COLUMNS WITH UNIFORM ELASTIC SUFPORTS 29

.4 .6 .8 .. 9 • D (Values or n/m)
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D • 1.0 is the top 11ne

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L • Distance betveen
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8 Bp&ll coluzm, D • .625 au:Dt>Orts

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D• n/m
' m • 'l'btal number ot.
' 1pans or lei:gtn L
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.3 . n • A positive integer
havitl& values from
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Ir k and/or L
0 varies see Rer.4·
0 l 2 3 4
B
To Determine Per:

l. Compute value or B.
2, Compute all possible values ot D..
3. Interpolating betveen the above
plotted values ct D vith the actual ~ Tb.is data is ;used to
v&l.ues or D 1n (2) &lid the value or ::t determine the mini-
B, tind the small.est value or Per/PE. j m.um support spri.r:g
constant required,
4. Cooz:pute Per• (Por/Pll:lm.tn(l'J:)
kmt111 to obtain !!-im-
NOTE: I~ doing step (3) above it is easiest I pie support through-
to first simply tind vhich one ot the plotted •I out.
values ot D give tb.e smallest Per/PE· 'lben ''km1n • Xkm1nLIPe)<Pa/L)
consider only the 2 actual values of D that
0.1..,.~~-"-~~~~~~~~
are closes~ to this for interpolating.
0 5 10 15 20
A quick conservative estimate can be obtained
No. of el~stic suppo!"'ts, m-1.
by only usi::ig B and tbe lOver "envelope" or
the ~lottPd D values.
F1g,C2,45 Uniform Column on Equally Spaced Elastic Supports
Having Simply Bupported Ends
Example m:8, so D=l/8, 2/8, J/8, • • • .. . 7/8.
For an eight span column having L = 20", Per the above figure,P 0 r/Pe = ,705
EI = 1rf, k = 1510 lcs/in what ls the
cuckling load? Proceed1ng as outl1ned1 Therefore, Per=· 24674(',705) = i7J95
Pe =11~ (10) /2rf·=-· Z4674"
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Tei o"'btatn simple support thrcfaghout km1n
B = 1510(20{'24674 = 1,22 = J.82("24674)/20 = 4713 (then Per= Pel•