COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF COLUMNS

Research article

Paschal Chimeremeze Chiadighikaobi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18454/mca.2017.07.9

Issue: № 3 (7), 2017

Published:

13.08.2017

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Paschal Chimeremeze Chiadighikaobi

People's Friendship University of Russia.

Abstract

This article looks into the effective length of columns using different methods. The codes in use in this article are those from the AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction). And that of AS 4100 (Australian Steel code). A conclusion was drawn after investigating a frame using three different methods. Solved Exercise 6 (LeMessurier Method) was investigated using same frame but different dimension. Further analysis and investigation will be done using Java codes to analyze the frames.

Keywords:

effective Length factors of Column.

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