A 3.5m long column (W18x55) at the ground floor is pinned at the bottom and fixed against rotation but free to translate at the top. Use ASD and A36 steel. Assume floor loads as follows: 1.0kPa service dead load on all floors and 1.9kPa service live load on all floors including the roof. Ignore live load reduction. B 6m 6m 7.5m 7.5m (a) Floor Plan C ↑ R (b) Elevation 7.5m a) Find the critical radius of gyration. b) Provide Fer in MPa. c) Determine the allowable compressive strength in kN. 7.5m 3m 3m 3.5m
A 3.5m long column (W18x55) at the ground floor is pinned at the bottom and fixed against rotation but free to translate at the top. Use ASD and A36 steel. Assume floor loads as follows: 1.0kPa service dead load on all floors and 1.9kPa service live load on all floors including the roof. Ignore live load reduction. B 6m 6m 7.5m 7.5m (a) Floor Plan C ↑ R (b) Elevation 7.5m a) Find the critical radius of gyration. b) Provide Fer in MPa. c) Determine the allowable compressive strength in kN. 7.5m 3m 3m 3.5m
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Transcribed Image Text:AISC_Manual_
Label
W18X55
Nominal
Wt.
W
kg/m
81.8
Area Depth
A
d
Flange
width
b,
mm
mm
mm
10452 459.7 191.3
m
Web
thickness
Tw
mm
9.9
Flange
thickness
tr
mm
16.0
…
k das
mm
26.2
Distance
k
k den
mm
33.3
k₁
mm
20.6
Compact Section
Criteria
br/2t, h/tw
5.98
41.1
Axis X-X
S₂
x10
1x
Zx
x10
x10
mm*
mm
370,446 1,835.35
3
T
rx
mm
mm
1,610.85 188.21
Shape
Factors
1.13937
ly
x10³
mm*
18,689
Zy
x10³
mm
Axis Y-Y
303.16
w
Sy
x10³
mm³
mm
195.01 42.42 1.55462
ry
Shape
Factors
+
Torsional Properties
Cw
x10⁰
mmᵒ
J
x10³
mm*
690.94
Tis
mm
921,078 50.80

Transcribed Image Text:A 3.5m long column (W18x55) at the ground floor is pinned at the bottom and fixed against rotation but
free to translate at the top. Use ASD and A36 steel.
Assume floor loads as follows:
1.0kPa service dead load on all floors and
1.9kPa service live load on all floors including the roof.
Ignore live load reduction.
B
6m
6m
7.5m
7.5m
(a) Floor Plan
C
↑
R
(b) Elevation
7.5m
7.5m
3m
3m
3.5m
a) Find the critical radius of gyration.
b) Provide Fer in MPa.
c) Determine the allowable compressive strength in kN.
d) Calculate the total service load supported by the interior column C in kN located at grid 2-B in the
ground floor level.
e) Based on (d), what is the adequacy against compression?
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