Design Forces for Intermidiate Girder

Design forces are taken from the STAAD analysis. Design is carried out for
maximum of the axial force/ shear force / Moments and corresponding remaining values.
Axial Forces (Fx)

Shear Forces (Hy)

Sr.
No.

PT (kN)

PC (kN)

Fy (kN)

-16.208

0
79.371

4
5
6
7

Bending moments

Fz (kN)

Torsion
Mx (kNm)

My (kNm)

Mz (kNm)

0.766
104.289

0.052
0

0.003
0

-0.049
0

62.583
342.266

79.371

104.289

342.266

69.505

23.038

0.585

-0.011

-0.228

-169.266

0
0

77.378

101.772

-0.002

-0.011

0.001

331.878

67.795

5.942

0.474

-0.011

1.281

-210.776

79.371

104.289

342.266

Data :
Span of beam

20 m

Unsupported length of compression flange :

1.5 m

(refer beams layout dwg )

Section properties in S.I Units

Overall Depth of section ( mm) D
Width of flange B (mm)

500

mm

250

mm

Flange thickness Tf (mm)

16

mm

Web thickness tw (mm)

=
10
mm
To account for corrosion allowance the flange thickness and web thickness are reduced by 2 mm
Therefore for design purpose the thickness considered are as follows,
Flange thickness Tf (mm)

14

Web thickness tw (mm)

Web Depth d1 (mm)

468

Sectional Area A (mm )

10744

IXX (mm4)

4.82E+08

IYY (mm )
RXX (mm)

3.65E+07

211.76

RYY (mm)

58.27

1.93E+06

2.92E+05

ZXX (mm )
3

ZYY (mm )
2

Web Area Aw (mm )

4000

Torsional constant J (mm4)

5.38E+05

Check for the minimum web thickness:

Cl. 6.7.3.1, IS : 800 1984, for unstiffened web, web thk is to be greater than 1), 2) but not< than 3)
1)

d1 * sqrt (tva cal ) / 816

2.9

468 * SQRT ( 26.07 ) / 816

(refer 5 : stress calculations for tvacal)

2)

d1 * sqrt ( fy ) / 1344

5.5

3)

d1 / 85

5.5

Web thickness provided 10 mm

468 * SQRT ( 250 ) / 1344

468 / 85

no stiffener reqt.

*For vertically stiffened web,

As per cl. 6.7.3.1.(b), IS : 800 1984, for vertically stiffened web, web thk is to be greater than
1), 2) but not less then 3)
d2

468

1)

d1/180 =

2.60

2)

d2*sqrt(fy)/3200 =

2.31

3)

d2/200 =

2.34

Web thickness provided 10 mm

2.60
ok

Permissible stresses in the section :

Permissible bending stress in the section ( sbc )
Young's modulus (E) =
2.0E+05 MPa
Slenderness ratio

=
=

Leff / Rmin
( 1.5 * 1000 ) / 58.269

= 25.743

3998.82

X
X
k1
k2
c1
c2

=
=
=
=
=
=

3998.821 * ( SQRT ( 1 + ( 1/20 * ( ( 25.743 * 14 / 500 ) )^2 ) ) )

4050.43
MPa
1
0
250
mm
250
mm

fcb
fy
n
1/n

=
=
=
=

4050.43
345
1.4
0.71

sbc

sbc

2650000
(Leff / Ry)^2
MPa

MPa
MPa
[1]

0.66*4050.43*345

( (4050.43 ) ^1.4 + ( 345 ) ^1.4 ) ^ 0.714

=
222.66
MPa

Permissible stress in bending compression

sbc
=
222.67

MPa

For bending about minor axis,

sbc
=

227.70

MPa

Permissible shearing stress ( t ).

t
=
t
=

0.4 * fy
138

MPa

Permissible Direct Compressive stress in the section ( sac )

fcc

fcc

sac

3.14 ^2 * 200000
25.74 ^2
2978.62
MPa
0.6 * 2978.625 * 345
{ ( 2978.625 ) ^ 1.4 + ( 345 ) ^ 1.4} ^ 0.714

sac

200.06 MPa

Permissible Direct Tensile stress in the section ( sat)

sat
=
0.6 * fy
sat
=
207
MPa
Permissible Bending Tensile stress in the section ( sbt)
sbt
=
0.66 * fy
sbt
=
227.7
MPa

Stress Calculations :
Sr.
No.

Axial Stresses (N/mm2)

Shear Stress (N/mm2)

Bending Stresses (N/mm2)

sat, cal

sac, cal

t Vcal

t Hcal

t Tcal

sbcY, cal

sbcX, cal

( PT / A )

( PC / A )

HY / AW

Hz / AF

T * t f /J

1.51

0.00

0.19

0.01

0.08

0.17

32.47

0.00

7.39

26.07

0.00

0.00

0.00

177.60

0.00

7.39

26.07

0.00

0.00

0.00

177.60

0.00

6.47

5.76

0.17

0.29

0.78

87.83

0.00

7.20

25.44

0.00

0.29

0.00

172.21

0.00

6.31

1.49

0.14

0.29

4.39

109.37

0.00

7.39

26.07

0.00

0.00

0.00

177.60

( MYY / ZYY ) ( MZZ / ZXX )

Interaction Checks :
Combined axial compression and bending
No.

sac,cal / sac s bcXcal / sbcx s bcYcal / sbcy Interaction ratio

Remark

0.000

0.146

0.001

0.15

< 1 ok

-0.037

0.798

0.000

0.76

< 1 ok

-0.037

0.798

0.000

0.76

< 1 ok

-0.032

0.394

0.003

0.37

< 1 ok

-0.036

0.773

0.000

0.74

< 1 ok

-0.032

0.491

0.019

0.48

< 1 ok

0.037

0.798

0.000

0.835

< 1 ok

Combined axial tension and bending

No. sat cal / 0.6 fy
s btYcal / 0.66 fys btXcal / 0.66 fy Interaction ratio

Remark

0.007

0.001

0.143

0.15

< 1 ok

0.000

0.000

0.780

0.78

< 1 ok

0.000

0.000

0.780

0.78

< 1 ok

0.000

0.003

0.386

0.39

< 1 ok

0.000

0.000

0.756

0.76

< 1 ok

0.000

0.019

0.480

0.50

< 1 ok

0.000

0.000

0.780

0.78

< 1 ok

Combined shear, torsion and bending

No.

s bcXcal + s bcYcal

(t Tcal + t Vcal + t Hcal)

Equivalent
stress

Remark

32.642

0.284

32.6

ok

177.600

26.072

183.3

ok

177.600

26.072

183.3

ok

88.613

6.213

89.3

ok

172.213

25.730

177.9

ok

6
7

113.760
177.600

1.907
26.072

113.8
183.3

ok
ok

Deflection check
Allowable deflection in beam
Deflection available from staad

( 20 * 1000 / 600 )
=

33.33 mm
33.00 mm
Hence OK