
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Use of the Overall Interaction Concept for the practical design
of steel sections and members
N. Boissonnade, J. Nseir & E. Saloumi
University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Fribourg, Switzerland
ABSTRACT: The Overall Interaction Concept (OIC) stands as a new design approach that aims at a straight-
forward design check of the stability and resistance of steel members. Based on the use of a generalized relative
slenderness and so-called interaction curves, it applies to both open and ...