DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS

Buckling of ideal columns

Unable to carry loads – Since Unable to carry loads – Since it
material strength is reached has lost its stability
Strength Problem Stability Problem

Stability is mostly an elastic phenomenon 
Strength Problem Stability Problem
Stable Equilibrium Unstable Equilibrium Neutral Equilibrium

States of Equilibrium
 P<Pcr P>Pcr P=Pcr

Stable Equilibrium Unstable Equilibrium Neutral Equilibrium

States of Equilibrium in a slender column

 
(a) (b)

p1
 

L
b
p2
b

p1 p2=pb
o o
Flexural Rigidity EI

Structures loose stability when potential of

external loads equals strain energy

Stability involves a phenomenon in which

the structures displaces perpendicular to
load
Buckling of columns
Column with restraint
Buckling about major axis
Buckling about minor axis
Torsional Buckling of cruciform columns
 TYPES OF COLUMN OVERALL BEHAVIOUR

CG SC CG SC
CG SC
CG
x0
y0

SC x0
Singly symmetric Doubly symmetric
Unsymmetric

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Concept of shear centre
Concept of shear centre
BUCKLING OF MONOSYMMETRIC COLUMNS

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Euler Equation for column buckling
 STRENGTH CURVE FOR AN IDEAL COLUMN

u/y Plastic yield

1.0
Elastic buckling

1.0  =(  /  ) 1/2
y cr

Strength curve in a non-dimensional form 19

Factors that affect ideal column behaviour

•Radius of gyration
•Effective length
Radius of gyration of different shapes
Physical meaning of radius of gyration
Evolution of radius of gyration 
Effect of support conditions – Effective 
length
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