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DESIGN OF STEEL
COMPRESSION
MEMBER
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INTRODUCTION
Carries axial compression- Majority
In RCC building- column
In steel structure-stanchion
In truss- strut
In crane- boom
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Built up sections
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Failure modes
Squashing
Overall flexural buckling
Local buckling
Torsional buckling
Flexural torsional buckling
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Squashing
Entirecross section gets yielded
Occurs in short, stocky columns
Buckling is negligible
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Flexural buckling
Failure due to excessive deflection in lateral
direction
In slender columns
Weaker principle axis
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Local buckling
Some portions of structure may be weak
Buckling occurs at that point
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Torsional buckling
Due to torsional moment
Gets twisted about shear center
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