CE615

Design of Steel Structures

Assignment Discussion
Assignment Question
Assignment Question
If you use SAP2000 or similar
software, you do not need to use
the dead loads given in Table 1.
The software can calculate the
dead loads.
General slab thicknesses defined
in SAP2000 will give similar
loads:

4 storey part of the building:

- Floor slabs: 125mm thick
(= 3kN/m2)
- Roof slab: 75mm thick
(= 1.8kN/m2)

Single storey part of the building:

- Slab: 250mm thick
(= 6kN/m2)
Assignment Question
SAP2000 V20 – DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EC3

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• Help -> documentation -> steel
frame design -> EC3
SAP2000 V20 – DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EC3
• Important notes from SAP2000 Manual:
• The Eurocode 3 design code refers to y-y and z-z axes, which are
equivalent to the software 3-3 and 2-2 axes, respectively.
• The interaction of bending and axial force is checked for certain
sections (shapes) and for certain classes of sections, in accordance
with EC3 6.2.1(7), Eq(6.2), which may be conservative compared to
EC3 6.2.9, when no special clause in EC3 6.2.9 is applicable to that
shape and that class.
SAP2000 V20 – DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EC3
• Important notes from SAP2000 Manual:
• Combined axial and bending effect (for beams, columns etc)
SAP2000 V20 – DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EC3
• Important notes from SAP2000 Manual:
• Class 1 and 2 Cross-Sections • Class 3 and 4* Cross-Sections

One of these or few other interaction equations are usually seen in SAP2000
SAP2000 V20 – DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EC3
• Important notes from SAP2000 Manual:
• In axial force check, the net area is not determined automatically. This
can be specified on a member-by-member basis using the Net Area to
Total Area Ratio overwrite.
• In combined forces check, the code allows the engineers to design the
cross-sections with Class 3 web and Class 1 or 2 flanges as a Class 2
cross-section with an effective web area as specified in EC3 6.2.2.4
(EC3 5.5.2(11), EC3 6.2.2.4(1)). However, the program does not take
this advantage, which is conservative.
SAP2000 V20 – DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EC3
• Important notes from SAP2000 Manual:
• Member axis and effective length for flexural
buckling (Fig. 5.1).
• To calculate L22 and L33, the program recognizes
various aspects of the structure that have an
effect on these lengths.
• To determine the effective length, the K factor
method (using stiffness etc) is used with an
algorithm for building-type structures, where the
columns are vertical and the beams are
horizontal etc.
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Example 1 (if the beam is laterally restrained at mid span):
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Tab 6.5 Tab 6.3

C1 = 1.829
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Example 1 (if the beam is laterally restrained at mid span):
Example 1 (if the beam is laterally restrained at mid span):

Tab 6.5 Tab 6.3

Example 1 (if the beam is laterally restrained at mid span):
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