Moment Resistance Calculation of a Class 4 Beam

CISC Handbook of Steel Construction, 9th Edition

Beam Selection Table, page 5-98
Beam section: W150x22
Calculate Mr for L = 4000 mm according to CSA S16-01 Clause 13.6(b).
Material properties:
E = 200 000 MPa
G = 77 000 MPa
Fy = 345 MPa (ASTM A992)
Section data:
d = 152 mm
b = 152 mm
t = 6.6 mm
w = 5.8 mm
h = d 2t = 138.8 mm

Ix = 12.1 106 mm4

Sx = 150 103 mm3
Iy = 3.87 106 mm4
J = 43.4 103 mm4
Cw = 20.4 109 mm6

1) Class of section, Clause 11

Web: h / w = 23.93 < 1900 / Fy0.5 = 102.3 (not Class 4)
Flange: (b/2) / t = 11.52 > 200 / Fy0.5 = 10.77 (Class 4)
The section is a Class 4 due to the flanges.
2) Effective section properties
Effective flange width, Clause 13.5(c)(iii):
be = 2 200 t / Fy0.5 = 142 mm
Conservatively and for simplicity, the same effective flange width is used for
both the compression and tension flanges. This keeps the section doublysymmetric. In reality, the full tension flange width would remain effective.
Effective moment of inertia:
Ixe = Ix 2 (b be) t3 / 12 2 (b be) t (d / 2 t / 2)2 = 11.4 106 mm4
Effective section modulus:
Sxe = 2 Ixe / d = 150 103 mm3
3) Factored moment resistance
Laterally supported (L = 0):
Let Mye = Sxe Fy = 51.8 kNm
= 0.9
Mr0 = Mye = 46.6 kNm
Laterally unsupported (L = 4000 mm > Lu = 2480 mm):
2 = 1.0 (uniform bending moment)
Mu = (2 / L) [E Iy G J + ( E / L)2 Iy Cw]0.5 = 52.9 kNm
Mu = 52.9 kNm > 0.67 Mye = 34.7 kNm
Mr = 1.15 Mr0 (1 0.28 Mye / Mu) = 38.9 kNm Mr0