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6A-Practice problem 5-2-2 Find y bar, Zx, and Zy.

April 22, 2025August 22, 2023 by Maged kamel

Practice problem -5-2-2- post 6A-steel beam.

Practice problem 5-2-2. For an un-symmetric section find y bar, plastic moment about P.N.axis, the plastic moment and plastic section modulus about the minor axis.

8A- Solved problem 5-part 2 for design shear strength.

June 26, 2025August 6, 2023 by Maged kamel

Part 2 of solved problem 5 for design shear strength-Brief illustration-post-8a-bearing.

Solved problem 5-part 2 for design shear strength. It is required to find the design shear strength for A 490-N and A 490-X bolts for different types of bolts.

8- Solved problem 5-part 1 for design shear strength for bolts

June 26, 2025August 6, 2023 by Maged kamel

Brief illustration of post-8-Solved problem 5-part 1 for design shear strength

Solved problem 5-part 1 for design shear strength. It is required to find the design shear strength for different types of bolts with different diameters.

21- Case 2 for block Shear-Coped Beam Problem.

June 7, 2024July 25, 2023 by Maged kamel

The post includes one solved problem for Case 2 for block Shear-Coped Beam -UBS=1/2. A step-by-step guide to finding the values of shear yielding shear rupture and tension rupture.

6- Practice problem 5-8. Find the centroid for the shaded area

February 24, 2025July 25, 2023 by Maged kamel

Practice problem 5-8- find the centroid of a shaded area.

Practice problem 5-8. Find the centroid for the shaded area. using integration we will find the x bar and y bar of the centroid for a composite shape.

10- Practice problem for the x and y coordinates of a trapezoid

September 18, 2025July 25, 2023 by Maged kamel

Practice problem for the x and y coordinates for a Trapezoid.

Practice problem for the x and y coordinates of a trapezoid. A step by step guide is given by using two options

24- Ix for the Trapezium second option

April 22, 2025June 17, 2023 by Maged kamel

Moment of inertia for Trapezium-second option.

Ix for the Trapezium second option, we will use a horizontal strip and integrate it to get the final expression for Ix .

List of Steel Beam posts-part-2a

October 17, 2025June 16, 2023 by Maged kamel

List of Steel beam Posts-part-2a for subject of Cb or the gradient coefficient for steel beams.

28-Solved problem 4-14 part 2 for effective length factor

July 19, 2025June 4, 2023 by Maged kamel

Solved problem for the K value for an inelastic column

Solved problem 4-14 part 2 for effective length factor. the detailed calculation for both LRFD and ASD designs.

23- Product of inertia Ixy for the parallelogram

March 7, 2025May 15, 2023 by Maged kamel

Product of inertia Ixy for the parallelogram. Step-by-step guide for the estimation for the radius of gyration for the product of inertia.

20-Aisc Tables 9-3a,b, and C for Block shear-coped beam.

July 28, 2024March 17, 2023 by Maged kamel

Use of Aisc tables 9-3a,b, and C for the block shear-coped beam. Table 9-3a is used to get the tensile rupture. Table 9-3b is for the shear yielding and 9-3c is for shear rupture for the coped beam.

19-Solutions for Block Shear-Coped Beam Problem

October 8, 2025November 10, 2022 by Maged kamel

Brief data for post -19- coped beam posts

The post includes A solved problem for block shear-coped beam. The solved problem includes full data for both LRFD and ASD when Ubs equals 1.

18-The Effective Area for a Built-Up Section.

April 29, 2024October 17, 2022 by Maged kamel

Brief data for post-18- tension post-A solved problem for Built up section.

How to estimate the effective Area for a Built-Up Section? A solved problem 3-19 is used to explain how to find the effective area for a built up section.

17-Problem 3-4-3 for MC section-LRFD and ASD value-2/2.

April 29, 2024October 6, 2022 by Maged kamel

This is the second part, of problem 3-4-3 MC section-LRFD and ASD value. We will estimate the effective area. Finally, we can get the strength values.

16-Problem 3-4-3 for staggered bolts-tension members-1/2.

August 13, 2024October 6, 2022 by Maged kamel

Problem 3-4-3 for staggered bolts-tension members. It is required to get the factored design strength for a given MC section with staggered bolts.