UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
TAXILA
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
TASK # 5
SUBJECT:
DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE LAB
SUBMITTED TO
DR.FAHEEM BUTT
SUBMITTED BY
MUHAMMAD AHMAD HASSAN
REG NUMBER:
18-CE-29
SECTION:
A
CE-308 DOSS Design/Lab Design Task 5
CE 308- Design of Steel Structures – Design/Lab
Session 2018, Semester - Spring 2021
Design Task 5
Nature of design task: Individual assignment with registration number based calculations
R = Registered number of the student
Problem Statement: Design welded truss connections for the members at the joints of your roof
truss according to your design data based upon your registration number calculations following
AISC LRFD method.
Please note:
1. Take thickness of the gusset plate larger than the thickest member in the truss. The most
commonly used thickness is 10mm for the gusset plate. The same thickness of gusset plate
is used at all joints of the truss.
2. Design connections for either half of the truss considering the larger member force in the
corresponding members on left and right half of the truss.
3. If your truss is having 10 panels then you are having a total of 20 joints in the roof truss.
You need to design connections for members at 9+2(joints at the crown and mid-bottom of
the truss) =11 joints.
4. On the other hand if your roof truss is with 8 panels then you are having a total of 16 joints
in the roof truss. You need to design connections for members at 7+2(joints at the crown and
mid-bottom of the truss) =9 joints.
After the calculations for connection design for each joint, draw a neat and clean sketch of the
members at that joint and show welds on different faces of the members in the joint according to the
standard practice as discussed and displayed in the class.
For registration number 41 – 80:
Pratt Truss with 10 panels
Span of the truss = L = 18+[(R-41)/15] m
Centre-to-centre spacing between trusses = S = 4+[(R-41)/35] m
Crown height = L/4 m
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For registration number 1 – 40:
Howe Truss with 10 panels
Span of the truss = L = 19+[(R-1)/15] m
Centre-to-centre spacing between trusses = S = 5+[(R-1)/35] m
Crown height = L/4 m
For registration number 121 – 170:
Pratt Truss with 8 panels
Span of the truss = L = 18+[(R-121)/16] m
Centre-to-centre spacing between trusses = S = 4+[(R-121)/40] m
Crown height = L/4 m
For registration number 81 – 120:
Howe Truss with 8 panels
Span of the truss = L = 19+[(R-81)/16] m
Centre-to-centre spacing between trusses = S = 5+[(R-81)/40] m
Crown height = L/4 m
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RESULTS
WELD LENGTH
SR.NO MEMBER TYPE INCLUDING MEMBERS SECTION L1 L2 L3
M3, M4, M5, M6,
1 bottom chord (B1) M7,M8,M9, M10 2L76X76X7.9 62 24 76
M11,M12,M15,M16,M
2 Top chord (T1) 21,M22 2L89X76X7.9 102 45 0
3 TOP chord (T2) M27,M28, 2L76X64X7.9 50.28 25 0
M33,M34 75 50 0
4 Diagonal chord(D2) M17,M18,M23,M24 2L89X76X7.9 20 20 0
5 Diagonal chord(D1) M35,M36,M29,M30 2L64X54X6.4 20 20 0
6 Vertical chord(V1) M37 L152X152X7.9 128.2 24 152
7 Vertical chord(V2) M31,M32,M25,M26 L127X127X7.9 92 24 127
8 Vertical chord(V3) M19,M20.M13,M14 L6464X4.8 68.4 12 64
9 bottom chord (B2) M1,M2 2L76X64X7.9 48 24 76
