codySTR
Structural
- Dec 28, 2017
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Can AISC design guide 02 be used to design and check web openings in a HSS member?
I just finished using AISC DG 02 to evaluate a WF beam that is needing to be hole-punched through its web to allow a roof drain to pass through. As similar condition exists at an adjacent beam, but the adjacent beam is an HSS 12x6x10(LSV) (i.e., not a WF section). Can the provisions of DG-02 be used for this case?
My understanding is that DG-02 provisions may be used for all shapes meeting the requirements set forth in section 3.1, which are that the member has a Fy <= 50 ksi and the member meets the AISC criteria for compact sections. Am I overlooking some other requirement that limits the use of this design guide to wide flanges?
Thanks!
Link to the AISC DG-02 page:
I just finished using AISC DG 02 to evaluate a WF beam that is needing to be hole-punched through its web to allow a roof drain to pass through. As similar condition exists at an adjacent beam, but the adjacent beam is an HSS 12x6x10(LSV) (i.e., not a WF section). Can the provisions of DG-02 be used for this case?
My understanding is that DG-02 provisions may be used for all shapes meeting the requirements set forth in section 3.1, which are that the member has a Fy <= 50 ksi and the member meets the AISC criteria for compact sections. Am I overlooking some other requirement that limits the use of this design guide to wide flanges?
Thanks!
Link to the AISC DG-02 page:
