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Objective

To verify the steel channel beam capacity check in flexural and deflection

 

Problem Description [Ref .1, Example F.2-1A]  

 

Check the capacity of the channel section C15x33.9 for the following beam

 

Simply supported L = 25 ft.

 

Limit the live load deflection to L/360.

 

The nominal loads are a uniform dead load of 0.23 kip/ft and a uniform live load of 0.69 kip/ft.

 

The beam is continuously braced.  

 

Finite Element Model

1 beam elements with appropriate material and design criteria assigned

Model type: 2D Frame

 

Results

The following table shows some intermediate and final results during the design.  The program gives comparable results with the reference [Ref 1].

 

 

Reference

[1]. AISC “Design Examples”, Version 14.1