Question: OK , let's get started: The floor system shown below is from the second floor on a two - story steel - framed building. The

OK, let's get started: The floor system shown below is from the second floor on a two-story
steel-framed building. The second floor is 15ft tall (from the ground). The floor is subjected to a
100 psf dead load (this includes the weight of the beams, girders and flooring) and a 50 psf
unreduced live load. The beams are supported by the girders and the girders are supported by
the columns. All beams and girders are simply supported at their ends. The columns are
oriented as shown in the figure and are fixed at the bottom and pinned at the top (floor 2) and
there is no lateral bracing. The floor must be designed for: (1) Strength at the LRFD factored
loads and (2) To have deflections under "service loads" of less than L/360, where L is the beam
span in inches. "Service loads" in this case can be considered as just the unreduced live load
(you can't reduce live loads for deflection calcs for this building). The columns must be designed
for strength at the LRFD factored loads. For analysis of the columns, only consider the second-
floor loading (i.e., neglect any roof loads). Select the lightest (and thus cheapest) W16 shape
that satisfies these requirements for the Beam A and the lightest W24 shape that satisfies these
requirements for Girder B and Column C. Assume A992 steel is used with an Fy =50ksi. You
may use the basic (rectangular) tributary area approximations for both the beam and girder.
Properties of W16 and W24 shapes can be found in the AISC shapes database spreadsheet on
the Canvas site.
OK , let's get started: The floor system shown

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