[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.