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Aluminium Design and Construction John Dwight

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CHAPTER 9<br />

Tension <strong>and</strong> compression<br />

members<br />

9.1 GENERAL APPROACH<br />

9.1.1 Modes of failure<br />

This chapter covers the static design of members subjected to axial<br />

force either in tension (‘ties’) or in compression (‘struts’). The basic<br />

requirement is that the factored resistance should not be less than the<br />

tensile or compressive force (action-effect) arising in the member under<br />

factored loading. The factored resistance is found by dividing the calculated<br />

resistance by the factor � m (Section 5.1.3). There are four possible modes<br />

of failure to consider in checking such members:<br />

1. localized failure of the cross-section (Section 9.3);<br />

2. general yielding along the length (Section 9.4);<br />

3. overall column buckling (Section 9.5);<br />

4. overall torsional buckling (Section 9.6).<br />

Check 1, which applies to both ties <strong>and</strong> struts, must be satisfied at any<br />

cross-section in the member. It is likely to become critical when a particular<br />

cross-section is weakened by HAZ softening or holes. Checks 2, 3 <strong>and</strong><br />

4 relate to the overall performance of the entire member. Check 2 is<br />

made for tension members, <strong>and</strong> checks 3 <strong>and</strong> 4 for compression members.<br />

Check 4 is not needed for hollow box or tubular sections.<br />

Most of the chapter is concerned with finding the calculated resistance<br />

P c to each mode of failure, when the force on the member acts<br />

concentrically, i.e. through the centroid of the cross-section. We then go<br />

on to consider the case of members which have to carry simultaneous<br />

axial load <strong>and</strong> bending moment (Section 9.7), one example of this being<br />

when an axial load is applied eccentrically (not through the centroid).<br />

Copyright 1999 by Taylor & Francis Group. All Rights Reserved.

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