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Understanding Slender Columns in Design

The document discusses slender columns, defining them as those with small cross-sectional dimensions relative to their length, which leads to reduced axial load capacity due to secondary moments. It covers various loading conditions, including concentrically loaded columns and those subjected to compression plus bending, as well as the ACI criteria for slenderness effects. The content emphasizes the importance of considering slenderness in structural design to prevent failure under loads.

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Understanding Slender Columns in Design

The document discusses slender columns, defining them as those with small cross-sectional dimensions relative to their length, which leads to reduced axial load capacity due to secondary moments. It covers various loading conditions, including concentrically loaded columns and those subjected to compression plus bending, as well as the ACI criteria for slenderness effects. The content emphasizes the importance of considering slenderness in structural design to prevent failure under loads.

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10 Slender Columns

Contents
10.1 Introduction

10.2 Concentrically Loaded Columns

10.3 Compression Plus Bending

10.4 ACI Criteria for Slenderness Effects in


Columns
Contents
10.5 ACI Criteria for Nonsway vs. Sway
Structures
10.6 ACI Moment Magnifier Method for
Nonsway Frames
10.7 ACI Moment Magnifier Method for Sway
Frames
10.8 Second-order Analysis for Slenderness
Effects References
Introduction
• concentrically or eccentrically loaded short columns
• The strength is governed entirely by the strength of the materials and
the geometry of the cross section for concentrically or eccentrically
loaded short columns.
• Most columns in present-day practice fall in that category.
Introduction
• Slender columns
• A column is said to be slender if its cross-sectional dimensions are
small compared with its length.
• The degree of slenderness is generally expressed in terms of the
slenderness ratio l/r, where l is the unsupported length of the member
and r is the radius of gyration of its cross section, equal to 𝐼 Τ𝐴.
10.1 Introduction
• Conclusion: A member of great slenderness will collapse under a
smaller compression load than a stocky member with the same cross-
sectional dimensions.
10.1 Introduction
• Example
10.1 Introduction
• Most columns in practice are subjected to bending moments as well as
axial loads.
• These moments produce lateral deflection of a member between its ends
and may also result in relative lateral displacement of joints. Associated
with these lateral displacements are secondary moments that add to the
primary moments and that may become very large for slender columns,
leading to failure.
10.1 Introduction
• A practical definition of a slender column
• A practical definition of a slender column is one for which there is a
significant reduction in axial load capacity because of these secondary
moments.
• In the development of ACI Code column provisions, for example, any
reduction greater than about 5 percent is considered significant,
requiring consideration of slenderness effects.
10.2 Concentrically Loaded Columns
10.2 Concentrically Loaded Columns
10.2 Concentrically Loaded Columns
10.2 Concentrically Loaded Columns
10.2 Concentrically Loaded Columns
10.2 Concentrically Loaded Columns
10.3 Compression Plus Bending
10.3 Compression Plus Bending
10.3 Compression Plus Bending
10.3 Compression Plus Bending
10.3 Compression Plus Bending
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