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This document discusses compression members and column buckling. It covers: - Euler's buckling formula and how it does not apply to stockier members due to higher predicted buckling stresses exceeding material limits - Engesser's proposal to use a variable tangent modulus instead of Young's modulus to account for nonlinear stress-strain behavior - The concept of effective length to account for end conditions other than simple pinned ends, using an effective length factor - AISC specification requirements for compression members, including classification as slender or non-slender and associated design formulas

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Week 9

This document discusses compression members and column buckling. It covers: - Euler's buckling formula and how it does not apply to stockier members due to higher predicted buckling stresses exceeding material limits - Engesser's proposal to use a variable tangent modulus instead of Young's modulus to account for nonlinear stress-strain behavior - The concept of effective length to account for end conditions other than simple pinned ends, using an effective length factor - AISC specification requirements for compression members, including classification as slender or non-slender and associated design formulas

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STEEL STRUCTURES

(B.S TECHNOLOGY)

30-08-2023
COMPRESSION MEMBERS

Engineer Bilal Nasar


Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department
CET, MUST
Column Theory……….
• If the critical load is divided by the cross-sectional area, the critical buckling stress is
obtained by:-

• At this compressive stress, buckling will occur about the axis corresponding to r.
• Buckling will take place as soon as the load reaches the value given by equation 4.3, and
the column will become unstable about the principal axis corresponding to the largest
slenderness ratio.
• This axis usually is the axis with the smaller moment of inertia.
• Thus the moment of inertia and radius of gyration of the cross-section should ordinarily
be used in equations 4.3 and 4.4
• Early researchers soon found out that Euler’s equation did not give reliable results for stocky, or
less slender, compression members.
• The reason is that smaller slenderness ratio for members of this type causes a large buckling
stress, it can be seen from equation 4.4.

• If the stress at which buckling occurs is greater than the proportional limit of the material, the
relation between stress and strain is no longer linear and the modulus of elasticity E can no longer
be used.

• In Example 4.1, the stress at buckling is Pcr/A=278.9/14.6=19.10 Ksi, which is well below the
proportional limit of any grade of structural steel.
• This difficulty was initially resolved by Friedrich Engesser, who proposed in 1889 the use of a
variable tangent modulus, Et in equation 4.3.

• For a material with a stress-strain curve like the one shown in Figure 4.5, E is not a constant
for stresses greater than the proportional limit Fpl.

• The tangent modulus Et is defined as the slope of the tangent to the stress-strain curve for
values of f between Fpl and Fy. So the equation can be shown as equation 4.5

• The equation 4.5 is identical to the Euler equation, except that Et is substituted for E.
Effective Length
• Both the Euler and tangent modulus equations are based on the following assumptions:
1. The Column is perfectly straight with no initial crookedness.
2. The Load is axial, with no eccentricity.
3. The Column is pinned at both ends.
• The first two conditions mean that there is no bending moment in the member before
buckling.
• For dealing with columns other than pinned end conditions, such as One end pinned and
one end fixed as shown in figure-4.7. the Euler equation for this case can be derived as;
Effective Length…….
Effective Length
• For convenience, the equations for buckling load will be written as:

• Where KL is the effective length and K is the effective length factor.

• The effective length factor for the fixed-pinned compression member is 0.70.

• Values of K for these and other cases can be determined with the aid of Table C-C2.2 in the
commentary of AISC Specification.
AISC Requirements
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