Question: Problem 3 The 4 - story building shown below has a dead load D = 9 0 p s f , floor live load, L

Problem 3
The 4-story building shown below has a dead load D=90psf, floor live load, L=110psf. Both roof and floors have the same D and L loads. The length of columns is 24ft at the ground level and 12ft for all other floors. The column ends are pins (Kx=Ky=1.0) and Lx=Ly for all columns
Determine Pu on interior columns B2-4, B2-1, and side column C1-1
Use Table 4-1a (p.4-12 to 4-24) in AISC to select the lightest W shapes for these columns
Use Table 4-4(p.4-68 to 4-83) in AISC to select lightest square HSS shape for the columns
Problem 3 The 4 - story building shown below has

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