[Teach you a trick] Steel structure symbol
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2016-09-11
Steel Structure Symbols
1. Design Values of Actions and Action Effects
F - Concentrated load;
H - Horizontal force;
M - Bending moment;
N - Axial force;
P - Pretension force of high-strength bolts;
Q - Gravity load;
R - Support reaction;
V - Shear force.
2. Calculation Indices
E - Modulus of elasticity of steel;
Ec - Modulus of elasticity of concrete;
G - Shear modulus of steel;
Nat - Design value of tensile capacity of an anchor bolt;
Nbt, Nbv, Nbc - Design values of tensile, shear, and bearing capacity of a bolt;
Nrt, Nrv, Nrc - Design values of tensile, shear, and bearing capacity of a rivet;
Ncv - Design value of shear capacity of a shear connector in a composite structure;
Npjt, Npjc - Design values of bearing capacity at pipe joints of tension and compression branch pipes;
Sb - Lateral stiffness of the supporting structure (horizontal force generating a unit tilt angle);
F - Design values of tensile, compressive, and bending strength of steel;
fv - Design value of shear strength of steel;
fce - Design value of end bearing strength of steel;
fst - Design value of tensile strength of reinforcement;
fy - Yield strength (or yield point) of steel;
fat - Design value of tensile strength of anchor bolt;
fbt, fbv, fbc - Design values of tensile, shear, and bearing strength of bolt;
frt, frv, frc - Design values of tensile, shear, and bearing strength of rivet;
fwt, fwv, fwc - Design values of tensile, shear, and compressive strength of butt welds;
fwt - Design values of tensile, shear, and compressive strength of fillet welds;
fc - Design value of compressive strength of concrete;
Δu - Interstory displacement of floors;
[υQ] - Allowable value of deflection considering only the standard value of variable load;
[υT] - Allowable value of deflection considering both permanent and variable load standard values;
σ - Normal stress;
σc - Local compressive stress;
σf - Stress calculated according to the effective section of the weld, perpendicular to the length direction of the fillet weld;
Δσ - Stress amplitude or equivalent stress amplitude for fatigue calculation;
Δσ - Equivalent stress amplitude for variable amplitude fatigue;
[Δσ] - Allowable fatigue stress amplitude;
Σcr, σc.cr, τcr - Critical stress of plate under bending stress, local compressive stress, and shear stress acting separately;
τ - Shear stress;
τf - Shear stress calculated according to the effective section of the weld, along the length direction of the fillet weld;
ρ - Mass density.
3. Geometric Parameters
A - Gross sectional area;
An - Net sectional area;
H - Height of column;
H1, H2, H3 - Heights of upper, middle (or lower for single-stage columns), and lower sections of stepped columns;
I - Gross section moment of inertia;
It - Gross section torsional moment of inertia;
Iw - Gross section sectorial moment of inertia;
In - Net section moment of inertia;
S - Gross section modulus;
W - Gross section modulus;
Wn - Net section modulus;
Wp - Plastic gross section modulus;
Wpn - Plastic net section modulus;
ag - Spacing, gap;
b - Width of plate or free cantilever width of plate;
bo - Unsupported width of flange plate between webs of box section; width of top of concrete plate support;
bs - Cantilever width of stiffener;
be - Effective width of plate;
d - Diameter;
de - Effective diameter;
do - Hole diameter;
e - Eccentricity;
h - Full section height; floor height;
hc1 - Thickness of concrete plate;
hc2 - Thickness of concrete plate support;
he——Calculated thickness of fillet weld;
hf——Weld leg size of fillet weld;
hω——Height of the web;
ho——Calculated height of the web;
i——Radius of gyration;
l——Length or span;
ll——Distance between lateral supports of the compressed flange of the beam; connection length in the direction of bolt (or rivet) force;
lo——Calculated length for bending buckling;
lω——Calculated length for torsional buckling;
lw——Calculated length of weld;
lz——Assumed distribution length of concentrated load on the edge of the calculated height of the web;
s——Shortest distance from the root of the partially welded butt joint to the surface of the weld;
t——Thickness of the plate; thickness of the main pipe wall;
ts——Stiffener thickness;
tw——Thickness of the web;
α——Included angle;
θ——Included angle; stress diffusion angle;
γb——General height-thickness ratio for bending calculation of beam web;
γs——General height-thickness ratio for shear calculation of beam web;
γc——General height-thickness ratio for local pressure calculation of beam web;
γ——Slenderness ratio;
γo、γyz、γz、γuz——Equivalent slenderness ratios,
4、Calculation coefficients and others
C——Dimensionless parameter used for fatigue calculation,
K1K2——Ratio of member line stiffness;
ks——Shear buckling coefficient of member;
Ov——Branch pipe lap rate of pipe node;
n——Number of bolts, rivets or connectors; number of stress cycles:
nl——Number of bolts (or rivets) on the calculated section;
nf——Number of high-strength bolt friction surfaces;
nv——Number of shear surfaces of bolts or rivets;
α——Coefficient of linear expansion; coefficient for calculating the lateral force caused by crane swing,
αE——Ratio of elastic modulus of steel to concrete;
αe——Reduction coefficient of beam section modulus considering the effective width of the web;
αf——Equivalent coefficient of underload effect for fatigue calculation;
αo——Stress distribution unevenness coefficient of column web;
αy——Steel strength influence coefficient;
αl——Coefficient used when the beam web is planed and tightened;
α2i——Coefficient of lateral displacement moment increase of the member of the ith layer frame considering the second-order effect;
β——Ratio of branch pipe outer diameter to main pipe outer diameter; parameter used to calculate fatigue strength;
βb——Equivalent critical bending moment coefficient for overall stability of beam;
βf——Increase coefficient of design value of strength for front fillet weld;
βm、βt——Equivalent bending moment coefficients for stability of compression bending members:
βl——Increase coefficient of design value of strength for equivalent stress;
γ——Steel strength to yield strength ratio of bolt;
γo——Importance coefficient of structure:
γx、γy——Section plastic development coefficients for the main axes x and y;
η——Adjustment coefficient;
ηb——Asymmetry influence coefficient of beam section;
η1、η2——Parameters used to calculate the calculated length of stepped columns;
μ——Coefficient of anti-slip of high-strength bolt friction surface; coefficient of calculated length of column;
μ1、μ2、μ3——Coefficient of calculated length of upper, middle (or lower for single-stepped column), and lower sections of stepped column;
ξ——Parameter used to calculate the overall stability of the beam;
ρ——Effective width coefficient of web under compression;
φ——Stability coefficient of axially compressed member;
φb、φ’b——Overall stability coefficient of beam;
ψ——Increase coefficient of concentrated load;
ψn、ψa、ψd——Parameters used to calculate the bearing capacity of directly welded steel pipe nodes.