TALAT Lecture 2301

Design of Members

Axial Force

Example 5.5 : Axial force resistance of laced column

3 pages

Advanced Level

prepared by Torsten Höglund, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Date of Issue: 1999

 EAA - European Aluminium Association

TALAT 2301 – Example 5.5 1

Example 5.5. Axial force resistance of laced column
Width b 400 . mm fo 200 . MPa kN 1000 . newton
30 . mm 20 . mm E 70000 . MPa MPa 10 . Pa
6
Longitudinal members d o di
γ M1 1.0
Lacing bd 40 . mm td 10 . mm

500 . mm
2 2
a d a b d = 640.3 mm
lc
Effective length lc 5 .m = 10
a
Axial force N Ed 270 . kN

5.4.3 Slenderness parameters

2 2
do di
π.
2
Single main Al A l = 392.699 mm
member 4
4 4
do di
π. I l = 3.191 . 10 mm
4 4
Il
64
Il
il i l = 9.014 mm
Al

Effective 2 .a . 1 . f o
λ l λ =l 1.888
length 2 . a il π E

4 .A l A = 1.571 . 10 mm
3 2
Four main A
member b
2
4 .I l 4 .A l. I = 6.296 . 10 mm
7 4
I
2
I
i i = 200.2 mm
A

Effective lc 1 fo
λ o . . λ o= 0.425
length l c i π E

b d .t d
2
Lacing Ad A d = 400 mm

b d .t d
3
I d = 3.333 . 10 mm
3 4
Id
12

Effective Id d . 1 . fo
id i d = 2.9 mm λ d λ d= 3.774
length d Ad id π E

f o .A .d
3
Composite 2
λ c λ o λ c= 0.466
member E .A d .a .b
2

TALAT 2301 – Example 5.5 2

5.8.4 Flexural buckling, buttoned strut
Table 5.5 α 0.2 λ o 0.1 k1 1 k2 1 λ λ c λ c = 0.466
and 5.6
1
0.5 . 1 α . λ
2
(5.33) φ λ o λ χ φ = 0.645 χ = 0.916
2 2
φ φ λ

fo
5.8.3 (1) N b.Rd χ .k 1 .k 2 . .A N b.Rd = 287.8 kN
γ M1

5.8.4 Flexural buckling, single longitudinal member

Table 5.5 α 0.2 λ o 0.1 k1 1 k2 1 λ λ l
and 5.6
1
0.5 . 1 α . λ
2
(5.33) φ λ o λ χ φ = 2.46 χ = 0.248
2 2
fo φ φ λ
5.8.3 (1) N l.Rd χ .k 1 .k 2 . .A
l N l.Rd = 19.4 kN
γ M1

5.8.4 Flexural buckling, lacing

0.015 . N Ed q χ .l c
q χ = 1.022 kN . m
1
TALAT qχ Vχ V χ = 2.555 kN
(5.22) N Ed .λ 2 2
c
l c. 1 d
0.9 . A . f o Nl V χ. 0.02 . N b.Rd = 5.757 kN N l = 4.091 kN
b
λ λ d

1
0.5 . 1 α . λ
2
(5.33) φ λ o λ χ φ = 7.989 χ = 0.067
2 2
φ φ λ
fo
5.8.3 (1) N l.Rd χ .k 1 .k 2 . .A
d N l.Rd = 5.3 kN < N l OK !
γ M1

TALAT 2301 – Example 5.5 3