Yeditepe University

Department of Civil Engineering

CE 483 – DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL STEEL MEMBERS
2020 – 2021 FALL (Distance Learning)
Compression Members Examples 5

A rectangular HSS 200×300×12 and 6.0 meters long column is pinned at both ends.
Control the given compression members
All given information about the member are as follows:

Material: S275 Fy = 275N/mm2 Fu = 430N/mm2

E = 200000N/mm2
PG = 300kN
PQ = 850kN
Lx = 6.0m
Ly = 6.0m

Geometrical properties:
A=10810mm2 tnom=12mm ix=109mm iy=80mm
Geometrical properties considered in design,(According to TCDCSS-2016)
A=10127mm2 tdes=0.93tnom = 11.16mm ix=109mm iy=80mm
Local buckling limit state,
when the worst case is considered for flange and web,

h 300  3 11.16  200000

  23.88   r  1.40  37.76
t 11.16 275

Hence, flange and web are NOT slender.

 Critical stress, Fcr,
Effective length factor, K, for pin-ended member, K = 1.0. Therefore,
If iy < ix and (KL)x = (KL)y , then the flexural buckling about y-axis governs the
strength. Therefore,
 K y Ly

1.0  6000 
 75
iy 80

K y Ly 200000  Fy 
 75  4.71  127.02  or  2.25 
iy 275  Fe 

2 E 2  200000 
Fey    350.92N/mm 2
 75
2 2
 K y Ly 
 
 iy 
Fy
 275

Fcry  0.658 Fy  0.658
Fe 350.92
 275  198.10N/mm
2

 

The nominal axial compressive strength,

Pn  Fcr Ag  198.10 10127 103  2006kN

The allowable axial compressive strength,
Pn 2006
  1201kN
 1.67
The required compressive strength from ASD load combination,

Pa  PG  PQ  300  850  1150kN

Check if the member has adequate strength,

Pn
 1201kN  Pa  1150kN
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