BS 5950-1:2000 Section 4 4.8.4 Destablizing load ‘The destabilizing loading condition should be taken where a load is applied to the top flange of a beam or a cantilever, and both the load and the flange are free to deflect laterally (and possibly rotationally also) relative to the centroid of the cross-section. Otherwise the normal loading condition should be assumed. 4.3.5 Effective length for lateral-torsional buckling 4.3.5.1 Simple beams without ‘The effective length Le for lateral-torsional buckling ofa simple beam with restraints at the ends only, should be obtained from Table 13, taking the segment length Lp as equal tothe span L ofthe beam. If the restraint conditions at each end differ, the mean value of Lp should be taken, ‘The conditions of restraint against rotation of flanges on plan at member supports should be assessed taking into account the stiffness ofthe connections as well as the stiffness of the supporting members or other construction supplying restraint at the supports termediate lateral restraints 5.2 Simple beams with intermediate lateral restraints ‘The effactive length Lg for lateral-torsional buckling of a simple beam with intermediate lateral restraints should be taken aa 1.0L, for normal loading conditions or 1.2L for the destabilizing loading condition (Gee 4.8.4), where Lz, is the length of the relevant segment between adjacent lateral restraints. For the segment between a support and the adjacont intermediate lateral restraint, account should be taken of the restraint conditions at the support. The effective length Ly should be taken as the mean of the value given above and the value given by Table 13 for the restraint conditions at the support, taking Ly as the length of the segment between the support and the lateral restraint in both cases. 43.5.8 Beams with double curvature bending In the case of continuous beams or other members subject to double curvature bending, consideration should be given to the regions subject to sagging moments and hogging moments as follows. a) For a beam with intermediate lateral restraints to each flange, the segment length Lp and the effective length Lg for lateral-torsional buckling should be determined as for a simple beam as given in 4.3.5.2 m hogging moment regions as well as in sagging moment regions. The lateral restraints to the compression flange of each region should extend up to or beyond the points of eontraflexure. b) For a beam with intermediate lateral restraints to the compression flange in the sagging moment region only, for the sagging moment region the segment length L,r and effective length Lg for lateral-torsional buckling should be determined as for a simple beam as given in 4.8.5.2. The lateral Duckling resistance of the beam to the moments in the hogging moment regions should be determined using G.2. ©) For a beam directly supporting a concrete or composite floor or roof slab that provides full lateral restraint to the top flange, see 4.2.2, the lateral buckling resistance of the beam to the moments in the hogging moment regions should be determined using G.2, @) For a beam directly supporting a concrete or composite floor or roof slab that provides both lateral and. torsional restraint to the top ange, an allowance may be made for this torsional restraint by assuming virtual lateral restraints to the bottom flange at the points of contraflexure when determining the segment length Ly7. In the absence of better information, torsional restraint of the tap flange may be assumed if the depth of the beam is less than 550 mm and the slab is either: —a composite slab with profiled steel sheeting, see BS 5950-4, designed to act compositely with the steel beam, see BS 5950-3.1; or —a solid in situ concrete slab with a depth of not less than 25 % of the beam depth, designed to be continuous over the beam. ‘These virtual restraints should not be assumed if another form of allowance is made for the torsional restraint of the top flange by the slab. Lateral restraint of the bottom flange should not be assumed at a point of contraflexure under other restraint conditions, unless a lateral restraint is actually provided at that point. 46 ‘© BST 05.2001