COMPRESSION MEMBER

SUBMITTED BY :- SAURAV ROY

ENROLLMENT NO :- BT19CEO20
SEMESTER :- 6TH
SUBMITTED TO :- DR.RICKY SIR .
 Compression member
 A structural member which is subjected to compressive
forces along its axis is called compression member .for
example : struts ,posts ,knee braces .
 If the applied compressive force is beyond the permissible
limit ,the member fails.
 Following are the modes of failure of column :-
• squashing • Local buckling • Global buckling
• Torsional buckling • Flexural torsional buckling.
Classification of compression member depending
upon length
 short compression member
 Long compression member
 Internamediate compression member .
NOTE :- Mostly we use intermediate compression member .
 EULER’S COLUMN
 Assumptions :-
• cross section is uniform throughout.
•column is perfectly straight initially and load is applied
axially.
• Material is perfectly elastic , homogeneous,& isotropic.
•It obeys Hook’s law.
•Column is long and fails by buckling .
•Self weight is negligible.
 Failure load for such column is
 Where Le is effective length.
• Note :- effective length is length of equivalent column
With hinged ends having same buckling load.
Le = KL, where K is constant.
Limitation of Euler’s column
 Applied only for long column .
 For slenderness ratio zero,Fcr reaches infinity which is not
possible
 If slenderness ratio is less than certain limit (=80), crippling
stress is greater than crushing stress which is not possible.
Þ It is better to understand by analysing following graphs .
Different Crosss sections of compression member
Effective length

 Effective length of
compression members is
distance between the
points of contra flexure
I.e point of zero
moments.
Effective length
Effective length for columns of frames
 We don’t have exact analysis for this .
 IS 800 recommends using value of “K” using the following expression
based on wood’ curve.
 Where beta 1 and beta 2 are coefficient at top and end of the
column respectively which are given by ,

 Kb and Kc are flexural stiffness of beams and the columns

meeting at a joint at the end of a column and rigidly
connected at the joints and are computed as ,
• Kb = I/L • Kc = C. I/L
 Where”I” is moment of inertia, “L” is length of member and
“C” is connection factor.
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