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Shear Design of Beams: CE 470 - Steel Design Class

This document discusses shear design of beams. It covers shear strength calculation using shear yield stress, effect of shear buckling, design equations, and block shear failure. Block shear failure can occur when a beam end is coped. The block shear strength is calculated using the shear and tension areas based on the beam geometry and material properties. An example problem demonstrates calculating the maximum reaction for a coped beam based on block shear strength.

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Shear Design of Beams: CE 470 - Steel Design Class

This document discusses shear design of beams. It covers shear strength calculation using shear yield stress, effect of shear buckling, design equations, and block shear failure. Block shear failure can occur when a beam end is coped. The block shear strength is calculated using the shear and tension areas based on the beam geometry and material properties. An example problem demonstrates calculating the maximum reaction for a coped beam based on block shear strength.

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Shear Design of Beams

CE 470 - Steel Design Class

By, Amit H. Varma


Shear Strength
Beam shear strength is covered in Chapter G of the AISC
specifications. Both rolled shapes and welded built-up shapes
are covered.
Rolled shapes is the focus here. Built-up shapes, commonly
referred to as plate-girders are beyond the scope of our course.
Consider the behavior of beams in shear
Shear Strength
The web will completely yield long before the flanges begin
to yield. Because of this, yielding of the web represents one
of the shear limit states.
Taking the shear yield stress as 60% of the tensile yield
stress. V
f v n 0.6 Fy
Aw
Vn 0.6 Fy Aw

This will be the nominal strength in shear provided there is


no shear buckling of the web.

Shear buckling of the web depends on its h/tw ratio.
If the ratio is too large, then then web can buckle in shear
elastically or inelastically.
Shear Buckling
kv 5 for unstiffened webs with h / t w 260
5
kv 5 2
for stiffened webs
(a / h)

Shear
yielding Elastic shear
buckling
Shear Design Equations
Shear Design Equations
Shear Design Equations
Block Shear Failure of Beam
Block shear failure was considered earlier in tension member
connections.
To facilitate the connections of beams to other beams so that
the top flanges are at the same elevation, a short length of
the top flange of one of the beams may be cut away, or
coped.
If a coped beam is connected with bolts as shown, segment
ABC will tend to tear out.
Block shear failure of beam ends
The applied load in the case of the beam will be the vertical
reaction, so shear will occur along line AB and there will be
tension along BC. Thus, the block shear strength will be a
limiting value of the reaction.
Failure is assumed to occurred by rupture (fracture) on the
tension area and rupture or yielding on the shear area.
Rn = 0.6 Fu Anv + Ubs Fu Ant 0.6 Fy Agv + Ubs Fu Ant
Where, phi =0.75
Example
Determine the maximum reaction, based on block shear, that
can be resisted by the beam shown below. Treat the bolt end
distance of 1.25 in. as standard.

The effective hole diameter is 3/4 + 1/8 = 7/8 in.


The shear areas are:
Agv = tw (2+3+3+3) = 0.30 (11) = 3.3 in2
Anv = 0.300 [11 -3.5 (7/8)] = 2.381 in2
Block shear example
The net tension area is:
Ant = 0.300 [1.25 - 1/2 (7/8) ] = 0.2348 in2
Since the block shear will occur in a coped beam with
standard bolt end distance Ubs = 1.0.
Rn = 0.6 Fu Anv + Fu Ant = 108.7 kips
With an upper limit of
Rn = 0.6 Fy Agv + Fu Ant = 144.5 kips

Therefore, nominal block shear strength = 108.7 kips


Factored block shear strength for design = 0.75 x 108.7 =
81.5 kips.

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