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<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

422 Columns and struts<br />

z<br />

Y_JjL_Y<br />

z<br />

z z<br />

JiL 1i liL 1I<br />

z z<br />

(a)<br />

y y<br />

X_[1f_X<br />

y y<br />

y<br />

-x<br />

(b)<br />

Fig. 15.15 Typical arrangements for compound struts: (a) closely spaced, (b) laced or<br />

battened<br />

(1) Covering construction details such as the arrangements for interconnection in<br />

a general ‘good practice’ manner<br />

(2) Quantitative rules for the determination of the overall slenderness, limits necessary<br />

for component slenderness, forces for which the interconnections should<br />

be designed, etc.

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