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AISC 360 Code Verification

AISC 360-10 and AISC 360-16 Design Code Verification

AISC 360-10 manual

Information presented on this page is intended to demonstrate the section design convergence that can be achived with SkyCiv. All examples are taken from 14th Edition of the AISC Steel Construction Manual. Current manual consists description of algorithm of manual calculations.

Chapter E. Design of Members for Compression

Example Problem description Manual, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-16
LRFD (ΦPn), kip ASD (Pn/Ω), kip LRFD (ΦPn), kip ASD (Pn/Ω), kip LRFD (ΦPn), kip ASD (Pn/Ω), kip
E.1A W-SHAPE COLUMN DESIGN WITH PINNED ENDS 893 594 892.61 593.89 892.61 593.89
E.1B W-SHAPE COLUMN DESIGN WITH INTERMEDIATE BRACING 1000 667 1002.63 667.09 1002.63 667.09
E.8 WT COMPRESSION MEMBER WITH SLENDER ELEMENTS 36.6 24.4 36.77 24.46 36.78 24.47
E.9 RECTANGULAR HSS COMPRESSION MEMBER WITHOUT SLENDER ELEMENTS 518 344 517.8 344.51 517.8 344.51
E.10 RECTANGULAR HSS COMPRESSION MEMBER WITH SLENDER ELEMENTS 142 94.6 141.94 94.44 140.15 93.25
E.11 PIPE COMPRESSION MEMBER 221 147 218.58 145.43 218.58 145.43

Chapter F. Design of Members for Flexure

Example Problem description Manual, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-16
LRFD (ΦPn), kip-ft ASD (Pn/Ω), kip-ft LRFD (ΦPn), kip-ft ASD (Pn/Ω), kip-ft LRFD (ΦPn), kip-ft ASD (Pn/Ω), kip-ft
F.1-1B W-SHAPE FLEXURAL MEMBER DESIGN IN STRONG-AXIS BENDING, CONTINUOUSLY BRACED 379 252 378.75 252 378.75 252
F.1-2B W-SHAPE FLEXURAL MEMBER DESIGN IN STRONG-AXIS BENDING, BRACED AT THIRD POINTS 305 203 306.41 203.87 306.41 203.87
F.1-3B W-SHAPE FLEXURAL MEMBER DESIGN IN STRONG-AXIS BENDING, BRACED AT MIDSPAN 288 192 288.14 191.71 288.14 191.71
F.2-1B COMPACT CHANNEL FLEXURAL MEMBER, CONTINUOUSLY BRACED 137 91 137.16 91.26 137.16 91.26
F.2-2A COMPACT CHANNEL FLEXURAL MEMBER WITH BRACING AT ENDS AND FIFTH POINTS 130 87 130.39 86.75 130.39 86.75
F.3A W-SHAPE FLEXURAL MEMBER WITH NON-COMPACT FLANGES IN STRONGAXIS BENDING 398 265 397.96 264.77 397.96 264.77
F.4 W-SHAPE FLEXURAL MEMBER, SELECTION BY MOMENT OF INERTIA FOR STRONG-AXIS BENDING 503 334 502.5 334.33 502.5 334.33
F.5 I-SHAPED FLEXURAL MEMBER IN MINOR-AXIS BENDING 122 81.4 121.87 81.09 121.87 81.09
F.6 HSS FLEXURAL MEMBER WITH COMPACT FLANGES 6.67 4.44 6.66 4.43 6.66 4.43
F.7A HSS FLEXURAL MEMBER WITH NON-COMPACT FLANGES 57 37.9 57.04 37.95 57.04 37.95
F.8A HSS FLEXURAL MEMBER WITH SLENDER FLANGES 43.3 28.8 42.54 28.31 43.44 28.91
F.9A PIPE FLEXURAL MEMBER 81.4 54.1 81.37 54.14 81.37 54.14
F.11B SINGLE ANGLE FLEXURAL MEMBER 3.25 2.16 3.16 2.1 3.16 2.1
F.11C SINGLE ANGLE FLEXURAL MEMBER 6.08/3.16 4.05/2.1 5.96/3.16 3.97/2.1 5.85/3.16 3.89/2.1

Chapter G. Design of Members for Shear

Example Problem description Manual, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-16
LRFD (ΦPn), kip ASD (Pn/Ω), kip LRFD (ΦPn), kip ASD (Pn/Ω), kip LRFD (ΦPn), kip ASD (Pn/Ω), kip
G.1A W-SHAPE IN STRONG AXIS SHEAR 306 204 305.73 203.82 305.73 203.82
G.2A C-SHAPE IN STRONG AXIS SHEAR 117 77.6 116.64 77.6 116.64 77.6
G.3 ANGLE IN SHEAR 24.3 16.2 24.3 16.17 24.3 16.17
G.4 RECTANGULAR HSS IN SHEAR 86 57.2 85.88 57.13 85.88 57.13
G.5 ROUND HSS IN SHEAR 195 130 195.05 129.77 195.05 129.77
G.6 DOUBLY SYMMETRIC SHAPE IN WEAK AXIS SHEAR 189 126 189.01 125.76 189.01 125.76
G.7 SINGLY SYMMETRIC SHAPE IN WEAK AXIS SHEAR 42.6 28.3 42.55 28.31 42.55 28.31

Chapter H. Design of Members for Combined Forces and Torsion

Example Problem description Manual, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-10 SkyCiv, AISC 360-16
LRFD (ΦPn,ΦMx,ΦMz), Ratio ASD (Pn/Ω,Mx/Ω,Mz/Ω), Ratio LRFD (ΦPn,ΦMx,ΦMz), Ratio ASD (Pn/Ω,Mx/Ω,Mz/Ω), Ratio LRFD (ΦPn,ΦMx,ΦMz), Ratio ASD (Pn/Ω,Mx/Ω,Mz/Ω), Ratio
H.1A W-SHAPE SUBJECT TO COMBINED COMPRESSION AND BENDING ABOUT BOTH AXES (BRACED FRAME) 0.928 0.931 0.928 0.93 0.928 0.93
H.3 W-SHAPE SUBJECT TO COMBINED AXIAL TENSION AND FLEXURE 0.873 0.874 0.874 0.876 0.874 0.876
H.4 W-SHAPE SUBJECT TO COMBINED AXIAL COMPRESSION AND FLEXURE 0.979 0.982 0.98 0.982 0.98 0.982
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