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Strength
Limit
State
Outline
Strength limit state
Section capacity
• Local buckling
Strength limit state axial capacity
Design equation for AXIAL STRENGTH
N N u
*
Design capacity > factored strength limit state (axial)
Short (Stocky) Columns
Maximum compressive strength
For a short (stocky) column or for a column with continuous lateral support, the
maximum strength is the
SQUASH LOAD Ns N s Af y A = area
fy = yield stress
Hence for design:
N N s Af y
*
0.9
However, slender compression members may buckle LOCALLY or LATERALLY before
their squash load is reached. This is usually the case.
Local buckling
The same restrictions on local buckling of columns apply to those for beams, i.e. for each
of the elements in the cross‐section we must calculate:
b fy
e AS4100 Table 6.2.4
t 250
If e < ey for all the elements local buckling will not occur and
the cross‐section is EFFECTIVE.
Otherwise, the cross‐section is SLENDER.
Maximum compressive strength
The strength of the i‐th element can be depicted as (Ns)i
N s i
b fy
e
t i 250
(ep) (ey)
For cross‐sections containing SLEDNER elements we use
N s k f Af y
where kf is a form factor (< 1) to account for local buckling.
We need to calculate the effective area (Aeff)i of each (ith) element in the cross‐section
based on its
The effective area of the cross‐section is then
Aeff A eff i
all elements