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T H E ARCHITECTURAL design of the Union National T o achieve this appearance, architect P. Arthur D'Orazio
Branch Bank building, Youngstown, Ohio, was keyed to called for a circular building with a folded-plate roof
the need for a structure with a striking appearance to and glass exterior walls.
serve as the focal point in a suburban shopping center. T h e author prepared preliminary structural studies
for the project. These studies pointed to steel as the
structural material that would fill the architectural re-
V. E. Shogren is a Consulting Engineer, Youngstown, Ohio. quirements to the best advantage.
Photo by A. Pavliga
Fig. 7. Union National Branch Bank, Youngstown, Ohio
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CALCULATIONS
1. Treat each segment as a beam between column and 2. Check plate for bending (lateral) only on surfaces
compression - tension ring: up to a 45 degree slope.
(Consider ends fixed because of lateral continuity.)
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Compute loads:L.L.30lbs/sa. ft
-- 24.5x3'-4fc-ei. 6lbs (on slope)
159 lbs
Draw shear and moment diagrams: Check for yvind (lateral tw/sting)
4L 3ldg. Wind force - (25)(f6)(?o) - 8.0 k
Moment - (3)(25) 200 k-ft
Force at top of each col.
Note from diagrams that
section modulus increases
from column to ring while Cot. mom. - (0.266)(l5) - 4.28 k-ff. - 51.4 k-in.
bending moment decreases. P- 6.4 1.1Q
'1.16 (1053)0.33) -0.O83
T 552
Mm 51.4 7.64 _ 0.286
Check folded plate: 5 6.73 ' 7.64 (20)(l.33) 0.369 < 10
5 sJ 3
nsad. W" 27.7^53.5in OK
5. Check section modulus of ring:
Section Modulus Diagrarn\ (
P, y
Mom./ft.- *fM-68!k-
Treat plate as a beam or girder web 4 check -thickness:
ft thickness 0-25 _ / ,. / /-,- ***~+ **?/,) Mom. ot i ring -{M&&H- 2,4.70k-in
ft depth(shped) ' 40% 1607 >7W & * . * * * **V
Max. allowable shear with no stiffeners (Spec. Sect. ?@e) Pz
%-tGO.l
v S 4
" -W&- - ^ f - t-^P*1 Collowatle) L 4x3kxi
Check for shear in plate at column:
^.o^A* 3.2 P Compute Moment of Inertia:
Plate 2,000
A 3o P-4.99* 873
Z3 '2(3.09)01.8S)2
6.4k (reaction) 2,873 in4
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4,930 l _ 4.930 = 497psi
(o.2S)(4of6) ToW **'pSf Section modulus - ^ ^ = M3.7 >l2S.Sin3&(
: No stiffeners read*
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