mm4
b = 152 mm Sx = 150 103 mm3
t = 6.6 mm Iy = 3.87 106 mm4
w = 5.8 mm J = 43.4 103 mm4
h = d 2t = 138.8 mm Cw = 20.4 109 mm6

1) Class of section, Clause 11

Web: h / w = 23.93 < 1900 / Fy0.5 = 102.3 (not Class 4)

Flange: (b/2) / t = 11.52 > 200 / Fy0.5 = 10.77 (Class 4)
The section is a Class 4 due to the flanges.

2) Effective section properties

Effective flange width, Clause 13.5(c)(iii):

be = 2 200 t / Fy0.5 = 142 mm

Conservatively and for simplicity, the same effective flange width is used for
both the compression and tension flanges. This keeps the section doubly-
symmetric. In reality, the full tension flange width would remain effective.

Effective moment of inertia:

Ixe = Ix 2 (b be) t3 / 12 2 (b be) t (d / 2 t / 2)2 = 11.4 106 mm4

Effective section modulus:

Sxe = 2 Ixe / d = 150 103 mm3

3) Factored moment resistance

Laterally supported (L = 0):

Let Mye = Sxe Fy = 51.8 kNm
= 0.9
Mr0 = Mye = 46.6 kNm

Laterally unsupported (L = 4000 mm > Lu = 2480 mm):

2 = 1.0 (uniform bending moment)
Mu = (2 / L) [E Iy G J + ( E / L)2 Iy Cw]0.5 = 52.9 kNm

Mu = 52.9 kNm > 0.67 Mye = 34.7 kNm

Mr = 1.15 Mr0 (1 0.28 Mye / Mu) = 38.9 kNm Mr0