NOMINAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH W SHAPE SECTION ONLY

For flange (unstiffened element):

b E
FLEXURAL BUCKLING STRESS: GLOBAL   f  0.56
2t f Fy

For web (Stiffened element):

h E
  1.49 h  d  2k
tw Fy

COLUMN SHAPE WITH SLENDER ELEMENTS

 2E
Fe 
KL / r 2
LOCAL STABILITY

EFFECTIVE LENGTH COEFFICIENT CHART

LOCAL STABILITY
 SLENDER UNSTIFFENED ELEMENTS,

SLENDER STIFFENED ELEMENTS,

REDUCED EFFECTIVE WIDTH,

LRFD DESIGN STRENGTH ASD DESIGN STRENGTH

t Pn  0.90Fcr Ag Pn /  t  Fcr Ag / 1.67