TALAT Lecture 2301

Design of Members

Axial Force

Example 5.1 : Axial force resistance of square hollow

section

2 pages

Advanced Level

prepared by Torsten Höglund, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Date of Issue: 1999

 EAA - European Aluminium Association

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Example 5.1. Axial force resistance of square hollow section

70 . mm MPa 10 . Pa kN 1000 . newton

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Width b
Thickness t 1.9 . mm fo 200 . MPa
Column length L 1000 . mm E 70000 . MPa
γ M1 1.0
5.4.3 Slenderness parameter
bf b 2 .t b f = 66.2 mm

bf
β β = 34.8
t

5.4.4 Element classification

250 . MPa
ε
fo ε = 1.118

Tab. 5.1 β 1 11 . ε β 1= 12.3

β 2 16 . ε β 2= 17.9
β 3 22 . ε β 3= 24.6
class if β > β 1 , if β > β 2 , if β > β 3 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 class = 4

5.4.5 Local buckling

β 32 220
5.4.5 (3) c) ρ c if 22 , 1.0 , ρ c= 0.8
heat-treated ε β β
2
unwelded ε ε
t eff if class 4 , t . ρ ,ct t eff = 1.52 mm

4 .( b t ) . t eff
2
A eff A eff = 414.2 mm

2 .t )
4 4
b (b
I = 4.004 . 10 mm
5 4
I According to 5.8.4.1 (1)
12 12
A .η .f o
I λ
r r = 31.1 mm N cr
A eff
Substitute
5.8.4 Flexural buckling π .E .I
2 A ef I
N cr η r
Table 5.7 K 1 l K .L 2 A A ef
l
Table 5.5 α 0.2 λ o 0.1 k1 1 k2 1
Result
and 5.6
See to the l. 1 . f o l. 1 . f o
right λ λ = 0.547 λ
r π E r π E
1
0.5 . 1 α . λ
2
(5.33) φ λ o λ χ Note: λ with a bar cannot
2 2 be written
φ φ λ
φ = 0.694 χ = 0.891
fo
5.8.3 (1) N b.Rd χ .k 1 .k 2 . .A
eff N b.Rd = 73.8 kN
γ M1

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