A Beginner's Guide to the Steel Construction Manual, 13^th ed. (old)

Chapter 3 - Tension Members

© 2006, 2007, 2008 T. Bartlett Quimby

Section 3.10

Example Problems

Last Revised: 06/16/2011

The example problems presented in this section have a spreadsheet solution.  You will need this file to follow along with the presented solutions.  You can click on the following link to get the file:

Chapter 3:  Excel Spreadsheet Solutions

Example Problem 3.1:  Determine the tensile capacity of a flat bar.

• This first problem introduces limit state analysis in detail.

Example Problem 3.2:  Determine the tensile capacity of splice plates.

Example Problem 3.3:  Determine the tensile capacity of a WT section.

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