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F2009abn
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steel construction: columns & tension members
ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES: FORM, BEHAVIOR, AND DESIGN ARCH 331
- DR. ANNE NICHOLS
SUMMER 2018
Steel Columns & Tension 1 Lecture 17 Architectural Structures ARCH 331
lecture
Cor-Ten Steel Sculpture By Richard Serra Museum of Modern Art Fort Worth, TX (AISC - Steel Structures of the Everyday)
F2008abn Steel Columns & Tension 2 Lecture 20 Architectural Structures ARCH 331
Structural Steel
- standard rolled shapes
(W, C, L, T)
- tubing
- pipe
- built-up
F2008abn Steel Columns & Tension 3 Lecture 20 Architectural Structures ARCH 331
Design Methods (revisited)
- know
– loads or lengths
- select
– section or load – adequate for strength and no buckling
F2008abn Steel Columns & Tension 4 Lecture 20 Architectural Structures ARCH 331
Allowable Stress Design (ASD)
- AICS 9th ed
- slenderness ratio
– for kl/r Cc
2 2
23 12 . . r Kl E S F f F
critical a
r Kl
= 126.1 with Fy = 36 ksi = 107.0 with Fy = 50 ksi