Tables for Compression Members

- The Manual contains many useful tables for analysis and design. For
compression members whose strength is governed by flexural buckling (that is, not
local bucking), Table 4-22 in Part 4 of the Manual, “Design of Compression
Members,” can be used. This table gives values of ΦcFcr (for LRFD) as a function of
KL/r for various values of Fy. This table stops at the recommended upper limit of

KL/r = 200.

- The available strength tables 4-1, however, are the most useful. These tables,
which we will refer to as the “column load tables,” give the available strengths of
selected shapes, both ΦcPn for LRFD, as a function of the effective length KL. These
tables include values of KL up to those corresponding to KL/r = 200.

The use of the tables is illustrated in the following example:

 Example 4.5:
Compute the available strength of the compression member of
Example 4.2 with the aid of (a) Table 4-22 from Part 4 of the Manual
and (b) the column load tables.
a. From Example 4.2, KL/r = 96.77 and Fy = 50 ksi. Values of φcFcr in Table 4-22 are
given only for integer values of KL/r; for decimal values, KL/r may be rounded up
or linear interpolation may be used. For uniformity, we use interpolation in this
book for all tables unless otherwise indicated. For KL/r = 96.77 and F y = 50 ksi,
φcFcr = 22.67 ksi → φcPn = φcFcrAg = 22.67(21.8) = 494 kips.

b. From Example 4.2, K = 1.0, so

KL = 1.0(20) = 20 ft
For a W14 × 74, Fy = 50 ksi and KL = 20 ft,
ΦcPn = 494 kips (from Table 4-1)
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