‘THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN INDUSTRY PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING BEHAVIOR AND MAXIMUM STRENGTH OF METAL COLUMNS Richard H. Batterman Bruce G. Johnston May, 1966 p-7h0VME‘TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES....... SYNOPSIS, ... eels INTRODUCTION... MATHEMATICAL MODEL. COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURE, ...+.++++++ COMPUTER PROGRAM, ..++sseeeeees BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINUM ALLOY COLUMNS, ..... DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALUMINUM COLUMNS..... BEHAVIOR OF STEEL COLUMNS... GENERAL BEHAVIOR OF STEEL COLUMNS.......+.+++ MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS IN STEEL COLUMNS. . Initial Yielding in Relation to Maximum Column Strength.......+ Effect of Change in Deflected Shape of the Colum in the Inelastic Range Effect of Differences ii itial Residual Stress Pattern... DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR STEEL COLUMI: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, ....04+++ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... id 5 n 13 16 33 4o a 57 ST 57 61 6h 66