A wall-rack, used to store round steel bars, consists of two I-section cantilever beams fixed in the wall. The bars are stacked in a triangular fashion as shown in Fig. 4.25(a). The total weight of the bars is 75 kN. The permissible bending stress for the cantilevers is 165 N/mm².
Chapter 4
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\text { Given } \quad W=75 kN \quad \sigma_{b}=165 N / mm ^{2} .
Step I Calculation of bending moment
There are two cantilever beams and the load
Select a standard rolled I-section beam from the following table:
I_{x x}\left(m m^{4}\right) | h (mm) | b (mm) | Designation |
688.2 \times 10^{4} | 150 | 80 | ISLB 150 |
1096.2 \times 10^{4} | 175 | 90 | ISLB 175 |
1696.6 \times 10^{4} | 200 | 100 | ISLB 200 |
2501.9 \times 10^{4} | 225 | 100 | ISLB 225 |
3717.8 \times 10^{4} | 250 | 125 | ISLB 250 |
supported by each beam is (75/2) or 37.5 kN. For a triangular load distribution, the centre of gravity of the resultant load is at a distance of (2000/3) mm from the wall. Therefore,
M_{b}=\left(37.5 \times 10^{3}\right)\left(\frac{2000}{3}\right)=25 \times 10^{6} N – mm .
\text { Step II Calculation of }\left(I_{x x} / y\right) .
From Eq. (4.12),
\sigma_{b}=\frac{M_{b} y}{I} (4.12).
\frac{I_{x x}}{y}=\frac{M_{b}}{\sigma_{b}}=\frac{25 \times 10^{6}}{165}=151.51 \times 10^{3} mm ^{3} .
Step III Selection of beam
The cross-section of the beam is shown in Fig. 4.25
(b), (y = h/2)
Trial I Suppose beam (ISLB 175) is suitable for the application. For this beam,
\frac{I_{x x}}{y}=\frac{1096.2 \times 10^{4}}{(175 / 2)}=125.28 \times 10^{3} mm ^{3} .
\text { Since the required }\left(I_{x x} / y\right) \text { is }\left(151.51 \times 10^{3}\right) mm ^{2} ,
beam (ISLB 175) is not suitable.
Trial II Suppose beam (ISLB 200) is suitable for the application. For this beam,
\frac{I_{x x}}{y}=\frac{1696.6 \times 10^{4}}{(200 / 2)}=169.66 \times 10^{3} mm ^{3} .
\left(I_{x x} / y\right)>\left(151.51 \times 10^{3}\right) mm ^{3} .
Therefore, the cantilever beams of standard cross-section ISLB 200 are suitable for this application.