Section 4 BS 5950-1:2000 4.8.6.7 Equivatent slenderness ‘The equivalent slenderness 2,7 should be obtained as follows. 4) For an I- or Hsection member the equivalent slenderness iy should be obtained using: dup = WA y in which: A= Dalry where 4 % u isthe buckling parameter, see 4.3.6.8; Bw is the ratio defined in 4.3.6.9 is the effective length for lateral-torsional buckling, from 4.8.5; is the radius of gyration about the minor axis; ‘The slenderness factor v may be obtained from Table 19, depending on the value of the ratio A/z, where + is the torsional index, see 4.3.6.8, and the flange ratio 7. For sections with equal flanges the flange ratio 7 should be taken as 0.5. Otherwise 7 should be obtained from: Ing is the second moment of area of the compression flange about the minor axis of the section; In. Alternatively, v may be determined from the following: — for an I, H: or channel section with equal flanges: 1 [1+ 0.05074°)* is the second moment of area of the tension flange about the minor axis of the section, ye — for an I- or H-section with unequal flanges: y ra [(ancr-ny + 0.050272) +y4)"* +9] in which y is the monosymmetry index ‘The monosymmetry index y may be obtained from B.2.4.1. Alternatively, for values of 7 satisfying 0.1 5750.8 the monosymmetzy index y may be approximated as follows: — for a plain I- or H-section: veh 2n-1) — fora lipped Lsection of depth D with compression fange lips of depth Dr, (see Figure 10) e,(2n- 1)(1 + 0.5DyD) in which fy = 0.8 when > 0.5 and ky = 1.0 when 7 <05. ¥) Forachannel section member the method for an I- or H-section ecified in a) may be used ifthe details af the supporte, end restraints, intormediato restraints and connections of the channel to other members that apply load to it are such that the lines of action of the loads and support reactions can be taken as, passing through ite shear centre, even though this is located outside the back of its cross-section, ¢) For a bor section member (including an RHS with a value of Lgiry that exceeds the value given in ‘Table 15) the equivalent slenderness A, should be obtained using B.2.6. ‘© Bt 05.2001