HOME WORK #2

Name- ATISHAY LAHRI

Course- Structural Steel design CEE 6527

Question 1.
a. ELM Method

i. Deflected
Shape:

ii. Axial Force Diagram:

Axial force= 224.9 kips

iii. Moment Diagram:

b. DM Method

i. Deflected Shape:

ii. Axial Force

Diagram:
 Axial force= 224.6 kips

iii. Moment Diagram:

Calcultions for Pu/Pes:

DM Calculations
ELM Calculations

Question 2.
Methods of Analysis Effective Length Direct Analysis Percentage Change
Method Method
Axial Force (kips) 224.9 224.6 0
Maximum Bending 882.4 935 +5.96
Moment in Column
Maximum Bending 1583 1618 +2.21
Moment in Beam
Bending Moment at 790 721 -8.73
the knee
On comparison the results between the two analysis solutions we can conclude the following:
i. In both solutions, the axial force remains the same.
ii. The maximum moment in the column and beam is increased in case of Direct Analysis
method as compared to ELM. This is because Direct analysis method uses a reduced
nominal elastic stiffness of 0.8E=23200 ksi for the structural analysis.
iii. The moment at the knee is reduced in case of DM solution. This is again because of
reduced nominal elastic stiffness of 0.8E=23200 ksi for the structural analysis used in
the DM solution.

Problem 3a.
Buckling Mode:

Buckling load ratio, e = 3.2992 (As obtained by running Elastic critical load analysis in
MASTAN2)

Calculating Kx factor corresponding to the buckling solution:

Question 3b.

The value of GB
Turns out to be infinity because the denominator is zero.
After calculating the value of GA And GB using the alignment charts and drawing the line between
the two as shown in the figure below. The value of was approximately K X= 0.84. This value is
very close to the one calculated from Mastan of K X = 0.844.

Question 3c.
The following shows the MathCad calculations.

The value of K is approximately the same as obtained from MASTAN.

Question 4.
4. The Mathcad solution for the second order ELM is given below. The value of Pu=225.5 kips
obtained from MASTAN and the value for P cr using Kx =0.844 was 744.1 kips.

Question 5.
2nd Order Elastic Moment in Beam (K-in) Mu2 1602
1st Order Elastic Moment in Beam (K-in) Mu1 1516

i. The Ratio of (Mu1/Mu2)= 0.947

ii. From the above table it can be seen that 2nd order elastic moment is higher than the
first order elastic moment for the beam.
iii. Therefore the second order analysis gives an additional strength of 5.3% to the
structure.

Question 6.
Elastic Linear Method

Since it is less than 2.25, It is governed by Inelastic Bending.

Along the length of the Column
Therefore, Single Bracing is not sufficient.
Considering two intermediate bracings:
Mn is greater than Mp
Limiting the value of Mn , we get Mn =149kip-ft.
Therefore, the minimum spacing required is 93.6 inches.

Along the length of

the beam.
Without any Bracing:
Single Bracing at the center:
Mn is greater than Mp
Limiting the value of Mn , we get Mn =149kip-ft.
Therefore, the minimum spacing required is 140.4 inches.