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What

...

are

...

E

...

c (S),

...

E

...

c (D),

...

and

...

E

...

c (V)

...

in

...

composite

...

beam

...

design?

...

Answer:

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Values

...

for

...

E

...

c (S),

...

E

...

c (D),

...

and

...

E

...

c (V)

...

are

...

given

...

as

...

follows:

...

  • Ec (S)

...

  • is

...

  • the

...

  • modulus

...

  • of

...

  • elasticity

...

  • for

...

  • strength

...

  • design.

...



    • For LRFD,

...

    • E

...

    • c (S)

...

    • is

...

    • taken

...

    • directly

...

    • as

...

    • the

...

    • modulus

...

    • of

...

    • elasticity

...

    • of

...

    • the

...

    • material

...

    • assigned

...

    • to

...

    • the

...

    • composite

...

    • section.

...



    • For ASD,

...

    • E

...

    • c (S)

...

    • is

...

    • calculated

...

    • as

...

    • 33

...

    • *

...

    • gamma

...

    • c

...

    • 1.

...

    • 5 *

...

    • √f

...

    • '

...

    • c (ksi),

...

    • where

...

    • gamma

...

    • c

...

    • is

...

    • the

...

    • weight

...

    • per

...

    • unit

...

    • volume

...

    • (kips/in

...

    • 3

...

    • )

...

    • of

...

    • the

...

    • material

...

    • assigned

...

    • to

...

    • the

...

    • composite

...

    • section.

...

  • Ec (D)

...

  • is

...

  • the

...

  • deflection

...

  • modulus

...

  • of

...

  • elasticity,

...

  • given

...

  • as

...

  • E

...

  • c (S)

...

  • /

...

  • (creep

...

  • factor),

...

  • where

...

  • the

...

  • creep

...

  • factor

...

  • is

...

  • specified

...

  • in

...

  • the

...

  • Preference

...

  • menu.

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  • Ec (V)

...

  • is

...

  • the

...

  • vibration

...

  • modulus

...

  • of

...

  • elasticity,

...

  • given

...

  • as

...

  • 1.35

...

  • *

...

  • E

...

  • c (S).

...

  • This

...

  • amplification

...

  • coefficient

...

  • is

...

  • suggested

...

  • in

...

  • AISC

...

  • Guide

...

  • 11,

...

  • page

...

  • 12.

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Since

...

these

...

modular

...

ratio

...

are

...

different,

...

transformed

...

inertia

...

varies

...

between

...

strength,

...

deflection,

...

and

...

vibration

...

analysis.

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Related Incident:

Creep factor 195684 - For both LRFD and ASD, Ec should be computed directly from ACI 8.5,

though

ETABS

does

not

currently

follow

such

process

while

implementing

this

formulation.

This

article

reflects

the

current

ETABS

application

process.

Regardless,

results

are

not

affected

since

concrete

density

is

manually

input

according

to

that

specified

for

deck

material

within

ACI

8.5.

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