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Design of Columns - Solved Examples

The document provides solutions for designing columns to carry specific loads using rolled and built-up steel sections. For a column that is 4.4m long carrying a 120 ton load using a rolled section, the optimal design was found to be a 289mm x 289mm section. For the same column using a built-up section of 4 angles, the optimal design used 4 x 40mm angles connected by 15mm bolts. A second problem calculated a built-up section with 2 channels to support a 102 ton load over a 6.8m long column, finding the best design to be 2 x 75.8mm channels connected by 12.4mm bolts.

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Design of Columns - Solved Examples

The document provides solutions for designing columns to carry specific loads using rolled and built-up steel sections. For a column that is 4.4m long carrying a 120 ton load using a rolled section, the optimal design was found to be a 289mm x 289mm section. For the same column using a built-up section of 4 angles, the optimal design used 4 x 40mm angles connected by 15mm bolts. A second problem calculated a built-up section with 2 channels to support a 102 ton load over a 6.8m long column, finding the best design to be 2 x 75.8mm channels connected by 12.4mm bolts.

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Design of columns

Problem (1):
Design a fixed free column to carry a total load 120 ton, giving that the column length
L= 4.4 m, using St 44; in the following cases:

a- The column is Rolled section


b- The column is Built-up section (4- angles).

Solution
1) Rolled Section:
;

0.8 /
120
∴ 150
0.8
.
. . . 30
154 ; 12.9 ; 7.65
∗ 2.1 ∗ 4.4 ∗ 100 924
924
120.78
7.65
∵ 120.78 180 ∴
7500 7500
∵ 120.78 100 ∴ 0.514 /
120.78
120
0.779
154
∵ 0.779 0.514 ∴ .

Try another section ………………. After many trials we will get:

.
. . . 60
289 ; 25 ; 7.07
∗ 2.1 ∗ 4.4 ∗ 100 924
924
130.69
7.07
∵ 130.69 180 ∴
7500 7500
∵ 130.69 100 ∴ 0.439 /
130.69
120
0.415
289
∵ 0.415 0.439 ∴ .
2) Built-Up Section (4- angles):
;
4∗
0.8 /
120
∴ 37.5
4 ∗ 0.8
140*15
40 ; 723 ; 4 .

∵
10
∴ 14 5 4 15 .
2
4∗ ∗ 4 ∗ 723 40 15 38892 .

∗ ∗
15.59 .
∗ 2.1 ∗ 4.4 ∗ 100 924
924
59.27
15.59
∵ 59.27 180 ∴
∵ 59.27 100
∴ 1.6 0.000085 1.6 0.000085 59.27 ≅ 1.3 /
120
0.75
4 ∗ 40
∵ 0.75 1.3 ∴ .
******************************************************

Problem (2):
Design a 2- fixed column to carry a total load 102 ton, giving that the column length
L= 6.8m, using St 44, the column is Built-up section (2- Channels).

Solution

;
2∗
0.8 /
102
∴ 63.75
2 ∗ 0.8
.
32 75.8 10
10870 597 ; 2.6 .

10
0
2∗ ∗ 2 ∗ 597 75.8 0 21740 .

10 5 2.6 12.4 .
2
2∗ ∗ 2 ∗ 597 75.8 12.4 24504.016 .

21740
11.98 .
2∗ 2 ∗ 75.8

24504.016
12.7 .
2∗ 2 ∗ 75.8
∗ 0.65 ∗ 6.8 ∗ 100 442
442
36.89
11.98
∵ 36.89 180 ∴
∵ 36.89 100
∴ 1.6 0.000085 1.6 0.000085 36.89 ≅ 1.48 /
102
0.673
2 ∗ 75.8
∵ 0.673 1.48 ∴ .
b ≥ 3Ø

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