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Figure 6.4: Buckling curves
6.3.1.3 Slenderness for flexural buckling

(1) The non-dimensional slenderness is given by:

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NOTE B For elastic buckling of components of building structures see Annex BB.

(2) For flexural buckling the appropriate buckling curve should be determined from Table 6.2.

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