
r 
1 ÿ 0:22=l
l
 0:665 Eq: B2:1-3
b
e
 rh  4:989 in: since l > 0:673 Eq: B2:1-2
b
1
b
e
3 ÿ c
 1:303 in: Eq: B2:3-1
b
2
b
e
2
 2:494 in: since c < ÿ0:236 Eq: B2:3-2
Break web into three elements as shown in Figure
4.13. Elements 4 and 8 are the top and bottom effective
portions of the compression zone, and Element 9 is the web
tension zone which is fully effective.
L
4
 b
1
y
4
R  t
b
1
2
I
0
4
b
3
1
12
 0:184 in:
3
L
8
 b
2
y
8
 y
cg
ÿ
b
2
2
I
0
8
b
3
2
12
 1:293 in:
3
L
9
 H ÿ y
cg
y
9
 H ÿR  t I
0
9
L
3
9
12
 3:283 in:
3
ÿR  tÿ
L
9
2
Effective Distance from
Element length, top ®ber,
no., L
i
y
i
L
i
y
i
L
i
y
2
i
i (in.) (in.) (in.
2
) (in.
3
)
1 0.052 0.274 0.014 0.003
2 0.683 0.109 0.074 0.008
3 1.586 0.030 0.048 0.001
4 1.303 0.899 1.171 1.053
5 2.255 7.970 17.972 143.240
6 0.683 7.891 5.389 42.526
7 0.378 7.564 2.855 21.597
8 2.494 3.103 7.740 24.014
9 3.403 6.051 20.589 124.591
Compression Elements
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