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Aluminium Design and Construction John Dwight

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Figure 8.26 Components of deflection for asymmetric bending.<br />

for this by taking a suitably reduced value of I, based on an effective<br />

section which allows for local buckling but ignores any HAZ effects.<br />

For an initial check, the effective section can be found by determining<br />

the effective widths of any slender elements in the usual way (Chapter<br />

7), putting �=�(250/p o ). However, such an approach tends to be pessimistic,<br />

leading to an overestimate of � E , because it fails to allow for the lower<br />

level of stress under nominal as opposed to factored loading, which<br />

makes local buckling less critical. A more realistic result can be obtained<br />

by using a modified value for the parameter �, equal to � times the<br />

usual value, where (equation (5.4)):<br />

(8.40)<br />

The section is re-classified using this value, <strong>and</strong> if it is now found to be<br />

non-slender � E may be re-calculated using I for the gross section. If the<br />

section is still slender, a more favourable effective section can be taken<br />

generally in accordance with Chapter 7, but using the modified �.<br />

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