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flanges annd the higheer the value of Iy, the higher
h will be the criticcal stresses and greateer
the stabilitty of the beaam. 

 
Fig 9: Laateral tosion
nal Buckingg
Local buckkling (Fig.110) of separrate elemennts (flange, web, legs, etc) of memmbers undeer
the actionn of normall (compressive) or sh hear stressees is knownn as the looss of locaal
stability. At
A center off span of a simply sup pported beaam, the losss of local stability of a
flange maay happen because off normal sttresses (com mpressive fforce) due to bendingg
moment. Similarly,
S n
near supportts, loss of stability
s of web may hhappen due to shearingg
stresses.

 
Fig 10: Loss of local
l stability of flangees & web
By using plastic,
p com
mpact and semi-compact sections loocal bucklinng can be elliminated.

5.4 Classificattion of steeel sections for

f local bu
uckling:
Determininng the resisstance (strenngth) of struuctural steeel componennts requiress the designner
to considerr cross sectiional behavviour and thee overall meember behaaviour.
In the codde, cross secctions are categorized
c into four behavioural
b classes dep
pending upoon
the materiial yield strrength, the width to thickness
t raatios of thee individuall componennts
(e.g., webss and flangees) within thhe cross section, and thhe loading
(a) Plasttic or Class 1 cross sections
s whhich can deevelop plasttic hinges and a have thhe
rotation capacityy required for
f the failu
ure of the strructure by tthe formatio
on of a plasttic
mechhanism (onlly these secctions are used
u in plasttic analysis and design n). The widdth
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