B. Elastic Critical Stress for Torsional-Flexural Buckling
due to Bending in Plane of Symmetry
Section C3.1.2.1 (1999 Supplement No. 1)
Use s
ex
, s
t
, r
0
from Example 7.6.3: s
ex
127:9 ksi,
s
t
78:89 ksi, r
0
3:28 in.
C
s
1 compression on shear center side of
centroid
C
TF
1:0 uniform moment
S
f
I
y
x
c
0:705 in:
2
F
e
C
s
As
ex
j C
s
j
2
r
2
0
s
t
=s
ex
q
hi
C
TF
S
f
849 ksi
Since F
e
5 2:78F
y
, then
F
c
F
y
45 ksi Eq: C3:1:2:1-2
C. Effective Section Modulus (S
cy
) and Nominal Flexural
Strength (M
ny
) at a Stress F
c
For the loading eccentricity causing tension in the
lips and compression in the web under the bending com-
ponent, the effective widths of the ¯anges under bending
may need to be calculated. First the effective width of the
web is calculated in compression. The section is shown in
Figure 8.8.
Section B2.1 applied to web of channel
k 4:0 f F
c
l
1:052
k
p
w
t
f
E
r
1:243 Eq: B2:1-4
r
1 ÿ 0:22=l
l
0:662 Eq: B2:1-3
Members in Combined Axial Load and Bending
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