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TABLE B4.1
Limiting Width-Thickness Ratios for
Compression Elements
C
a
s
e
Width
Thick-
ness
Ratio
Limiting Width-
Thickness Ratios

p

r
Description of
Element (compact) (noncompact) Example
1 Flexure in anges of
rolled I-shaped
sections and
channels
b/t
0.38

E/F
y
1.0

E/F
y
t
b
2 Flexure in anges of
doubly and singly
symmetric I-shaped
built-up sections
b/t
0.38

E/F
y 0.95

k
c
E/F
L
[a],[b]
b
t
U
n
j
u
s
t
i

e
d
E
l
e
m
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n
t
s
3 Uniform
compression in
anges of rolled
I-shaped sections,
plates projecting
from rolled I-shaped
sections;
outstanding legs of
pairs of angles in
continuous contact
and anges of
channels
b/t NA
0.56

E/F
y
t
b
4 Uniform
compression in
anges of built-up
I-shaped sections
and plates or angle
legs projecting from
built-up I-shaped
sections
b/t NA
0.64

k
c
E/F
y
[a]
t
b
b
t
5 Uniform
compression in legs
of single angles,
legs of double
angles with
separators, and all
other unstiffened
elements
b/t NA
0.45

E/F
y
t
b
6 Flexure in legs of
single angles
b/t
0.54

E/F
y
0.91

E/F
y
t
b
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TABLE B4.1 (cont.)
Limiting Width-Thickness Ratios for
Compression Elements
C
a
s
e
Width
Thick-
ness
Ratio
Limiting Width-
Thickness Ratios

p

r
Description of
Element (compact) (noncompact) Example
7 Flexure in anges of
tees
b/t
0.38

E/F
y
1.0

E/F
y
b
t
8 Uniform
compression in
stems of tees
d/t NA
0.75

E/F
y
t
d
9 Flexure in webs of
doubly symmetric
I-shaped sections
and channels
h/t
w
3.76

E/F
y
5.70

E/F
y
t
w
h
10 Uniform
compression in
webs of doubly
symmetric I-shaped
sections
h/t
w
NA 1.49

E/F
y
t
w
h
11 Flexure in webs of
singly-symmetric
I-shaped sections
h
c
/t
w
h
c
h
p

E
F
y

0.54
M
p
M
y
0.09

2

r
5.70

E/F
y h
pna
p
2
2
c
h
cg
w
t
S
t
i
f
f
e
n
e
d
E
l
e
m
e
n
t
s
12 Uniform
compression in
anges of
rectangular box and
hollow structural
sections of uniform
thickness subject to
bending or
compression; ange
cover plates and
diaphragm plates
between lines of
fasteners or welds
b/t
1.12

E/F
y
1.40

E/F
y
t
b
13 Flexure in webs of
rectangular HSS
h/t 2.42

E/F
y
5.70

E/F
y
t
h
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18 [Sect. B5. FABRICATION, ERECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL
TABLE B4.1 (cont.)
Limiting Width-Thickness Ratios for
Compression Elements
C
a
s
e
Width
Thick-
ness
Ratio
Limiting Width-
Thickness Ratios

p

r
Description of
Element (compact) (noncompact) Example
14 Uniform
compression in all
other stiffened
elements
b/t NA 1.49

E/F
y
t
b
15 Circular hollow
sections
t
D
In uniform
compression
D/t NA 0.11E/F
y
In exure D/t 0.07E/F
y
0.31E/F
y
[a]
k
c
=
4

h/t
w
, but shall not be taken less than 0.35 nor greater than 0.76 for calculation purposes. (See
Cases 2 and 4)
[b]
F
L
= 0.7F
y
for minor-axis bending, major axis bending of slender-web built-up I-shaped members, and
major axis bending of compact and noncompact web built-up I-shaped members with S
xt
/S
xc
0.7; F
L
=
F
y
S
xt
/S
xc
0.5F
y
for major-axis bending of compact and noncompact web built-up I-shaped members with
S
xt
/S
xc
< 0.7. (See Case 2)
B5. FABRICATION, ERECTION AND QUALITY CONTROL
Shop drawings, fabrication, shop painting, erection, and quality control shall
meet the requirements stipulated in Chapter M, Fabrication, Erection, and Quality
Control.
B6. EVALUATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES
Provisions for the evaluation of existing structures are presented in Appendix 5,
Evaluation of Existing Structures.
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