ExampleHSSColumn 1/4

CheckthedesigncompressivestrengthofColumnC2intheonestorystructurebelow.

4@45ft

16ft
A B C D E
1

Side Elevation (of ext.

80t
16@10ft
2

80ft
3
Plan View
Columns:
8ft HSS10"x8"x3/16"
A500Gr.B.46ksiSteel
8ft
DeadLoads:20psf
Front Elevation (of exterior wall) Roof*LiveLoads:20psf
*unreduced
Solution

Loads:
deadload DL 20 psf

roofunreducedLL Lro 20 psf

tributaryarea AT 3600 sf =80*45

LLreductionfactor Lr/Lro 0.600 =MAX(0.6,1.20.001*AT)

reducedroofLL Lr 12.0 psf =Lro*Lr/Lro

factoreddistrib.load wu 43 psf =1.2*DL+1.6*Lr

factoredaxialload Pu 155.5 k

ColumnInfo.:
Steel 3 A500 Gr. B, 46 Shape&Size 1546 HSS10X8X3/16
Fy 46 ksi shape HSSRect
Fu 58 ksi Ag 6.06 in2
E 29,000 ksi rx 3.88 in
ry 3.28 in
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SlendernessRatio:
X Y
effectivelengthfact. K 1.00 1.00 bracedframeinbothdirections
unsupportedlength Lu 16 16 ft
r 3.88 3.28 in
KL/r 49.5 58.5 =K*Lu*12/r

ColumnBuckling(withoutLocalBuckling): Section E3, pg 16.1-33

KL/r 58.5 =maxofKxLx/r_xandKyLy/r_y
elasticbuck.stress Fe 83.5 ksi =PI()^2*E/(KL/r)^2

elastic/inelastic trans.pt. 20.2 ksi =0.44*Fy

IF ThenFcr=
buckleselastically Fe<20.2 FALSE 73.3 ksi =0.877*Fe

bucklesinelastically 20.2<=Fe TRUE 36.5 ksi =0.658^(Fy/Fe)*Fy

Fcr 36.5 ksi

cFcr 32.9 ksi =0.9*Fcr
designcomp.strength cPn 199.2 k =cFcr*Ag

LocalBuckling Section E7, pp 16.1-39 -> 43

W HP HSSRect HSSRnd
UnstiffenedElem
Qa 1.00

StiffenedElem
Qs 0.86 0.86

Q 0.86 =Qa*Qs

UnstiffenedElements: (flangesofrolledcolumn)
flangeslenderness b/t 0 =bf/2tf

TransitionPt
1 14.1 =0.56*SQRT(E/Fy)
2 25.9 =1.03*SQRT(E/Fy)

IF ThenQs=
doesnotbuckle b/t<=14.1 TRUE 1.00 =1

bucklesinelastically 14.1<b/t<25.9 FALSE 1.42 =1.4150.74*b/t*SQRT(Fy/E)

buckleselastically 25.9<=b/t FALSE #DIV/0! =0.69*E/(Fy*(b/t^2))

Qs 1.00
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StiffenedElements:
Casea (webofrolledcolumn)
webslenderness b/t 0 =h/tw

trans.pt 42.0 =1.49*SQRT(E/Fcr)

IF Thenbe/t
doesnotbuckle b/t<42.0 TRUE 0.00 =b/t

buckles 42.0<=b/t FALSE #DIV/0! =1.92*SQRT(E/Fcr)*(10.34/(b/t)*SQRT(E/Fcr))

be/t 0.0 Eqn. E7-17

be=effectivewidth be/t 0.0 =MIN(be/t,b/t)

tw 0
Aeff 6.06 in2 =Ag(b/tbe/t)*tw^2
Qa_case_a 1.000 =Aeff/Ag

Caseb (sidesofHSSSquareorRectangular)
f_1 46.0 ksi =Fy
f_2 37.8 ksi =MIN(Fy,Pn/Aeff)
recursivecalc. f 37.8 ksi =IF(ISERROR(f_2),f_1,MIN(f_2,f_1))

LongerSide:
h/t 54.5

trans.pt 38.8 1.4 SQRT(E/f)

=1.4*SQRT(E/f)

IF Thenhe/t
doesnotbuckle h/t<38.8 FALSE 54.5 =h/t

buckles 38.8<=b/t TRUE 42.9 =1.92*SQRT(E/f)*(10.38/h/t*SQRT(E/f))

he/t 42.9 Eqn. E7-18

he/t 42.9 =MIN(he/t,h/t)

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ShorterSide:
b/t 43.0

trans.pt 38.8 =1.4*SQRT(E/f)

IF Thenbe/t
b/t<38.8 FALSE 43.0 =b/t

38.8<=b/t TRUE 40.2 =1.92*SQRT(E/f)*(10.38/b/t*SQRT(E/f))

be/t 40.2
Eqn. E7-18
be/t 40.2 =MIN(be/t,b/t)

t 0.174 in
2
Aeff 5.19 in =Ag2*(h/the/t)*t^22*(b/tbe/t)*t^2
Qa_case_b 0.856 =Aeff/Ag

Casec (sidesofHSSCircular)
D/t 0

TransitionPt
1 69.3 =0.11*E/Fy
2 283.7 =0.45*E/Fy

IF ThenQs=
D/t<=69.3 TRUE 1.00

69.3<D/t<283.7 FALSE #DIV/0! =0.038*E/(Fy*D/t)+2/3

283.7<=b/t FALSE #N/A

Qa_case_c 1.000

ColumnBuckling(withLocalBuckling):
Fe 83.5 ksi

trans.pt. 17.3 ksi =0.44*Q*Fy

IF ThenFcr=
Fe<17.3 FALSE 73.3 ksi =0.877*Fe

17.3<=Fe TRUE 32.3 ksi =Q*0.658^(Q*Fy/Fe)*Fy

Fcr 32.3 ksi

Pn 195.9 k =Fcr*Ag
cPn 176.3 k =0.9*Pn

Pu= 156k<176k= cPn OK