In: Civil Engineering
A flexural member is fabricated from two flange plates ⁄1 2 x 16 and a web plate 1⁄4 x 20. The yield stress of the steel is 50 ksi.
a.Compute plastic section modulus Z and plastic moment Mp wrt the major principal axis.
b.Compute elastic section modulus S and yield moment My wrt the major principal axis.
c. Check the local buckling criteria and apply it to the bending moment capacity
d. Plot the moment capacity vs. slenderness parameter λ , show, compact, noncompact, and slender regions and applicable moments