BEARING, SHEAR, AND TORSION CAPACITIES OF STEEL ANGLE SECTIONS

Steel angle sections are often used as beams to support distributed loads, causing biaxial bending and torsion. However, many design codes do not have any design rules for torsion, while some recommendations are unnecessarily conservative, or are of limited application, or fail to consider some effects which are thought to be important. In this paper, proposals are developed for the section capacities of angle sections under bearing, shear, and uniform torsion. In a companion paper, consideration is given to the first-order elastic analysis of the biaxial bending of angle section beams, including the effects of restraints, and proposals are developed for the section moment capacities of angle sections under biaxial bending. The proposals in this and the companion paper can be used to design steel angle section beams which are laterally restrained so that lateral buckling and second-order effects are unimportant.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07339445
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Trahair, N S
• Publication Date: 2002-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1394-98
• Serial:
  • Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Volume: 128
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9445
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/loi/jsendh

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Bearing capacity; Biaxial stress; Bridge engineering; Elastic analysis; Highway engineering; Shear properties; Shear stress; Steel structures; Structural design; Structural engineering; Structural members; Torsion; Torsional strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Angle sections
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00934114
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 7 2002 12:00AM