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Columns
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Strength limit state
Member capacity
• Lateral buckling
Lateral buckling of columns
The tendency to buckle increases as the length of the column increases, and so its load
carrying capacity decreases.
For a compression member we define the SLENDERNESS RATIO Le/r
Le = effective length
= radius of gyration
Lateral buckling of columns
Typically:
NS
Column strength Nc
Le
10 100 200 300 r
Lateral buckling of real columns
The compressive strength is: NC CNS
and so for design N *
N C 0 .9
Having determined Ns, we must therefore calculate the
SLENDERNESS REDUCTION FACTOR ac