Job No. Job Title Institute of Steel Construction Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str.

1 52074 Aachen, Germany Fax: +49-(0)241/ 88-20140 Subject

OSM 466

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of

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ECSC Stainless Steel Valorisation Project Design Example 1 CHS column

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Client

HS AB/IR JBL

Date Date Date

Jul 2002 Oct 2002 March 2006

CALCULATION SHEET

ECSC

DESIGN EXAMPLE 1 CHS COLUMN The circular hollow section column to be designed is an interior column of a multi-storey building. The column is simply supported at its ends. The inter-storey height is 3,50 m.
N N Ed
sd

Structure Simply supported column, length between supports: l = 3,50 m Actions Permanent and variable actions result into a vertical design compression force equal to: NEd = 250 kN Cross-section properties Try a 159 4 CHS, grade 1.4401 Geometric properties d = 159 mm t A = 19,5 cm I 3 Wpl Wel = 73,6 cm

= 4 mm = 585,3 cm4 = 96,1 cm3

Material properties 0,2% proof stress = 220 N/mm2. Take fy = 220 N/mm2. E = 200 000 N/mm2 and G = 76 900 N/mm2 Classification of the cross-section

Table 3.1 Section 3.2.4

= 1,01
d 159 = = 39,8 t 4

Table 4.2

Section in compression :

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Job No. Job Title Institute of Steel Construction Mies-van-der-Rohe-Str. 1 52074 Aachen, Germany Fax: +49-(0)241/ 88-20140 Subject

OSM 466

Sheet

of

Rev

ECSC Stainless Steel Valorisation Project Design Example 1 CHS column

Made by Checked by Revised by

Client

HS AB/IR JBL

Date Date Date

Jul 2002 Oct 2002 March 2006

CALCULATION SHEET

ECSC

For Class 1,

d 50 2 , therefore the section is Class 1 t

Compression resistance of the cross-section For a Class 1 cross-section Nc,Rd = Ag f y / M0

Section 4.7.3

Eq. 4.25
= 390 kN Section 5.3.3 Eq. 5.2a

Nc,Rd =

19,5 220 10 1 1,1

Resistance to flexural buckling

Nb,Rd = A f y M1

= 0,5 1 + ( 0 ) + 2

Eq. 5.4 Eq. 5.3

+ 2 2
A fy N cr

0, 5

Eq. 5.5a

Determine the elastic critical buckling load:

N cr =

2 EI
L cr
2

2 200000 585,3 10 4

(3,50 10 )
= 0,67

3 2

10 3 = 943,1 kN

Determine the flexural buckling slenderness:

19,5 10 2 220 943,1 10 3

Using an imperfection factor = 0,49 and 0 = 0,4 for hollow sections

Table 5.1

= 0,5 1 + 0,49(0,67 0,4) + 0,67 2 = 0,79 + 0,79 2 0,67 2

= 0,79

0,5

= 0,83

Nb,Rd = 0,83 19,5 220 10-1 / 1,1 = 323,7 kN The applied axial load is NEd = 250 kN. Thus the member has adequate resistance to flexural buckling.

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