Dr.

Mahdi Damghani 1
 EC3 steel
EC3 steel beam
beam design
design

Laterally restrained
Laterally restrained Un-restrained (go
Un-restrained (go to
to slide
slide 6)
6)

Bending moment
Bending moment resistance
resistance Shear resistance
Shear resistance
M Ed V Ed
 1 .0  1 .0
M c , Rd V c , Rd

Class 11
Class Class 22
Class Class 33
Class Class 44
Class
Vpl,Rd  Av ( f y / 3) /  M 0
M pl , Rd  W pl f y /  M 0 Mc,Rd Weff ,min f y /  M0

M el , Rd  Wel ,min f y /  M 0 Av  A  2bt f  (tw  2r)t f  hwtw

Bending -Shear
Bending -Shear resistance
resistance Shear buckling
Shear buckling resistance
resistance
if
Un-stiffened webs
Un-stiffened webs Stiffened webs
Stiffened webs
V Ed  0 . 5V pl , Rd
then h  h w

31
 k
w
 72 t 


M  f y (W pl , y   A / 4 t w ) / 
2
 M t w  w
y , v , Rd v M 0 y , c , Rd
where
2 a / hw  1 a / hw  1
 2 V Ed 
   1  
275
V 
 pl , Rd  f y k  4  5 .34 ( hw / a ) 2 k  5 .34  4 ( hw / a ) 2

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 Laterally restrained
Laterally restrained steel
steel beam
beam continued
continued

Resistance of
Resistance of the
the web
web to
to transverse
transverse forces
forces
Flange induced
Flange induced buckling
buckling
f yw L eff t w
F Rd 

h E A M 1
w
  w
 M 1  1 .0
t w f yf A fc L   l
eff F y

A w  ( h  2 t f ) t w  
0 .5
 1
F
 F
A fc  bt f l t f
 F 
y w yw

Class 11 Class 22 Class 33 Class 44 F

Class Class Class Class cr
3
t
  0 .3   0 .4    0 .9  w
0 . 55 F cr F E
h w

l y  s s  2 t f (1  m 1  m 2 )  a  2 
 l m 1  l  
f b  y  le  t f   e   m 
m  yf f
min  2  t  2

1
f t  f 
yw w
 
 l y  l e  t f m 1  m 2 
 F  0 .5  F  0 .5
 F Et w2
le   s s  c
 h 
2
m 2  0 2 f yw h w
m  0 . 02  w 
2  t 
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 Laterally restrained
Laterally restrained steel
steel beam
beam continued
continued

Web under
Web under bending
bending and
and shear
shear Deflection check
Deflection check

  0 .8  1 .4 condition Deflection limit

2 1

M Ed
 1   1 .0 Cantilevers Length/180
f y W pl
 M 0
F Beams carrying plaster or Span/360
 2  Ed
 1 .0 other brittle finish
f yw L eff t w

 Other beams (except purlins Span/200

M 1
and sheeting rails)
Purlins and sheeting rails
To suit the
characteristics of
particular cladding

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 Un-restrained
Un-restrained
M Ed
General case
case  1 .0 Rolled sections
Rolled sections only
only
General M b , Rd
f 1
1   y  LT  1
 LT  1 M b , Rd LT W y
 LT    
2
2  2
LT
 LT   2LT   LT M 1 LT

 M
 M 1  1 .0 and
2
 LT  0.5 1   LT ( LT  0.2)   LT
 2 EI z I w L2cr GI t  1
   2   LT  2
Wy f y cr
L2cr I  EI  LT
 z
 
z 
 LT  2
M cr E 210000  LT  0. 5 1   LT (  LT   LT , 0 )    LT
G   81000Nmm  2
2(1   ) 2(1  0.3)  LT , 0  0.4,   0.75
Bending moment
Bending moment curve curve between
between
points of
points of lateral
lateral restraint
restraint
 LT
 LT , mod  1
Class 11
Class Class 22
Class Class 33
Class Class 44
Class f
f  1  0 . 5 (1   c )[1  2 . 0 (  LT  0 . 8 ) 2 ]  1 . 0
W y  W pl , y Wy  Wel , y Wy  Weff , y 1
c 
C1

Buckling curve a b c d
Imperfection factor  LT 0.21 0.34 0.49 0.76

Cross section Limits Buckling curve Cross section Limits Buckling curve
h/b ≤ 2 a
h/b ≤ 2 a
Rolled I-sections 2 ≤ h/b< 3.1 c
Rolled I-sections
h/b > 2 b h/b > 2 d

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Assumptions in
Assumptions in obtaining
obtaining M Mcrcr
1- The
1- The beam
beam is is of
of uniform
uniform section
section with
with equal
equal
flanges.
flanges.
2- Beam
2- Beam endsends are
are simply
simply supported
supported in in the
the lateral
lateral
plane and
plane and prevented
prevented from from lateral
lateral movement
movement
and twisting
and twisting about
about the
the longitudinal
longitudinal axis
axis but
but are
are
free to
free to rotate
rotate on
on plan.
plan.
3- The
3- The section
section isis subjected
subjected to to equal
equal and
and opposite
opposite
in plane
in plane end
end moments
moments
4- The
4- The loads
loads are
are not
not destabilising
destabilising

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