1 DesignofSteelColumnforaxialloads

Reference Calculation Output

SteelStanchion
Type 457x152x74UB
PropertyTable Thicknessoftheflange =17mm
Table9 HenceDesignstrength p y = 265N / mm 2

1
275 2
= = 1.02
p y
Table11 Sectionclassification
Outstandelementofcompressionflange
b
= 5.54 < 9
T
HenceflangeisClass1Plastic
Web
d
= 42.5
t
Itisnotpossibletoclassifythewebintheabsenceofcolumn
axialload.Thuspracticaldesignstrategyistoinitiallyassume
Sectionisnon
thatsectionisnonslender,butincludeacheckthatthisisthe
slender
case.
DeterminationoftheCompressionresistance
Axis XX YY
FigureD.3 Effectivelength Lex = 1.5 6000 Lex = 0.85 3200

Lex = 9000mm Lex = 2720mm

PropertyTable r rxx = 186 mm ryy = 33.3 mm

9000 2720
xx = = 48.39 yy = = 81.68
186 33.3
Table23 StrutCurve (a) (b)
Table24(a)&(b) pc pcx = 252.6 N / mm 2 pcy = 173.64 N / mm 2

PropertyTable Ag = 9450mm 2

Clause4.7.4 Pc 252.6 9450 173.64 9450 Compression

Pcx = Pcy =
1000 1000 Resistance
2387kN 1640.898kN 1641kN

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2 DesignofSteelColumnforaxialloads

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Checkstoconfirmwebisnonslender
Assumetheaxialloadonthecolumnis1641kN.
Clause3.5.5 Fc 1641 1000
Hence r1 = = = 1.58 > 1
dtp yw 407.6 9.6 265

Hence r1 = 1

Fc 1641 1000
Hence r1 = = = 0.66
Ag p yw 9450 265

Criteriafornonslender
120 120 1.02
= = 52.7 > 42.5
1 + 2r2 1 + 2 0.66

HenceSectionisnonslender.(Class3Semicompacted). Sectionisnon
HenceinitialassumptionisOK. Slender.

ChathurangaK.K.G