DESIGN OF AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

DESIGN PROBLEM # 10.6

A Rectangular Portal Frame has a span of R/60 m, height of R/100 m and
is fixed at the base. The c-c spacing of frame is R/120 m.
The roof dead load is 1000 N/m2 , live load (or minimum snow load) is
950 N/m2, roof wind load is -875 N/m2 and the total of windward and
leeward wind load, assumed to act on the windward side alone, is 1625
N/m2.
The purlins are placed at every 2 m interval on the girder and bracing is
provided for the columns at approximate 2.5 m interval by longitudinal
bracing.
Design the frame assuming the moment of inertia of beam equal to 1.5
times that of the column for initial proportioning.

Longitudinal
bracing
purlins
Cross bracing
<2m

1.5 Ic
2m

<2.5 m

2m
2.5 m

Height

Ic

Ic

2.5 m

span

c-c spacing btw frames

R- VALUE
N = Registration Number
SECTION

R-VALUE =

600 + N + 3*N

600 + N + 2*(N-60)

600 + N + 4*(N-120)

600 + N + (N-180)

STEPS
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2.
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5.
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8.

LOAD ANALYSIS OF PORTAL FRAME

DESIGN OF BEAM
DESIGN OF PURLIN
DESIGN OF BEAM-COLUMN
DESIGN OF BASE PLATE
DESIGN OF SQUARE KNEE CONNECTION
DESIGN OF LONGITUDINAL BRACING
DESIGN OF DIAGONAL BRACING

TYPES OF LOADINGS

DEAD LOAD

WD = 1000 N/m2

LIVE LOAD

WL = 950 N/m2

ROOF WIND LOAD

WD + WL

GRAVITY LOADS

LATERAL WIND LOAD

WIND LOADS

LOAD CALCULATIONS
Assuming self weight of the girder is included in dead load
WD = 1000 * c-c spacing /1000 = ______________kN/m
WL = 950 * c-c spacing /1000 = ______________kN/m
WW.R = -875 * c-c spacing /1000 = ______________kN/m
WW.L = 1625 * c-c spacing /1000 = ______________kN/m

EXAMPLE

CALCULATION OF LOADS

HEIGHT , h (m)

SPAN , L (m)

10

C/C SPACING (m)

WD = 5 kN/m
WL = 4.75 kN/m
WW.R = -4.375 kN/m
WW.L = 8.125 kN/m

LOAD COMBINATIONS
ASCE-7-05

The factor of 1.6 W can be replaced with 1.3 W if wind load is

calculated according to some earlier code not considering
the directionality factor.

LOAD COMBINATIONS
SIMPLIFIED LOAD COMBINATIONS
When the loads S, R, H, F, E and T are taken equal to zero and wind loads are taken from previous
codes:
1.4 D
1.2 D + 1.6 L + 0.5 Lr
1.2 D + 1.6 Lr + (L or 0.8W)
1.2 D + 1.3 W + 1.0 L + 0.5 Lr
0.9 D + 1.3 W
LOAD COMBINATIONS TO BE USED

1.2 D + 1.6 L
1.2 D + 0.5 L + 1.3 W
0.9 D + 1.3 W

DESIGN LOADING COMBINATIONS

EXAMPLE
1.2 WD + 1.6 WL
1.2 WD + 0.5 WL + 1.3 WW
0.9 WD + 1.3 WW
GRAVITY LOADS

WIND LOADS

1.2 WD + 1.6 WL
=13.6 KN/m

1.2 WD + 0.5 WL + 1.3 WW.R

=2.6875 KN/m

1.3 WW.L
=10.5625 KN/m

0.9 WD + 1.3 WW.R

=-1.1875 KN/m

1.3 WW.L
=10.5625 KN/m

ANALYSIS OF RIGID PORTAL FRAME

APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS
GRAVITY LOAD ANALYSIS (LRFP FRAME-1 PG:280)
WIND LOAD ANALYSIS (LRFP FRAME-2 PG:281)
The frames are separately solved for various loading and the RESULTS ARE SUPERIMPOSED according to the
possible LOAD COMBINATIONS.
After analysis, the components of a frame may be designed using the routine procedures for member design
as the frame is divided into beams, columns, beam-columns, tensions members and compression members.

ANALYSIS OF RIGID PORTAL FRAME

EXAMPLE
HEIGHT , h (m)
SPAN , L (m)
C/C SPACING (m)
I2 = 1.5 I1
K =(I2/I1) *(h/L)
= 1.5 * (6/10)
N =2K + 3
N1 = K + 2
N2 = 6K + 1

6
10
5

0.9
4.8
2.9
6.4

FORCES
MA (KN-m)
MD (KN-m)

G.L.A
2.8736w
2.8736w

W.L.A
-8.4860w
4.4515w

MB (KN-m)

-5.7471w
-5.7471w
6.7529w
5w
5w
1.4368w
1.4368w

2.0657w
-2.9968w
-0.4655w
-0.5063w
0.5063w
-4.7586w
1.2414w

Mc (KN-m)
Mmax (KN-m)
VA (KN)
VD (KN)
HA (KN)
HD (KN)

TABLE OF FORCES
FORCES

COMBINATIONS
1.2 D + 1.6 L

1.2 D + 0.5 L + 1.3 W

DESIGN VALUE
0.9 D + 1.3 W

MA (KN-m)

=13.6 (2.8736)
=___________

=2.6875 (2.8736) Mnt +10.5625(-8.4860) Mlt = Similarly

= ____________Mnt + _____________ Mlt
=
=_______________
=

Sagging (+)
Hogging (-)

VA (KN)

=13.6 (5)
=___________

=2.6875 ( 5) Vnt+10.5625( -0.5063) Vlt

= ____________Vnt + ______________Vlt
=_______________

=
=
=

Compression (+)
Tension (-)

HA (KN)

=13.6 (1.4368)
=___________

=2.6875 ( 1.4358) +10.5625( -4.7586)

=_____________ +_________________
=________________

=
=
=

MD, MB , MC ,
ME (KN-m)

In the similar way find design value

VD , HD (KN)

In the similar way find design value