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51 Design of Steel Structures MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Spring Semester, 1999

AISC/LRFD Specification
Table C-C2.1
K values for columns

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f)

Buckled shape of
column is shown
by dashed line

Theoretical K value 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0

Recommended
design value when
0.65 0.80 1.2 1.0 2.10 2.0
ideal conditions are
approximated.

Rotation fixed and translation fixed

Rotation free and translation fixed


End condition code
Rotation fixed and translation free

Rotation free and translation free

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