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Design of Compression Members

Fig. 5.6 Torsional buckling

Fig. 5.4 Squashing failure Fig. 5.5 Flexural buckling
and slender column which
ii) Overall Flexural Buckling: This failure occurs in a case of long
the plane of the
fails in buckling. In this case, member undergoes excessive deflection in of the column.
slenderness
weaker principal axis. The failure load depends upon the degree of
Fig. 5.5.
Increase in length of the column, results in carrying less load refer
the longitudinal axis. Members
(iv) Torsional Buckling: The member fails due to twisting about
of unsymmetrical sections and large lengths fails in
this mode of failure. Refer Fig. 5.6.

COMPRESSION MEMBERS
5.4 ELASTIC BUCKLING OF SLENDER
load carrying capacity. The direct stress
As we know that the long or slender columns has low crippling
stress induced due to buckling.
due to direct load is very small compared with the actual
cross-sectional area 'A', hinged at both
Fig. 5.7shows a long column AB of length L' and uniform
ie ends Aand B. Let P be the crippling load at
which the column has just buckled.
'y' be the lateral displacement at that
Consider any section at adistance r' from the end B. Let
section.
(from slope and deflection concept)
e bending moment at this sectional is given by

M= EI..dy ..5.1)
dy?

=-py

at 'B')
(-ve Sign indicates anticlock Wise moment due to P